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Hi I've recently brought a pipo x7 mini PC its basically a tablet with no screen. It uses a z3736f Intel CPU with Intel HD graphics. I've set everything up as it was with my last setup (openelec ion2) but when I playback content which is 23.976 I get 24 and lots of dropped frames.
With my ion 2 system I had to create a custum mode line to get 23.976 playback is this needed here or should I be looking else where.
I have Adjust display refresh rate to match video on and Sync playback to display on set to drop/dupe as I have an avreciever using pass though
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Try disabling windows aero.
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goujam
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I'm not sure how to do that in windows 8.1 do you simple set advanced settings to adjust for best performance?
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I disabled aero and get the same problem. Just to confirm on the codec screen under windowing information I get fps:23.98 but under sync to screen I get refresh :24 and occasionally I get a missed frame.
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Known and here the message again: Currently no active kodi developer is using this Windows 8.1 crap voluntarily and investigating this issue. We only have some inactive devs which don't have issues - so it is unlikely to be fixed. Your best bet is to use Windows 7.
Chances are arround 50% that kodi v15 will have an DX11 based implementation for decoding, which will improve things.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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I am not familiar with this SoC. Does it actually support 23.976? Do you have 23 Hz as an available refresh rate in Windows? There is a problem with Windows 8.1 which does not respect the requested refresh rate. But the symptom is that it selects 23.976 instead of 24 Hz and if I understood you correctly you have observed the exact opposite.
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2015-01-19, 14:36
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-19, 14:40 by rob77.)
I have a slightly different but similar problem running a n2820 nuc and windows 8.1. Playing back videos at 23.976 work well but playing back 24.000 videos results in stutter every minute or so. I am going to install windows 7 tonight as I read that it works okay in that OS.
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I've not noticed any issues with 8.1 (Intel HD4600 graphics) but it mat be due to a lack of 24Hz material. What's a good example file for the latter to try?
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Windows 7 is outdated and obsolete. Windows 10 is coming
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Thanks, but it's genuine 24Hz material I want to test.
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I guess the message here is that you get what you pay for