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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Mastiff on June 25, 2007, 04:33:36 pm

Title: Is it possible to increase processor priority for playback even more?
Post by: Mastiff on June 25, 2007, 04:33:36 pm

Sometimes, when I do stuff that may take a lot of resources for a few seconds, like changing anything in the setup of an ATI card (ATI drivers can create massive ressource spikes) I have stuttering or even repeating of a half a second or so of the same sound (like the singer singing "hello-hello-hello, is it me you're looking for?" (purely an example that came to me, I don't normally listen to Lionel Richie...)). Is it possible to create an "insurance" against those? I have tried increasing the buffer, but that doesn't do anything in that case.

Title: Re: Is it possible to increase processor priority for playback even more?
Post by: Matt on June 25, 2007, 04:37:29 pm

MC does pretty much everything it can to avoid skipping.  If it still skips even after increasing buffering, it may be a hardware level freeze where nothing we do would make a difference.

Title: Re: Is it possible to increase processor priority for playback even more?
Post by: Mastiff on June 25, 2007, 04:39:00 pm

Aha. That wouldn't surprise me, since the mouse will be rather unmoveable for the same time. Does that mean hardware level?