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Problems playing HD recordings with latest RaspBMC build
Added by Hiro Protagonist over 10 years ago
I have a server running TVHeadend, and clients running RaspBMC connected via wired ethernet.
The latest RaspBMC build upgrades from XBMC Frodo to Gotham. I'm finding that when playing recorded HD programs, I see random video dropouts [screen goes black & there's no sound] for a second or two, after which the playback resumes.
I also have HD video files on the same server which I access on the clients via NFS - I have observed no problems playing these with the latest RaspBMC build.
Nothing has changed on the server, current uptime is > 80 days.
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RE: Problems playing HD recordings with latest RaspBMC build - Added by Hiro Protagonist over 10 years ago
Hiro Protagonist wrote:
The latest RaspBMC build upgrades from XBMC Frodo to Gotham. I'm finding that when playing recorded HD programs, I see random video dropouts [screen goes black & there's no sound] for a second or two, after which the playback resumes.
Just in case anyone else has this problem: The screen blanking problem can be fixed by updating the Pi GPU firmware [start_x.elf and fixup_x.dat].
A residual problem exists when playing 1080p programs with subtitles enabled - this causes stuttering. The programs play fine with subtitles disabled. This appears to be a longstanding XBMC issue.