electric Wrote:Hi.
I got an old broadcoom.. i suppose a 12 (not 15).
I got lot of drop frames... around 12 fps with low cpu %.
I've tried severals nightly builds, and dharma-beta1. Same results
I've installed last broadcoom drivers.. 3.5.0.
In previous drivers versions... i got same drop frames.
Please, can you tell me which version arcsoft player are u running at background to fix drops frames?
Thanks.
Sorry for my poor english.
Hey fellow Crystal HD users. I've been using the Crystal card (the original 70012) in my Asus eeeBox b202 Intel Atom crap-box since the beginning. It's been hit and miss with every new release. Sometimes the playback was smooth, sometimes not. Never really nailed it though until the Dharma beta 1.
Windows 7 Pro
Asus eeeBox b202 Intel Atom, 2GB RAM
Dharma Beta 1
CrystalHD drivers 3.5
70012 release of the CrystalHD card
All video content streamed over SMB share on Gb network
No resynch or reclock settings, Vsynch turned on
I can get smooth playback and seeking on my 1080p content. However, there is one big catch that I learned. On this particular machine, I have to use 1280x720 as my Video Output resolution (my LCD is not a 1080p tv, btw). Only with this resolution can I avoid dropped frames and stuttery playback. Any other resolution seems to be too much load on the machine to rescale the video and it is choppy. Don't know why, but it is. 1366x768, for example, is very bad framerate.
But that being said, the playback is very smooth across the board on all my videos for once. I've played the following types:
M2TS with H.264, MPEG2, VC-1
MKV with H.264, MPEG2, VC-1
SD DVD rips
Since I dont have the 70015 card, I dont know about xvid, flash, etc. I plan to grab that card soon and try it.
Dharma beta 1 has made all the difference in the world - it is truly a stunning difference. I was previously using the DS-Player branch, which was ok for some HD, but broke the DVD playback.