OpenELEC Testbuilds

[onetootreefor]

thanks for the fix sraue, building it now !!! cant wait to test it!

[sraue]

Hi,

Another short update (r11258):

http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/op ... 58.tar.bz2
to update a older build without reinstalling: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... g_OpenELEC

• fixed Passtrough (not tested by me, please test).
• possible fix for the PAL issue (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... =25#p90553) (not tested by me, please test).
  It is needed to update the bootloaderfiles on the first partition of your SD-card with the files you find in 3rdparty/bootloader folder

please test this build, esp. the changes regarding Passtrough and the PAL issue and report back any problems.

thanks
Stephan

[opperpanter]

With r11225 I am having the problem that I can't play videos.

Only some mpgs work. Any avi just spits out garbage for about 1 second and then the whole thing crashes and needs a hard reset.
IFO and VOB files just make xbmc go into "Working" and makes the pi unresponsive.
Hard reset only way out.

using stock adapter ordered with rpi. using svideo to pal tv.

videos played from SMB share (same videos play fine in xtreamer/vlc/windows media player over same network).

should I report this? Or try r11258 first? I don't have a linux os at hand, so I can't create a sdcard image for r11258 myself.

thanks

[opperpanter]

Only some mpgs work. Any avi just spits out garbage for about 1 second and then the whole thing crashes and needs a hard reset.

upgraded to r11258 and tried to play video from sdcard (downloads folder).
same result. just some jittery footage for a second and then crash.

[onetootreefor]

Hi,

Another short update (r11258):

http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/op ... 58.tar.bz2
to update a older build without reinstalling: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... g_OpenELEC

• fixed Passtrough (not tested by me, please test).
• possible fix for the PAL issue (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... =25#p90553) (not tested by me, please test).
  It is needed to update the bootloaderfiles on the first partition of your SD-card with the files you find in 3rdparty/bootloader folder

please test this build, esp. the changes regarding Passtrough and the PAL issue and report back any problems.

thanks
Stephan

with this build (r11258) passthrough works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, but i have a build i built from git just over an hour ago (r11256) where passthrough DOES NOT work. My git says its up to date so the changes in r11258 must not have been committed yet.

thank you for the work again! and to be clear r11258 which sraue has posted here has working audio passthrough.

ill make an img later today for 4gb cards.

also, im getting lots of buffering still, but the audio is being passed off to the receiver as DD or DTS. Ill have to do some more tests later to see why im getting so much buffering.\

edit: i used nethogs to monitor my wireless activity while im streaming to the raspi and it shows the smbdaemon only transferring around 10KB/s on avg to the raspi. It's streaming a 1080p video i would think it needs a lot more speed than 10KB/s to stream it. Is the daemon being cap'd somehow?

[sraue]

I don't have a linux os at hand, so I can't create a sdcard image for r11258 myself.

thanks

to update the build:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... g_OpenELEC

[opperpanter]

I don't have a linux os at hand, so I can't create a sdcard image for r11258 myself.

thanks

to update the build:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... g_OpenELEC

yeah tnx. found that later on and upgraded. still problem persists however

[sparky0815]

In the next hour i will Upload new images...

[onetootreefor]

hmm even on r11170 (the image i have no buffering and perfect audio passthrough) smbd only shows 10-30KB/s on avg streaming to the pi and it doesnt buffer ever. So it must be something else besides the smb connection. Anyone have any clues why I would be having so much buffer on r11258 but not on r11170?

[sraue]

Only some mpgs work. Any avi just spits out garbage for about 1 second and then the whole thing crashes and needs a hard reset.

upgraded to r11258 and tried to play video from sdcard (downloads folder).
same result. just some jittery footage for a second and then crash.

• enable debugging in xbmc via system/settings/system/debugging
• try some videos
• login via ssh
• paste xbmc.log with

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  paste /storage/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log

• also a mediainfo from this videos would help

[sparky0815]

Good morning.

You can download the newest version of OpenELEC images for your RPi (2GB and 4GB).
=> build: r11225 (06.06.2012)

http://bit.ly/KgSvLW


If you Raspberry Pi don't boot:
Send me an PM with informations about your SD card. (manufacturer, class, size, model)
Thanks for your help an have fun

Greetings

I updated my blogpost with new images. 4GB Images in now available.
The 1,1GB and 2GB images in round about an half hour
I will update then my blogpost with links to the other images (2GB + 1,1GB).

Have fun ...

[opperpanter]

Only some mpgs work. Any avi just spits out garbage for about 1 second and then the whole thing crashes and needs a hard reset.

upgraded to r11258 and tried to play video from sdcard (downloads folder).
same result. just some jittery footage for a second and then crash.

• enable debugging in xbmc via system/settings/system/debugging
• try some videos
• login via ssh
• paste xbmc.log with

  Code: Select all

  paste /storage/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log

• also a mediainfo from this videos would help

Well I tried that, but the device is completely dead afterwards, so no possibility to get the logs.
What I did is have an ssh open with tail-f xbmc.log and it gave me an audio error message.
Turned out I needed to set audio to analog, now I am getting some footage.
Audio does "click" however each time a press a key.

