2010-01-29, 07:13
I am a noob and don't have a lot of linux experience, so please be gentle.
Initially I setup my box with no problems.
I was able to play h.264 and it was working like a champ!
I decided a week later that I wanted to swap cases. When I swapped out the case I had to go through some initial setup again in XBMC - I found that I needed to install my NVIDIA again and recreate some of my audio and video settings within XBMC.
To upgrade:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reboot
Install NVIDIA driver:
sudo nvidia-installer --update
Reboot
I found that after my case swap that I am unable to play hi def content - h.264 mkvs. My video rendering method is VDPAU. When I play a mkv I can hear audio, but no video comes through - the screen is black. If I play standard def content, it plays fine. If I change me video rendering method to GLSL my mkv will play, but not in hi def.
Here is some more info:
Video Output - HDMI
System Info - Video:
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 190.53
Playback Video Settings:
Render method: VDPAU
XBMC: XBMC Live 9.11
Ubuntu: Ubuntu 9.10
Zotac IONITX-B-E Intel Atom Nvidia ION Mini ITX MB
MB Specs: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/S...CatId=4618
xorg.conf: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...YmN2&hl=en
Debug: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...ZmNu&hl=en
I've seen a few posts that have somewhat similar problems, but not the exact same. In most cases updating the NVIDIA drive fixed everything...But I've done this and I still can't play hi def content. I've searched the forums and google and I can't seem to find the exact scenario nor am I able to figure out what's wrong...Hope someone can help.
Additional Info:
I should also add that I had some sort of corruption when I first started my box up after the case swap. I ran a fschk - Not sure if that means anything to the problem.
Initially I setup my box with no problems.
I was able to play h.264 and it was working like a champ!
I decided a week later that I wanted to swap cases. When I swapped out the case I had to go through some initial setup again in XBMC - I found that I needed to install my NVIDIA again and recreate some of my audio and video settings within XBMC.
To upgrade:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reboot
Install NVIDIA driver:
sudo nvidia-installer --update
Reboot
I found that after my case swap that I am unable to play hi def content - h.264 mkvs. My video rendering method is VDPAU. When I play a mkv I can hear audio, but no video comes through - the screen is black. If I play standard def content, it plays fine. If I change me video rendering method to GLSL my mkv will play, but not in hi def.
Here is some more info:
Video Output - HDMI
System Info - Video:
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 190.53
Playback Video Settings:
Render method: VDPAU
XBMC: XBMC Live 9.11
Ubuntu: Ubuntu 9.10
Zotac IONITX-B-E Intel Atom Nvidia ION Mini ITX MB
MB Specs: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/S...CatId=4618
xorg.conf: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...YmN2&hl=en
Debug: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...ZmNu&hl=en
I've seen a few posts that have somewhat similar problems, but not the exact same. In most cases updating the NVIDIA drive fixed everything...But I've done this and I still can't play hi def content. I've searched the forums and google and I can't seem to find the exact scenario nor am I able to figure out what's wrong...Hope someone can help.
Additional Info:
I should also add that I had some sort of corruption when I first started my box up after the case swap. I ran a fschk - Not sure if that means anything to the problem.