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<blockquote data-quote="BushLin" data-source="post: 1006947" data-attributes="member: 133981">I was being hyper critical about the motion since my eyes are scanning for any differences between the playback on that system compared to a far more powerful PC, I'd happily live with such quality as I use iPlayer is for shows I forgot to record.If I look at the CPU usage when playing via IE it hovers around 65% but when playing back with MP/OnlineVideos/LAV it swings from 55%-100% and you can guess when the stuttering happens.&nbsp;It doesn't look like the flash plugin is using the GPU as much as it could. However, in MP if I choose to download the video first then that eliminates some of the background processes and playback improves... massively; in this state CPU usage sits between 20-35%. If I'm going through menus without downloading first then I can induce the stuttering as the CPU load is critical.&nbsp;I'm not in a position to upgrade at the moment and lots of new low power hardware is about to hit the shelves but what I'm starting to wonder whether the content providers are such a moving target that investing in hardware to use a system they consider unsupported method is folly.Perhaps I should just put up with waiting for my PS3 to power up and load when wanting to access catch up services or get a sofa friendly keyboard/mouse rather than relying on the likes of the BBC not closing off their platform to OnlineVideos as has happened with 4oD.My hardware in this box is far from great but fills the purpose of replacing a Sky+ box with something more silent and flexible but no monthly fee, just steaming from the internet has it stumped at the moment.If you do think of anything which could lower the CPU load though, I'd be very interested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BushLin, post: 1006947, member: 133981"] I was being hyper critical about the motion since my eyes are scanning for any differences between the playback on that system compared to a far more powerful PC, I'd happily live with such quality as I use iPlayer is for shows I forgot to record. If I look at the CPU usage when playing via IE it hovers around 65% but when playing back with MP/OnlineVideos/LAV it swings from 55%-100% and you can guess when the stuttering happens. It doesn't look like the flash plugin is using the GPU as much as it could. However, in MP if I choose to download the video first then that eliminates some of the background processes and playback improves... massively; in this state CPU usage sits between 20-35%. If I'm going through menus without downloading first then I can induce the stuttering as the CPU load is critical. I'm not in a position to upgrade at the moment and lots of new low power hardware is about to hit the shelves but what I'm starting to wonder whether the content providers are such a moving target that investing in hardware to use a system they consider unsupported method is folly. Perhaps I should just put up with waiting for my PS3 to power up and load when wanting to access catch up services or get a sofa friendly keyboard/mouse rather than relying on the likes of the BBC not closing off their platform to OnlineVideos as has happened with 4oD. My hardware in this box is far from great but fills the purpose of replacing a Sky+ box with something more silent and flexible but no monthly fee, just steaming from the internet has it stumped at the moment. If you do think of anything which could lower the CPU load though, I'd be very interested. [/QUOTE]

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