Extremely bad picture quality - unwatcheable
#1
Hi,

I have an Intel Mac with OS X10.4.11 and the most recent version of XBMC for Mac.

My problem is that every file I play, regardless of format and container, is unwatchable when played in XBMC. Cf. this screenshot.
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These files play perfectly in other software on the same Mac, as well as in XBMC for Windows!
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#2
From another thread I saw that I should include the log here:

23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801390592 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X. Built on May 26 2009 (SVN:20677)
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801390592 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /Users/TJOHO/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /Users/TJOHO/Library/Application Support/XBMC
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /Users/TJOHO/.xbmc/temp
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: The executable running is: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: Log File is located: /Users/TJOHO/Library/Logs/xbmc.log
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:56:58 T:2684407808 M:801394688 NOTICE: Setup SDL
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800796672 NOTICE: load settings...
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800796672 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800796672 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Checking resolution 10
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Setting autoresolution mode 1
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:800239616 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:794251264 NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = ATI Technologies Inc.
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:794251264 NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = ATI Radeon X1600 OpenGL Engine
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:794251264 NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 2.0 ATI-1.4.56
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:794251264 NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_blend GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_specular_vector GL_APPLE_transform_hint GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_fence GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_APPLE_vertex_program_evaluators GL_APPLE_element_array GL_APPLE_flush_render GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_shadow_ambient GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_APPLE_flush_buffer_range GL_APPLE_ycbcr_422 GL_APPLE_vertex_array_range GL_APPLE_texture_range GL_APPLE_float_pixels GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_float GL_APPLE_pixel_buffer GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_fog_distance GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_ATI_text_fragment_shader GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_blend_weighted_minmax GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGI_color_matrix
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:791277568 NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:791269376 NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:791261184 NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
23:56:59 T:2684407808 M:791109632 NOTICE: load default skin:[PM3.HD]
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:786333696 NOTICE: initialize done
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:786214912 NOTICE: Running the application...
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:786116608 NOTICE: starting upnp server
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:785764352 NOTICE: starting upnp renderer
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:785674240 NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
23:57:00 T:2684407808 M:785661952 NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
23:57:00 T:51837440 M:785666048 NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on (REAL IP OBSCURED)
23:57:00 T:51837440 M:785666048 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
23:57:04 T:2684407808 M:773529600 WARNING: CUtil::GetMatchingSource... no matching source found for [Video plugins]
23:57:15 T:2684407808 M:762712064 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Users/TJOHO/Movies/PULP FICTION/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB
23:57:15 T:2684407808 M:762605568 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
23:57:15 T:52189696 M:762593280 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
23:57:15 T:52189696 M:762552320 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757379072 NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757395456 NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 2
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757239808 NOTICE: Creating video thread
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757243904 NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757243904 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86019
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:757125120 NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
23:57:16 T:52189696 M:757059584 NOTICE: Creating audio thread
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:757051392 NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio:Tonguerocess()
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:756367360 NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86019, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:756400128 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - retrieved last data packet of queue
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:753545216 NOTICE: fps: 25.000000, pwidth: 720, pheight: 576, dwidth: 1050, dheight: 576
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:753545216 NOTICE: Display resolution AUTO : 720p 16:9 (1)
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:753545216 WARNING: Upscale: possible given resolution increase.
23:57:16 T:51415040 M:753545216 WARNING: Upscale: selected algorithm 7
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760766464 NOTICE: Asked to create device: [Default]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760762368 NOTICE: Device should be digital: [0]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760762368 NOTICE: Channels: [2]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760762368 NOTICE: Sample Rate: [48000]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760762368 NOTICE: BitsPerSample: [16]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:760762368 NOTICE: PacketSize: [2048]
23:57:16 T:52694528 M:763617280 NOTICE: Picked device: [Built-in Output]
23:57:16 T:2684407808 M:753655808 NOTICE: Using GL_TEXTURE_2D
23:57:16 T:2684407808 M:753672192 NOTICE: GL: Selecting YUV 2 RGB Progressive Shader
23:57:17 T:2684407808 M:752234496 NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
23:57:29 T:2684407808 M:740909056 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
23:57:29 T:2684407808 M:740909056 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
23:57:29 T:52189696 M:740909056 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
23:57:29 T:52189696 M:740909056 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing audio stream
23:57:29 T:52189696 M:740909056 NOTICE: Closing audio stream
23:57:29 T:52189696 M:740909056 NOTICE: Waiting for audio thread to exit
23:57:29 T:52694528 M:740904960 NOTICE: thread end: CDVDPlayerAudio::OnExit()
23:57:29 T:52189696 M:740929536 NOTICE: Closing audio device
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:740945920 ERROR: [PortAudio] ERROR[/Users/Shared/xbmc/Babylon-9.04.01/xbmc/cores/AudioRenderers/PortaudioDirectSound.cpp:104]: Stream is stopped.
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:741044224 NOTICE: Deleting audio codec
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:741060608 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing video stream
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:741060608 NOTICE: Closing video stream
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:741060608 NOTICE: waiting for video thread to exit
23:57:30 T:51415040 M:741044224 NOTICE: thread end: video_thread
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:744095744 NOTICE: deleting video codec
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:746164224 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting demuxer
23:57:30 T:52189696 M:746295296 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:746336256 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747622400 NOTICE: Using GL_TEXTURE_2D
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747622400 NOTICE: GL: Selecting YUV 2 RGB Progressive Shader
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747630592 NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747626496 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747630592 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747630592 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747630592 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
23:57:30 T:2684407808 M:747630592 NOTICE: ~CDVDPlayerVideo - uninitting video device
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#3
try selecting a different video renderer (settings -> video -> playback)
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#4
Hi and thanks for a speedy reply!

I went to Settings > Videos > Player > Render method
and changed it from Auto to Software.

It worked! Thanks a lot, now I can enjoy XBMC on my Mac as well as PC.
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#5
TJOHO Wrote:Hi and thanks for a speedy reply!

I went to Settings > Videos > Player > Render method
and changed it from Auto to Software.

It worked! Thanks a lot, now I can enjoy XBMC on my Mac as well as PC.

Did you try ARB, software is very CPU intensive.
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#6
I always found Friends unwatchable
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