[gmac]

Im using an hackintoshed HP Mini 110 (Atom 280 chip with a intel gma 950 video card) with the crystal HD card (comes in preinstalled in some versions). I installed XBMC svn 28256 osx version, and then compiled the 1.0.3 crystal hd firmware from davillas google code page, and when I load up xbmc it shows crystal HD under video encoding so I assume its working.

I tested a few 720p files, all was well aside from a 1080p ts file which was very jerky. Then I downloaded the mpeg2 test file on the same google code page and tried to play it and get horizontal black lines across the picture.

Tested it with standard VLC on osx which isnt Broadcom accelerated and the file plays a bit jerky but no horizontal lines.

Opened up the xbmc app package but could not find any where the log files are. Have the files not loaded properly or is something else wrong ?

[davilla]

Im using an hackintoshed HP Mini 110 (Atom 280 chip with a intel gma 950 video card) with the crystal HD card (comes in preinstalled in some versions). I installed XBMC svn 28256 osx version, and then compiled the 1.0.3 crystal hd firmware from davillas google code page, and when I load up xbmc it shows crystal HD under video encoding so I assume its working.

I tested a few 720p files, all was well aside from a 1080p ts file which was very jerky. Then I downloaded the mpeg2 test file on the same google code page and tried to play it and get horizontal black lines across the picture.

Tested it with standard VLC on osx which isnt Broadcom accelerated and the file plays a bit jerky but no horizontal lines.

Opened up the xbmc app package but could not find any where the log files are. Have the files not loaded properly or is something else wrong ?

That mpeg2 test file on the same google code page is borked, don't use it.

See below for location of xbmc.log. Also, pay attention to this http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69384.

[gmac]

That mpeg2 test file on the same google code page is borked, don't use it.

See below for location of xbmc.log. Also, pay attention to this http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69384.

Thanks for the quick reply. Apologies for you having to point out the log, Im sure it drives you crazy. In all honesty I always thought that was just for the ATV which is why i searched through the package contents.

I have attached the log and it seems to see and open the card.. the lines just worried me that HP had given me a bad card.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zonimmv4hzx/xbmc.log

Is there any specific video and or nightly build i should download to test it to remove the black lines ?

[davilla]

Thanks for the quick reply. Apologies for you having to point out the log, Im sure it drives you crazy. In all honesty I always thought that was just for the ATV which is why i searched through the package contents.

I have attached the log and it seems to see and open the card.. the lines just worried me that HP had given me a bad card.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zonimmv4hzx/xbmc.log

Is there any specific video and or nightly build i should download to test it to remove the black lines ?

Sorry, I don't do mediafire when http://www.pastebin.com works quite well.

Did you read this post about mpeg? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69384

[gmac]

Sorry, I don't do mediafire when http://www.pastebin.com works quite well.

Hope this works better for you sir, never used it before, but seems very useful.

http://pastebin.com/CzcJyNmx

Did you read this post about mpeg? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69384

Yeah, i just never noticed these issues on my ATV with crystal hd with an older svn so thought it must be something i had done or a card issue. i guess that vid with horizontal lines has an interlacing issue.

One last thing, i have read conflicting reports of running bluray with this crystal HD card and xbmc, not an iso but the actual disk. is this possible with the GPU decoding or is the atom chip not powerful enough.

[davilla]

One last thing, i have read conflicting reports of running bluray with this crystal HD card and xbmc, not an iso but the actual disk. is this possible with the GPU decoding or is the atom chip not powerful enough.

CrystalHD does not decrypt, it's a decoder. If the bluray is decrypted, it will play using CrystalHD as the decoder. If the AppleTV can handle it with a 1GHz pentium-m, an atom CPU should do just fine.

[gmac]

CrystalHD does not decrypt, it's a decoder. If the bluray is decrypted, it will play using CrystalHD as the decoder. If the AppleTV can handle it with a 1GHz pentium-m, an atom CPU should do just fine.

Once again many thanks for the quick reply !

If you ever get the chance, could you see if the log looks ok. I really didnt notice anything wrong so its just a matter of being patient and waiting till more efficient solution is available.

I will donating tomorrow !

[davilla]

Once again many thanks for the quick reply !

If you ever get the chance, could you see if the log looks ok. I really didnt notice anything wrong so its just a matter of being patient and waiting till more efficient solution is available.

I will donating tomorrow !

Looks pretty twitchy, frame drops, audio syncs. All sorts of stuff going on. You might try under Linux, OSX has some quirks where CPU usage seem to be doubled (think it's from the internal SMBClient). Also if your video exceeds 10 references frames (10 is max for CrystalHD), then you might have problem. Use the application called "mediainfo" to qualify your video content.