2012-05-21, 01:02
DD 5.1 and DTS working fine as well as LPCM 2.0 channel.
2012-05-21, 01:06
Brilliant! Thanks for the update Sam. I've got Raspbmc written to an SD card and my delivery week commences from tomorrow so will start testing when the Pi gets here!
2012-05-21, 01:30
Sam, I read somewhere there may be issues with straight DVD rips that aren't transcoded to H.264. Do you have any that you can test and verify if there are any issues with playback?
EDIT: Nevermind, it appears posted a video a few posts ago that answers my question! Thanks guys!
EDIT: Nevermind, it appears posted a video a few posts ago that answers my question! Thanks guys!
2012-05-21, 19:51
2012-05-23, 13:17
Tried raspbmc yesterday and was bit surprised about the python addon speed. Rough compare between openelec and raspbmc:
* Relative same gui responsive with dirty region 3 turned on
* Much much faster python addon speed with raspbmc which managed to finish in around 3 seconds instead of 20 seconds
* raspbmc is less polished, i.e. xbmc was started from /etc/rc.local and no HOME folder was set etc.
* Relative same gui responsive with dirty region 3 turned on
* Much much faster python addon speed with raspbmc which managed to finish in around 3 seconds instead of 20 seconds
* raspbmc is less polished, i.e. xbmc was started from /etc/rc.local and no HOME folder was set etc.
2012-05-24, 16:34
I disagree with the view of it being less polished. Launching from an init script isn't necessary, would produce output on console. There is a home directory in that XBMC content is stored in ./xbmc/.
Raspbmc does not use DRR and will not benefit from it
Raspbmc does not use DRR and will not benefit from it
2012-05-24, 16:55
(2012-05-24, 16:34)Sam.Nazarko Wrote: I disagree with the view of it being less polished. Launching from an init script isn't necessary, would produce output on console. There is a home directory in that XBMC content is stored in ./xbmc/.
Raspbmc does not use DRR and will not benefit from it
If you script it the correct way (hint: start-stop-daemon) no console output will be produced. Any comment on swap is way too big?
Currently auto re-spawn xbmc does not exit on both openelec and raspbmc. Maybe you could implement it nicely.
2012-05-25, 01:42
2012-05-25, 01:55
Remember guys, both OpenELEC and Raspbmc just started out on RPi, so give it a little bit to work the kinks out :D
2012-05-25, 04:50
Cheers Ned. Now add the beta link to the wiki 
Swap is too big. Only that size because of RAMDIST being 512mb ext4; but will change for release. I feel 256MB however I have set to Swappiness quite low -- so maybe 128 is a good number.
Can also silence with 2&1>/dev/null after loading XBMC.
I will add an init script, but then user pi needs access to power functions.
Focus atm is remotes. Need some LIRC feedback.
Cheers
Swap is too big. Only that size because of RAMDIST being 512mb ext4; but will change for release. I feel 256MB however I have set to Swappiness quite low -- so maybe 128 is a good number.
Can also silence with 2&1>/dev/null after loading XBMC.
I will add an init script, but then user pi needs access to power functions.
Focus atm is remotes. Need some LIRC feedback.
Cheers
2012-05-25, 08:57
(2012-05-25, 01:42)humla Wrote:(2012-05-25, 01:38)deanmv Wrote: Does anyone know where the logs are saved on the rpi?
I dont have a rpi but it should be same as any other linux distro's
In openELEC try
Code:~/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
In Raspbmc try
Code:/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
Got it, was set to hidden file/folder so Cyberduck wasn't picking it up. Cheers.
2012-05-25, 10:58
(2012-05-25, 04:50)Sam.Nazarko Wrote: Cheers Ned. Now add the beta link to the wiki
Swap is too big. Only that size because of RAMDIST being 512mb ext4; but will change for release. I feel 256MB however I have set to Swappiness quite low -- so maybe 128 is a good number.
Can also silence with 2&1>/dev/null after loading XBMC.
I will add an init script, but then user pi needs access to power functions.
Focus atm is remotes. Need some LIRC feedback.
Cheers
The down side of big swap size is it will increase boot time quite a bit. Since pi hardly use the swap I set mine to 128MB and the activating swap takes about 3 seconds and previously its about more than 10 seconds with 500MB swap.
I got a upstart script working yesterday with xbmc running as unprivileged user such as pi and also the policy-kit script file to take care of the permissions. Will upload some where so maybe useful to some one.
2012-05-25, 11:11
Here is the link for the upstart script file and policy-kit script file
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12472664/xbmc.zip
extract the zip file and put them in the following locations as root:
You will need to install upstart and libcap2-bin (sudo apt-get install upstart libcap2-bin)
What's working:
* xbmc auto start at boot time
* respawn works. So if you exit xbmc or xbmc crashed it will automatically start itself
* xbmc now runs as unprivileged user pi with correct permission for plug and play storage (not tested yet) and permission to restart the box
* correct permission set for /dev/vchiq for user pi
If you want to have xbmc's webserver listening on port 80 you need
*) update xbmc with the following one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12472664/xbmc-rbp.tar.gz
Hopefully patch can be accepted by the xbmc main branch: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/1012
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12472664/xbmc.zip
extract the zip file and put them in the following locations as root:
Code:
/etc/init/xbmc.conf
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pklaYou will need to install upstart and libcap2-bin (sudo apt-get install upstart libcap2-bin)
What's working:
* xbmc auto start at boot time
* respawn works. So if you exit xbmc or xbmc crashed it will automatically start itself
* xbmc now runs as unprivileged user pi with correct permission for plug and play storage (not tested yet) and permission to restart the box
* correct permission set for /dev/vchiq for user pi
If you want to have xbmc's webserver listening on port 80 you need
*) update xbmc with the following one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12472664/xbmc-rbp.tar.gz
Hopefully patch can be accepted by the xbmc main branch: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues/1012
2012-05-25, 18:20
I'm trying to get this up and running in virtualbox as my raspberry pi n accessories are coming in the next few weeks.
Can somone give me a quick step by step guide to vbox drive setup for the installer-testing iso?
Also does this iphone app work with the raspberry pi build? - http://collect3.com.au/xbmc-remote/
Can somone give me a quick step by step guide to vbox drive setup for the installer-testing iso?
Also does this iphone app work with the raspberry pi build? - http://collect3.com.au/xbmc-remote/
