Jerky playback

Submitted by hornsea on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 08:58

Have just had to re-install on a new computer (Windows 7 64bit 8mb)

Jagged fonts on screen and jerky playback

Using Intel HD 2000 graphics

Windows 7 only rates the graphics as 5.2

The profiler gives

Standard - 480x360 - 12.5 PAL

Hi-Def - 640x360 - 12.5 PAL

Multi sample - 2x

Everything worked fine on my 5 year old computer

Any advice and what should the server profiler results actually be?

We are using Windows 7 in the

Submitted by jenaeasofie on Sat, 07/21/2012 - 21:31.

We are using Windows 7 in the house for a long time and I suggest you would use this also. It's awesome. - Theodore Stroukoff

I'm using a Nvidia GeForce

Submitted by KenR on Tue, 06/21/2011 - 01:10.

I'm using a Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 on a new PC which scores 7.5 but before that I was using a crappy PC at never really had any problems.

Ken

Thanks It would appear that

Submitted by hornsea on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 23:39.

Thanks

It would appear that the HD 2000 is the cause of the problem

What graphics card are you using to achieve the 25 FPS?

regards

David

(or do I just get a Boxee ;-)

NVIDIA GeForce

Submitted by insomnian on Tue, 06/21/2011 - 01:21.

We're using a mid-range NVIDIA GeForce.

The performance settings (FPS and multi-sampling) only affect plugins, which require on-the-fly encoding, and should have no bearing on general video playback, which is streamed directly to the box and decoded there.

If you're playing non-DivX content, however, it might be worth taking a look at the CPU usage (right click on the start bar and select "Task Manager"), as this is transcoded into DivX format before it is sent to the box: if it's constantly at 100%, that may well be the cause of your issues.

Anti aliasing

Submitted by insomnian on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 07:58.

Jagged fonts are usually caused by font anti-aliasing (e.g. ClearType) being disabled on your PC.

On a similar setup, we get 640x480 25fps, 1280x720 25fps and 4x.

On my W7 8mb pc I get 25 FPS

Submitted by KenR on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 23:49.

On my W7 8mb pc I get 25 FPS (PAL) at both 640x480 and 1280x720.

Ken