Choppy Playback with EVR enabled in MP Config (1 Viewer)

[bishopy2j]

--* choppy playback of 720 and 1080 files with EVR enabled in MP Config

--* in mp config under Direct Show Filter Control - Video Renderer Settings
--* and enable EVR

--* if i enable VMR9 (all 3 items ticked and Bilinear Filerting choosen), video files play fine.
--* The issue is with the progress bar at the bottom as it becomes oversized and goes off the screen
--* this happens with skins: streamedMP(VMR9enabled.jpg) and Blue3Wide (VMR9enabled2.jpg)







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mp 1.0.2.0; streamed mp 0.8.448
Vista Enterprise x64; AMD 5400; 4GB PC800

 

[globaldonkey]

System specs would help. It looks like you have a strange (very wide) resolution selected. The skin is designed for 16:9.

 

[bishopy2j]

Mobo = ASUS M2A-VM HDM
w/ onboard video ATi Radeon xpress 1200
CPU = AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
RAM = GSkill PC800; 2x 2GB
OS = Vista x64

 

[Owlsroost]

Re the stuttery playback - see https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/1-0-1-svn-builds-313/1080i-material-not-deinterlacing-under-1-0-1-0-a-58486/

Basically, MP (particularly 1.0.1 onwards) is GPU power-hungry - you have a relatively low-powered integrated GPU, and HD video + EVR to a 1920 x 1080 screen is probably more than it can cope with. With a video playing, press 'shift' and '1' together on the keyboard - this should bring up a display of rendering statistics - look at the fps and dropped frame numbers.

Tony

 

[bishopy2j]

ill check that out. I want to mention (but dont want to jinx myself) but 720p and 1080p files seem to play much better after i installed PowerDVD8. The codecs became available in MP Config and i set the HD content to use the PowerDVD codecs. I have EVR enabled. Thank you.

Do you think if i get a dedicated graphics card, that would help out the situation? I was looking at this one: Newegg.com - ASUS EN9400GT/DI/1GD2(LP) GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards but im not sure. Can you please recommend a good card (with HDMI port) for an HTPC (budget would be around $80).

 

[globaldonkey]

re the skin problem, what resolution do you have set on your display?

The Nvidia 9400 should do the job, but for "future proofing" I'd look at the 9500 if you can. In the ATI range go for the 4670 or better. Sapphire have a nice passively cooled 4670, but it's not low profile.

Sapphire ATI HD4670 ULTIMATE 512M 128Bit GDDR3 PCIE DVI/ VGA/ HDMI HDCP 70W Silent Heatsink

 

[bishopy2j]

1920 x 1080 @ 60hz (i think its 60hz, not sure though)

i think i want to go to the Nvidia family. so you recommend a 9500 or above?

 

[globaldonkey]

My understanding is that the 9400 is a bit borderline, similar to the ati 4550. Andrew H had a good result in the post Tony mentions above when he upgraded to the 9500. Personally, I prefer a quite htpc, so I look for passively cooled cards, and they are getting harder to get now that the performance requirements have increased.

 

[Owlsroost]

I run a low-profile 9500GT - an XFX 9500 GT 512MB DDR2 Standard (PV-T95G-YALG) - which is pretty quiet for a fan-cooled card. You can get passively cooled 9500GT cards, but they are full-height.

This Newegg.com - XFX PVT95GZAFG GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards looks like it's the same card fitted with 1GB of ram (but you'll need to add the low-profile bracket kit if you need to put in a low-profile case).

Tony

 

[bishopy2j]

i apologize but what is a low-profile case?

the case i am using now for my HTPC is the ANTEC Fusion. would the 9500 (mentioned by Tony) fit in this case? Would i need to anything special (i.e. low-profile bracket)?