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Hi,
This is my first post; please be gentle.

Platform
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Zotac ionitx n330 4GB Ram
Ubuntu : 10.04 x86_64 2.6.32-24-generic
XBMC : 1:9.11-lucid3 [installed as per instructions at link http://bit.ly/99bGte ]
nvidia : 256.53 [downloaded and installed from nvidia website]

Connected to Samsung 46" led via Hdmi cable.

Steps already taken
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installed vdpau1
set vram to 512mb in bios
followed http://bit.ly/cJT7j4 to get rid of supposedly stutter, but it didn't make any difference

Issue?
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vdpau works as I can play 8 gig files and pressing 'o' while playing HD content shows vdpau.

The issue is that all videos (700mb - 8gig) start out OK. Pressing 'o' while playing video shows errors (on the right bottom of diagnostic report) get to 0% in a few seconds. But after a few minutes the playback becomes slow. The errors then start fluctuating from 5-50%.

At times XBMC crashes which somehow removes taskbars (top and bottom bars) from the desktop. `service gdm restart` fixes desktop and then I can restart xbmc to replicate my issue again.

XBMC log is at : http://pastebin.com/kSVN3WuZ
xorg.conf is at : http://pastebin.com/C6YQtV51

Thanks in advance.
AnyoneHuh Please help!!! I have researched for weeks before seeking help on this forum...
your running an almost outdated version of xbmc. can you install a Dharma branch and see if you get the same results. dharma beta1 is realeased

-=Jason=-
Come on guys...he even posted a log!
Flomaster Wrote:your running an almost outdated version of xbmc. can you install a Dharma branch and see if you get the same results. dharma beta1 is realeased

-=Jason=-

Thanks a lot for your response. I much appreciate it.

I will install "a Dharma branch" and give it a go but is it possible to identify the cause (looking at the logs) before proceeding with the Dharma installation?
Try booting from the Dharma Beta 1 LiveCD (so you don't have to install anything): http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/live/

Play the file and post logs if you're still having an issue.
pennant Wrote:Try booting from the Dharma Beta 1 LiveCD (so you don't have to install anything): http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/live/

Play the file and post logs if you're still having an issue.

Thanks for your response. I will do that tonight and come back with outcome...
You have heaps of VDPAU errors before the avcodec errors, I would say its due to an early version of the VDPAU code, your libvdpau library is out of date, or your device does not support VDPAU (which it should, as its an ion)
gnif Wrote:You have heaps of VDPAU errors before the avcodec errors, I would say its due to an early version of the VDPAU code, your libvdpau library is out of date, or your device does not support VDPAU (which it should, as its an ion)

It does support hardware acceleration for sure as I was able to watch HD movies in Win 7 with mpc-hc before I moved on to Ubuntu + XBMC. And I read dozens of posts to "DIY htpc ubuntu/xbmc" using the exact board before I bought it.

i installed vdpau using,
#sudo apt-get install libvdpau1
I have done #sudo apt-get update -> upgrade

Do I need to add a different repository to install a later version? Please let me know as I would like to update vdpau before I upgrade XBMC in beta.
pennant Wrote:Try booting from the Dharma Beta 1 LiveCD (so you don't have to install anything): http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/live/

Play the file and post logs if you're still having an issue.

I upgraded to latest by,
1- adding ppa:team-xbmc-svn/ppa in the software sources
2- then upgrading through synaptic manager gui.

Is that the proper way?

Outcome: It looks a LOT LOT better now. No similar error in logs now. It does error a bit and crash but I believe that's more of a beta thing. The actual sluggish playback and errors in log don't seem to exist. I will run it more and if I experience any major issues should I report them as a bug/glitch?

another question- isn't vdpau1 latest? Am I missing a repository? Just a link which explains this would be good enough. vdpau wiki doesn't get me to a repo that I don't already have added.