Bulding XBMC for Raspberry Pi

[dom]

I've written the instructions to a text file, as this forum is not great for formatting/editing.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/366951....._build.txt

I've just started with a clean debian image and got XBMC working, so the instructions are roughly correct. I used a Ubuntu 11.10 Virtualbox as the host machine. I've tried to list the packages required in Ubuntu, but may have missed something.

Please post if you spot any improvements.

Note: If you have never cross compiled packages before then don't start here. You will almost certainly need to understand what the instructions are doing and adapt them as necessary. If you just want to try XBMC wait for someone to produce a binary package.

Have fun!

dom said:

Note: If you have never cross compiled packages before then don't start here.

Challenge accepted Thanks Dom!

Progress is slow but getting there. I can now boot over nfs

Probably worth pointing out that sometimes the pi on boot sometimes wont connect to nfs. It's a bit hit and miss but pulling the plug and restarting fixes it. Once it's up it stays up.

Doing this on brand new debian image from last night also.

Installing required packages on the Pi...

[dom]

I normally use a different nfs rootfs which is completely reliable.
I did get a hang when booting with these instructions, but was okay on a reboot.
I"m guessing one of the new startup scripts doesn"t play well with nfs.
If anyone can diagnose this problem please speak up.

Anyone out there not familiar with nfs booting, look into - it"s highly recommended.
Trivially easy to back up. No shortage of disk space. You can cross compile on Linux and then run on Pi without copying. You can have multiple distributions stored on Linux machine, and switch between then by changing cmdline.txt and rebooting. You only need a small sdcard - I"m using a 256M one. Performance is pretty good.

Good job you're here dom!

Just ran into an error when make -C tools/rbp/depends/xbmc

no makefile.am found for any configure output

Will post a full log in a sec

[root@tutorials xbmc-bcm]# make -C tools/rbp/depends/xbmc make: Entering directory `/opt/xbmc-bcm/tools/rbp/depends/xbmc' cd ../../../../; ./bootstrap autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal --force autoreconf: configure.in: tracing autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'. libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh' libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.in and libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree. libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing automake: no `Makefile.am' found for any configure output autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 make: *** [configure] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/opt/xbmc-bcm/tools/rbp/depends/xbmc'

my setup-sdk stuff looks like this

TARBALLS=/opt/xbmc-bcm SDKSTAGE=/opt/bcm-rootfs XBMCPREFIX=/opt/xbmc-bcm/xbmc-bin

TARGETFS=/opt/bcm-rootfs

TOOLCHAIN=/opt/arm-compiler/raspberrypi-tools-3aba47b/arm-bcm2708/linux-x86

BUILDROOT=/opt/bcm-rootfs

Any ideas?

[dom]

My output is a little different:

dc4@dc4-VirtualBox:~/xbmc-rbp$ make -C tools/rbp/depends/xbmc/

make: Entering directory `/home/dc4/xbmc-rbp/tools/rbp/depends/xbmc'

cd ../../../../; ./bootstrap

autoreconf: Entering directory `.'

autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext

autoreconf: running: aclocal --force

autoreconf: configure.in: tracing

autoreconf: running: libtoolize --install --copy --force

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.

libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/config.guess'

libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/config.sub'

libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/install-sh'

libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh'

libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.in and

libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.

libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force

autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing

autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'

autoreconf: Entering directory `lib/libid3tag/libid3tag'

autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext

autoreconf: running: aclocal --force

autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing

autoreconf: running: libtoolize --install --copy --force

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.

libtoolize: copying file `./config.guess'

libtoolize: copying file `./config.sub'

libtoolize: copying file `./install-sh'

libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'

libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and

libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.

libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force

autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force

autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing

First difference I spotted was "libtoolize --install --copy --force"

Then I get "libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/config.guess'"

which you don't. I'm not an expert in this stuff, but maybe different versions of make tools?

dc4@dc4-VirtualBox:~/xbmc-rbp$ libtoolize --version

libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.4

Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>, 2003

I'm running version 2.4.2 so I guess that could be the problem. I'll have a dig around and see what I can find.

I'm trying to do this on ArchLinux and am clueless to what the problem is so going to try it on Debian at some point .

