How to Install XBMC PVR Xvba for AMD/Nvidia/Intel GPUs

Code:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ssh python-software-properties software-properties-common udisks upower xorg alsa-utils mesa-utils git-core librtmp0 lirc libmad0 lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lm-sensors libmpeg2-4 avahi-daemon

sudo adduser xbmc video

sudo adduser xbmc audio



sudo reboot # not sure if this is needed

Code:

sudo apt-get install fglrx

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

sudo aticonfig --sync-vsync=on

sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-u32=MCIL,HWUVD_H264Level51Support,1

Code:

sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/xbmc-xvba

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/xbmc-xvba-frodo

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin

Code:

[SeatDefaults]

autologin-user=xbmc

autologin-user-timeout=0

user-session=XBMC

greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter

Code:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=XBMC

Comment=This session will start XBMC Media Center

Exec=xbmc-standalone

TryExec=xbmc-standalone

Type=Application

Code:

xbmc - nice -1

Code:

[Actions for xbmc user]

Identity=unix-user:xbmc

Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesktop.udisks.*

ResultAny=yes

ResultInactive=yes

ResultActive=yes



[Untrusted Upgrade]

Identity=unix-user:xbmc

Action=org.debian.apt.upgrade-packages;org.debian.apt.update-cache

ResultAny=yes

ResultInactive=yes

ResultActive=yes

Code:

<advancedsettings>

   <loglevel hide="false">0</loglevel>

  <cputempcommand>sensors|sed -ne "s/temp1: \+[-+]\([0-9]\+\).*/\1 C/p"</cputempcommand>

  <gputempcommand>/usr/bin/aticonfig --od-gettemperature | grep Temperature | cut -f 2 -d "-" | cut -f 1 -d "." | sed -e "s, ,," | sed 's/$/ C/'</gputempcommand>

  <gui>    

    <algorithmdirtyregions>3</algorithmdirtyregions>

    <nofliptimeout>0</nofliptimeout>

  </gui>    

<video>

  <latency>

    <delay>0</delay>

    <refresh>

      <min>23</min>

      <max>24</max>

      <delay>175</delay> <!-- set to zero or adjust if audio seems out of sync with 24p movies -->

     </refresh>

  </latency>

</video>

</advancedsettings>

Code:

#!/bin/sh



case $1 in

     suspend|suspend_hybrid|hibernate)

        /usr/sbin/service lightdm stop

        /sbin/rmmod -f fglrx

        ;;



     resume|thaw)

        /sbin/modprobe fglrx

        /usr/sbin/service lightdm start

        ;;

esac

Code:

sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_fglrx

Code:

pcm.!default {

  type plug

  slave {

#    pcm "hw:1,0" #delete the first hash for sound over analog

#    pcm "hw:1,1" #delete the first hash for sound over optical

    pcm "hw:0,3" #delete the first hash for sound over hdmi

    rate 48000

  }

}

Code:

sudo adduser xbmc users

Code:

sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin

Code:

20:58:03 T:140310643058432   ERROR: XVBA::Check - device didn't reset in reasonable time

20:58:03 T:140310643058432  NOTICE: XVBA::Check waiting for display reset event

Code:

Format : AVC 

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec 

Format profile : [email protected] 

Format settings, CABAC : Yes 

Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames 

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 

Duration : 31mn 17s 

Bit rate mode : Variable 

Bit rate : 3 734 Kbps 

Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps 

Width : 1 280 pixels 

Height : 720 pixels 

Display aspect ratio : 16:9 

Frame rate : 25.000 fps 

Color space : YUV 

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 

Bit depth : 8 bits 

Scan type : Progressive 

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.162 

Stream size : 836 MiB (89%) 

Writing library : x264 core 114 r1924 08d04a4 

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Code:

Format : AVC 

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec 

Format profile : [email protected] 

Format settings, CABAC : Yes 

Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames 

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 

Duration : 51mn 16s 

Bit rate : 7 497 Kbps 

Width : 1 920 pixels 

Height : 1 080 pixels 

Display aspect ratio : 16:9 

Frame rate : 23.976 fps 

Color space : YUV 

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 

Bit depth : 8 bits 

Scan type : Progressive 

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.151 

Stream size : 2.62 GiB (92%) 

Writing library : x264 core 59 r851M e11ef38 

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=6 / me-prepass=0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=7497 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=2:1.00