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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1166587" data-attributes="member: 82144">[USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER]Okay, thanks for the clarification.Sorry that I irritated you. That question was a poorly worded attempt to try to understand whether the situation was:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">DXVA not working =&gt; high CPU usage =&gt; dropped frames (ie. TV is not really watchable). 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">DXVA not working =&gt; higher CPU usage than when DXVA is active... but no dropped frames (ie. TV is watchable).</li>
</ol>I should have simply asked if the CPU usage was leading to dropped frames.From what you said:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The black screen issue only affects HTPC 1.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">DXVA scenario 1 applies to HTPC 2 (Baytrail CPU) whereas DXVA scenario 2 applies to HTPC 1.</li>
</ol>Therefore if I've understood correctly, in my opinion it would technically be possible (though from your perspective: strongly not preferable) to temporarily use other video codecs including LAV on HTPC 1 to determine whether the black screen issue does or does not apply to all codecs. If you're not willing to test then hopefully Stéphane will be able to perform equivalent tests to acquire the same information. My hypothesis is that at least some codecs including LAV would not be affected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1166587, member: 82144"] [USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER] Okay, thanks for the clarification. Sorry that I irritated you. That question was a poorly worded attempt to try to understand whether the situation was: [LIST=1] [*]DXVA not working => high CPU usage => dropped frames (ie. TV is not really watchable). [*]DXVA not working => higher CPU usage than when DXVA is active... but no dropped frames (ie. TV is watchable). [/LIST] I should have simply asked if the CPU usage was leading to dropped frames. From what you said: [LIST=1] [*]The black screen issue only affects HTPC 1. [*]DXVA scenario 1 applies to HTPC 2 (Baytrail CPU) whereas DXVA scenario 2 applies to HTPC 1. [/LIST] Therefore if I've understood correctly, in my opinion it would technically be possible (though from your perspective: strongly not preferable) to temporarily use other video codecs including LAV on HTPC 1 to determine whether the black screen issue does or does not apply to all codecs. If you're not willing to test then hopefully Stéphane will be able to perform equivalent tests to acquire the same information. My hypothesis is that at least some codecs including LAV would not be affected. [/QUOTE]

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