Horrible CorepPlayer performance

[JayRayMee.NL]

Dear friends,

I really hope someone can help me with my never-ending struggle with CorePlayer 1.1.1.

It pauses every few seconds, for buffering I guess.
The video (DivX AVI) is stored on the MicroDrive. Now what are the setting I need in the preferences - buffering menu? I tried a lot of different values, some of them work better than others, but the lags remain.

Right now it's:

Normal buffer size: 2400 KB
Preload at underrun: 70.0%
Preload for audio: 64 KB

Microdrive mode: ENABLED
Microdrive buffer size: 24000 KB
Microdrive starts at: 1472 KB


The file details are:

DivX AVI
940063 KB in size
Video: MPEG-4 video
Core: CoreASP
Video Size: 640 x 362
Frame Rate: 25.0
Audio: MP3
Codec: CoreMP3
Audio Format: 44100 Hz 2 Ch
Data Bit Rate: 192 kbit/s


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Something else that's strange:

CorePlayer doesn't remember my zoom setting in options - zoom.
E.g. when I set "Fill Screen" it's back to "Fit Best" after closing CorePlayer.
Didn't have that with TCPMP. Is that a known thing or is there a trick?

Thanks people!!

[JayRayMee.NL]

Update: some of the video's play FINE when I mute the audio!!
How to work with that?

CorePlayer still doesn't remember the zoom setting though.....

[Robson]

hey mate

i had the same issue with coreplayer some time ago. i found a thread somewhere in the athena section about this. i can't find it anymore but here's the settings that i did based on that thread. basically it was the recommended settings...

=============================
buffering page
Normal buffer size: 2400 KB (same)
Preload at underrun: 70.0% (same)
Preload for audio: 64 KB (same)

Microdrive mode: ENABLED (same)
Microdrive buffer size: 24000 KB (set at 16000)
Microdrive starts at: 1472 KB (same)
============================
video page
video output "raw frame buffer"
video quality high
============================
advanced page
d-pad follow screen (enabled)
use system volume (enabled)
benchmark from current position (enabled)

manual a/v offset 0.00
soft-drop tolerance 0.055
hard-drop tolerance 0.700
=============================
ati imageon page
enable all of them (6 items)
=============================
============================

hope that helps. for me those settings give me the best video quality while at the same time in sync with the sound. i used to have the same issues you have where the video stops while the sound is still there. but after switching to the settings above, i've had no issues ever since. i can even watch direct dvd rips on the sd card and there are no issues whatsover.

cheers




Dear friends,

I really hope someone can help me with my never-ending struggle with CorePlayer 1.1.1.

It pauses every few seconds, for buffering I guess.
The video (DivX AVI) is stored on the MicroDrive. Now what are the setting I need in the preferences - buffering menu? I tried a lot of different values, some of them work better than others, but the lags remain.

Right now it's:

Normal buffer size: 2400 KB
Preload at underrun: 70.0%
Preload for audio: 64 KB

Microdrive mode: ENABLED
Microdrive buffer size: 24000 KB
Microdrive starts at: 1472 KB


The file details are:

DivX AVI
940063 KB in size
Video: MPEG-4 video
Core: CoreASP
Video Size: 640 x 362
Frame Rate: 25.0
Audio: MP3
Codec: CoreMP3
Audio Format: 44100 Hz 2 Ch
Data Bit Rate: 192 kbit/s


---

Something else that's strange:

CorePlayer doesn't remember my zoom setting in options - zoom.
E.g. when I set "Fill Screen" it's back to "Fit Best" after closing CorePlayer.
Didn't have that with TCPMP. Is that a known thing or is there a trick?

Thanks people!!

[JayRayMee.NL]

Thanks.
That direct dvd rips you play, at what resolution are those?

[Robson]

not sure, but these are avi files that i downloaded straight from the internet. average size is around 700+ mb. when you play them on your laptop they take up the whole screen. with coreplayer, i guess it fits itself in the screen as well.

part of that post i mentioned (the one where i got the settings) also had an attachment that you can use. it's an avi converter which optimizes a present dvd rip (avi) to fit best in a pda screen. i'll see if i can find that thread.

cheers

[JayRayMee.NL]

not sure, but these are avi files that i downloaded straight from the internet. average size is around 700+ mb. when you play them on your laptop they take up the whole screen. with coreplayer, i guess it fits itself in the screen as well.

part of that post i mentioned (the one where i got the settings) also had an attachment that you can use. it's an avi converter which optimizes a present dvd rip (avi) to fit best in a pda screen. i'll see if i can find that thread.

cheers

Thanks. Will definately try that.
Is this what you mean? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=303914&highlight=avi+converter)

[Robson]

right on the money, that's the one =)

cheers