frame lag on netflix

Thanks a lot im going to try it right now see if it works :)

2013/7/26 Erich E. Hoover <email address hidden>

> Your question #233085 on Netflix Desktop changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop/+question/233085
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> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Erich E. Hoover proposed the following answer:
> This seems to be heavily dependent on the graphics card and driver
> you're using. You could try switching between graphics drivers
> (proprietary vs. open source), or you could attempt to enable client
> side rendering (this option used to be disabled to get the window to
> render, but that is no longer needed).
>
> Enabling client side rendering:
> 1) Open the registry editor:
> WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/.wine-browser" /opt/wine-compholio/bin/regedit
> 2) Navigate to the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver\
> 3) Change the "ClientSideGraphics" string from "N" to "Y"
> 4) Re-launch netflix-desktop and see if that provides any performance
> improvement
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Thanks Erich E. Hoover, that solved my question.

I have version 1.7.11 running on Linw Mint 16 with on board Intel graphics.

I have the same problem as the OP but HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver\ does not exist.

Has the client side rendering option been dropped and if so is there there another fix ?

FWIW I am running kernel 3.12.5 which I assume has the latest intel drivers.

Hi michael, that key was being used to work around another problem (Wine Bug #31812). The default value for the key (it is an internal Wine setting) is to enable client side graphics, so if the key does not exist then adding it will not fix your problem.

The Intel drivers are constantly going through updates, particularly if you have a newer graphics card. It's possible that you might get better performance by either disabling or enabling GPU acceleration for frame rendering (the default is determined by what graphics card and driver you are using). You can change this setting on a per-session basis by starting the application in one of the following ways:
netflix-desktop --enable-hw-acceleration
or
netflix-desktop --disable-hw-acceleration

I hope that helps!

On 05/02/14 16:11, Erich E. Hoover wrote:
> Question #233085 on Netflix Desktop changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop/+question/233085
>
> Erich E. Hoover posted a new comment:
> Hi michael, that key was being used to work around another problem (Wine
> Bug #31812). The default value for the key (it is an internal Wine
> setting) is to enable client side graphics, so if the key does not exist
> then adding it will not fix your problem.
>
> The Intel drivers are constantly going through updates, particularly if you have a newer graphics card. It's possible that you might get better performance by either disabling or enabling GPU acceleration for frame rendering (the default is determined by what graphics card and driver you are using). You can change this setting on a per-session basis by starting the application in one of the following ways:
> netflix-desktop --enable-hw-acceleration
> or
> netflix-desktop --disable-hw-acceleration
>
> I hope that helps!
>
Erich

Thanks I will try both.

Is there a way to tell what the default is for my chip ?

And to rest the default once I find which it is better set to ?

Thanks

Michael