I can successfully bootstrap and configure xbmc, but I get following error on compile:

/usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus/dbus.h:29:33: fatal error: dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h: No such file or directory

[dom]

@ntadej try disabling dbus. E.g.

git diff configure.in

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in

index 602d4bb..82f3121 100755

--- a/configure.in

+++ b/configure.in

@@ -851,10 +851,10 @@ else

[INCLUDES="$INCLUDES $ALSA_CFLAGS"; LIBS="$LIBS $ALSA_LIBS"; use_alsa=yes],

AC_MSG_NOTICE($alsa_not_found); use_alsa=no)

fi

- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DBUS], [dbus-1],

- [INCLUDES="$INCLUDES $DBUS_CFLAGS"; LIBS="$LIBS $DBUS_LIBS"; use_dbus=yes]; \

- AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DBUS],[1],["Define to 1 if dbus is installed"]),

- AC_MSG_NOTICE($missing_library); use_dbus=no)

+ # PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DBUS], [dbus-1],

+ # [INCLUDES="$INCLUDES $DBUS_CFLAGS"; LIBS="$LIBS $DBUS_LIBS"; use_dbus=yes]; \

+ # AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DBUS],[1],["Define to 1 if dbus is installed"]),

+ # AC_MSG_NOTICE($missing_library); use_dbus=no)

if test "x$use_sdl" != "xno"; then

PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL], [sdl],

ntadej

I edited Makefile.include to include

/opt/bcm-rootfs/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include

So far everything is going OK.

I think there was a problem when I initially pulled the source. Pulled it again and it seemed to take a lot longer. Configuring fine now

Either that or a misconfig in setup-sdk.sh file

Happy happy happy (let's hope it stays that way!)

I've managed to compile XBMC with PVR support. As this is completely untested and unofficial, and I'm also waiting for my Pi, I uploaded it for you to test.

https://github.com/ntadej/xbmc/tree/rbp-pvr

https://github.com/downloads/ntadej/xbmc/xbmc-pvr-rbp-2012-04-21.tar.bz

Thanks very much for sharing - I'll try it now!

It was looking for libexpat.so in my /usr/lib folder so to fix it I just copied it over from the arm rootfs. I think the path may have been explicitly specified. Seems to be compiling okay now.

[dom]

@ntadej Congratulations. It does launch into xbmc gui. There is a "PVR service" in system information (I don't have any hardware that can make use of PVR though).

It doesn't play video. I get this in log:

15:11:33 T:1274549312   ERROR: Unable to load /opt/xbmc-bcm/xbmc-bin/lib/xbmc/sy
stem/players/dvdplayer/avcodec-53-arm.so, reason: /opt/xbmc-bcm/xbmc-bin/lib/xbm
c/system/players/dvdplayer/avcodec-53-arm.so: undefined symbol: _dl_hwcap

I don't think you followed instructions about removing /usr/lib/libc.a and /usr/lib/libm.a before building.

No, I accidentally skipped this part, but I'm glad that it works (besides this major bug).

I'll play more when I get my device.

I'm still having trouble

Any ideas on this one?

TextureGL.cpp: In member function 'virtual void CGLTexture::CreateTextureObject()': TextureGL.cpp:64:118: error: 'eglCreateImageKHR' was not declared in this scope TextureGL.cpp: In member function 'virtual void CGLTexture::DestroyTextureObject()': TextureGL.cpp:77:50: error: 'eglDestroyImageKHR' was not declared in this scope make[1]: *** [TextureGL.o] Error 1 make: *** [xbmc/guilib/guilib.a] Error 2

See my github repo:

https://github.com/ntadej/xbmc/commit/a1c8d9abddcfaa01f2e5b95cf25f2baed306f75d

Thx mate

[dom]

This may be the better fix:

dc4@dc4-VirtualBox:~/xbmc-rbp$ git diff xbmc/guilib/
diff --git a/xbmc/guilib/Texture.h b/xbmc/guilib/Texture.h
index b103a96..6d74e4e 100644
--- a/xbmc/guilib/Texture.h
+++ b/xbmc/guilib/Texture.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct COLOR {unsigned char b,g,r,x;};        // Windows GDI expects 4bytes per color
#endif

#ifdef TARGET_RASPBERRY_PI
+#define EGL_EGLEXT_PROTOTYPES
#include <EGL/egl.h>
#include <EGL/eglext.h>
#include "xbmc/filesystem/File.h"

Probably yes. XBMC already uses my code in omxplayer core so I thought it's OK to use it.

It works and plays video. Copying over something realistic to test it now

[texy]

Sounds like a new tutorial or two is in the pipeline
Texy