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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[~~Troubleshooting~~]]		{{outdated}}
			You may find that 1080p videos play back jerkily and/or drop
			frames. This is mostly a problem on Windows, but sometimes
			happens on Linux as well. The problem is usually that decoding
			video is very CPU intensive and unless your PC has a powerful CPU
			it simply can't keep up with the video and has to drop frames.
			If you check the CPU usage you'll probably find it is maxed out.
			This has become a particular issue with the popularity of Nettop
			and Netbook PCs based on the Intel Atom processor. None of the
			the Atom range of processors
			is fast enough to decode 1080p without assistance from hardware
			acceleration.

			Modern video cards have processors that can accelerate video
			playback, however a standard way of doing this has not emerged yet.
			Recent nVidia cards have a method of acceleration called VDPAU
			(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU) and XBMC supports this
			but only on Unix. You should find that with a recent nVidia card
			XBMC Live and XBMC on Ubuntu will play 1080p quite happily. The
			Windows version of XBMC v9.11 does not support hardware acceleration,
			but work is in progress on several fronts. This article describes
			the various ways you can get 1080p videos to play on Windows.

			'''Update''': support for DXVA has been added to the development build of
			XBMC, and will be in the next version due in May. You can try it out
			by downloading a recent build from http://mirrors.xbmc.org/. For info
			on DXVA see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXVA.

			== Problems on Linux ==

			We get occasional reports in the forum (http://forum.xbmc.org/)
			that 1080p won't play on Linux. Assuming you have an nVidia card
			that supports VDPAU (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU the Wikipedia article]) try updating the
			video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual
			effects and or compiz.

			:A short How-to for Linux Nvidia playback fixes [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=141369&pid=1220215#pid1220215 can be found here]. Should work for XBMCbuntu and other variations of Linux.

			== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==

			A quick check before you go any further: look in the Settings, System, Video output section and check the ''Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen'' setting. If this is enabled try disabling it.

			== Broadcom Crystal HD ==

			I've put this first as it's currently generating a lot of excitement.
			The Broadcom Crystal HD is an accelerator card that you can fit
			into a mini PCIe slot. See
			http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s387278
			for details. The accelerator has experimental support in the recent
			builds of XBMC. It's cheap (around £20 or $30 on ebay) but it
			does need a PCIe slot and on your Nettop this probably has the
			wireless card in it. However if you can install a Crystal HD reports
			in the forum suggest it works very well and allows playback of 1080p
			even on the humblest of Atom processors.

			Update 13th Jan: the Crystal HD only works with the OpenGL build so you'll
			have to compile your own or try and find somewhere to download an OpenGL
			build. Having tested the Crystal HD with an OpenGL build on a Revo 3600
			(Atom 230 CPU) it plays 1080p perfectly at 25-30% CPU :-)

			== Use an external player ==

			The module within XBMC that plays videos is called DVDPlayer, and
			DVDPlayer doesn't support hardware acceleration. However there are
			some media players that support hardware acceleration on Windows
			using the DXVA interface (see
			http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration for details
			of DXVA). One media player that works well is MPC-HC
			(http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/).

			XBMC can be configured to use an external player like MPC-HC. When it
			is configured this way XBMC will play a video by running a copy of
			MPC-HC then waiting for it to finish. This works pretty well, and
			most of the time you wouldn't notice that XBMC is using an external
			player. However it is a bit tricky to configure. The article
			[[HOW-TO use an External Player for media playback]]
			explains how to configure the external player. If you run into
			problems ask in the forum as lots of people there use MPC-HC and can
			help with the configuration.

			== DSPlayer ==

			The DVDPlayer module built into XBMC doesn't support hardware
			acceleration on Windows, but there
			is an experimental video module called DSPlayer that does support
			DXVA hardware acceleration.

			DSPlayer is currently supported in the forum in the thread
			http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=61355. Reports suggest it
			works well, though it's missing some of the features of DVDPlayer.

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	~~{{cleanup}}~~		#REDIRECT [[Troubleshooting]]
	~~You may find that 1080p videos play back jerkily and/or drop~~
	~~frames. This is mostly a problem on Windows, but sometimes~~
	~~happens on Linux as well. The problem is usually that decoding~~
	~~video is very CPU intensive and unless your PC has a powerful CPU~~
	~~it simply can't keep up with the video and has to drop frames.~~
	~~If you check the CPU usage you'll probably find it is maxed out.~~
	~~This has become a particular issue with the popularity of Nettop~~
	~~and Netbook PCs based on the Intel Atom processor. None of the~~
	~~the Atom range of processors~~
	~~is fast enough to decode 1080p without assistance from hardware~~
	~~acceleration.~~

