Choppy playback of all my local files in mp4 format (for PS3). All my movies have somewhat choppy playback, not enough bad to be unwatchable, but enough bad that is not enjoyable. I have no such problem playing the movies from the computer or from PS3.

Eli Semory [Boxee] added a comment - 30/Mar/11 3:47 AM Please provide a sample. Thanks

Rafael Mizrahi [Boxee] added a comment - 30/Mar/11 4:57 AM It would help us reproduce and fix the issue if you could please upload the file or a file sample to the "incoming" directory at ftp://ftp.boxee.tv user: dropbox pass: swA4EQAt Before uploading, Rename the file to include the issue number in its file name. This is a write only FTP, and other people will not see your files. You can use the FTP client from http://filezilla-project.org/

Mårten Blix added a comment - 02/Apr/11 2:26 PM I uploaded the file a few days ago. Please let me know your initial assessment.

Rafael Mizrahi [Boxee] added a comment - 03/Apr/11 10:25 AM - edited sample file downloaded and located at \\dlink-nas-323\Volume_2\Media Issues Folder\ BOXEE-8881 _ER.S01E05.Issue.nr.mp4

Mårten Blix added a comment - 25/Apr/11 11:17 AM Any progress on resolving the problem?

Alex added a comment - 16/May/11 1:47 PM I have the same issue. Most files now look choppy, 5-10fps. I had to use my PC to watch them - and I saw no issues. BoxeeBox and PC are connected to the same server, same network, so it is Boxee problem.

Eli Semory [Boxee] added a comment - 17/May/11 2:22 AM Hi Marten, How did you create these files? which program did you use, what settings etc.

Mårten Blix added a comment - 19/May/11 2:27 PM Hi Eli, I believe all information and settings are supplied above in my original posting. The program I used was DVDfab.

Will added a comment - 27/Jun/11 9:41 PM - edited I see: "Writing application : Lavf52.78.4" Perhaps that is the problem? Boxee thinks its 1,000 fps every now and then and becomes choppy. Note: However, this file played back just fine on my BB back in December 2010. General Complete name : D:\BoxeeBox\OldMP4.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom File size : 118 MiB Duration : 31mn 38s Overall bit rate : 520 Kbps Writing application : Lavf52.16.0 Comment : FlixEngineLinux_8.0.15.2 ( www.on2.com ) Xtra : WM/MediaClassPrimaryID Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Main@L2.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 33mn 12s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 427 Kbps Width : 320 pixels Height : 240 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Stream size : 101 MiB (86%) Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 31mn 38s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 14.5 MiB (12%)

Mårten Blix added a comment - 01/Jul/11 4:18 AM I hoping this bug can be resolved soon. I am still using my PS3 to watch my movies. Now that Boxee Box is receiving more critical acclaim it is urgent time to resolve initial bugs such as this one.

Deklin added a comment - 01/Aug/11 8:22 PM I am going to test this with RC2. I have created a few files with DVDFab and also noticed MP4 playback was very choppy. VLC and PS3 worked fine. Once I test RC2 i'll report back here.

Deklin added a comment - 01/Aug/11 8:48 PM Confirmed this happens in 1.2 RC2 as well Here is the dump of the video info: General Complete name : Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 File size : 320 MiB Duration : 8mn 5s Overall bit rate : 5 519 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:38:41 Tagged date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:41:56 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15 Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 8mn 5s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 5 069 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 7 500 Kbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 534 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.309 Stream size : 294 MiB (92%) Encoded date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:38:41 Tagged date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:41:50 Material_Duration : 485680 Material_StreamSize : 307820077 Material_FrameCount : 11647 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 8mn 5s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 448 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 589 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 25.9 MiB (8%) Encoded date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:38:41 Tagged date : UTC 2011-08-01 20:41:29 Material_Duration : 485888 Material_StreamSize : 27207804

