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[psam]

Hello,

I am running MC17 on my new miniPC (Asrock 3D Vision 252B).

All videos are braking up severely, while they play fine using other software such as VLC.

I've tried mkv, avi, mts from my HD Camera as well as ripped DVDs (video .Ts and so on)
The Asrock benchmarks at 2700 using MC's benchmark tool, it has 8GB of memory and it is running Windows 7 Professional on an Intel i52520m and an NVIDIA 525 graphics card.
Any ideas how to start searching towards a solution?



Thanx...

[lowjoel]

Under Video settings are you using Red October HQ?

[JimH]

If so, try Red October Standard.

[psam]

I am running Red October Standard.
I also tried Red October HQ, same problem...

[CountryBumkin]

Are you streaming your video? If so, may be a network settings issue. I had an issue like yours (not as bad) that was related my network settings (had Flow Control disabled).
Is there any format you can play?

What are your Audio settings in MC? Try WASAPI Event style. Do you send the audio/video to an AVR or directly to TV/Monitor?

In Tools>Options>Video, do you have hardware acceleration On or Off (if ON and your graphics doesn't support it, it will make a mess of video palyaback).

[psam]

Are you streaming your video? If so, may be a network settings issue. I had an issue like yours (not as bad) that was related my network settings (had Flow Control disabled).
Is there any format you can play?

What are your Audio settings in MC? Try WASAPI Event style. Do you send the audio/video to an AVR or directly to TV/Monitor?

In Tools>Options>Video, do you have hardware acceleration On or Off (if ON and your graphics doesn't support it, it will make a mess of video palyaback).

The video files are located on a local hard disk. Actual file transfer speed is around 80 Mb/sec, this should not be a problem at all...

I cannot play any format properly. I have just installed XBMC and the same video files are working just fine.
Music (flac mostly) is playing fine on the MC, it's just the video that keeps breaking up, stalling, sound is clipping and so on...

I am using WASAPI because I have an Antelope Zodiac+ DAC connected via USB.

I tried WASAPI Event Style with no luck either.

I also tried with hardware acceleration on and off, same problem.

Since other software does not have any problems with the same files, I believe it is an MC problem...
Is there a error log file or something for debugging?

 

[CountryBumkin]

Yes, it sounds like an MC problem. But since everyone else is playing those formats without issue, it is probably a MC "setup or install" issue.

You may need to remove MC completely and reinstall - possibly something didn't register/install correctly. Aslo don't download and install or try to configure anything outside of MC (like ffdshow). MC downloads and installs everything it needs into its own directories.
 
There is a log. It is under the "Help" tab.

[psam]

Yes, it sounds like an MC problem. But since everyone else is playing those formats without issue, it is probably a MC "setup or install" issue.

You may need to remove MC completely and reinstall - possibly something didn't register/install correctly. Aslo don't download and install or try to configure anything outside of MC (like ffdshow). MC downloads and installs everything it needs into its own directories.
 
There is a log. It is under the "Help" tab.

Right!
That did it... I removed MC completely and reinstalled it. Now it works fine...
Thanx for all the tips guys!

[psam]

Well,
after a few hours the problem reappeared...
I had to remove and install MC once again to get it to work...
It seems this wasn't a random behavior... Somehow the plugins get corrupted....

[JimH]

Are you now using Red October Standard?  Don't try anything else until this is working.

If it happens again, reboot without reinstalling.

[psam]

Are you now using Red October Standard?  Don't try anything else until this is working.

If it happens again, reboot without reinstalling.

Yes, I am using Red October Standard.

If it happens again I will reboot as you say.

Thanx!

[BryanC]

I had this same problem a couple of weeks ago. It started happening when using RO HQ, so I tried going to RO standard (I thought I was having resource issues), and the problem remained.

Switched back to RO HQ and changed madVR to use exclusive mode, and my problem went away. I don't know why I continued to get stuttering in EVR, but I'm betting that it was a LAV Video output issue. When madVR is switched to exclusive mode, it seems to be able to handle the problem.

[psam]

Same problem again...
I rebooted right after the video was breaking up, but the problem persisted.
I removed MC, installed it again and video is working fine....
Any ideas?