Microstutter with media playback. Am I asking to much?
by jmgibson1981 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59C3Y)
Had this machine handed to me. Figured it would be a decent Kodi box at best off of Xubuntu.
Code:System: Host: kodimomdad Kernel: 4.4.0-193-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Console: tty 8 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine: System: Dell product: OptiPlex 760 serial: C007GK1
Mobo: Dell model: 0M863N v: A01 serial: ..CN736049AN04ZX.
Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 11/03/2010
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E6550 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9308
clock speeds: max: 2327 MHz 1: 2327 MHz 2: 2327 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Intel 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-193-generic
Network: Card: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: ece0 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Partition: ID-1: / size: 991M used: 8.7M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
ID-2: /home size: 229G used: 60G (28%) fs: nfs4 remote: megalith.mylan.home:/home
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 38.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 151 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 197.9/1981.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35I've got it network booted from my Xenial LTSP chroot for this. It doesn't finish boot with my Focal network boot. No worries in my case except for the micro stutter. I don't have any heavy media really, nothing fancy anyway. Just dvd rips compressed via handbrake. Is the machine just to old for this purpose or am I likely hitting another wall somewhere? Boots Xubuntu and I have Kodi running at 1080p
*NOTE* I was using the cpu graphics originally. Thought that was the issue so picked up a low end older gpu. No change between igpu and the amd card. Also for what it's worth I can eliminate the network boot being the issue. I've got 4-5 other machines in this house running off of network booting and they are doing just fine.
Code:System: Host: kodimomdad Kernel: 4.4.0-193-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Console: tty 8 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine: System: Dell product: OptiPlex 760 serial: C007GK1
Mobo: Dell model: 0M863N v: A01 serial: ..CN736049AN04ZX.
Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 11/03/2010
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E6550 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9308
clock speeds: max: 2327 MHz 1: 2327 MHz 2: 2327 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Intel 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-193-generic
Network: Card: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: ece0 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Partition: ID-1: / size: 991M used: 8.7M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
ID-2: /home size: 229G used: 60G (28%) fs: nfs4 remote: megalith.mylan.home:/home
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 38.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 151 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 197.9/1981.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35I've got it network booted from my Xenial LTSP chroot for this. It doesn't finish boot with my Focal network boot. No worries in my case except for the micro stutter. I don't have any heavy media really, nothing fancy anyway. Just dvd rips compressed via handbrake. Is the machine just to old for this purpose or am I likely hitting another wall somewhere? Boots Xubuntu and I have Kodi running at 1080p
*NOTE* I was using the cpu graphics originally. Thought that was the issue so picked up a low end older gpu. No change between igpu and the amd card. Also for what it's worth I can eliminate the network boot being the issue. I've got 4-5 other machines in this house running off of network booting and they are doing just fine.