Deklin added a comment - 01/Aug/11 9:03 PM Here are the boxee debug logs: 20:43:24.0033 T:2936175504 M:484057088 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://******@xxx/xxx/xxxxxxxx.m4v 20:43:24.0116 T:3072280352 M:484057088 WARNING: CGUIWindow::OnMessage - GUI_MSG_SETFOCUS - FAILED to get the control to focus for [id=10]. [WinId=10101] 20:43:24.0744 T:2936175504 M:482398208 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED 20:43:24.0745 T:2876685200 M:482390016 NOTICE: Creating InputStream 20:43:24.0759 T:2876685200 M:482324480 INFO: CDVDFactorySubtitle::GetSubtitles, searching subtitles 20:43:25.0075 T:2876685200 M:481075200 INFO: CDVDFactorySubtitle::GetSubtitles, searching subtitles done 20:43:25.0076 T:2876685200 M:481075200 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer 20:43:25.0240 T:2876685200 M:480493568 NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256 20:43:25.0241 T:2876685200 M:480493568 NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 28 20:43:25.0431 T:2876685200 M:479580160 INFO: IntelSMD: codec opened 20:43:25.0432 T:2876685200 M:479580160 INFO: Opened Intel SMD Codec, SMD-h264 20:43:25.0432 T:2876685200 M:479580160 NOTICE: Creating video thread 20:43:25.0433 T:2873224080 M:479571968 NOTICE: running thread: video_thread 20:43:25.0433 T:2876685200 M:479571968 NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256 forcehw: t 20:43:25.0433 T:2876685200 M:479571968 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86018 20:43:25.0434 T:2876685200 M:479571968 ERROR: CDVDFactoryCodec::CreateAudioCodec failed since hint is bitstream 20:43:25.0434 T:2876685200 M:479571968 ERROR: CDVDPlayerAudio::OpenStream Unsupported audio codec for decoding or bitstreaming 86018 20:43:25.0434 T:2876685200 M:479571968 NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256 forcehw: f 20:43:25.0474 T:2876685200 M:479195136 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86018 20:43:25.0523 T:2876685200 M:479559680 NOTICE: Creating audio thread 20:43:25.0524 T:2871761808 M:479551488 NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process() 20:43:25.0547 T:2876685200 M:479551488 NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: -1 source: -1 20:43:25.0560 T:2876685200 M:479485952 NONE: Setting base time 86.67 20:43:25.0571 T:2936175504 M:479358976 ERROR: [ActionType=PLAY] - Item [label=xxxxxxxx.m4v][IsInternetStream=0] is going to be reported to the server although its MSG_KEY_NAME is EMPTY. [dont-report=0=]. Obj parameters are [type=unknown_video][name=][url=][content_type=][stream_type=][thumb=][show_name=][episode=][season=][provider=][app_id=][adult=][country=][country_allow=][genre=][release_date=][boxee_id=][show_id=][show_name=][imdb_id=][release_year=][run_time=][hasDesc=0][activate_from=][func_ref=new] (rts) 20:43:26.0450 T:2871761808 M:476291072 ERROR: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process audioframe format is not valid. removing dvdAudio and retrying 20:43:26.0451 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86018, channels: 6, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through 20:43:26.0451 T:2871761808 M:476291072 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer Initialize iChannels 6 uiSamplesPerSec 48000 uiBitsPerSample 16 audioMediaFormat 0 bPassthrough 0 bTimed 1 20:43:26.0452 T:2873224080 M:476291072 INFO: CDVDPlayerVideo - Stillframe left, switching to normal playback 20:43:26.0452 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: Audio Licenses: 20:43:26.0452 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: get_max_channels_decode dolby 2 20:43:26.0453 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: get_max_channels_encode dolby -1 20:43:26.0453 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: get_max_channels_decode DTS 2 20:43:26.0453 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: get_max_channels_encode DTS -1 20:43:26.0454 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: is_dolby_sw_decode_allowed 0 20:43:26.0454 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: is_dts_sw_decode_allowed 1 20:43:26.0454 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: get_preferred_encoding 20:43:26.0454 T:2871761808 M:476291072 NONE: NONE 20:43:26.0546 T:2873224080 M:476086272 NOTICE: fps: 23.980816, pwidth: 1280, pheight: 534, dwidth: 1280, dheight: 534 20:43:26.0546 T:2873224080 M:476086272 NONE: CIntelSMDRenderer configure overscan values left 42 top 17 right 1864 bottom 1052 20:43:26.0547 T:2873224080 M:476086272 NOTICE: Display resolution ADJUST : 1080p 24Hz (17) 20:43:26.0557 T:2873224080 M:476151808 INFO: Setting Interlace mode: screen 0 user 0 smd 4 20:43:27.0258 T:2871761808 M:475361280 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer::Initialize ismdAudioInputFormat = 1 20:43:27.0258 T:2871761808 M:475361280 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer::BuildChannelConfig - remapping back channels to surround speakers for 5.1 audio out 20:43:27.0259 T:2871761808 M:475361280 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer::Initialize not using passthrough 20:43:27.0259 T:2871761808 M:475361280 ERROR: Initialize - SPDIF connections are limited to 2 channels for PCM 20:43:27.0261 T:2871761808 M:475361280 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer::Initialize - Channels: 6 - SampleRate: 48000 - SampleBit: 16 - Resample false - Codec AAC - IsMusic false - IsPassthrough false - AllOuts false 20:43:27.0316 T:3072280352 M:475361280 INFO: CGraphicContext::SetVideoResolution res = 17 width = 1920 height = 1080 screen id = 0 20:43:27.0445 T:2871761808 M:485924864 NONE: Setting downmix mode to 1 20:43:27.0617 T:2871761808 M:485953536 INFO: CIntelSMDAudioRenderer::Initialize done 20:43:27.0618 T:3072280352 M:485953536 NONE: WinSystemGDL creating new window: Width = 1920 Height = 1080 refresh 23.980000 20:43:27.0618 T:3072280352 M:485953536 NONE: WinSystemGDL overscan values left 45 top 20 right 1865 bottom 1047 20:43:28.0717 T:3072280352 M:486014976 NONE: CWinSystemGDL::ConfigureHDMIOutput use_edid 0 20:43:28.0944 T:3072280352 M:485449728 NONE: - Manufacturer ID : 0xd94d 20:43:28.0944 T:3072280352 M:485449728 NONE: - Product code : 0x8300 20:43:28.0945 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - HDMI : yes 20:43:28.0945 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - YCbCr444 : yes 20:43:28.0945 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - YCbCr422 : yes 20:43:28.0946 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - 30 bit color : yes 20:43:28.0946 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - 36 bit color : yes 20:43:28.0947 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - YCbCr444 in deep color : yes 20:43:28.0947 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - xvycc601 colorimetry : yes 20:43:28.0947 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - xvycc709 colorimetry : yes 20:43:28.0947 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Supports AI : yes 20:43:28.0948 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Max TMDS clock : 225 20:43:28.0948 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Latency valid : no 20:43:28.0949 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Latency int valid : no 20:43:28.0949 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Source Physical Address: 3.0.0.0 20:43:28.0949 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Speaker map : 20:43:28.0968 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - HDCP support : yes 20:43:28.0969 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - HDCP 1.1 : no 20:43:28.0969 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: - Repeater : no 20:43:28.0970 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: CWinSystemGDL::SetHDMIOutput setting GDL_PD_ATTR_ID_PIXEL_FORMAT_OUTPUT 0 20:43:28.0970 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: CWinSystemGDL::SetHDMIOutput reading GDL_PD_ATTR_ID_PIXEL_FORMAT_OUTPUT 0 20:43:28.0971 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: CWinSystemGDL::SetHDMIOutput setting GDL_PD_ATTR_ID_PIXEL_DEPTH 0 20:43:28.0971 T:3072280352 M:485453824 NONE: CWinSystemGDL::SetHDMIOutput reading GDL_PD_ATTR_ID_PIXEL_DEPTH 0 20:43:29.0448 T:3072280352 M:485277696 NONE: GDL plane setup complete 20:43:29.0472 T:3072280352 M:474714112 INFO: EGL window and context creation complete 20:43:29.0472 T:3072280352 M:474714112 NONE: GDL plane attach to EGL complete 20:43:29.0501 T:3072280352 M:474714112 INFO: GL: Maximum texture width: 2048

