XBMC - What is Working for You

[darebee]

I wanted to create a thread to ask folks how they have XBMC configured and if they are streaming 1080p content.

One of the reasons I am curious is because I have seen people post that they are using XAF Custom Neon with MX Player. I've tried this myself and the 720p playback is worse than with the 13.0.Alpha7 with libstagefreight enabled. For me 1080p playback is horrendous but I have read other users that have 1080p working. I'd be curious to know what the MediaInfo is for these 1080p videos that are working for you.

Also, using Minix ROM 004 using stafstrom's libmedia.so\librkffplayer.so patch or Finless 1.5 I am able to stream ACS/DTS audio via HDMI passthrough to my receiver which is a huge plus. I'm pretty sure DTS-MA and TrueHD would also work if 1080p worked worth a hoot.

Just trying to get ideas and maybe enable the community to assist each other as I mostly bought this box to be an XBMC client.

Thanks,
-Darren

[Exlo]

Im using xbmc-20130403-6200f76-Gotham_alpha2_stagefright-armeabi-v7a with advancedsettings tweaks on iMito QX1 (Finless 1.5, Leolas 1080p OC)
Im also using ethernet and all my files is played over LAN.

720p content that works great:

Format : Mkv
File size : 1.09 GiB
Duration : 41mn 40s
Overall bit rate : 3 755 Kbps

Video Format : AVC
Format profile : [email protected]
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate : 3 368 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Writing library : x264 core 85 r1442tw

Audio Format : AC-3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 41mn 40s
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy

1080p content that works OK:
(Some stuttering in the first 2 min)

Format : Mkv
File size : 7.64 GiB
Duration : 2h 3mn
Overall bit rate : 8 897 Kbps

Video Format : AVC
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate : 8 259 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Writing library : x264 core 133 r2334 a3ac64b

Audio Format : AC-3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 3mn
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy



720p content that is bad:
(Stuttering and gliches all to the end)

Format : Mkv
File size : 393 MiB
Duration : 28mn 8s
Overall bit rate : 1 951 Kbps

Video Format : AVC
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate : 1 500 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 50.000 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6

Audio Format : AC-3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy