2010-11-05, 13:57
Hi
New to all things XBMC, but so far I'm impressed!
I bought a Revo 3610, put at 40Gb SSD in it, and loaded Dharma Beta 4 Live. After a bit of fiddling, I have full PCM 5.1 sound over HDMI, and the refresh rate switches between 23.97, 50 and 59.94 as it should depending on source.
Now - my problem. I can't play 1080p30 sources without a lot of dropped frames - we're talking about 1-2 frames every few seconds. It's very noticable. The logs show a lot of "avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet" errors.
I've tried re-encoding a chapter at 720p30, and this plays fine. The OSD shows a solid 29.97fps, and no frames dropped once started.
From this, I'd deduce it was a hardware limitation and the Atom330/ION combo just isn't up to it. Would this be correct, or does anyone know otherwise?
If it is, not a total disaster. 1080p24 works wonderfully, and the only 1080p30 sources I have are Music Blu-rays. As I'm more interested in the music and hard pressed to see the difference on a 40" screen at 10ft, I'm not too fussed about encoding them to 720p30 if it's going to work better.
New to all things XBMC, but so far I'm impressed!
I bought a Revo 3610, put at 40Gb SSD in it, and loaded Dharma Beta 4 Live. After a bit of fiddling, I have full PCM 5.1 sound over HDMI, and the refresh rate switches between 23.97, 50 and 59.94 as it should depending on source.
Now - my problem. I can't play 1080p30 sources without a lot of dropped frames - we're talking about 1-2 frames every few seconds. It's very noticable. The logs show a lot of "avcodec_decode_video didn't consume the full packet" errors.
I've tried re-encoding a chapter at 720p30, and this plays fine. The OSD shows a solid 29.97fps, and no frames dropped once started.
From this, I'd deduce it was a hardware limitation and the Atom330/ION combo just isn't up to it. Would this be correct, or does anyone know otherwise?
If it is, not a total disaster. 1080p24 works wonderfully, and the only 1080p30 sources I have are Music Blu-rays. As I'm more interested in the music and hard pressed to see the difference on a 40" screen at 10ft, I'm not too fussed about encoding them to 720p30 if it's going to work better.
