Blu Ray Performance Issues

I just built a new HTPC with what I thought was plenty of power everywhere, but when I play blu rays on it, the screen slows and stutters on scenes with a lot of movement. I'll list my specs below, but any idea on what I can do to fix this?

ASUS M3N78-VM Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5050e Brisbane 2.6GHz - OC'ed to 3.0GHz
EVGA 01G-P3-1226-LR GeForce GT 220 1GB
G.SKILL 2 x 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA
LG Black LG Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner

Thanks,
Andy

I am not familiar with the exact performance of the chipset on that board, but I would suspect you have enough horsepower to play Blu ray.

Therefore, I would look at your s/w and/or drivers as the potential issue here.

What s/w player are you using?

You might try looking for updated graphics drivers as well.

I'm using PowerDVD 9 to play the Blu Rays on Windows 7 Professional. I also suspected drivers, and so I downloaded the most recent drivers from Nvidia and installed them.

I have heard people having mixed results with PDVD 9.

I suspect it is a s/w issue between PDVD 9 and the GPU drivers. It may need a patch from Cyberlink or it may need a driver update from nVidia.

Overall, your system config should be able to play BD without issue.

I have BD working on a lowly 3250e (1.5Ghz dual core) and the RS780 integrated chipset (which is similar to the 8200 you are using). If this plays blu ray, then your config should too.

You may want to look into using the newest Media Player Classic and enable DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) support. DXVA basically puts 95% of the decoding process onto a supported video card's built-in video processor, so you get really smooth playback with no stuttering or skipping.

There are a few things you should know:

- You must be using an Nvidia GeForce 9xxx series card or a Radeon HD 4650 (or better).

- The bluray disc itself must be encoded in H.264 aka MPEG-4 AVC (most new ones are), but 2006 and prior releases may be in VC-1.

- If you are playing a VC-1 encoded bluray disc you must have the Radeon card for DXVA support at this time in MPC.

- You must be using the latest drivers for whichever card you have.

I recommend that you download the K-Lite Codec Pack, install it and use it for your video playback. When it asks you, make sure you enable DXVA support and it will automatically make the necessary changes to your configuration for you.

I did not need to change any settings manually to get it working, but on an NVIDIA card it only works with h.264/MPEG-4 encoded video. That includes videos which you download from the net, most of which are now h264 encoded.

Old post, but the problem is likely that you need to enable hardware acceleration in PowerDVD. Works like crap without it on.

My new htpc rig is having blueray playback issues also.Its a and x3 athlon 2 system with 4gb of ram and onboard 4250 based graphics.

When playing a blueray, every few minutes it will free for a second and then stutter a bit and then play OK for a few more minutes before repeating the process.

I've got all drivers updated and am using power DD, the latest version. I tried arcsoft total media trial but get the same thing.

I can play Netflix fine, and can rip the blueray to the 1 TB hard drive in h264 with no compression and it plays fine. Happens with all the DVD,s I've tried.
Windows 7 64bit media center.

Anyone got and ideas ?

Hey guys,

I am going to start putting a list together for a new HTPC.

From what Ive seen on a friends HTPC hooked up to my HDTV, the same Blu-Ray movie just seems crisper and more natural looking than my current NVIdia 9800GT card in my aging system. We both use PowerDVD 9.

So my next system is going to use ATI but Im not sure if I should trust the integrated video on lets say, the ASUS M4A78T-E with a Radeon 3300. I want to make sure I get the right video card for best HD video processing.

Opinion... or facts.. ?
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old post but, i'm using intel i 3 cpu, crispy clear hd picture even clear than cable that i cancel the service.
with intel i series you do not need a video card, amasing cpu.
using dvdfad for blu-ray playback flowlessly


my spectre:
- case: nmedia 2000b
- mobo asus p8h67 m-pro
- cpu i3 2105 3.1 ghtz
- psu raidmax hybrid2 630 w
- ram corsair 16 gb
- tuner 1 -hauppauge 1120 hvr-1850 r
- tuner 2 -avermedia hd duet A 188
- hdd 5 * 2tb
- keyboard loftek Rii Touch N7
- HD tv antenna in/outdoor rosewillrms-da5600 r
- optical drive lite-on blu-ray drive
[QUOTE]the all connected to my pioneer vsx 1021 receiver and 42" samsung plasma screen.
bye bye cable :worship: