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2012-07-23, 05:01
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-23, 05:02 by PsychoGTI.)
I run XBMC on two platforms: Windows 7 (laptop), and my primary HTPC on Linux. Lately, I've noticed more and more videos that seem to play in Win7 XBMC but not Linux. I don't expect these to be identical 100% of the time, but would like to help with any errors, codec problems, etc to further the development of the Linux version. Is posting debug logs the best way to help with this advancement?
I'm running xbmc-11.0-3.23.x86_64 on the Linux box, and v11.0 (Mar 21 Compiled) on Win 7 x64.
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Logs, hardware details, maybe even
MediaInfo (wiki) ran on the problematic files, etc. The more info, the better.
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Turn on debugging and post another log.
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2012-09-09, 07:55
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-09, 07:57 by fritsch.)
@PsychoGTI:
As you are running via nvidia. Try to enable vdpau via (System -> Video -> Playback), Make sure also sure that Vertical Sync Blank is enabled (via System -> Settings -> System).
For perfect smooth playback, also Adjust RefreshRate to match video and Sync Playback to Display (method Video Clock (Drop / Dup)) should be enabled.
Nvidia cards need a specific xorg.conf in order to only get the right 24p mode - search this forum for more information.
The package for vdpau is: vdpau-video. After you got vdpau to run, disable DynamicTwinView within your xorg.conf in order to be able to switch modes and refreshrate.
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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Tried renaming the file, installed vdpau-video and enabled it with all suggested settings. Still no good for these files.
I've always found vdpau a bit jittery at times in the high-res videos that do work in XBMC.... so normally I have it disabled. I think this is purely because I have only a Geforce G210, but have an excellent CPU.
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A G210 with VDPAU enabled should be able to handle about anything you can throw at it. I tend to find that VDPAU assisted decoding works better, overall, than DXVA assisted decoding in Windows, with very few exceptions.
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2012-09-10, 19:16
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-10, 19:17 by neil.j1983.)
i have a g210 and mkv's ripped from my bluray discs, with no recompression.
All play faultlessly. VC1 MPEG2 or H264.
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could you paste a new DEBUG-Log-file, trying to play the movies after you've rename them into human-readable filenames?