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+---- Thread: [LINUX] ASRock IONSTAR 330 (NVIDIA ION) with XBMC for Linux performance and setup? (/showthread.php?tid=52460)
- Haggy - 2009-07-10 11:07
cyberpark Wrote:Hence some questions:
- Can you access the Ubuntu GUI from XBMC Live? Or do I need to install Ubuntu + XBMC Linux?
You can install anything you like and access it - it's just Ubuntu underneath - How is it with 64-bit versions of Linux + XBMC? Do you get any benifits from running 64-bit Linux? .. or problems
Problems and completely pointless on a htpc with <= 4GB RAM - Is it any feature to automaticly update the XBMC builds on Linux? (Like XBMCUpdate for Windows)
There's a script that can use aptitude for system updates - that should update xbmc as well i suppose - Can you install Wine (for Spotify install) on XBMC Live?
See 1) - How do you install new skins for XBMC Live/Linux? I'm used to XBMC Windows Explorer...
You copy them to your skinfolder or use the repo installer from within xbmc - Any other Best Practise or recommandations?
Use the search - everything has been covered before.
- ajgoyt - 2009-07-11 04:22
Quick question not trying to hijack the thread
What site in the USA can you buy the Asrock,
Thanks
AJ
- res0nat0r - 2009-07-11 04:31
i used this: http://www.ncixus.com/
it is actually a canadian company, but with the exchange rate i got this for 380$ w/ shipping
- ajgoyt - 2009-07-11 04:53
res0nat0r Wrote:i used this: http://www.ncixus.com/
it is actually a canadian company, but with the exchange rate i got this for 380$ w/ shipping
Thanks was it this one?
http://www.ncixus.com/products/40737/ION%20330/ASRock/
- seninha - 2009-07-11 21:59
Maybee you guys can help me out here.
System is running with XBMC live (Latest Nvidia drivers already installed) on my SSD.
DVD's, AVI and the rest are working fine.
The problem is HD material.
Tonight I tried to watch my first HD movie but it doesn't play smooth.
It looks like the image shortly stops and the goes fast to the present image,this happends all the time.
It's so bad that I just stopped watching it.
I tested on my normal system (Windows Vista,Intel E8400,ATI 4870) and then it plays normal (CPU is about 25%)
Here some info about the movie I want to play:
Format : Matroska
File size : 3,97 GiB
Duration : 2h 1mn
Overall bit rate : 4 677 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-07-06 14:58:08
Writing application : MKVMaker.exe
Writing library : Haali DirectShow Matroska Muxer 1.7.401.3
Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 2h 1mn
Bit rate : 3 816 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23,976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.229
Stream size : 3,24 GiB (82%)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA3
Codec ID : 162
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio 3
Duration : 2h 1mn
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 kanalen
Sampling rate : 48,0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 667 MiB (16%)
System is of course the Asrock ION 330 with 32gb SSD drive and 2gb memory.
GPU RAM is set to 512mb
XBMC 9.04.1 is the version I use.
render methode is set to :VDPAU
Adjust refres rate: ON
High qua.soft upscalling : OFF
TV that I play the movie on is a Panasonic Plasma TH-42PV70FA (no 24fp)
Resolution I use is: 1280x720
Can someone help me solve this problem?
I really would like to use the system where I bought it for,watch HD movies
- >>X<< - 2009-07-11 22:15
seninha
XBMC live as far as I know doesn't yet contain this patch which is certainly one thing to consider as a possible cause
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=52895
- seninha - 2009-07-11 22:19
Can you please explain me how to install this patch.
I need to tell you that XBMC live is my first experiance with LINUX so please explain it in a easy way
- duplu - 2009-07-11 22:33
>>X<< Wrote:seninha
XBMC live as far as I know doesn't yet contain this patch which is certainly one thing to consider as a possible cause
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=52895
I installed XBMCLive on my 330 when I first got it and it played 720p/1080p HD movies fine before I moved to a full Ubuntu install so I could run the latest SVN release. Therefore I'm not sure this patch will make any difference.
I guess you are streaming the content from another PC in the house as you have an SD card in the 330. Have you checked that the streaming is at a sufficient speed for HD. I used to run mine over wireless and it had this problem as my fileserver was in the spare room 2 floors above.
Everything else in your setup looks fine.
- seninha - 2009-07-11 22:38
Streaming should be enough.System is wired to my router and from ther it goes ,also by wire,to my storage PC.
- duplu - 2009-07-11 22:47
What are the loads on the CPU when you attempt to play a HD movie. As a guide my 330 runs as below for 1080p:
CPU0: 5.1% CPU1: 0.5% CPU2:1.0% CPU3: 0.0%
Bitrate of the movie is between 10 to 20 Mbits.