I just installed this last night. I have Crystalbuntu on two other ATV’s and Openelec on one other. The new OSMC box pegs the CPU on any 1080 content while the other boxes are 60-90% on the exact same content. Most of it is over-the-air via an HDHomerun Extend. When it goes to 100%, it also occasionally buffers which the other ATV’s do not. Is this a possible flaw in the implementation of the Crystal HD card?
HI Dave,
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I do not decode MPEG2 content via CrystalHD anymore as it does not work reliably.
Press ‘O’ to bring up on screen statistics. If it’s ‘chd-h264-osmc’ then CrystalHD is being used, if it’s ‘ffmpeg-’, then it’s not.
Sam
@sam_nazarko - Was the chip not able to do it, or has something changed in XBMC/Kodi? Or this is only with OSMC?
I am wondering why? …When you say not work reliably… how/ why? Link me if this was discussed on Kodi or other forums before and I missed it.
Kodi doesn’t support CrystalHD any more, so you won’t find much there
The issue is that the decoder doesn’t like all MPEG2 streams and for VC1 it needs to be set up in a way that no one really worked out how
Always better to decode MPEG2 in software for more consistent results
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FWIW: When mpeg2 decoding was enabled, I would occasionally have to disable the CHD to get playback to work for some files.
Having to toggle the CHD on and off got to be a PITA.
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