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1080p MKV file sputters on 2.26GHz Mac Mini

For what it's worth, my 2.0GHz, 9400M, 13" Macbook is playing a 1080p mkv with no trouble at all in VLC. CPU usage is ~35% if iStat is anything to go by.
 
sneezymarble said:
For what it's worth, my 2.0GHz, 9400M, 13" Macbook is playing a 1080p mkv with no trouble at all in VLC. CPU usage is ~35% if iStat is anything to go by.
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Yeah I have a 2.4ghz macbook pro...plays fine on the computer (in Plex...not always in VLC) - it has the 8500M GT video card. When i output to a computer it doesn't seem smooth, but it might be the computer. It's a Panasonic 720p...i notice a lot of things are not smooth with panning, but sometimes i see the same thing with other videos. A divx file played much smoother in VLC or Quicktime than it did on Plex (output to the TV). I just tried this for the first time and i haven't looked in to how to set up the monitor. I could not get the TV to come on with the macbook lid shut ...tried the usb wake up with keyboard/mouse, nothing. Maybe that had something to do with it.
 
Mini-DVI or Mini DisplayPort?

Since Mini-DVI supports 1920x1200 and a 1080p HDTV uses 1920x1080, are there any problems just using the included Mini-DVI adapter?

I already had to purchase one Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D adapter for my wife's MacBook and don't really wish to purchase another one for my new "media center" Mac Mini unless some sort of quirk exists where using Mini DisplayPort results in better video performance or clarity.

Both of my TVs already have DVI-I, so I'll have DVI signal the whole way from the Mini to the TV.


Does anyone have experience with the use of either or both adapters on a 1080p HDTV?
 
One could also try MPlayer OSX Extended enabling the "Use multithreaded ffmpeg build" in the Video section of the preferences. For my PowerMac G5 MPlayer OSX Extended is the least resource consuming media player, Plex I think is Intel only.
 
iMouse said:
Since Mini-DVI supports 1920x1200 and a 1080p HDTV uses 1920x1080, are there any problems just using the included Mini-DVI adapter?

I already had to purchase one Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D adapter for my wife's MacBook and don't really wish to purchase another one for my new "media center" Mac Mini unless some sort of quirk exists where using Mini DisplayPort results in better video performance or clarity.

Both of my TVs already have DVI-I, so I'll have DVI signal the whole way from the Mini to the TV.


Does anyone have experience with the use of either or both adapters on a 1080p HDTV?
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The new Mac Minis come with a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter in the box. That's what I'm using to connect mine to my 1080p HDTV. :)
 
wildmilne said:
So you played 1080p MKV in Vista...what app were you using?

Did you try to play any WMV HD while in Vista? Not necessary since my xbox can do it, but it would be nice to have the opportunity if need be to play that kind of stuff off the bootcamp.

I'm just thinking if we have to wait for snow leopard to get this to work, at least one OS would do it in the meantime...but i guess with plex the new mini should play 1080p in OSX..??
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Yes, we used Arcsoft's Total Media Theatre 3 for playback, this was on a mkv file that was downloaded for "evaluation purposes only". This program uses the GPU, as long as the file is encoded properly L4.1 4 ref frames, No we didn't try WMV HD.
 
JeepGuy said:
Yes, we used Arcsoft's Total Media Theatre 3 for playback, this was on a mkv file that was downloaded for "evaluation purposes only". This program uses the GPU, as long as the file is encoded properly L4.1 4 ref frames, No we didn't try WMV HD.
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What's the point of providing a link to a Windows software package, other than perhaps for spam purposes?
 
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