Deklin added a comment - 02/Aug/11 12:06 AM Another piece of info. I re-encoded the file from source as a MKV then I used mkvtoolnix to extract the files from the mkv then used mp4box to convert to an mp4 (no transcoding, just container) and the files played perfectly on the boxee. Here is the mp4 info from the new file. ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L5.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1h 32mn Bit rate : 11.8 Mbps Maximum bit rate : 32.1 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 036 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.853 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.248 Stream size : 7.60 GiB (96%) Title : Imported with GPAC 0.4.6-DEV (internal rev. 5) Writing library : x264 core Encoded date : UTC 2011-08-01 03:35:48 Tagged date : UTC 2011-08-01 03:38:23 Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177 Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361 Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177 Audio ID : 2 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Codec ID : ac-3 Duration : 1h 32mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 448 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 296 MiB (4%) Title : Imported with GPAC 0.4.6-DEV (internal rev. 5) Encoded date : UTC 2011-08-01 03:38:04 Tagged date : UTC 2011-08-01 03:38:23

Deklin added a comment - 02/Aug/11 12:07 AM Also the mkv > mp4 conversion I did w/ a different movie. I'm working my way back to that one but hoped this info would help.

Will added a comment - 16/May/12 4:10 AM I actually opened a JIRA account here just so i could see if this was being looked to still. Having trouble with a good few of my blu-ray rips. Bought the boxee just to play these as my ps3 cant handle file size over 4gig. Seriously considering selling my boxee cause i really wanna watch my Predator bluray copy and i cant because of that annoying stutter