	~~Modern video cards have processors that can accelerate video~~
	~~playback, however a standard way of doing this has not emerged yet.~~
	~~Recent nVidia cards have a method of acceleration called VDPAU~~
	~~(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU) and XBMC supports this~~
	~~but only on Unix. You should find that with a recent nVidia card~~
	~~XBMC Live and XBMC on Ubuntu will play 1080p quite happily. The~~
	~~Windows version of XBMC v9.11 does not support hardware acceleration,~~
	~~but work is in progress on several fronts. This article describes~~
	~~the various ways you can get 1080p videos to play on Windows.~~

	~~'''Update''': support for DXVA has been added to the development build of~~
	~~XBMC, and will be in the next version due in May. You can try it out~~
	~~by downloading a recent build from http://mirrors.xbmc.org/. For info~~
	~~on DXVA see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXVA.~~

	~~== Problems on Linux ==~~

	~~We get occasional reports in the forum (http://forum.xbmc.org/)~~
	~~that 1080p won't play on Linux. Assuming you have an nVidia card~~
	~~that supports VDPAU (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU the Wikipedia article]) try updating the~~
	~~video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual~~
	~~effects and or compiz.~~

	~~:A short How-to for Linux Nvidia playback fixes [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=141369&pid=1220215~~#~~pid1220215 can be found here]. Should work for XBMCbuntu and other variations of Linux.~~

	~~== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==~~

	A quick check before you go any further: look in the Settings, System, Video output section and check the ''Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen'' setting. If this is enabled try disabling it.

	~~== Broadcom Crystal HD ==~~

	~~I've put this first as it's currently generating a lot of excitement.~~
	~~The Broadcom Crystal HD is an accelerator card that you can fit~~
	~~into a mini PCIe slot. See~~
	~~http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s387278~~
	~~for details. The accelerator has experimental support in the recent~~
	~~builds of XBMC. It's cheap (around £20 or $30 on ebay) but it~~
	~~does need a PCIe slot and on your Nettop this probably has the~~
	~~wireless card in it. However if you can install a Crystal HD reports~~
	~~in the forum suggest it works very well and allows playback of 1080p~~
	~~even on the humblest of Atom processors.~~

	~~Update 13th Jan: the Crystal HD only works with the OpenGL build so you'll~~
	~~have to compile your own or try and find somewhere to download an OpenGL~~
	~~build. Having tested the Crystal HD with an OpenGL build on a Revo 3600~~
	~~(Atom 230 CPU) it plays 1080p perfectly at 25-30% CPU :-)~~

	~~== Use an external player ==~~

	~~The module within XBMC that plays videos is called DVDPlayer, and~~
	~~DVDPlayer doesn't support hardware acceleration. However there are~~
	~~some media players that support hardware acceleration on Windows~~
	~~using the DXVA interface (see~~
	~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration for details~~
	~~of DXVA). One media player that works well is MPC-HC~~
	~~(http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/).~~

	~~XBMC can be configured to use an external player like MPC-HC. When it~~
	~~is configured this way XBMC will play a video by running a copy of~~
	~~MPC-HC then waiting for it to finish. This works pretty well, and~~
	~~most of the time you wouldn't notice that XBMC is using an external~~
	~~player. However it is a bit tricky to configure. The article~~
	~~[[HOW-TO use an External Player for media playback]]~~
	~~explains how to configure the external player. If you run into~~
	~~problems ask in the forum as lots of people there use MPC-HC and can~~
	~~help with the configuration.~~

	~~== DSPlayer ==~~

	~~The DVDPlayer module built into XBMC doesn't support hardware~~
	~~acceleration on Windows, but there~~
	~~is an experimental video module called DSPlayer that does support~~
	~~DXVA hardware acceleration.~~

	~~DSPlayer is currently supported in the forum in the thread~~
	~~http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=61355. Reports suggest it~~
	~~works well, though it's missing some of the features of DVDPlayer.~~

	[[~~Category:How-to~~]]

>UNiversal: /* Problems on Linux */

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	that 1080p won't play on Linux. Assuming you have an nVidia card		that 1080p won't play on Linux. Assuming you have an nVidia card
	that supports VDPAU (see the Wikipedia article) try updating the		that supports VDPAU (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU the Wikipedia article]) try updating the
	video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual		video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual
	effects.		effects and or compiz.

	:A short How-to for Linux Nvidia playback fixes [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=141369&pid=1220215#pid1220215 can be found here] ~~Which should~~ work for XBMCbuntu and other variations of Linux.		:A short How-to for Linux Nvidia playback fixes [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=141369&pid=1220215#pid1220215 can be found here]. Should work for XBMCbuntu and other variations of Linux.

	== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==		== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==

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	video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual		video drivers. Also try switched off all the Gnome desktop visual
	effects.		effects.

			:A short How-to for Linux Nvidia playback fixes [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=141369&pid=1220215#pid1220215 can be found here] Which should work for XBMCbuntu and other variations of Linux.

	== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==		== Windows "Fake full screen" setting ==

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