[staticx]

Hi
what can be the reason that CPU load is about 99% when playing HD 1080p content?
it's only in XBMC, when I play the file at PowerDVD or CoreAVC I get cpu load at 17%-25%.
cpu: Athlon X2 4850

where can I define hardware acceleration?

tx

[marlboroman1]

there isn't any hard were acceleration until there is a fast cpu is needed to play all 1080p 3.0 ghz dual core should do it with breathing room

[staticx]

you mean that XBMC doesn't have any H/W acceleration... cause with other programs it works in a load of 20%.
I think that next XBMC version should include a way to select which codecs to play...

[marlboroman1]

yes non at all but its been worked on by a GSOC student developer check this thread for info
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=33802

ffmpeg is used codecs and there working on frame level decoding for multiple core cpu's which should speed thing up significantly

[chepnut]

Yeah I would love to have xbmc to be able to use multiple cores, or at least the ability to chose what codec to use for a specific type of video.

[pike]

@staticx

XBMC is so much more than your average video for windows player (VFW). This is the principle normal Windows players use to access "3rd party codecs". This is not how Team XBMC choose to do things.

Subsequently, any codec we add support for, involves a lot of work. Our ports are not at the stage yet we feel that we have time to do this yet.

We prefer our way compared to the VFW way