[mythtv-users] Video Storage Groups Messing things up

[Greg Oliver]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Gregg <3gemail at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The main reason I want to do this is because the Internal player
>>> stutters when playing movies,  both dvd and mkv. Mplayer plays them
>>> just fine.  I have an ION board so I am using VDPAU. running mythbuntu
>>> current version .23+fixes
>>
>> Why not figure out why they are not playing on the Internal player?  My
>> guess is that you're not using a VDPAU capable playback profile.
>>
>
> I got the streaming semi working by applying individual settings for
> each front end.  And yes vdpau high quality is enabled in the playback
> settings.  I do however experience video pause every minute or so when
> playing a dvd.  I get pixelation when playing any video on the front
> end.  If I use mplayer and samba share there is not pixelation.
>
> Has anyone experienced the pixelation or pause in video problem?  Any
> viable suggestions?

If you are using an ION board, "vdpau normal" will work for non 1080
high bitrate / fast motion content.  "vdpau slim" is the safe bet
(especially for sports, etc...)..