2012-03-28, 01:56
Hi all,
Long story short.
Had a HP NL36 Microserver (1.3ghz CPU) and ATI Radeon HD6450 to try and playback 1080p content, simply wouldn't work. Wasn't dropping frames, it just didn't play files, it either locks up when you start playing or it starts playing but if you FF or reverse it then locks up.
VLC plays fine (close to the limit on CPU use but it works)
My coworker has the same HP Microserver but 1.5ghz model and an Nvidia GT430, he claims it works flawlessly.
I swapped my board for the 1.5ghz CPU and put in a GT430 also, so my machine is identical to his (but 4x the memory) my problem remains.
Anyone know what could cause this? I'm under the impression XBMC doesn't use codecs, it has it's own?
Maybe it's my secondary video drivers, I have logmein and dameware on the workstation, could they interfere?
Why would XBMC just totally lock up like that (it's not a "not responding" lock up, it just doesn't play video and sits there with the counter not ticking over)
Any theories?
Long story short.
Had a HP NL36 Microserver (1.3ghz CPU) and ATI Radeon HD6450 to try and playback 1080p content, simply wouldn't work. Wasn't dropping frames, it just didn't play files, it either locks up when you start playing or it starts playing but if you FF or reverse it then locks up.
VLC plays fine (close to the limit on CPU use but it works)
My coworker has the same HP Microserver but 1.5ghz model and an Nvidia GT430, he claims it works flawlessly.
I swapped my board for the 1.5ghz CPU and put in a GT430 also, so my machine is identical to his (but 4x the memory) my problem remains.
Anyone know what could cause this? I'm under the impression XBMC doesn't use codecs, it has it's own?
Maybe it's my secondary video drivers, I have logmein and dameware on the workstation, could they interfere?
Why would XBMC just totally lock up like that (it's not a "not responding" lock up, it just doesn't play video and sits there with the counter not ticking over)
Any theories?