[blajeans]

I am very new too xbmc and linux, but i've been able to get it running on my Packard Bell iMax mini (which is the same as the ACER Revo) for quite a while. Recently i am having a problem though.
When i start playing 720p h264 mkv's, they run absolutely fine for a few minutes and then from one second to another xbmc just crashes to Ubuntu with the sound of the movie continuing for about 20 seconds. If i restart xbmc and try to play the same video again, then it won't even start anymore. Only after a reboot I can watch a movie for a few minutes until xbmc crashes again.

As I am a total noob, I don't understand what's wrong... because everything worked great a while ago. I couldn't find any solution online as well, as i don't even know what exactly the problem is. I would appreciate it, if you could help me to fix this problem.

Here is my log:
http://pastesite.com/11712

[outleradam]

It looks like the problem is in mplayer. Have you tried reinstallation? If you are using LIVE, you should make sure to burn the CD at a lower rate then 1/2 max speed for quality assurance.

After reading the log, I've found that XBMC does not like football...

Code:

02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1152159744   DEBUG: Open - probing detected format [matroska]
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1152159744   DEBUG: Open - av_find_stream_info starting
02:28:19 T:2861501328 M:1151045632    INFO:   msg: PICTURE::LoadImage: Unable to open image: /media/MEDIA-HDD/MEDIA/folder.jpg Error: (2)
02:28:19 T:2861501328 M:1151045632   ERROR: Texture manager unable to load file: /media/MEDIA-HDD/MEDIA/folder.jpg
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216   DEBUG: Open - av_find_stream_info finished
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216    INFO: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]: Input #0, matroska, from '/media/MEDIA-HDD/MEDIA/SPORT/NFL/NFL.2009.11.08.Chargers.vs.Giants.720p.HDTV.x264-iBEX.mkv':
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216    INFO: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]:   Duration: 01:53:24.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216    INFO: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]:     Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280x720, PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216    INFO: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]:     Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, s16
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216    INFO: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]:     Stream #0.2(eng): Subtitle: 0x0000
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video:  - Opening
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(special://xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/swscale-0.6.1-i486-linux.so)
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147785216   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/share/xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/swscale-0.6.1-i486-linux.so
02:28:19 T:2988215184 M:1147506688  NOTICE: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Using codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (VDPAU acceleration)
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1147506688   DEBUG: FactoryCodec - Video: ff-h264_vdpau - Opened
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1147506688   DEBUG: ExtractThumb - seeking to pos 2268021ms (total: 6804064ms) in /media/MEDIA-HDD/MEDIA/SPORT/NFL/NFL.2009.11.08.Chargers.vs.Giants.720p.HDTV.x264-iBEX.mkv
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1148899328   DEBUG: SeekTime - seek ended up on time 2261626
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1152106496   ERROR: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]: [h264_vdpau] get_buffer() failed (-1 0 0 (nil))
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1152106496   ERROR: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]: [h264_vdpau] decode_slice_header error
02:28:20 T:2988215184 M:1152106496   ERROR: ffmpeg[B21C8B90]: [h264_vdpau] no frame!

It could be the matroska format. Does your recorder have the option to record in a different format, or show squeeze to a different format? This will not fix your issue, however it may provide a work-around for you while the developers do their work.

[blajeans]

I am not using LIVE. Do you mean reinstalling xbmc or Ubuntu??

I actually used WUBI to install Ubuntu 9.04. Could that be part of the problem?? Because i forgot to mention that.

[outleradam]

btw.. i was editing my last post while you were typing your last post.

I've never used WUBI, however it looks like it may import settings which are not expected by XBMC. While XBMC itself by nature is a self-contained program, it has many dependencies which may or may not be installed on your system because of the wubi roots.

Open a terminal, type apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade then apt-get build-dep to make sure your system and dependencies are up to date.

[blajeans]

Open a terminal, type apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade then apt-get build-dep to make sure your system and dependencies are up to date.

I tried that but everything was already up to date, so unfortunately it didn't solve my problem. Any other ideas??

[motd2k]

Code:

02:27:55 T:3042408336 M:1220141056  NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: GNU/Linux.  Built on Nov  4 2009 (SVN:24207)

Use the latest version, this problem was fixed in alpha2.

[Springy]

I was having the same problem, but when I turned off Sync playback to display the problem went away. I am using nvidia ION chipset in VDPAU mode.

[blajeans]

Turn it off or on?? This option was already turned off in my settings by default.