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Using the latest nightly build (as of this post xbmc-20140212-a74973f-master-armeabi-v7a.apk) when trying to play mpeg2 files recorded via Mythtv, XBMC crashes on my Minix G4 using mediacodec; it plays very slowly using libstagefright.

Playing the same file on my Nexus 7 works fine using mediacodec.

XBMC Log
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130695

And a copy of my logcat
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130699

The file I was attempting to play was "pvr://recordings/Default/25_1 (WFXT DT)/"

Running mediainfo on the file shows:

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Device:
Nook Color
OMAP 3621 (aka ARMv7 rev 2 v7l, aka Cortex A8) CPU
PowerVR SGX 530 GPU

Software:
CyanogenMod 10.2.1-encore
Android 4.3.1
Kernel 3.0.8-g080f0e5

XBMC:
Gotham nightly 13.0-ALPHA12 20140218-f6f539a
Skin: Touched
MediaCodec enabled, Libstagefright enabled (thus uses MediaCodec)
All other settings default after a fresh installation.

Log:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=135210

Steps:
Start XBMC
Select Videos>Files>sdcard1>Downloads
Play "Fun.- We Are Young.mp4"

Problem:
Spinner appears, never stops spinning, video never starts

If I disable both libstagefright and mediacodec, I can actually start playing any of my media files (though on anything greater than SD it grinds to a halt shortly). I can't see obvious errors in the log, but you can see the timestamp jump at the end -- it never really 'starts'. I'd love a "this will start working soon" answer, but will settle for a "this will never work because XYZ" (e.g. OMAP3 never going to be supported, or )

Is there a way to default certain codecs to mediacodec and others to libstagefright. I have to constantly turn off and back on mediacodec on my RK3188 device. I used to run the 9/29 version of Gotham and never had any issues but anything after this I have to turn off and on mediacodec depending on the show I am watching. It would be great if I could update a file so when a particular codec is needed it defaults to the correct setting.

Device:
Dell Wyse Cloud Connect
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/cloud-connect/pd
Multi-core Cortex-A9 ARM System-on-Chip (SoC)

Software:
Android 4.1.2
kernel 3.0.31

XBMC:
XBMC (13.0-BETA2 Git:20140315-a1cab7a)
MediaCodec enabled, Libstagefright disabled
All other settings default after a fresh installation.

Log:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=155263

Steps:
Start XBMC
Select Videos>Files>sdcard1>Movies
Play h264 and mpeg in .ts

Problem:
- high cpu load, framedrops

Since this PR https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/4524 was merged I can't watch properly any video using Mediacodec. It looks like this:



Log:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=172251

(2014-04-12, 14:49)onomatopellan Wrote: [ -> ]Since this PR https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/4524 was merged I can't watch properly any video using Mediacodec. It looks like this:

Yeah, bogus commit. It will be reverted soon.

Dears,

We have found a rarely occurring bug in MediaCodec and would like to be sure the fix doesn't break anything.
Could you test this Gotham master build, please: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/andr...bi-v7a.apk

Thanks

@Koying

I did some testing with my Nexus 5 running Android 4.4.2 but it seems mediacodec is completely broken with both builds.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

If you want a specific log etc I'll be glad to assist.

Seems OK with Dalvik. ART is not a problem for Gotham.

Tested my dir of samples with B3 and the PR build, no noticeable difference AFAICT.

That may have done it for me, koying. Otoh, I wasn't able to install the apk at all until I had uninstalled the old apk, so for me it may have just been a crap install or something.

@Kib
Could you take a logcat while MediaCodec is cashing?
Are you using the stock FW?

@Al
Do you mean you tested Gotham with ART and you had no issues?

@Koying Yes I should be able to do that. Edit: when I am back home in about 10 hours from now.

As far as I understand from team chatlog from yesterday, althekiller tested with dalvik which was working then switched to ART and confirmed breakage

Note: When installing the pr build on top of nightly android will ask if you want to update, then error out with 'app does not exist'. I believe this is what Nate saw as well. Probably something to do with version numbering - I dismissed it as being not important

Hehe... So you mean exactly the contrary of what he wrote ;-)
No having any ART device myself (are there other than N5 currently, officially?) , it will be quite difficult for me to fix, but having a logcat might give us an idea.

[edit]
Oh, maybe he meant that ART having a problem is not a problem for Gotham.

Every 4.4+ device supports ART.
Hardware accelerated playback in MXplayer works for all my testfiles (dts audio needs to be done with optional external mplayer dll, in software) under ART.

I think althekiller meant that ART being broken does not need to be fixed for Gotham.

Edit: indeed
Edit2: I am new to testing android, but fully willing to invest some time. Adb logcat seems easy enough, probably could do debug traces as well.

Yep. And indeed KK boxes are coming (Minix X8 that I know of)...