Playback Problems (2 Viewers)

[the1]

Hi Guys,

First of all just a few general things about my system.

Win 7
MP 1.2.3 (Latest)
Streamed MP

The machine where I am experiecing problems gets the files from a server on the network so the files arent there on this one.

Basically the issue is as follows. I open MP and I notice it seems a bit laggy. When I go to watch a movie (through MovingPictures) it takes ages for the movie to actually start playing and then it seems to stutter. The same happens when I just watch a video or just watch a tv ep (through the tv ep plugin).

I do not know why this is occurring and it has me really stumped.

If I open the file to play in windows media player there is no lag at all, it actually plays fine so I do not understand why MP is having a problem??

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Move the video file over to the local m\c you want to play on, now does it stutter in MP, if not then it seems to be a network issue, if it does, then its a MP\gpu\codec problem.

 

[the1]

I dont think it is a network issue. I played the file from the remote server in Windows Media Player and there was no stuttering.

Would supplying logs help?

 

[Vasilich]

as Paranoid delusion said, please try to watch this movie from local HDD, so WE can see if there are network issues or not.

 

[the1]

Okay, I was finally able to get a file onto the local HDD and the same thing happened.

During the today I uninstalled and reinstalled MediaPortal on numerous occasions in an attempt to troubleshoot what is occurring.

I did a complete uninstall of everything MP related and tried to start from scratch.

I then reinstalled MP. And after that I installed the theme Streamed MP.

Once I did that I started configuring all my settings, I think I noticed something though.

When configuring the setteings I first setup the TV series plugin (forget what its called, comes with theme). I went through that process all fine and the cover art etc all downloaded fine. At this point I played a file to see what was happening. And it worked fine (file from remote location). I played a few other files and the playback was all fine as well.

I then went to configure Moving Pictures. I attached the file path to where my movie files are located and proceeded to wait for the Movie Importer to do its thing.

Once that was done I reopened MP and tried to watch a video. The jumpy playback was back again.

This issue is really confusing. Could it be Moving Pictures?

 

[elliottmc]

Well, we don't know anything about your system, so it is impossible to help you. Please look for the bug reporting guidelines, and post logs as if you were reporting a bug.

So, if you have a video file in 'mptvseries' it plays fine, but one in 'movingpictures' does not? Is there any difference in the type of file (resolution, bitrate, encoding)?

 

[the1]

Well, we don't know anything about your system, so it is impossible to help you. Please look for the bug reporting guidelines, and post logs as if you were reporting a bug.

So, if you have a video file in 'mptvseries' it plays fine, but one in 'movingpictures' does not? Is there any difference in the type of file (resolution, bitrate, encoding)?

Okay I will get those things to you

No that is not exactly right. In mptvseries the files plays fine. However, once I configure moving pictures stuttering playback occurs in movingpictures as well as the on mptvseries. The file I tested in mptvseries before configuring movingpictures now is also jumpy.

 

[elliottmc]

Very odd. It does sound as though MovingPictures is causing a problem. Could it be that you have a very low spec system, and database access is causing this?