Video Stutter not sure if its Machine Specs or codecs (1 Viewer)

[Petervs]

Im using MP 1.1 Beta
Specs
Win 7 64bit
8GB Mem
samsung 32"inch Res 1920x1080
Graphics Nvidia Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce GT220, 1GB 128Bit GDDR2
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93
1TB
Latest Nvida Drivers downloaded yesterday
Codecs SAF 4.0.Test 23

I play an avi file in MP and every 5to10 seconds the video stutters
as anyone got any checks or something i can do to fix this ?
thanks
Peter

just scanned the posts
could it be a refresh rate issue ? how could i check this change refreshrate in Nvidia CP ??

 

[x4mer]

To check for a refresh rate issue, press shift+1 while playing one of the files that exhibits the stutter. Check the diplay fps listed as well as the source fps. The display fps needs to be an even multiple of the other.

Are you running on a monitor, or TV?

If on a monitor, use the refresh rate changer in MP config, to match the played video file. If on a TV, your TV will need to support multiple refresh rates to use this.

 

[Petervs]

i will give that a try i am running it on a samsung 32" LCD TV LN32A550 1080p
should i also monitor if it drops low ?

 

[kiwijunglist]

Samsung TV - Press 'info' button, it will tell you the current refresh rate.
Play the file in MPC-HC, enable the information display (under view menu) that should tell you the fps of the video file.
Ideally fps video = Refresh rate of TV/Video card, if refresh rate and fps rate are not the same you can get the occasional stutter.

If you press SHIFT+1 in mediaportal while playing the video it will tell you if you have dropped frames or high jitter which is hardware/software issue (not refresh rate issue)

 

[Petervs]

thanks kiwijunglist
i will try all u suggested and give feedback !

 

[Petervs]

hi kiwijunglist

ok what am i looking for ??
my EVR and FPS were pretty much the same
i saw i had some dropped like 1 or 4 but not often and i got jitters between -2 to 3 or 4

Have not used the MPC-HC yet will give that a bash too

 

[kiwijunglist]

Well it sounds like your hardware is able to keep up, because you had low jitter and low dropped frames, that is good.

I would also check the following
- What is the fps of the source you are trying to play?
- What is the refresh rate of your tv (press the info button on tv, eg. 60hz / 50hz etc)

Does the avi file play fine in another player?

Run MP in windowed mode, and also press CTRL+ALT+DEL to load task manager, are there CPU spikes during playback, what is CPU useage average/min/max while playing the file.

Note - If it is only 1x avi file that has problems, it might just be a bad avi file.