[MrStarhouse]

Hi you all,

This might have been answered some where here, I've looked around a bit but haven't been able to find an answer. I've just bought an Asus eee 1501, that one is based on the Atom N330 and the ION chipset for graphics.

I've been expereimenting a bit with different media players to find the best.

I've found that the best one to handle all the formats is XBMC.

I first tried running it under Win7, but that had problems with performance when playing 720p (mkv) material. I then understood that this was due to that it doesn't use hardware acceleration for the rendering.

I then heard that the Live version would utilize hardware acceleration. I've now experimented with that a while and am still having problem. It sort of lags and gives an uneven frame rate when playing 720p. I've tried all the different rendering options with the same result.

Is this setup at all supposed to be enough for 720p in XBMC Live?

I'm running 720p inside Win7 using Media Player Classic, and that handles the resolution without stuttering, how ever with a much more primitive environment.

Iv'e been running by booting from the CD. Would it affect the performance if installing it on a USB memory? As far as I understood the downside of CD booting is only that I can't save settings.

I've been running the 9.0.4.1 r20654 version. Would it help to try the latest beta release?

I would really like to be able to use XBMC as the only media player due to that it really feels like the best solution.

So I would appreciate all the tips you could give me.

/PerM...

[crash123]

I believe there is an enable VDPAU option you have to select.

[DeadPenguin]

Crash is right, but I am almost sure it was enabled by default in "Live".

You should be able to run 1080p with your hardware. (with vdpau)
Your machine has the same hardware as the Asrock 330 a lot of the people on the forum have. Only yours is probably a lot quieter.

See this link
http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!251...!804.entry

[MrStarhouse]

Some Follow up info,

Just thought I would share some interesting info regarding this.

I messed around with the XBMC Live ver 9.0.4.1 quite a bit, but could not get any smooth playback, even on only 720p mkv files. I would not see any difference when switching between "VDPAU" and "Software" as rendering.

I could also see in "System Info / Video" that it would not recognize my ION chip. It would state it as unknown.

Now I instead switched to testing the beta release 9.1.1

After that it works perfectly. The system info now shows my ION graphics, and the playback is perfect, even at 1080p. I don't know what's missing in the 9.0.4 release, but it must be some graphics driver.

Just thought I would let you know.

/PerM...

[DeadPenguin]

Glad you got it sorted out. My guess is that you didn't have the 190.42 nvidia drivers.

Did you try the "Killa Sample"?

[MrStarhouse]

Yeah, I agree, it must have been driver related. I just downloaded the 4.0.9 version directly here at xbmc.org. I never really checked which drivers that where included.

But now it works, and I'm happy again

And, no, I haven't tried the "Killa Sample", because I actuallt hadn't heard of it. But now I have, and now I will.

What can I expect with my HW? SlideShow?

I'll let you all know how it worked out,

/PerM...

[MrStarhouse]

And another thing that might be interesting for some to know.

You said my should be more quiet than the Asrock.

I can only say, I sit about 3meters from the eee, and I can not hear it at all, nothing. Even when playing HD material it is absolutely quiet.

just FYI

/PerM...