2011-01-06, 17:50
Just a little bit more feedback from me.
I suppose because my ASRock 100HT is mobile i3 based I have a little less horsepower to play with - I can't decode full bluray MKV movies on CPU alone. With the overclocked GPU it works 95% perfectly, as I initially reported.
As for the remaining 5%:
* I have noticed the same issue you just mentioned - video stuttering until you pause/rewind and start again.
* Fast Forwarding/Rewinding the (full bluray) movie files breaks it completely, it chokes on the frames and never recovers. I am hoping this will clear up with driver updates perhaps.
* Occasionally I see a short drop in performance. It doesn't really drop frames according to XBMC but seems to slow down playback nonetheless for a second or two, then goes back to normal. It's not a show stopper, but if you're quality minded enough to want full Bluray movies that will most likely annoy you.
There is one option that I have courtesy of the mobile chipset; there's a Mini PCI-E slot on the mobo that I could use for a Broadcom CrystalHD I suppose...I am still considering that.
I had an ASRock ION 330HT-BD before, comparing the two I must say I would recommend the ION over VAAPI at present for anyone starting out with a new system. ION works out of the box with Dharma Live and without this excellent thread people would have little hope of getting the 100HT working correctly (as windows drivers have a refresh rate bug).
The advantage of the 100HT is certainly the extra horsepower, which is noticed using plugins, flicking through pictures etc.
I was hoping I would be able to play interlaced VC1 movies as well (BBC Stuff) but apparently that is not possible, not due to VAAPI but because FFMPEG can't deal with it. If you own Galapagos, Life, or any other BBC interlaced stuff, that's something to take into consideration.
I suppose because my ASRock 100HT is mobile i3 based I have a little less horsepower to play with - I can't decode full bluray MKV movies on CPU alone. With the overclocked GPU it works 95% perfectly, as I initially reported.
As for the remaining 5%:
* I have noticed the same issue you just mentioned - video stuttering until you pause/rewind and start again.
* Fast Forwarding/Rewinding the (full bluray) movie files breaks it completely, it chokes on the frames and never recovers. I am hoping this will clear up with driver updates perhaps.
* Occasionally I see a short drop in performance. It doesn't really drop frames according to XBMC but seems to slow down playback nonetheless for a second or two, then goes back to normal. It's not a show stopper, but if you're quality minded enough to want full Bluray movies that will most likely annoy you.
There is one option that I have courtesy of the mobile chipset; there's a Mini PCI-E slot on the mobo that I could use for a Broadcom CrystalHD I suppose...I am still considering that.
I had an ASRock ION 330HT-BD before, comparing the two I must say I would recommend the ION over VAAPI at present for anyone starting out with a new system. ION works out of the box with Dharma Live and without this excellent thread people would have little hope of getting the 100HT working correctly (as windows drivers have a refresh rate bug).
The advantage of the 100HT is certainly the extra horsepower, which is noticed using plugins, flicking through pictures etc.
I was hoping I would be able to play interlaced VC1 movies as well (BBC Stuff) but apparently that is not possible, not due to VAAPI but because FFMPEG can't deal with it. If you own Galapagos, Life, or any other BBC interlaced stuff, that's something to take into consideration.
