I have access to a new MBA running 10.6.5 as of this moment.
I have it running the earth mkv at the moment. Will post the debug log as soon as it has finished playing. So far no frames are dropping and all runs smooth. The alice 100Mb mkv give massive dropped frames
Stock XBMC install and all updates on the MBA are installed as of today
* * * MediaInfo Mac 0.7.36.0 file analysis report.
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Created on: 11 nov 2010 09:30:10 GMT+01:00
Report for file: Earth 2007 1080p BluRay x264
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General / Container Stream #1
Total Video Streams for this File.................1
Total Audio Streams for this File.................1
Total Subtitle Streams for this File..............1
Video Codecs Used.................................AVC
Audio Codecs Used.................................DTS
SubTitle Codecs Used..............................UTF-8
Available Sutbitle Languages......................English
File Format.......................................Matroska
Play Time.........................................1h 30mn
Total File Size...................................7.96 GiB
Total Stream BitRate..............................12.7 Mbps
Encoded with......................................mkvmerge v2.9.8 ('C'est le bon') built on Aug 13 2009 12:49:06
Encoding Library..................................libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video Stream #1
Codec (Human Name)................................AVC
Codec (FourCC)....................................V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Codec
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Frame Width.......................................1 920 pixels
Frame Height......................................1 080 pixels
Frame Rate........................................23.976 fps
Total Frames......................................129504
Display Aspect Ratio..............................16:9
Scan Type.........................................Progressive
Color Space.......................................YUV
Codec Settings (Summary)..........................CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
QF (like Gordian Knot)............................0.239
Codec Settings (CABAC)............................Yes
Codec Settings (Reference Frames).................4
Video Stream Length...............................1h 30mn 1s 401ms
Video Stream BitRate..............................11.9 Mbps
Bit Depth.........................................8 bits
Video Stream Size.................................7.32 GiB (92%)
Video Encoder.....................................x264 - core 68 r1183M f21daff
Video Encoder (Settings)..........................cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc=2pass / bitrate=11900 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Video Stream Language.............................English
Audio Stream #1
Codec.............................................DTS
Codec (FourCC)....................................A_DTS
Audio Stream Length...............................1h 30mn 1s 398ms
Audio Stream BitRate..............................754 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................CBR
Number of Audio Channels..........................6
Audio Channel's Positions.........................Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling Rate.....................................48.0 KHz
Bit Depth.........................................24 bits
Audio Stream Size.................................486 MiB (6%)
Audio Stream Title................................English DTS
Audio Stream Language.............................English
Subtitle Stream #1
Language..........................................English
Format............................................UTF-8
Codec ID..........................................S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec Info........................................UTF-8 Plain Text
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* * * MediaInfo Mac 0.7.36.0 file analysis report.
* * * MediaInfo Mac is ©2010 by Diego Massanti -
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* * * MediaInfoLib by Jerome Martinez -
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Created on: 11 nov 2010 09:34:06 GMT+01:00
Report for file: alice-100m.mkv
General / Container Stream #1
Total Video Streams for this File.................1
Total Audio Streams for this File.................2
Total Subtitle Streams for this File..............2
Video Codecs Used.................................AVC
Audio Codecs Used.................................DTS / AC3
SubTitle Codecs Used..............................S_HDMV/PGS / S_HDMV/PGS
Available Sutbitle Languages......................English / English
File Format.......................................Matroska
Play Time.........................................1h 48mn
Total File Size...................................100 MiB
Total Stream BitRate..............................129 Kbps
Encoded with......................................MakeMKV v1.5.6 beta linux(x64-release)
Encoding Library..................................libmakemkv v1.5.6 beta (0.7.7/0.8.1) x86_64-linux-gnu
Video Stream #1
Codec (Human Name)................................AVC
Codec (FourCC)....................................V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Codec
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Frame Width.......................................1 920 pixels
Frame Height......................................1 080 pixels
Frame Rate........................................23.976 fps
Total Frames......................................156200
Display Aspect Ratio..............................16:9
Scan Type.........................................Progressive
Color Space.......................................YUV
Codec Settings (Summary)..........................CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Codec Settings (CABAC)............................Yes
Codec Settings (Reference Frames).................4
Video Stream Length...............................1h 48mn 34s 848ms
Video Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
Bit Depth.........................................8 bits
Video Stream Language.............................English
Color Primaries...................................BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer Characteristics..........................BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix Coefficients...............................BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
Audio Stream #1
Codec.............................................DTS
Codec (FourCC)....................................A_DTS
Audio Stream Length...............................1h 48mn 34s 841ms
Audio Stream BitRate..............................1 510 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................CBR
Number of Audio Channels..........................6
Audio Channel's Positions.........................Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling Rate.....................................48.0 KHz
Bit Depth.........................................24 bits
Audio Stream Size.................................1.15 GiB
Audio Stream Title................................3/2+1
Audio Stream Language.............................English
Audio Stream #2
Codec.............................................AC-3
Codec (FourCC)....................................A_AC3
Codec Profile.....................................Dolby Digital
Audio Stream Length...............................1h 48mn 34s 841ms
Audio Stream BitRate..............................320 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................CBR
Number of Audio Channels..........................2
Audio Channel's Positions.........................Front: L R
Sampling Rate.....................................48.0 KHz
Bit Depth.........................................16 bits
Audio Stream Size.................................249 MiB
Audio Stream Title................................2/0
Audio Stream Language.............................English
Subtitle Stream #1
Language..........................................English
Format............................................PGS
Codec ID..........................................S_HDMV/PGS
Codec Info........................................The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Subtitle Stream #2
Language..........................................English
Format............................................PGS
Codec ID..........................................S_HDMV/PGS
Codec Info........................................The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Menu / Chapters Stream #1
The results of the logs:
MBA 2010 alice MKV frames dropped
http://pastebin.com/z9XJPFyM
MPB 2009 alice MKV smooth
http://pastebin.com/CwbB5fTg
MBA 2010 Earth MKV smooth
http://pastebin.com/gT1P2REP
MBP 2009 Earth MKV smooth
http://pastebin.com/2X8YxUQm