Slow Video playback with 1.3.7

[Delusional]

Hi,

I'm trying out gbpvr 1.3.7, and I find the playback to be very slow. The menu navigation is smooth. I'm currently using the software in a stand alone PC with no TV card or internet connection. The video is on CD and is an XviD with MP3 audio. The software shows 1 frame about every 2 to 3 seconds. A further test to see if it was the video or the software, was to play a standard video from Windows. I choose clocks.avi from the Windows folder. Same issue. From that video, only 3 frames were shown. During the time no frame was played, the screen was black, with the XviD video, the screen did not turn black, however, only the image was shown from the video, verses actual playback.

The sound, however, played fine.

The same two videos, in Windows Media Player, play without error.

Is there some setting that needs to be done to get the playback to work correctly?

The installation is on a new (fresh) install of Windows XP Pro with SP2 and WM11. I have ffdshow installed for video and audio playback. System is 1Ghz with 512MB RAM, and a 160GB HDD. Currently only a 52X CD-ROM is available, and no internet. Future changes will convert to a DVD drive with a WiFi USB for internet. TV Card installation is currently impossible due to the case design, although the mainboard (VIA EPIA M10000) supports it.

I have tried the MediaPortal software, however, the menu navigation is impossible to use, slow and bulky. After trying gbpvr, I'm sold on the simple navigation and fluid menu control. Just need the video playback to work correctly. Photos and music appear to work correctly, however no major testing was done.

So, before asked 'Why install the software without a TV Card?', the system setup is for watching videos, listening to music and viewing photos. Its possible to do this with normal Windows software, however, we are wanting an application that puts this all into one simple interface that allows for remote control navigation; something normal Windows doesn't do (unless you have Windows Media Center).

[sub]

A VIA EPIA M10000 is way below GB-PVR's minimum recommended 1.2GHz PIII CPU class. The M10000 CPU is about the equivalent of a 500Mhz PII CPU.

Switching to the 'overlay' video renderer will most likely help a bit, but its unlkely you'll get acceptible performance.

[rookie]

A VIA EPIA M10000 is way below GB-PVR's minimum recommended 1.2GHz PIII CPU class. The M10000 CPU is about the equivalent of a 500Mhz PII CPU.

Switching to the 'overlay' video renderer will most likely help a bit, but its unlkely you'll get acceptible performance.

I've just installed a fresh WinXP SP 2 with updates and the specs are:

[INDENT] EVGA 730i 9300 board
E8400 3.0 GHz
4GB Memory
PVRX2 version 1.3.7
Nvidia video Drivers 178.13
CodecLite Full package 4.4.2
Hauppauge HVR 2250

Playback setup as VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive.
MPEG-2 Playback all "System Default"
[/INDENT]

The video play back shudders and skips in PVRX2. Unwatchable unless you want a headache. I've updated DirectX to the "directx_nov2008_redist.exe" release.

Using "Media Player Classic" from the default install of CodecLite 4.42 and the video plays smooth as silk.

Is there anyway to have Media Player Classic as the video renderer for PVRX2?

I can always start MPC externally, but it seems a bit cumbersome.

[sub]

With a fast CPU like that, its unlikely to be the same problem as the poster above. Its most likely just the video decoder you're using. What options do you have other than 'system default', and have you tried them?

[rookie]

With a fast CPU like that, its unlikely to be the same problem as the poster above. Its most likely just the video decoder you're using. What options do you have other than 'system default', and have you tried them?

I've tried:
- ffdshow Video/Audio Decoder with VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive
- MPEG Video/Audio Decoder with VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive

These two shudder and skip. Task manager shows a CPU usage of 60-90% usage with these two.

Then I tried:
- Intervideo NonCSS Video/Audio Decoder with VMR9 Fullscreen Exc.

Which seems to work well.

I did notices that using MPC and Intervideo NonCSS with VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive that task manager showed a CPU usage of around 10%.

Thanks for your help.

[sub]

Then I tried:
- Intervideo NonCSS Video/Audio Decoder with VMR9 Fullscreen Exc.

Which seems to work well.

Great.

[rookie]

Great.

One small glitch, I had to change the audio to AC3Filter for Live TV to work with sound. With the Intervideo NonCSS Audio, Live TV was silent.