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You only habve 60hz. Disable audio passthrough. Sync playback to display WitzWith Methode method videoclock resample audio.
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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Can you elaborate on "video stutter". Is this a kind of micro stutter we observe as a result of a mismatch of refresh rate to fps or something more noticeable? I guess the latter, right?
13:47:12 T:139832181384960 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
13:47:18 T:139833904998336 WARNING: Previous line repeats 31 times.
Something seems to block the render thread.
We will see more in the 14.x log.
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Back to feeling dumb again. I followed the WIKI that the Helix page sent me to, 1.3 installing a beta/unstable version, and all I got was 13.2 again. What am I missing?
Video stutter - the picture noticeably freezes and then jumps to keep up.
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I would try to update the NVidia diver to the most recent version next.
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Passthrough won't show up cause your pulseaudio is configured to do 6 channel PCM. Check our wiki in how to do that correctly :-)
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I have the latest NVIDIA driver available through "Additional Drivers". I will go to NVIDIA direct for a more current update.
When I updated to Gotham, i also updated Linux from 12.04 to 14.04. Could there be any cause and effect there? I had no problems before.
I did check VLC player and it works fine, no stutter at all. Not sure that means anything. I did not mess with the passthrough since you want to disable it anyway.
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You can't compare to VLC in this case because VLC does not render via OpenGL. According to the change logs NVidia has fixed quite a few OpenGL bugs in recent versions of their drivers.
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Checked the NVIDIA site, and while there is a driver available, it is beyond my ability to install. I cannot get past the stop xserver step. I go to a black screen with a flashing cursor that does not allow input.
Earlier versions of the NVIDIA drivers had no problems. I tried the version I had installed before the upgrade, and the problem persists.
I am now headed for the roll back mode. My next step seems to be to purge everything and start fresh. I am hoping it is an install bug of some type.
This unit is primarily a HTPC. Would you recommend a minimal Linux install over a full Linux install?
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google x-swat ppa you should not install the Linux driver from nvidia site, ideally the distro packaged drivers are recommended even by nvidia.