2012-06-02, 09:28
Sorry for using a bit of time on this guys
Updates... yes, I'll sum it up as short as possible
I re-installed the entire OS and went for the latest nightly and the AMD6450 card. This seemed to be a good combo and the sync was spot on even on 24p material.
The problem with this install however was that when turning off the TV and pre-amp for a while (over night) I got a problem when starting up again.
In the log files I got a "resize event" that caused XBMC to end up in a window in the top left corner of the screen with the windows desktop visible around it. The window covered about 1/3 of the screen. XBMC still reported to be 1920x1080@60HZ, but it didn't cover more than 1/3 of the screen.
I figured this to be a Catalyst related problem, so I changed the VGA card to a Nvidia GT520 and the problem disappeared at once.
I'm still testing, but so far it seem that the audio sync is pretty spot on with some exceptions. Sometimes I can find that the sync is a little of, but just a few seconds later it seems good again. I have not had the time to watch a lot of material since the last change, so I can't say anything certain yet.
Does anyone else have the same experiences?
I think I'm going to wait for the May cycle and try the 6450 card once more with that build to see if this resize problem disappears with that update. I would like to be able to keep the 6450 since this is thought to be the best 24p card out there... however I cant compromise any user-friendliness (having to re-start XBMC everytime the TV is turned on) as I'm not the only one using the rig.
So... this is as far as I've come so far... still keeping the hope up
Updates... yes, I'll sum it up as short as possible
I re-installed the entire OS and went for the latest nightly and the AMD6450 card. This seemed to be a good combo and the sync was spot on even on 24p material.
The problem with this install however was that when turning off the TV and pre-amp for a while (over night) I got a problem when starting up again.
In the log files I got a "resize event" that caused XBMC to end up in a window in the top left corner of the screen with the windows desktop visible around it. The window covered about 1/3 of the screen. XBMC still reported to be 1920x1080@60HZ, but it didn't cover more than 1/3 of the screen.
I figured this to be a Catalyst related problem, so I changed the VGA card to a Nvidia GT520 and the problem disappeared at once.
I'm still testing, but so far it seem that the audio sync is pretty spot on with some exceptions. Sometimes I can find that the sync is a little of, but just a few seconds later it seems good again. I have not had the time to watch a lot of material since the last change, so I can't say anything certain yet.
Does anyone else have the same experiences?
I think I'm going to wait for the May cycle and try the 6450 card once more with that build to see if this resize problem disappears with that update. I would like to be able to keep the 6450 since this is thought to be the best 24p card out there... however I cant compromise any user-friendliness (having to re-start XBMC everytime the TV is turned on) as I'm not the only one using the rig.
So... this is as far as I've come so far... still keeping the hope up