2009-02-19, 10:40
4ndr3w Wrote:i've got this problem on my AMD 5600x2 and i have been using the patch. But after reading this thread i can't figure out what the problem is?
Why does certain people have this problem and some not?
Is it a motherboard, cpu, gpu problem?
My question is, can i change something in my hardware to get this problem go away.
The people using the older Hardy kernel does not have this problem. The people using Intrepid kernel has the problem in case they want to play a high bitrate 720 or 1080p content which can not be handled by ONE CORE. You don't see the problem until the content can be handled by one core. But if it's not possible than so far ALL people had problems with Intrepid, Jaunty, Fedora Core 10 etc.
The problem is likely related to the unofficial (not in ffmpeg mainline) xbmc CABAC patch they use to enable some kind of paralellism in the decoding process versus to the mainline ffmpeg code, where there is only sequential decoding is possible.
I aggree that VDPAU is not the solution, but we don't have any cure right now other than that.