[Sentinal]

I recently built a nice htpc but have noticed that during playback of blu-ray content, either 2D or 3D, there is what I would describe as a buffering issue where the movie gets real choppy and the hard drives are running like mad. This happens if I'm watching blu-ray from disc or from hard drive.


I don't know if it's a paging issue or what, but my specs are:

• 64 bit Win7
• Windows Media Center, SageTV
• GeForce GT240 video card
• nVidia beta 3d drivers
• 4 x 2GB DDR3 1333 OCZ Gold memory
• AMD Phenom II 3.4GHz Black Edition CPU
• MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard
• 6 x WD20EVDS 2TB SATA drives
• Auzentech Hometheater X-Fi HD sound card

I have it set up such that my applications sit on one drive, and my content on other drives. I should point out that I have enabled hardware acceleration and the graphics device is given exclusive control.


I had considered putting up the resource manager while watching content to see what's going on but in the interim was wondering if this community may have some insight.


Many thanks.

 

[Randy Mathis]

Which player are you using to play the bluray and are you using anydvdhd?

 

[Sentinal]

For bluray content I'm using the Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 Mark II Ultra which is invoked by Windows Media Center for 3D content, or for 2D content, from SageTV.