On-screen/debug info when pressing Pling (!) (1 Viewer)

[Elf]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4
MediaPortal Skin: MCE
Windows Version: Windows XP Pro (SP2) .NET Version: 2.0.50727
CPU Type: Intel P4 1.7GHz
Memory: 512Mb
Video Card Model: Geforce 4 MX 420 (64Mb)
Video Card Driver: ..latest!
Video Card Resolution: 800x600
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec: nVidia
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
TV Card: VBOX DVB-T
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: latest


When I press ! to view the render info on screen, what sort of values should I be expecting to see?

The FPS seems to hover around 18 and the "jitter" is on an ugly-sounding 40+
Also, the white vertical line that repeatedly scans horizontally is very noticably "stepped" in its movement, although every now and then it seems to suddenly move nice and smooth for a second, before reverting to its usual juddery pace.

Could this by why horizontally-scrolling credits/tickers etc on TV shows look so bad for me!?

Am I one of the old folk that still calls "!" a pling?!

 

[Callifo]

Jitter can vary depending on your video source. DVB can cause rather high looking values but movies such as dvd or xvid should be low (10/15 or lower). If the FPS is that low you should be seeing a lot of dropped frames?

High cpu usage could be the cause of a low framerate, which might be because of the graphics card.

 

[Elf]

Thanks, Callifo, two replies in two minutes in two different forums - you're my personal supporter today :wink:

Oddly, the frames dropped showed zero although I suspected it just wasn't being updated. Also, the cpu usage was up at around 40-50% so while not exactly idle, didn't look like it was being overly stressed either (it's a non-HT processor).

Time for some more experiments I think - I'm borrowing a better graphics card to see if it helps.