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- davilla - 2010-06-29

mauzzz Wrote:Just update from r28276 (with crystalhd r26) to r31463. I understand that chrystalhd has moved out of system-video-playback-render method to its own radio button. But I can't find that radio button. Either I'm blind or something is wrong with my chrystalhd card. Could someone point the precise location of that radio button?

It's right under renderer settings, if you don't see it, then XBMC cannot see/load CrystalHD lib. Check xbmc.log for more info.


- mauzzz - 2010-06-29

davilla Wrote:It's right under renderer settings, if you don't see it, then XBMC cannot see/load CrystalHD lib. Check xbmc.log for more info.

Reinstalled the CrystalHD driver and the radio button shows up now. Thanks.


- trevorcobb - 2010-07-01

davilla Wrote:@andy, please wait for some feedback. So far I'm the only one who has tested this.


i would be willing to test it under XBMC on ATVOS. How do I install it manually?

-T


- herod98 - 2010-07-07

yeah I would love to give v137 a spell.

we need kext, library, and firmware to try it out manually (without compiling).

Guru Davilla, any location where we could find such objects?

http://code.google.com/p/crystalhd-for-osx/downloads/list

or can anyone IM me Smile

I can't compile unfortunately - not rich enough to own a mac Smile


- andy204 - 2010-07-08

look here: http://crystalhd.sartori.at/compile/

it's a compiled r137 version. no questions how to install. i wont provide an automatic install script until davilla says "GOGOGOGO!!!!" Smile

-andy


- herod98 - 2010-07-09

thanks!


- ElectricMayhem - 2010-07-10

I'm not seeing any kind of "Broadcom" render option after successfully installing and executing this very useful installer (thanks!).

Does this dmesg output indicate that the card is recognized correctly?

Quote:BroadcomCrystalHD:Confusedtart
allocated 18 elem
Starting BCM70012 Device
clock is moving to 175 with n 35 with vco_mg 2
CStopping BCM70012 Device
BroadcomCrystalHD: Found HW and started driver SW.

I am using XBMC 9.11 - is this version expected to support CrystalHD?


- andy204 - 2010-07-10

nope. this version does not support crystalhd. you need to use an svn version.


- ElectricMayhem - 2010-07-10

Thanks. CrystalHD option now enabled after installing the most recent nightly build.

Problem I'm having now is when I try to play a 1080i video (Top Gear) over the network from my FreeNAS box using SMB, it plays a few seconds of audio (without showing the video) and then the screen goes blank, with the Apple logo appearing as though it were rebooting.

Console log: http://pastebin.ca/1898056
xbmc log: http://pastebin.ca/1898058
CrashReporter log: http://pastebin.ca/1898062


- davilla - 2010-07-11

ElectricMayhem Wrote:Thanks. CrystalHD option now enabled after installing the most recent nightly build.

Problem I'm having now is when I try to play a 1080i video (Top Gear) over the network from my FreeNAS box using SMB, it plays a few seconds of audio (without showing the video) and then the screen goes blank, with the Apple logo appearing as though it were rebooting.

Console log: http://pastebin.ca/1898056
xbmc log: http://pastebin.ca/1898058
CrashReporter log: http://pastebin.ca/1898062

It is rebooting, crashlog shows this as the reason.

Thread 9 Crashed:
0 com.teamxbmc.xbmc 0x006d7367 fast_memcpy + 289
1 com.teamxbmc.xbmc 0x007126ed CMPCOutputThread::CopyOutAsNV12DeInterlace(CPictureBuffer*, BCM::_BC_DTS_PROC_OUT*, int, int, int) + 221

Your xbmc.log does not correspond with that crashlog. It shows XBMC staring up, then being shutdown. No Play back.


- ElectricMayhem - 2010-07-16

Oh, I didn't realize the logs got rewritten on every bootup. What good is a log file that does this? :-)

I reproduced the crash; here are the logs. I hope they will be more useful this time.

XBMC svn r31846
CrystalHD Driver r26

CrashReporter.log : http://pastebin.ca/1901876
xbmc.log: http://pastebin.ca/1901879


- davilla - 2010-07-16

1440 x 1080, h.264 interlaced in a ts container. Talk about strange Smile

I'd like a sample of this, first 100MB, use dd to cut it.

EDIT: Ping ElectricMayhem, really need a sample of this. We will be rolling toward a branch soon.


- noggin - 2010-07-17

davilla Wrote:1440 x 1080, h.264 interlaced in a ts container. Talk about strange Smile

I'd like a sample of this, first 100MB, use dd to cut it.

EDIT: Ping ElectricMayhem, really need a sample of this. We will be rolling toward a branch soon.

Am assuming some irony here!

1440x1080/50i H264 is how both BBC HD and ITV1 HD broadcast in the UK on DVB-S (and I believe DVB-T2) - it is 16:9 but with non-square pixels.

1440x1080 is used rather than 1920x1080 because most of the mainstream HD broadcast VTRs like HDCam and DVCProHD (50Hz) in widespread use for shooting location material only record 1440x1080 on-tape - with only some live material and some of the newer HD location formats like HDCam SR, XD Cam and AVC Intra supporting 1920x1080 resolution recording. As most source material doesn't have 1920x1080 resolution, broadcasters have taken the decision that there is little point in broadcasting at this resolution.

(1440x1080 is also in pretty widespread use with MPEG2 in Japan I believe for similar reasons, and quite a few digital cameras run AVC HD H264 at 1440x1080 as an option as well.)

In the US some satellite/cable operations also use 1280x1080/60i and 1080x1080/60i for bandwith reduction purposes, so people with STBs modified to output a .ts to their PCs may also have some non-square pixel 1080i recordings.

I can provide some BBC HD and ITV1 HD .ts snippets made with DVB Viewer if they are of any use.


- ElectricMayhem - 2010-07-18

So davilla fixed the bug in the latest nightly build and I no longer get crashing. Thanks! Unfortunately, though, the quality of the video is quite poor; it's very jerky and can't seem to "keep up," like it was with the non-accelerated rendering.

Has anyone had any luck playing 1080i Top Gear (or other HD BBC) episodes over the network via SMB?


- davilla - 2010-07-18

ElectricMayhem Wrote:So davilla fixed the bug in the latest nightly build and I no longer get crashing. Thanks! Unfortunately, though, the quality of the video is quite poor; it's very jerky and can't seem to "keep up," like it was with the non-accelerated rendering.

Has anyone had any luck playing 1080i Top Gear (or other HD BBC) episodes over the network via SMB?

A clue from your previous post "CrystalHD Driver r26".