Re: [Fixed in v7.0] JRiver MC31 not playing when 29 is also installed
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:01 pm
Just to quickly conclude on my HTPC recommissioning, I've finally succeeded (it took me more than two weeks!).
I suddenly remembered that there was a known bug for the ampere series re Atmos audio drop outs. It was supposed to have been fixed recently with an nVidia driver, which is why it wasn't really on my radar. However, I did a bit of googling and it turns out that many 3xxx series and even 4xxx series users (as well as 2xxx users) are still affected. It's only present when you also use a HDMI 2.1 AVR (which is my case as I have a Denon X8500HA).
So after having tried every possible software solution, I decided to put my trusty old 1080ti back into my HTPC. And bingo, all my Atmos audio dropouts were GONE.
I've benchmarked it, and it's not that much slower for HTPC use or video editing use (I use Pugetbench for Adobe Premiere Pro for benchmarking and I get a score of 630 in standard mode with the 1080ti and a score of 734 with the 3090). It is, however, much slower for gaming, especially 4K gaming, as one would expect but I don't reall mind about this as I have a 3060 on my laptop so I can still do some light gaming on the move. My priority is to recommission my HTPC as a media player, most likely as my main media player given all the recent improvements in CMC, and I'm ready to lose some gaming performance to get perfect home theatre duties.
So Jamie, if you have an HDMI 2.1 AVR, I would recommand that you steer clear of the 3000 series (and even the 4000 series). For light editing, light gaming and HTPC use, I'd definitely recommend a 1080ti as the best performance/cost ratio in that case.
If, however, you don't use an HDMI 2.1 AVR, I am going to put my 3090 for sale, so let me know if you're interested as I think you're in the UK as well. It's a Zotac 3090 Trinity OC 24GB with its original packaging etc, never overclocked and not used much overall, mostly for video editing and very occasional gaming as I never got to get it to work as a proper media player until a few weeks ago (media-wise, I was only using the HTPC to test content and for research, rather than for critical watching). It's working great apart from the Atmos audio dropouts with my HDMI 2.1 AVR. I could find ways to control the video frame drop/repeats, but I couldn't find a way to resolve these Atmos audio dropouts. Apparently it's a bug in the silicon, so unfixable. I reckon nVidia marked it as solved recently to avoid a class action.
I was using the HTPC less and less for video editing since I got my 3060 laptop last summer, as the performance difference isn't as huge as when I was using my Macbook Pro 13 2018. My laptop is my main work rig, I had even moved my 4K drives to external bays so I could rip my disk from the laptop and not the HTPC, so over the last year or so the HTPC was mostly switched off, until I decided to recommission it.
I suddenly remembered that there was a known bug for the ampere series re Atmos audio drop outs. It was supposed to have been fixed recently with an nVidia driver, which is why it wasn't really on my radar. However, I did a bit of googling and it turns out that many 3xxx series and even 4xxx series users (as well as 2xxx users) are still affected. It's only present when you also use a HDMI 2.1 AVR (which is my case as I have a Denon X8500HA).
So after having tried every possible software solution, I decided to put my trusty old 1080ti back into my HTPC. And bingo, all my Atmos audio dropouts were GONE.
I've benchmarked it, and it's not that much slower for HTPC use or video editing use (I use Pugetbench for Adobe Premiere Pro for benchmarking and I get a score of 630 in standard mode with the 1080ti and a score of 734 with the 3090). It is, however, much slower for gaming, especially 4K gaming, as one would expect but I don't reall mind about this as I have a 3060 on my laptop so I can still do some light gaming on the move. My priority is to recommission my HTPC as a media player, most likely as my main media player given all the recent improvements in CMC, and I'm ready to lose some gaming performance to get perfect home theatre duties.
So Jamie, if you have an HDMI 2.1 AVR, I would recommand that you steer clear of the 3000 series (and even the 4000 series). For light editing, light gaming and HTPC use, I'd definitely recommend a 1080ti as the best performance/cost ratio in that case.
If, however, you don't use an HDMI 2.1 AVR, I am going to put my 3090 for sale, so let me know if you're interested as I think you're in the UK as well. It's a Zotac 3090 Trinity OC 24GB with its original packaging etc, never overclocked and not used much overall, mostly for video editing and very occasional gaming as I never got to get it to work as a proper media player until a few weeks ago (media-wise, I was only using the HTPC to test content and for research, rather than for critical watching). It's working great apart from the Atmos audio dropouts with my HDMI 2.1 AVR. I could find ways to control the video frame drop/repeats, but I couldn't find a way to resolve these Atmos audio dropouts. Apparently it's a bug in the silicon, so unfixable. I reckon nVidia marked it as solved recently to avoid a class action.
I was using the HTPC less and less for video editing since I got my 3060 laptop last summer, as the performance difference isn't as huge as when I was using my Macbook Pro 13 2018. My laptop is my main work rig, I had even moved my 4K drives to external bays so I could rip my disk from the laptop and not the HTPC, so over the last year or so the HTPC was mostly switched off, until I decided to recommission it.