[S80_UK]

There's a way to make them appear under Launcher but I can't remember off hand, it's been mentioned several times in the forums so a search for "Launcher appletv nightly builds" should pop it out.

Here is is...

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=356398

It works really well, too.

[TimeHorse]

Thanks Davilla and S80_UK! I've got svn revision 21846 installed and am still seeing the video problems. They are a bit diminished from my last result but this is mostly because I copied my file from the SMB share to the local drive, but there are still obvious synchronization problems. The other change is that I'm now using digital audio, not analog, though still using the multi-channel downmix since the non-downmix form seems to only play the surround channels so let's not deal with that for now. Those changes to audio don't seem to effect playback, however.

Anyway, so I did another capture: http://pastebin.com/f91c4342

Hopefully this will help narrow things down.

[TimeHorse]

I upgraded to 21859 this morning, for the curious, here is the latest log: http://timehorse.pastebin.com/f288b8b0e

Same issue and I don't intend to post further logs unless asked but thought it may be helpful to note in this one that by the time I ended playback, audio was about 18 seconds ahead of video. Davilla already found that the audio was the timebase for the media in question, and audio is for the most part smooth. It still seems like a rendering-catchup issue then, and since I think XBMC is pretty rock solid from Davilla's personal results, I'm still inclined to blame side processes, though no smoking gun seems to be there.

Davilla, would you mind comparing my 'ps -axww' to one on your AppleTV so we could see if I'm running anything unusual. Here, I am running XBMC and playing the video in question: http://timehorse.pastebin.com/f37a06afc

Thanks.

Jeffrey.

[geekygizmo]

I am brand new to XBMC on ATV (V2.4) and was disappointed with the video quality vs. my ol. Xbox. It seem'd to twitch all the time even on standard DVD rips, Interlacing problems all over as well. After the update it's perfect! I am very happy now. Even my HDtivo rips play about 90% framerate witch is very watchable. Using 1080i over component.

Thanks all for the great help!
GG

[davilla]

I upgraded to 21859 this morning, for the curious, here is the latest log: http://timehorse.pastebin.com/f288b8b0e

Same issue and I don't intend to post further logs unless asked but thought it may be helpful to note in this one that by the time I ended playback, audio was about 18 seconds ahead of video. Davilla already found that the audio was the timebase for the media in question, and audio is for the most part smooth. It still seems like a rendering-catchup issue then, and since I think XBMC is pretty rock solid from Davilla's personal results, I'm still inclined to blame side processes, though no smoking gun seems to be there.

Davilla, would you mind comparing my 'ps -axww' to one on your AppleTV so we could see if I'm running anything unusual. Here, I am running XBMC and playing the video in question: http://timehorse.pastebin.com/f37a06afc

Thanks.

Jeffrey.

It will be a week before I can do this. I'm away on business right now. Not an AppleTV in sight

[garyi]

I would be gutted to find that 720 is supposed to be able to play on ATV its never worked this end always been unwatchable.

IN terms of nightly builds do I just ftp in and replace the xbmc.app?

[S80_UK]

I would be gutted to find that 720 is supposed to be able to play on ATV its never worked this end always been unwatchable.

IN terms of nightly builds do I just ftp in and replace the xbmc.app?

Again... See this thread on how to set up the ATV launcher to access nightly builds. Once this change is made, it is just a single click in the launcher to do access the latest nightly whenever you need it.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=356398

[Winkie]

Just to add a spanner in the works - I have noticed that if you do not have the library enabled it improves playback of 720p MKV files considerably. I am however not running the latest build so this might not be an issue in the latest build.

I hope this is useful information

Cheers,
Iain

[BDPNA]

I know this is an Apple TV thread, but lately with the latest builds I have noticed this on my Mac Mini with 4GB RAM as well. Especially with 1080p video which I realize will never be perfect but it seems to be getting worse.

I read somewhere bumping up cache settings may help this but I see nowhere in the settings (using Aeon anyway) to up the cache size? Is there a way?

Also maybe someone could educate on the exact video related settings to best playback HD content? Vertical Sync always on? Auto Adjust Refresh Rate on? Lip Sync with audio turned on?

[geekygizmo]

Just to add a spanner in the works - I have noticed that if you do not have the library enabled it improves playback of 720p MKV files considerably. I am however not running the latest build so this might not be an issue in the latest build.

I hope this is useful information

Cheers,
Iain

Interesting, I have my library disabled as I remotely use XBMC via the web api. My initial 720p testing was right after I got the box so the library would have been enabled then. After I reloaded from the SVN one of the things I did was disable the library when I rechecked all the settings.

Just another data point.
GG

[mlp55]

It will be a week before I can do this. I'm away on business right now. Not an AppleTV in sight

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=508557

[davilla]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=508557

please don't cross-post.