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ATV2 Constantly Buffering/Stuttering/Crashing - sohels - 2012-01-06
Hello,
I was using 4.4.3 with several nightly builds before with no problems. Yesterday I upgraded to 4.4.4 and Eden Beta and have been experiencing random crashes and constant stuttering/buffering, audio drop outs and very variable frame rates that frequently fall into single digits.
Here is the info:
Platform - Apple TV 2
Ethernet - connected to Belkin N750 router.
Source files stored on Buffalo LinkStation Live 3TB NAS, and some on a 500GB external drive attached via USB to the router.
Connect using smb; experimented with afp and upnp but experienced same problems.
Version of iOS/ATV - 5.0.1/4.4.4 (3330)
XBMC build version and date compiled - 11.0-BETA1 Git:20111222-22ad8e4 (Dec 24 2011)
Install method - As described in xbmc wiki (Cydia method)
xbmc.log
syslog
crashreporter is not there!
mediainfo 1
mediainfo 2
mediainfo 3
All three of these files played perfectly prior to upgrade.
- tatoosh - 2012-01-06
I habe also so much buffering issues with 4.4.4 and xbmc Eden tested with SMB and NFS
- dopechess - 2012-01-06
i have the same issues. Sept 19th nightly build works wonderfully. Too bad I updated to Eden. Now I can't watch 720p or 1080p MKVs.
XBMC is great when it works. otherwise, i might have to think about switching to something else at this point since the development is so erratic and hit/miss.
anyone have the Sept 19th nightly?
- Memphiz - 2012-01-06
dopechess Wrote:i have the same issues. Sept 19th nightly build works wonderfully. Too bad I updated to Eden. Now I can't watch 720p or 1080p MKVs.
XBMC is great when it works. otherwise, i might have to think about switching to something else at this point since the development is so erratic and hit/miss.
anyone have the Sept 19th nightly?
Let me know when you found something better. I want to change projects as well. A.K.A. - i will follow your decision - try to become a member of whatever project you might want to use in the future and then add regressions to it at my best.
howdy...
- jabba_29 - 2012-01-06
^^ lol.
I have actually noticed a marked improvement with 720p streaming across my network.
September 19th was a good build, I had that for quite a while. Subsequently I had a early December build that wasn't too hot, then the last nightly before the beta which was better.
Beta1 is working very well for me.
- g-off - 2012-01-06
dopechess Wrote:i have the same issues. Sept 19th nightly build works wonderfully. Too bad I updated to Eden. Now I can't watch 720p or 1080p MKVs.
XBMC is great when it works. otherwise, i might have to think about switching to something else at this point since the development is so erratic and hit/miss.
anyone have the Sept 19th nightly?
Why don't you just buy the films from apple and play them from frontrow?
You did buy the atv2 from them with only that capability.
- tatoosh - 2012-01-06
It's not a buying question.
I have my own recorded holiday movies encoded to mkv container format, also my HDready recordings from german Televison (n-tv, n24) are compressed and the on the mkv container.
here i found a german mirror: http://mirror.netcologne.de/xbmc/nightlies/darwin/atv2
havn't try it
- sohels - 2012-01-06
I did a reboot last night via ssh in Mac terminal and something just 'clicked' - flawless playback once again! I'm pretty sure I didn't change any settings - it may still be worth investigating info in my first post to isolate the problem.
- jd2157 - 2012-01-06
sohels Wrote:I did a reboot last night via ssh in Mac terminal and something just 'clicked' - flawless playback once again! I'm pretty sure I didn't change any settings - it may still be worth investigating info in my first post to isolate the problem.
Is your atv2 on WiFi or Ethernet?
- Rictor - 2012-01-06
Hi everyone.
I seem to have exactly the same problem as the OP. Same versions, builds, platform and install method.
I never had a previous version so I don't know if it would've worked on Sept 19th nightly build.
My files are ATV default handbrake encoded mv4's. I have a QNAP NAS running an SMB network share, all wired via ethernet. I have tried the same share via XBMC on my laptop wirelessly (albeit running dharma 10.1 on laptop) and it works great. I have also tried streaming the same files to ATV2 frontend wirelessly via iTunes and that also works.
@sohels, using SSH, how did you reboot and did you have to do a tethered boot again?
Is it possible to uninstall XBMC and try an earlier version?
Anybody else got any suggestions? Should I post a log?
Sorry for all the questions! Thanks for the support!
- sohels - 2012-01-06
jd2157 Wrote:Is your atv2 on WiFi or Ethernet?
Ethernet - connected to Belkin N750 router.
- sohels - 2012-01-07
Rictor Wrote:@sohels, using SSH, how did you reboot and did you have to do a tethered boot again?
Open terminal (on a Mac) and type the following commands:
Code:
ssh [email protected]
(default password is alpine)
rebootI performed the untethered jailbreak using the latest version of Seas0nPass, so no I did not have to do a tethered boot.
One potential issue I could think of when using the Cydia method is that I had to enter the 'apt-get update' command a couple of times to get rid of the duplicate list warning. I originally proceeded without doing so, and the Apple TV would hang on the home screen with the Apple logo, or would display a blank blue screen and would not boot correctly. I then restored it again using Seas0nPass and iTunes, getting rid of the warnings this time, and then observed the problems described in my first post. After quitting and launching xbmc a number of times and also rebooting the Apple TV a couple of times, it just started working well.
If any of the Devs need any more info, I'd be happy to provide it.
- Rictor - 2012-01-07
sohels Wrote:I performed the untethered jailbreak using the latest version of Seas0nPass, so no I did not have to do a tethered boot
Thanks for the reply. I think I'll try restoring atv to factory settings, re-jailbreak using the new untethered Seas0nPass release and try xbmc again.
sohels Wrote:One potential issue I could think of when using the Cydia method is that I had to enter the 'apt-get update' command a couple of times to get rid of the duplicate list warning. I originally proceeded without doing so, and the Apple TV would hang on the home screen with the Apple logo, or would display a blank blue screen and would not boot correctly. I then restored it again using Seas0nPass and iTunes, getting rid of the warnings this time, and then observed the problems described in my first post. After quitting and launching xbmc a number of times and also rebooting the Apple TV a couple of times, it just started working well.
I seem to remember I also had some warning msgs when installing xbmc for the first time but I don't think it was the duplicate list errors.
I'll let you know how I get on!
Buffering & Stuttering Atv2 / xbmc - davidpmiller - 2012-01-07
Hi All,
I am also experiencing significant problems with buffering and stuttering when watching movies via xbmc on atv2 ( Eden and 4.4.4)
Initially, I used Smb shares to a Windows 7 machine, then a HP Media Vault both with the same results. Following some threads I then used a upnp server, namely serviio which improved maters slightly - however I lost the ability to look up metadata within xbmc. I have also tried NFS shares, Twonky and WMP.
I have tried hard wired and wireless with all the above. In addition I have tried many varied ways of ripping DVDs with winxdvd - but alas no joy - the stuttering still continues.
Previously, I used old xboxes to run xbmc and experienced no issues.
I can also stream from iTunes to native atv2 with no issues.
I have used ssh to reboot and also restored and started from scratch but again no luck.
Any assistance would be appreciated - also please let me low if you need any more info on the techniques I have tried.
Thanks
- sohels - 2012-01-07
Update: File 1 does not play smoothly anymore.