[jasjeet]

Perfect for me now.
Ive set Audio Pass through for DTS and AC3 to my AV Receiver and im streaming 1080p DTS films over 100Mb ethernet no problems from my Windows PC.

Build r11260

New problem, wont boot when i have config.txt in root of System partition for my CPU Overclock.

[onetootreefor]

Perfect for me now.
Ive set Audio Pass through for DTS and AC3 to my AV Receiver and im streaming 1080p DTS films over 100Mb ethernet no problems from my Windows PC.

Build r11260

New problem, wont boot when i have config.txt in root of System partition for my CPU Overclock.

you dont have buffer issues on r11260 streaming 1080p DTS? i just put 260 on a card and hit a wall. Ill try streaming from my windows pc instead of my linux box see if it makes a difference.

[VZoltan]

Hi,

Another short update (r11258):

http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/op ... 58.tar.bz2
to update a older build without reinstalling: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... g_OpenELEC

• fixed Passtrough (not tested by me, please test).
• possible fix for the PAL issue (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... =25#p90553) (not tested by me, please test).
  It is needed to update the bootloaderfiles on the first partition of your SD-card with the files you find in 3rdparty/bootloader folder

please test this build, esp. the changes regarding Passtrough and the PAL issue and report back any problems.

thanks
Stephan

HI

with this bulid as fresh install still not good...
i have this in my config.txt and i have composit/jack output.

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arm_freq=800
sdtv_mode=2
sdtv_aspect=1
#framebuffer_width=720
#framebuffer_height=576
overscan_left=22
overscan_right=5
#overscan_top=10
#overscan_bottom=10

if i try the very same video to play (as i showed it prev post with screenshots)
tv goes blue (blank) means, no signal.

[dom]

New problem, wont boot when i have config.txt in root of System partition for my CPU Overclock.

What's the contents of config.txt when it fails?
Does a smaller overclock still boot?

[dom]

if i try the very same video to play (as i showed it prev post with screenshots) tv goes blue (blank) means, no signal.

Make sure you have "analog (OMX)" not "hdmi (OMX)" in audio putput settings. I believe switching on the HDMI audio kills the composite display.

[Inaccessible Rail]

Sorry if I'm being dense but where are people getting 11260 from? I can't see it here.

[onetootreefor]

Sorry if I'm being dense but where are people getting 11260 from? I can't see it here.

we are building it from the git source and compiling it ourselves.

@jasjeet/sraue i switched my smb host machine to windows7 and now i have no buffer issues. Must be something wrong with my samba client on my linux box. Thanks for the hard work getting audio passthrough back on track. Now I can enjoy the new blazing speed of the gui! (atleast it seems like that to me )

[jasjeet]

New problem, wont boot when i have config.txt in root of System partition for my CPU Overclock.

What's the contents of config.txt when it fails?
Does a smaller overclock still boot?

I fixed it somehow, i think my start.elf had some problem. It wasnt working even with 700Mhz. Some problem on my SD card i think. I ran file check, then replaced start.elf and it works ok now.

In config.txt i have: arm_freq=900

[jasjeet]

Sorry if I'm being dense but where are people getting 11260 from? I can't see it here.

You can build the latest one yourself, its really easy i make it in a Virtual Machine, follow the steps exactly on a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 build (12.04 not so good).

http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... spberry_Pi

Commands i run from a fresh install of an OS:

Open Terminal and run:

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sudo apt-get install g++ nasm flex bison gawk gperf autoconf automake m4 cvs libtool \
 byacc texinfo gettext zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev git-core build-essential xsltproc libexpat1-dev

sudo perl -e shell -MCPAN

install XML::Parser

exit

git clone git://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv.git

cd OpenELEC.tv

PROJECT=RPi ARCH=arm make

Now wait for 2hours depending on how fast your machine is. The first build takes really long, builds after than can take up to 30mins.

[VZoltan]

if i try the very same video to play (as i showed it prev post with screenshots) tv goes blue (blank) means, no signal.

Make sure you have "analog (OMX)" not "hdmi (OMX)" in audio putput settings. I believe switching on the HDMI audio kills the composite display.

Ok sorry, i forgott to change that after fresh install:)
Now i have video but the video is now shrunk a few pixels vetrically.
Prev build sterched
This build opposite

[Nodge]

Today I tried r11225 and r11256. On both I couldn't get Weather to work - script failed when I tried to set a location. On both I also installed addons Youtube and Wimp and both failed with script errors.

John

[dom]

Now i have video but the video is now shrunk a few pixels vetrically.
Prev build sterched
This build opposite

You'll need to be more specific to get any help.
Is the UI okay? Is video playback okay? Can you post a photo of the screen and explain how you'd like it to be different.

[Nodge]

hmm even on r11170 (the image i have no buffering and perfect audio passthrough) smbd only shows 10-30KB/s on avg streaming to the pi and it doesnt buffer ever. So it must be something else besides the smb connection. Anyone have any clues why I would be having so much buffer on r11258 but not on r11170?

I've just tried r11258 and I'm getting bad stuttering every few seconds. Either that or video plays nice and smooth with no sound at all. This is from an external hard drive in the usb port. On the plus side, Weather and addons are now working.