[razin]

Long time lurker, first time poster. Be kind

Platform: ATV2
Connection: Wired
IOS version: 4.3 (2557)
Build: xbmc-20111122-89fe561
Audio connection: hdmi

Problem: The AVC content I watched without any problems in august (if I recall correct) now buffers every other 5-10 seconds during playback. I reverted temporarily this evening to standard Cydia build Jun 23 2011 (Git:20110623-62171b3) which indeed played my content without any problems at all. I've tried optical/coax setting without success.

Mediainfo
http://pastebin.com/CFvX1R4y

Log with Cydia Build Git:20110623-62171b3 playback with no problems
http://pastebin.com/0eRzybxC

Log with Nightly build xbmc-20111122-89fe561 playback buffers like crazy
http://pastebin.com/wKitei81

Syslog
http://pastebin.com/y9jt1zQx

[DejaVu]

I would just like to add, I am getting the same thing since the update yesterday watching a 720p 1.5Gb MKV file.

[newatv2user]

So I see
DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: vtb - Failed (on the nightly) vs
DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: vtb-h264 - Opened (on the Cydia)

Something broke VideoToolBox on the nightly?

[g-off]

I don't know about broken:

Code:

18:55:36 T:104714240   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: vtb - Opening
18:55:36 T:104714240  NOTICE: Open - [email protected] detected, VTB cannot decode.
18:55:36 T:104714240   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: vtb - Failed

This sounds pretty deliberate as the video is [email protected]
Perhaps the inability to decode said profile is not quite right?

[davilla]

I need a sample of [email protected] that played in a previous version of xbmc on iOS or atv2. 50-100MBs dd cut from the beginning will work, http://www.dropbox.com it.

[razin]

Here is a link with a ~90MB sample http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50669676/Eq.flv

Thanks all for helping me. Let me know if I need to provide any more information or samples.

[BEKO86]

Same issue here on Nov21st, its affecting all my x264.

(no its not bandwidth)

[BEKO86]

Just updated to todays nightly and its the same, buffering like crazy.

[akohlsmith]

I'll throw my name into the thread as well...same issue, I can provide any debug info required.

[davilla]

Here is a link with a ~90MB sample http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50669676/Eq.flv

Thanks all for helping me. Let me know if I need to provide any more information or samples.

Regression fixed, [email protected] with four reference frames is now permitted. Any other [email protected] is bounced.

I'm assuming that anyone else that commented in this thread has also had issues with [email protected] as referenced in the 1st post. Any issue that does not match this specific issue is a threadjack In other words, logs and mediainfo into a new post.

[akohlsmith]

working great now davilla, thank you. And also thank you to razin for getting the data davilla needed. I was a little skeptical that one very specific variant of [email protected] was so popular (it seemed like 95% of my content is this variant!) but last night's daily proves it.

[davilla]

working great now davilla, thank you. And also thank you to razin for getting the data davilla needed. I was a little skeptical that one very specific variant of [email protected] was so popular (it seemed like 95% of my content is this variant!) but last night's daily proves it.

[email protected] with four reference frames is h264 inside Flash Video. Seems it's quite common.

[razin]

Regression fixed, [email protected] with four reference frames is now permitted. Any other [email protected] is bounced.

It works! Impressive! About 24 hours time to fix. I wish our support partner companies at work were that fast. My hat's off to you Davilla, the rest of the XBMC-team and the wonderful community here in the forum.