"adjust display refresh rate to match video"

RckStr Wrote:Any news in this? Is this being worked on or is osx limitting this from happening?

No news yet, see the trac ticket.

Any news on this yet? Im looking at that link you gave but it be great having a track number or something cos Im having a little trouble finding it.

I will make a thread in 2 min where we can work together on a script for auto refresh on OS X.

Let's see what we can find out.

Or maybe Davilla can get the code from the plex guys. Ryan supposedly has it finished, although they havent released a build including it yet.

RckStr Wrote:Or maybe Davilla can get the code from the plex guys. Ryan supposedly has it finished, although they havent released a build including it yet.

davilla is waiting to see if plex boys release something, then he will take a peek It's very interesting that after months of saying they would not be doing any display refresh rate adjustment that this pops out...

sounds like they didn't want to promise something they may not have been able to deliver?

Well if youre gonna wait untill they release anything, I urge you not to hold your breath. Im sure they would give you the code If you asked though. Here is a link to their forum where its being discussed:

http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/top...switching/

Any news on this subject?

I'm trying to switch from a Windows based HTPC (Acer Revo 3610) to a Mac Mini running XBMC but neither XBMC nor Plex or boxee for OSX are able to automatically change my TV's refresh rate to match the movie's fps. On XBMC there's even an option to "adjust display refresh rate to match video" but it doesn't seem to do anything at all. Is this a known Plex/XBMC/Boxee bug or is it a limitation in OSX itself?

Even though I love my Mac Mini and the Acer sticks out like a sore thumb amidst my otherwise Mac only home (between me and my girlfriend we have four Macs) I have to admit that right now the Acer is a better movie-watching-machine because it will automatically adjust the TV's refresh rate to match the movie. If I play a 23.976 fps movie on XBMC in Windows, the TV automatically switches to 24 Hz and I get perfectly smooth video. If I play a 25 fps movie the TV switches to 50 Hz automatically. When the movie ends or I stop it and go back to XBMC's menu, the TV goes back to the normal 60Hz mode. Why doesn't the same thing happen in OSX, be it with XBMC or Plex (or Boxee, for that matter)?

This is the only thing holding me back from selling the Acer and going Mac only.

PS - I know that I can manually change the display setting on system preferences, but that's hardly a perfect solution considering that I don't always know exactly which movie I'm going to watch when I launch Plex, nor do I know what fps it is enconded with. It does work, though: if I set the display to 24 Hz manually, movies with 23.976 fps play beautifully smooth. This does give me hope that the programmers can come up with a way to auto-switch the TV refresh rate when initiating playback of the movie from within XBMC...

regards,
Sergio Azenha
http://www.sergioazenha.com

azenha Wrote:Any news on this subject?

I'm trying to switch from a Windows based HTPC (Acer Revo 3610) to a Mac Mini running XBMC but neither XBMC nor Plex or boxee for OSX are able to automatically change my TV's refresh rate to match the movie's fps. On XBMC there's even an option to "adjust display refresh rate to match video" but it doesn't seem to do anything at all. Is this a known Plex/XBMC/Boxee bug or is it a limitation in OSX itself?

Even though I love my Mac Mini and the Acer sticks out like a sore thumb amidst my otherwise Mac only home (between me and my girlfriend we have four Macs) I have to admit that right now the Acer is a better movie-watching-machine because it will automatically adjust the TV's refresh rate to match the movie. If I play a 23.976 fps movie on XBMC in Windows, the TV automatically switches to 24 Hz and I get perfectly smooth video. If I play a 25 fps movie the TV switches to 50 Hz automatically. When the movie ends or I stop it and go back to XBMC's menu, the TV goes back to the normal 60Hz mode. Why doesn't the same thing happen in OSX, be it with XBMC or Plex (or Boxee, for that matter)?

This is the only thing holding me back from selling the Acer and going Mac only.

PS - I know that I can manually change the display setting on system preferences, but that's hardly a perfect solution considering that I don't always know exactly which movie I'm going to watch when I launch Plex, nor do I know what fps it is enconded with. It does work, though: if I set the display to 24 Hz manually, movies with 23.976 fps play beautifully smooth. This does give me hope that the programmers can come up with a way to auto-switch the TV refresh rate when initiating playback of the movie from within XBMC...

regards,
Sergio Azenha
http://www.sergioazenha.com

It's not a bug, it's an unimplemented feature request.

are we there yet? Im sorry, couldnt find the ticket