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Hi
When I play mkv files from xbmc , some scenes the frame rate drops to 20/s causing playback stuttering.
XBMC is installed on the latest intel NUC i3 with 8 GB of ram running on the latest ubuntu 13 platform.
If I play the same file through VLC player in ubuntu, it plays just fine with CPU utilization not exceeding 40%.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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negge
yo guysv7may bd latr tomorroe
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VA-API (hardware acceleration) is not working, so you should check your drivers.
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fritsch
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a) The version you are running is not supported it's an evil old version 12.0-rc3, sadly shipped by the ubuntu folks.
b) As negge pointed out, you miss the libva-driver-intel
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a) install team xbmc ppa
b) install the vaapi driver and also disable VDPAU
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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Thanks. Question, why would vlc be able to activate hardware acceleration and run smoothly white xbmc can't?
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fritsch
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2014-02-21, 16:01
(This post was last modified: 2014-02-21, 16:02 by fritsch.)
It can't it just uses two cores at once. In xbmc everything is single threaded, when HW decoders are active.
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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negge
yo guysv7may bd latr tomorroe
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You should be able to find all you need in the wiki.