[asiajason]

Ever since I upgraded to Dharma, my 720p tv shows are playing choppy and really stuttering - making them unwatchable.

Here's the info: let me know if I forgot something.

XMBC 10.0 svn-35648
Macbook Pro 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB 667 DDR2
(video out to fully HD compliant TV)
OSX 10.5.8
Debug Log: here
Media Info: here

Thank you!

[davilla]

NOTICE: GL: Shaders support not present, falling back to SW mode

try ARB renderer.

[asiajason]

Nothing changed - still just as choppy. However, there seems to be good periods (stays at 25 fps) and bad periods - some around 21fps, and some at between 10-15fps. and it doesn't seem to correlate to action vs. no action... seems related to something I can't see (queues?)

New Debug Log: here

[davilla]

INFO: GUI format 1600x900 1600x900 @ 60.00 - Full Screen #2

two display setup, move xbmc to your main screen and try again.

[asiajason]

I moved it to the macbook screen, same result - maybe even worse.

Log: here

[davilla]

disable 'script.recentlyadded'

look at 'top -o cpu' when xbmc is playing a video, what is the percent idle value?

[asiajason]

I disabled the 'recently added' via the 'skin-home window' options screen.

'Top' is showing roughly between 30% idle for average scenes. 30% seems to have a few drops. More complex scenes, it gets down to 20% with quite noticeable skips/drops.
other videos (avi) have cpu idle at around 70%