Amazon Prime video issue

[big10p]

So, video streaming (X Files!) on the PC in my games room is choppy - FPS is too low, so movement looks jerky. I'm just trying to identifty the issue.

True, I do have a pretty crap broadband connection (around 3 megs), but videos seem to play fine on my main PC. I'm streaming just using Chrome browser, BTW.

I used to stream stuff OK using Kodi. The PC is only a core2duo with an old Radeon GFX card, I think, hooked up to the TV. I assume the Prime browser player needs more power? Do I need to upgrade the CPU or the GFX card, or both? I don't know if the browser player uses hardware acceleration, or not?

Anyone able to help?

Thanks.

big10p2019-10-21 12:49:55

 

[Macro]

prime said over a year ago that they were moving to AV1 compression (even if they haven't yet I think they were on HEVC) - both of which need more CPU or GPU power to decode (and hardware support is quite recent for HEVC, not sure if anything does hardware AV1 yet!)

can you try your main PC in the games room temporarily to see if it is down to base power

 

[big10p]

prime said over a year ago that they were moving to AV1 compression (even if they haven't yet I think they were on HEVC) - both of which need more CPU or GPU power to decode (and hardware support is quite recent for HEVC, not sure if anything does hardware AV1 yet!)

can you try your main PC in the games room temporarily to see if it is down to base power

Thanks Macro. I tried my main PC in the games room and it works fine on the monitor, but I wasn't able to hook it up to the TV, as the HDMI port seems to be dead.

I searched for min specs for Prime, but couldn't find hardware requirements anywhere! I think I'm going to have to try and pick up a cheap bundle to upgrade the whole thing.

Cheers.

 

[bbz149]

3MB!! Kids would go Ape Sh1t if we had that

Take it you not in a Virgin Media area? You would get better speed with a 4G Dongle!!

Just to pi55 you off

 

[big10p]

Holy crap! I only have fibre to the juction box thingy available here. Checker website says I will get around 27 meg, but only guarantees 13. Still better than what I have currently, though.

 

[bbz149]

Holy crap! I only have fibre to the juction box thingy available here. Checker website says I will get around 27 meg, but only guarantees 13. Still better than what I have currently, though.

G, how far are you from the Fibre Cab!!

My Cab is a Block away and it's Coax from there to the House!!

 

[big10p]

It's at the top of my road. I live in a village out in the sticks, which probably has something to do with the low speeds available.