[graysky]

Kodi 17b5 crashes when I attempt to play an older avi video encoded with DivX (DIV3); Kodi 16.1 works fine playing the same file.

Distro: Arch ARM
Package: kodi-rbp-git 17.0b5.20161029-1

Keywords from log:

Code:

OMXPlayerUnsuitable OMXPlayer unsuitable due to video codec (11:0/1)

Link to complete kodi.log.

[popcornmix]

Debug isn't enable in your log. See debug log (wiki)
A sample file that shows the problem would be useful.

[graysky]

Sorry about that... enabled now. I clipped out 30 sec of the video for download.

Code:

% ffmpeg -i bad-DIV3.avi -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 0:00:00 -t 0:00:30 cut.avi

[popcornmix]

Sample is playing fine here with my raspbian build and with latest Milhouse LibreELEC build.

Probably an Arch specific issue. Might be worth reading: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=293885

[graysky]

Thanks for the reply. I did discover that thread as well, but adding the solution to my rules did not help:

Code:

% cat /etc/udev/rules.d/raspberrypi.rules          
SUBSYSTEM=="vchiq|input", MODE="0777"
KERNEL=="mouse*|mice|event*",  MODE="0777"
SUBSYSTEM=="vchiq",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"
SUBSYSTEM=="bcm2708_vcio",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"

And

Code:

% ls -l /dev/vcio /dev/vcsm
crw-rw---- 1 root video 249, 0 Oct  9 17:26 /dev/vcio
crw------- 1 root root  246, 0 Oct  9 17:26 /dev/vcsm

Did I miss something?

[popcornmix]

You want:

Code:

pi@domnfs:~ $ ls -l /dev/vcio /dev/vcsm
crw-rw---- 1 root video 249, 0 Oct 30 14:37 /dev/vcio
crw-rw---- 1 root video 246, 0 Oct 30 14:37 /dev/vcsm

[graysky]

Manually setting /dev/vcsm as you recommend allows it to play! Thank you for the suggestion! Adding the following udev rules fixes it automatically:

My rules:

Code:

% cat /etc/udev/rules.d/raspberrypi.rules
# fix for /dev/vcio
SUBSYSTEM=="bcm2708_vcio",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"
# fix for /dev/vcsm
SUBSYSTEM=="vc-sm",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"

So it seems the recommendation by shishai isn't complete. Do you know what the implication of allowing the video group access to /dev/vchiq (ie the other setting shishai posted)?

[popcornmix]

Do you know what the implication of allowing the video group access to /dev/vchiq (ie the other setting shishai posted)?

vcio/vchiq/vcsm all allow gpu commands to be sent necessary for accelerated video playback.
The permissions you now have are what raspbian uses, and what Arch should be using if they want to support accelerated video playback.
Ideally you should report this to the Arch maintainers to avoid other users hitting this problem.

[graysky]

Do you know what the implication of allowing the video group access to /dev/vchiq (ie the other setting shishai posted)?

vcio/vchiq/vcsm all allow gpu commands to be sent necessary for accelerated video playback.
The permissions you now have are what raspbian uses, and what Arch should be using if they want to support accelerated video playback.
Ideally you should report this to the Arch maintainers to avoid other users hitting this problem.

Way ahead of you; I sent PR#1406 earlier today. Always glad to give back to the community. Thanks again for your help and advice!

[popcornmix]

Way ahead of you; I sent PR#1406 earlier today. Always glad to give back to the community. Thanks again for your help and advice!

Good to hear!

[shishai]

Hey guys, I just noticed the typo I had in the thread I posted. It's updated now.

It should be:

Code:

SUBSYSTEM=="vc-sm",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"
SUBSYSTEM=="bcm2708_vcio",GROUP="video",MODE="0660"