2013-11-11, 18:05
So I've been using XBMC for Windows 7 since about a year now and I've run into a weird issue in the last two months or so.
My CURRENT version is 12.2, I'm using the Aeon Flux skin with a few plug-ins, mostly for scrubbing, weather, Vox Commander (excellent for PAUSE/MUTE) and for the TV tuner I have in the HTPC.
I normally stream the videos from a fileserver on a wired gigabit network, but the same files have the same symptoms when played locally, copied directly on the hard drive (Seagate Momentus 500 hybrid) my PC specs are Core2Duo@3Ghz, 2Gb RAM, nVidia 470GTX, Asus Xonar DX audio.
I used to be able to play all 3D-SBS videos AS IS, meaning that they'd play with two frames one next to the other, and my television (LG 5800) would do the conversion to 3D. That worked perfectly for almost a year and some 3D movies still play normally.
But since about two months ago one movie in particular wouldn't play. It takes 30 seconds to show the first frame, and from there on it just CRAWLS along at like 3fps (according to the statistics overlay it peaks at 4.6fps, but sometimes is as low as 1fps) with only a crunching sound playing through the speakers (SPDIF-Optical out to a HT amplifier) the video was obviously unwatchable.
This seemed to spread, at first only to other 3D-SBS movies in my collection, but now I've discovered a few normal 2D movies are showing the same symptons. THE VIDEOS WOULD PLAY NORMALLY BEFORE.
In all cases, the same file copied locally to the HTPC has the same choppyness when played through XBMC, but when I play it using VLC it plays normally regardless of whether it's local or on a file server on my file server.
I`ve updated the drivers to no avail, I've also done the usual checks, malware/virus, windows updates, etc.
Now I'm concerned it might be a codec issue, is there a codec pack available for XBMC 12.2? I've searched but couldn't find anything.
Thanks in advance and great work on the whole project, it's amazing that such a fabulous front end is available for free considering all the alternatives are costly and don't work as well (Boxee, Smart TV, ASUS oPlay, PS3 media center, etc.)
My CURRENT version is 12.2, I'm using the Aeon Flux skin with a few plug-ins, mostly for scrubbing, weather, Vox Commander (excellent for PAUSE/MUTE) and for the TV tuner I have in the HTPC.
I normally stream the videos from a fileserver on a wired gigabit network, but the same files have the same symptoms when played locally, copied directly on the hard drive (Seagate Momentus 500 hybrid) my PC specs are Core2Duo@3Ghz, 2Gb RAM, nVidia 470GTX, Asus Xonar DX audio.
I used to be able to play all 3D-SBS videos AS IS, meaning that they'd play with two frames one next to the other, and my television (LG 5800) would do the conversion to 3D. That worked perfectly for almost a year and some 3D movies still play normally.
But since about two months ago one movie in particular wouldn't play. It takes 30 seconds to show the first frame, and from there on it just CRAWLS along at like 3fps (according to the statistics overlay it peaks at 4.6fps, but sometimes is as low as 1fps) with only a crunching sound playing through the speakers (SPDIF-Optical out to a HT amplifier) the video was obviously unwatchable.
This seemed to spread, at first only to other 3D-SBS movies in my collection, but now I've discovered a few normal 2D movies are showing the same symptons. THE VIDEOS WOULD PLAY NORMALLY BEFORE.
In all cases, the same file copied locally to the HTPC has the same choppyness when played through XBMC, but when I play it using VLC it plays normally regardless of whether it's local or on a file server on my file server.
I`ve updated the drivers to no avail, I've also done the usual checks, malware/virus, windows updates, etc.
Now I'm concerned it might be a codec issue, is there a codec pack available for XBMC 12.2? I've searched but couldn't find anything.
Thanks in advance and great work on the whole project, it's amazing that such a fabulous front end is available for free considering all the alternatives are costly and don't work as well (Boxee, Smart TV, ASUS oPlay, PS3 media center, etc.)