Unibody MBP HD Playback...

Rameses · 23 Mar 2009 at 21:54

Guys, I um have Quantum of Solace on my MBP in 1080p (like 12GB) and it struggles to playback?

Why is this? I have Higher Performance enabled, and all apps closed? I mean lower bitrate films I have in HD run ok and I'm positive it wasn't like this before?

More to that, HD stuff purchased from iTunes playsback poorly with stuttering etc, at first I thought its because all my iTunes media is stored on my Drobo but I've tested its transfer speeds and its pretty darn good!

I'm confused.com :confused:

Ross1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 21:59

Oh no... I really hate it when people say they are "confused.com"
It sounds so tacky

Anyway I cant help with your problem just thought I would be a moany git and complain.

asim18 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:13

AmTechFox said:
Guys, I um have Quantum of Solace on my MBP in 1080p (like 12GB) and it struggles to playback?

My mum's £399 Acer laptop can play the same file perfectly fine.

Just shows how bad Apple's price : performance ratio is.

rp2000 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:13

AmTechFox said:
Guys, I um have Quantum of Solace on my MBP in 1080p (like 12GB) and it struggles to playback?

Why is this? I have Higher Performance enabled, and all apps closed? I mean lower bitrate films I have in HD run ok and I'm positive it wasn't like this before?

More to that, HD stuff purchased from iTunes playsback poorly with stuttering etc, at first I thought its because all my iTunes media is stored on my Drobo but I've tested its transfer speeds and its pretty darn good!

I'm confused.com

What are you playing your mkv file (I am assuming) back in? VLC like software or Quicktime with Perian? If the latter, let it "buffer" the whole file, then press play. Is it playing locally or off your Drobo. If off your Drobo you should really move the file locally just to test it is not the Drobo in anyway.

rp2000

Ross1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:14

asim18 said:
My mum's £399 Acer laptop can play the same file perfectly fine.

Just shows how bad Apple's price : performance ratio is.

Glad you said it and not me

Prepare for the onslought of mac owners...

asim18 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:15

Ross1234 said:
Glad you said it and not me Prepare for the onslought of mac owners...

*RUNS!*

J1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:20

Prepare for the flame war.

Feek · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:22

I'd drag it locally first and bypass the Drobo. They're not the fastest devices on the planet.

james.miller · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:24

id be very suprised if it is the drobo, you're only looking at what, 8mb/minute give or take? thats not much of stretch for any storage device

Ross1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:26

Phew I have my red tunic on. The flames cant get me

asim18 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:31

Ross1234 said:
Phew I have my red tunic on. The flames cant get me

Awesome!

Brought back some nice memories of OOT.

Ross1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:32

asim18 said:
Awesome!

Brought back some nice memories of OOT.

yeh im playing through it just now

Im in the water temple just now though and I hate the water temple

Rameses · 23 Mar 2009 at 23:15

asim18 said:
My mum's £399 Acer laptop can play the same file perfectly fine.

Just shows how bad Apple's price : performance ratio is.

Har Har....

But For Info:

I actually think it may be a problem with the selecting of Higher Performance / Better Battery Life. I selected back to Better Battery, restarted and then selected Higher Performance and restarted. I think its cleared it now, because as of this post I opened it again and it played back fine (except 1 or 2 skips) but thats totally direct from my Drobo?

Very strange indeed, but also today my Bluetooth went off completely, would not sync my keyboard and thus through searching on Apple's discussion forums I noticed that switching off and disconnecting the power cable for a minute can reset the Bluetooth?

Perhaps this was a glitch as well with the graphics?

ripoffthemonkey · 23 Mar 2009 at 23:43

AmTechFox said:
Guys, I um have Quantum of Solace on my MBP in 1080p (like 12GB) and it struggles to playback?

Why is this? I have Higher Performance enabled, and all apps closed? I mean lower bitrate films I have in HD run ok and I'm positive it wasn't like this before?

More to that, HD stuff purchased from iTunes playsback poorly with stuttering etc, at first I thought its because all my iTunes media is stored on my Drobo but I've tested its transfer speeds and its pretty darn good!

I'm confused.com

Turn off the better Batt life and switch to better performance, worked for me after I downloaded it! Ran It in Quick Time pro, looked gorgeous!

Damn those HD films are space hungry

LordSplodge · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:33

asim18 said:
My mum's £399 Acer laptop can play the same file perfectly fine.

Just shows how bad Apple's price : performance ratio is.

There is obviously some setting wrong on the OP's MacBook and at least they can look good in public. Your mums cheap arse Acer will make her look exactly that. :eek:

Also some of us can afford a decent laptop!

Feek said:
I'd drag it locally first and bypass the Drobo. They're not the fastest devices on the planet.

Depends on what interface. On FireWire800 it is going to be more than good enough, hell even over USB2 it should manage just fine.

Is the OP using VLC or QuickTime + Perian and does it play OK on the MacBook direct?

Ross1234 · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:36

LordSplodge said:
There is obviously some setting wrong on the OP's MacBook and at least they can look good in public. Your mums cheap arse Acer will make her look exactly that.

Also some of us can afford a decent laptop!

Looks good to me

http://aczafra.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/acer-aspire-4310.jpg

I hate the looks of macs, apart from the macbook. (not the pro)

LordSplodge · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:40

Ross1234 said:
Looks good to me

http://aczafra.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/acer-aspire-4310.jpg

Meh. Putting a nasty looking woman in a decent dress does not make her an attractive woman.

Adrianr · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:42

LordSplodge said:
Meh. Putting a nasty looking woman in a decent dress does not make her an attractive woman.

Likewise an expensive dress doesn't make it a nice dress

Ross1234 · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:42

LordSplodge said:
Meh. Putting a nasty looking woman in a decent dress does not make her an attractive woman.

Which part are you refering to as the "woman"

LordSplodge · 24 Mar 2009 at 13:48

Adrianr said:
Likewise an expensive dress doesn't make it a nice dress

Hence why I didn't use the word expensive!

Ross1234 said:
Which part are you refering to as the "woman"

Ok I'll make it nice and simple for you: The Acer you linked to has attempted to make itself look better by being white and having a black glossy plastic lid. It's still too thick, made from cheap plastics (I've played with enough Acer laptops) and has its ports scaterred around the body in odd places.

There are a few PC laptops that look good (but not as good as a MacBook/Pro) imnsho.