[mythtv-users] x264 suttering

[Christopher Meredith]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> I have a system that's used to play back SD video.  No HD at all.  The
> system has an Intel Atom 330 and intel graphics.
>
> When I play back lavc-encoded video, my CPU usage is about 30% and the video
> is perfectly fine.
>
> When I play back x264 material, the playback sutters.  Every few secons, the
> video pauses for a half a second.  I haven't been able to get at it to see
> logs or to see the CPU usage, so I can't provide much at this point.
>
> Is h264 material that much more CPU intensive to decode?

By a long shot. Especially if it's 720p material, I don't think you
can play it back at all on an Atom unless you're using VDPAU, which is
only available on nvidia graphics processors.