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downloader

2013-11-16, 08:25
Hi!

I have a constant buffering problem when streaming media from Internet sources. My speed is at about 6 MBps (60 to 80 Mbps) down so there shouldn't be an issue. Video playback is great for local media, however I've noticed youtube or Vevo plugins in xbmc buffer so bad it hangs. I added the "0' value to my advancedsettings.xml file to make sure I can have plenty of buffer, and that helps on Youtube if I pause for a while before watching, but Vevo doesnt use that settings (because it counts as music?).

debug:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85492

I see this occur a lot in the xbmc.log:
Code:
22:20:04 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: Suspended the Sink
22:20:53 T:140405551126272   DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 4
22:20:53 T:140405425301248    INFO: CDVDPlayerVideo - Stillframe left, switching to normal playback
22:20:53 T:140408078153472    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
22:20:53 T:140405416908544   DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity1 - was:202486088.818263, should be:196881978.140263, error:-5604110.678000
22:20:53 T:140408078153472    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Request: periodSize 2205, bufferSize 8820
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Got: periodSize 2205, bufferSize 8820
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Setting timeout to 200 ms
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: Resumed the Sink
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CSoftAE::Run - Sink restart flagged
22:20:53 T:140408078153472    INFO: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - keeping old sink with : AE_FMT_FLOAT, FL,FR, 44100hz
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - Using speaker layout: 2.1
22:20:53 T:140408078153472   DEBUG: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - Internal Buffer Size: 17640
22:20:53 T:140405425301248   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: pattern lost on diff -5421791.666668
22:20:53 T:140405551126272   DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 0
22:20:53 T:140408332769152   DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
22:20:58 T:140405425301248   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 41708.33, frameduration: 41708.333333

fritsch

2013-11-16, 09:56
Thanks for cutting your logfile. It is completely unusable. Set your speakers to 2.0 and retry. Debug Log

downloader

2013-11-16, 21:34
Thanks for the quick reply!

New debug here:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85740

my log file is too big for the post, please let me know if there is more info I can provide...

negge

2013-11-16, 21:57
Restart XBMC and it will start over with a new log file.

downloader

2013-11-16, 22:31
New log file still to big, made a copy here:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85766

New debug here:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85492

XBMC CPU over 100% at times

fritsch

2013-11-16, 22:32
- You use advancedsettings that are not in frodo.
- You use pulseaudio which causes issues
- You have a radeon HD4600 - which does not have hw acceleration on default installations.

You need the wsnipex xvba-frodo repository.

You have to keep using fglrx for now as HD4600 has no OSS radeon UVD support

downloader

2013-11-16, 23:23
Awesome, thanks for the help!

So far:
-added Ubuntu repo from http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW..._for_Linux, ran update and got updates for xbmc
-removed non-frodo settings from advancedsettings.xml
-tried other audio output devices but none work... Pulseaudio is only way I could get audio over HDMI; is there another way?
-Is there an easy way to revert to fglrx?

Problem still occurring after doing the first 2...

downloader

2013-11-17, 00:03
(2013-11-16, 23:23)downloader Wrote: [ -> ]Awesome, thanks for the help!

So far:
-added Ubuntu repo from http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW..._for_Linux, ran update and got updates for xbmc
-removed non-frodo settings from advancedsettings.xml
-tried other audio output devices but none work... Pulseaudio is only way I could get audio over HDMI; is there another way?
-Is there an easy way to revert to fglrx?

Problem still occurring after doing the first 2...

Found a way to revert to fglrx-legacy. I'm going to give it a day before giving up on pulseaudio server (Cheap fix for audio over HDMI)

downloader

2013-11-17, 01:01
Well, no luck so far. I did switch out the pulseaudio for a regular analog output. after all these changes, I still have the issue. below are log and debug:

debug:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85820

xbmclog:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=85824

negge

2013-11-17, 01:53
Well, you still have Pulseaudio installed which causes issues, and you haven't selected the HDMI audio output.

Does this buffering issue happen with local files too?

fritsch

2013-11-17, 02:14
sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio libasound2-plugins

downloader

2013-11-19, 04:37
(2013-11-17, 02:14)fritsch Wrote: [ -> ]sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio libasound2-plugins

Done.

Issue still occurs on Youtube and Vevo. Local media playback works fine. I have a Drobo 5N that I stream from without issue as well.

negge

2013-11-19, 09:16
Youtube buffering happens even to the best of us.

downloader

2013-11-21, 04:23
Well shoot. My guess is that I will have to wait for better add-ons.

I did get youtube working better by changing the quality setting to "Same as Playback". Is there an option like this for Vevo?

Pandora seems to have the same buffering issue now...
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