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RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-14 Hi mijanek, It is an issue in the kernel : Please check this commit to improve greatly the result : https://github.com/wolfgar/utilite/commit/d11a440592c09ce5a637bad41d133f3e0626aa37 Regards Stephan RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-15 (2014-01-14, 12:16)K405 Wrote: So what the final verdict for this Matrix? