HTPC fails to play 1080 video.

FireMogle · 06-16-12, 08:51 PM

I recently rebuilt my HTPC with my old desktop (specs below) and have been unable to get full 1080 video to play. The video stutters badly but audio will play. I have tested playback with both VLC and using mediaportal with SAF codecs. 720 and lower resolutions play fine.

Anyone have any thoughts on what I am doing wrong here?

Core2@3.2 GHz
6GB RAM
Win7 64
Geforce 9600 GT

ripsaw · 06-17-12, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FireMogle

I recently rebuilt my HTPC with my old desktop (specs below) and have been unable to get full 1080 video to play. The video stutters badly but audio will play. I have tested playback with both VLC and using mediaportal with SAF codecs. 720 and lower resolutions play fine.

Anyone have any thoughts on what I am doing wrong here?

Core2@3.2 GHz
6GB RAM
Win7 64
Geforce 9600 GT

Upgrade your video drivers? Or just buy a 5450 for 20 bux
EDIT: My 8800 played 10p fine in windows/xbmc and ubuntu/xbmc so it should work

Cigarsmoker · 06-17-12, 10:50 PM

Hmmm...that system should play back 1080p just fine. I ran a HTPC on a lessor spec system and was able to play 1080p. BUT, only using Media Player Classic which was include in K-lite codec.

I'm thinking it's maybe a software/driver issue.

FireMogle · 06-18-12, 08:36 AM

My old HTPC was a lesser system and played it better (not quite perfect) with an on board video set.

I would note that my CPU utilization is about 100% this whole time, so it would seem the video card is not doing its job. I have changed around drivers to no avail... I may try a clean driver install to see if that does anything.

xander89 · 06-18-12, 08:41 AM

hmmm i had a near identical one to that ( slightly worse processor but i overclocked it to 3.6ghz

) but i had the 9600gt and it should be able to handle 1080 perfectly. Have you tried playing 1080 through XBMC ( thats what i used when i had it set up as a media centre) ? Have you tried any other media playback programs apart from VLC and mediaportal?

FireMogle · 06-18-12, 08:56 AM

Those are the only ones I have tried, but I can try additional ones tonight.

Although when everything is done if mediaportal is not playing them its the same as not working as far as function is concerned.

ps
I had that proc at 3.8 but my HTPC case is not well ventilated and figured stability was better

PanteraGSTK · 06-18-12, 10:14 AM

Try the LAV filters. They are made for CUDA decoding (as well as dxva and quicksync) and are the best one's I've found for nvidia cards. You would want to download the version of XBMC that will let you use external decoders. Or you can try different rendering methods to get it to work as long as your video card supports everything. Check your CPU utilization when playing back a video. If it is high (which shouldn't matter since you have a powerful cpu) then your video card is not handling the video decoding process, your cpu is.

FireMogle · 06-18-12, 08:06 PM

I tried FAV and while it did play much better and had much less CPU usage it still stuttered slightly.

Ill keep tweeking its settings to see if I cant make that work.

MongGrel · 06-21-12, 10:41 PM

Try PotPlayer out maybe for grins and giggles if nothing else, I used to be a hard core VLC user and I use it now.

I like it very much

not sure what you're running but x64 here and I have even tried the VLC x64 beta one ad I prefer PotPlayer myself

I do have one set of CODEC's I did dld to use with it but not even sure it was needed, I just saw someone try it out, it handles everything much better than VLC from what I've seen and there are tons of options to tweak your set-up.

Most things I port over to the old Olevia 747i look about diamond cutter here, though I wouldn't buy one these days I imagine. Have a second Olevia 37 inch in the bedroom that my wife loves even more than the 47 inch, but after they sold the company off in bankruptcy a few years ago I wouldn't buy one these days :P

barackuda · 06-22-12, 06:17 PM

I had the same problem with my old GTS 250. 1080p was a nightmare to play.
I followed one advise. Remove all codecs and uninstall all players, go to Device manager and uninstall graphic adapter (your GPU). Restart windows. After windows installs drivers, just put new drivers for your card on top of it. Then install media player classic Home Cinema. I did some adjustment, i think 3 settings inside the options (i dont remember which, can make screen shots if interested). Then I installed XBMC and the videos play as smooth as butter. Even a 30GB mkv movie has no problems. Browsing thru the video and searching chapters is very very quick, CPU utilisation is at about 20%.
You can give it a try and see what happens.

Danny

FireMogle · 08-07-12, 08:38 PM

I finally just upgraded the card to a radeon 6840 and now everything plays perfectly.

Thanks for all the help though!

06-16-12, 08:51 PM	Thread Starter #1
FireMogle Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lawrence, KS	HTPC fails to play 1080 video. I recently rebuilt my HTPC with my old desktop (specs below) and have been unable to get full 1080 video to play. The video stutters badly but audio will play. I have tested playback with both VLC and using mediaportal with SAF codecs. 720 and lower resolutions play fine. Anyone have any thoughts on what I am doing wrong here? Core2@3.2 GHz 6GB RAM Win7 64 Geforce 9600 GT __________________ It's hard to look at it like a learning experence. CPU: Intel i7 860 @ 4Ghz (22x182) RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Asus p7p55 lx Video: MSI N460GTX + Asus VH198T Hard Drives: AS596TB-32GMx2 RAID 0 Other: HD-DVD/Blu Ray Combo Drive. All Powered by: Corsair 750W
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06-17-12, 10:50 PM	#3
Cigarsmoker Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Hmmm...that system should play back 1080p just fine. I ran a HTPC on a lessor spec system and was able to play 1080p. BUT, only using Media Player Classic which was include in K-lite codec. I'm thinking it's maybe a software/driver issue.
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06-18-12, 08:36 AM	Thread Starter #4
FireMogle Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lawrence, KS	My old HTPC was a lesser system and played it better (not quite perfect) with an on board video set. I would note that my CPU utilization is about 100% this whole time, so it would seem the video card is not doing its job. I have changed around drivers to no avail... I may try a clean driver install to see if that does anything. __________________ It's hard to look at it like a learning experence. CPU: Intel i7 860 @ 4Ghz (22x182) RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Asus p7p55 lx Video: MSI N460GTX + Asus VH198T Hard Drives: AS596TB-32GMx2 RAID 0 Other: HD-DVD/Blu Ray Combo Drive. All Powered by: Corsair 750W
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06-18-12, 08:41 AM	#5
xander89 Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London, UK	hmmm i had a near identical one to that ( slightly worse processor but i overclocked it to 3.6ghz ) but i had the 9600gt and it should be able to handle 1080 perfectly. Have you tried playing 1080 through XBMC ( thats what i used when i had it set up as a media centre) ? Have you tried any other media playback programs apart from VLC and mediaportal? __________________ Mobo:asus z68 gen 3 RAM:16GB ddr3 dual channel (1866mhz) CPU:Intel® Core™ i7 2700k@ 5ghz 1.45v (watercooled) GFX card:Gigabyte 670 Windforce @ 1330 mhz core boost ( stable) memory 7070mhz (watercooled) PSU:ZM850-HP HDD: Primary: SSD, corsair force 3 120GB, Storage:750GB Seagate ( 7,2000 rpm 32mb cache) Case:Corsair 800d OS:Windows 7 Professional 64bit The harsh reality of Consoles Vs PC's
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06-18-12, 08:56 AM	Thread Starter #6
FireMogle Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lawrence, KS	Those are the only ones I have tried, but I can try additional ones tonight. Although when everything is done if mediaportal is not playing them its the same as not working as far as function is concerned. ps I had that proc at 3.8 but my HTPC case is not well ventilated and figured stability was better __________________ It's hard to look at it like a learning experence. CPU: Intel i7 860 @ 4Ghz (22x182) RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Asus p7p55 lx Video: MSI N460GTX + Asus VH198T Hard Drives: AS596TB-32GMx2 RAID 0 Other: HD-DVD/Blu Ray Combo Drive. All Powered by: Corsair 750W
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06-18-12, 10:14 AM	#7
PanteraGSTK Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: over there	Try the LAV filters. They are made for CUDA decoding (as well as dxva and quicksync) and are the best one's I've found for nvidia cards. You would want to download the version of XBMC that will let you use external decoders. Or you can try different rendering methods to get it to work as long as your video card supports everything. Check your CPU utilization when playing back a video. If it is high (which shouldn't matter since you have a powerful cpu) then your video card is not handling the video decoding process, your cpu is. __________________ EVGA 750i SLI FTW, Q6600 @ 3200mhz 1.325v, vdroop mod, Kingston pc8500 4gb, 2x 8800GT in SLI, OCZ Vertex 3 120GB,WD 320GB for games, Xclio 650w psu, Scythe Infinity 2X Kingwin 80cfm 120mm fans, X-fi xtreme gamer, Windows 7 Ultimate Bill Gates over heard saying "If i had a penny for every time Windows Crashed... Oh wait, I do."
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06-18-12, 08:06 PM	Thread Starter #8
FireMogle Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lawrence, KS	I tried FAV and while it did play much better and had much less CPU usage it still stuttered slightly. Ill keep tweeking its settings to see if I cant make that work. __________________ It's hard to look at it like a learning experence. CPU: Intel i7 860 @ 4Ghz (22x182) RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Asus p7p55 lx Video: MSI N460GTX + Asus VH198T Hard Drives: AS596TB-32GMx2 RAID 0 Other: HD-DVD/Blu Ray Combo Drive. All Powered by: Corsair 750W
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06-21-12, 10:41 PM	#9
MongGrel Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Clearwater FL	Try PotPlayer out maybe for grins and giggles if nothing else, I used to be a hard core VLC user and I use it now. I like it very much not sure what you're running but x64 here and I have even tried the VLC x64 beta one ad I prefer PotPlayer myself I do have one set of CODEC's I did dld to use with it but not even sure it was needed, I just saw someone try it out, it handles everything much better than VLC from what I've seen and there are tons of options to tweak your set-up. Most things I port over to the old Olevia 747i look about diamond cutter here, though I wouldn't buy one these days I imagine. Have a second Olevia 37 inch in the bedroom that my wife loves even more than the 47 inch, but after they sold the company off in bankruptcy a few years ago I wouldn't buy one these days :P __________________ Mong Grel Varying Amounts of Electronic Fun Type Thingies ASUS P6T7 Bios 1001 / Intel i7 920 D0 @ 3.8 Ghz TRUE120Copper 2 X Noctua NF-P12 Push Pull Corsair Dominator 3 X 2G DDR3-1600 2 X EVGA GTX 260 216 SLI / Olevia 747i 47" 1080P WD Caviar Black 500GB(O/S) 2 X Raptor AFDF150 Matrix RAID0 (pagefile) Areca 1210 IOP333 RAID 6 / 4 X 1Tb WD RE3's (storage) Antec 1200 Artic Cool & Noctua fans/Antec CP-850 PSU Win 7 Pro 64/PotPlayer X64 cloned to Olevia747i 1080P 5.1 Theater to oddball 600W Dual Amp system Last edited by MongGrel; 06-21-12 at 11:06 PM.
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06-22-12, 06:17 PM	#10
barackuda New Member Join Date: Jun 2012	I had the same problem with my old GTS 250. 1080p was a nightmare to play. I followed one advise. Remove all codecs and uninstall all players, go to Device manager and uninstall graphic adapter (your GPU). Restart windows. After windows installs drivers, just put new drivers for your card on top of it. Then install media player classic Home Cinema. I did some adjustment, i think 3 settings inside the options (i dont remember which, can make screen shots if interested). Then I installed XBMC and the videos play as smooth as butter. Even a 30GB mkv movie has no problems. Browsing thru the video and searching chapters is very very quick, CPU utilisation is at about 20%. You can give it a try and see what happens. Danny __________________ CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500@3.0GHz MoBo - Gigabyte GA-G41M-combo rev 2.0 RAM - 2x4GB DDR3 PC3-CL9 1333MHz Patriot GPU - EVGA NVidia GTX460 1GB DDR5 v1 PSU - OCZ 500MXSP power supply Cooling - Cooler Master TX3 Evo HDD - WD 2x500GB+2TB+2TB Rest - additional 2 80mm fans pointed at the chipset and GPU (No name case)
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08-07-12, 08:38 PM	Thread Starter #11
FireMogle Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lawrence, KS	I finally just upgraded the card to a radeon 6840 and now everything plays perfectly. Thanks for all the help though! __________________ It's hard to look at it like a learning experence. CPU: Intel i7 860 @ 4Ghz (22x182) RAM: 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Asus p7p55 lx Video: MSI N460GTX + Asus VH198T Hard Drives: AS596TB-32GMx2 RAID 0 Other: HD-DVD/Blu Ray Combo Drive. All Powered by: Corsair 750W
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