2009-12-22, 00:46
Here's my setup, it's about the same as yours, apart the hardware but your CPU is more powerful :
Antec ISK 300-65 case
Zotac IONITX-D-E MB (dual-core 1.6 GHz Atom CPU, OC 1.98 GHz)
RAM : Crucial Ballistix DDR2 - 2x 1 GB PC-6400
SSD Crucial M225 64 GB S-ATA II
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bits 7600.16385.090713 (no SP1)
Desktop resolution : 1920x1080 32 bits 50Hz (thought it was 60Hz in another post)
MPC-HC 1.3.1249.0 64 bits
CoreAVC Pro Edition 1.9.5
And of course : XBMC 9.11 RC1
Display : same as Windows desktop
Vertical sync : always
XBMC xml files already posted :
advancedsettings.xml
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
<externalplayer>
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema (x64)</filename>
<args></args>
<forceontop>true</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>
playercorefactory.xml
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="dvdplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema (x64)\mpc-hc64.exe</filename>
<args>/fullscreen /close "{1}"</args>
</player>
</players>
</playercorefactory>
Apart those two xml files to get MPC to work as an external player in XBMC, all software is at default settings (CoreAVC, MPC, XBMC).
But your right, there's so many variables it's not always easy to get to the source of problems.
You talked about bios settings to increase the shared ram for the GPU...
I'm not sure this is the same option as the one I tweaked in the Zotac Bios but I recall having set a GPU option to 256 GB (the default was 64 I think).
Antec ISK 300-65 case
Zotac IONITX-D-E MB (dual-core 1.6 GHz Atom CPU, OC 1.98 GHz)
RAM : Crucial Ballistix DDR2 - 2x 1 GB PC-6400
SSD Crucial M225 64 GB S-ATA II
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bits 7600.16385.090713 (no SP1)
Desktop resolution : 1920x1080 32 bits 50Hz (thought it was 60Hz in another post)
MPC-HC 1.3.1249.0 64 bits
CoreAVC Pro Edition 1.9.5
And of course : XBMC 9.11 RC1
Display : same as Windows desktop
Vertical sync : always
XBMC xml files already posted :
advancedsettings.xml
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
<externalplayer>
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema (x64)</filename>
<args></args>
<forceontop>true</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>
playercorefactory.xml
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="dvdplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema (x64)\mpc-hc64.exe</filename>
<args>/fullscreen /close "{1}"</args>
</player>
</players>
</playercorefactory>
Apart those two xml files to get MPC to work as an external player in XBMC, all software is at default settings (CoreAVC, MPC, XBMC).
But your right, there's so many variables it's not always easy to get to the source of problems.
You talked about bios settings to increase the shared ram for the GPU...
I'm not sure this is the same option as the one I tweaked in the Zotac Bios but I recall having set a GPU option to 256 GB (the default was 64 I think).