[mythtv-users] 1080i HD and macmini: Choppy playback

[Eric Robinson]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Wade Maxfield <mythtv at hotblack.co.nz>
wrote:

> Eric Robinson wrote:
>
> > We have three Mac Mini's that we use as FrontEnds.  We just got an Intel
> > Octocore Mac Pro connected to a Dell 2408WFP.  We use Universal Binary
> > builds from The Snider Pad.  See:
> >
> http://www.thesniderpad.com//component/option,com_remository/Itemid,36/func,fileinfo/id,537/
> >
> > We have seen and continue to see this issue on all 1080i content being
> > played back on 1080p+ panels (the resolution of the 2408WFP is
> > 1920x1200).  As of 0.20.2 this issue remains.
> >
> > This has been touched upon in the mailing list before as well:
> >
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/294605?search_string=mac%20os%20x%20choppy%20playback;#294605
> >
> > I am not sure if this has been fixed for 0.21 builds but my guess is
> > that it is the same issue as before.
> >
> > We are eagerly [and patiently!] awaiting a solution :)
> >
> > - Eric
> >
>
> Have you tried turning off the auto-scale video, and turning on the
> options for different video modes for different sized media files?
>
>  - Wade
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In 0.20.2 we were handling the 1080i content by disabling auto-scale.  I
will test with the 0.21 build linked earlier in this thread shortly.
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