Buffering all the time

**andreaswesstrm** · November 27th, 2010, 01:47 AM

Hi,
Im running my local content from .RAR archives and it's buffering like 90% of my movies.
Plus whenever i choose another language audio everythings goes out of sync, This makes the Boxee Box useless because in Sweden all we can use it for is local content.

**judgeschambers** · November 27th, 2010, 05:52 AM

We really need more info to assist you.

What are these file types inside the RAR container?
What's the bit rate?
What's the encoding?

**andreaswesstrm** · November 27th, 2010, 06:01 AM

Filetype: .mkv
Format: x264
Video Bitrate: 11843 Kbps
Audio: Swedish 640 Kbps AC3
Resolution: 1920x824

**judgeschambers** · November 27th, 2010, 06:06 AM

.MKV inside a .rar? Hmmm.....

What's your video card?

Only thing I can figure is:

1- The double container. The mkv is already compressed....
2- Not all X264 encoding is created equal.

I'd lean towards #2: For reference---
http://forums.boxee.tv/showpost.php?...72&postcount=4
and
http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.ph...467#post124467

Maybe Prospero424 can swing by and give a suggestion.

**andreaswesstrm** · November 27th, 2010, 06:31 AM

Video card? i'm running it from my Boxee Box. This is just bullshit the way this product is performing.

No offense to you guys in here you are very helpfull, But i bought the Box under the impression that it was "plug and play" i don't want to spend 20hrs tweaking the F***NG thing.

**dconti** · November 27th, 2010, 11:53 AM

if you lose sync when changing language can you seek forwards then back and tell me if that fixes the sync?
are your rars on a usb connected drive or over the local network?

**andreaswesstrm** · November 27th, 2010, 01:18 PM

The sync is messed up no mather what i do, the rars are on a windows 7 machine connected through cable over the network.

**dbretton** · November 27th, 2010, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by andreaswesstrm

The sync is messed up no mather what i do, the rars are on a windows 7 machine connected through cable over the network.

Perhaps this is by design....??

http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-6138

**dconti** · November 27th, 2010, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by dbretton

Perhaps this is by design....??

http://jira.boxee.tv/browse/BOXEE-6138

just to clarify that bug:

after you switch audio streams, there is a brief period (1-3 seconds) where the video may change speed as we rebuild sync with the new audio stream and the video. after that the video speed should be normal, same as the audio.