Robo983
2008-12-22, 19:22
What I want to do is use the UPnP of XBMC for windows to access Playon for Hulu and Netflix movies. This actually works fine but my CPU is pegged at about 100% on a an HTPC single core AMD 1.6GHz, 768MB ram. This causes the video to be choppy.
The reason I do not just launch a web browser is for the same reason using too much CPU. My thinking was that I am running PlayOn on a Dualcore and it would off load the processing to it instead of my HTPC single core. What I do not get is this seems to work fine on my XBOX which surely has less guts than my HTPC. The only issue I am running into on the XBOX is the lack of a Resume which is also ported to the Windows version.
Is this due to a codec issue? Any ideas of things for me to try? Or is it just not possible with UPnP and XBMC to avoid the High CPU and I will need a DualCore HTPC?
If I have to upgrade my HTPC seems it would just be better to launch a browser so I could resume and jump around in the video with a mouse. However I really like the simplicity of the UPnP navigation setup though to access my que.
The reason I do not just launch a web browser is for the same reason using too much CPU. My thinking was that I am running PlayOn on a Dualcore and it would off load the processing to it instead of my HTPC single core. What I do not get is this seems to work fine on my XBOX which surely has less guts than my HTPC. The only issue I am running into on the XBOX is the lack of a Resume which is also ported to the Windows version.
Is this due to a codec issue? Any ideas of things for me to try? Or is it just not possible with UPnP and XBMC to avoid the High CPU and I will need a DualCore HTPC?
If I have to upgrade my HTPC seems it would just be better to launch a browser so I could resume and jump around in the video with a mouse. However I really like the simplicity of the UPnP navigation setup though to access my que.