[digiKam-users] QtAv - too much stutter on Win 10

[Iñigo]

Hi,

My hard discs are directly attached to a host adapter, there are not in 
a network.
7.2 works flawlessly.

Iñigo.



El 10/09/2021 a las 21:45, Gilles Caulier escribió:
> Hi,
>
> This kind of dysfunction with the network can be relevant of a missing 
> cache mechanism. I don't know if QtAv + ffmpeg has this feature.
>
> Also you must know that ffmpeg codec for Windows are cross compiled 
> and certainly do not use the native Windows acceleration feature.
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le ven. 10 sept. 2021 à 15:29, Iñigo <news at imagedworld.com 
> <mailto:news at imagedworld.com>> a écrit :
>
>     El 10/09/2021 a las 15:15, Boz Avram escribió:
>     > I use a reasonably powerful laptop, with Win 10 and DK 7.3; db
>     is local, photos and videos on NAS, about 15k.
>     >
>     > Issue: Every playback of my .AVI and .mov files through DigiKam
>     exhibits pronounced stutter, to a point of making the experience
>     unpleasant. No such issues with any other video player I have used
>     on these files. I am aware of the capability to use, within DK, on
>     an item by item basis, an external player ( for example, I often
>     use VLC with silky smooth experience on the same files), but that
>     defeats one of the very strong features of DigiKam, which is
>     highly integrated functionality to support seamless management of
>     all digital media (both photo and video).  In my work flow, a
>     story consists of a sequence of photos with interspersed short movies.
>     >
>     > The issue seems to be specific to Windows, as I have no issues
>     playing the same videos through DK on my MAC (which also
>     eliminates the NAS as a potential source; I had exactly the same
>     issue even when media was on the same laptop).
>     >
>     > My hope, since I like what DK offers overall, is that this issue
>     is specific to my configuration, or if wider, that it could be
>     addressed through development. Hence, a question: are other
>     Windows users having these kinds of issues, and if there are any
>     without, I’d appreciate any pointers on the configuration/HW they use.
>     >
>     > Thanks in advance, Avram
>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Same here.
>     Windows 10 Pro.
>     Files are stored in a SAS drive with plenty of bandwidth.
>     DK7.2 works as expected, 7.3 stutters badly.
>     Files are played as they should with any other video player.
>
>     Iñigo.
>

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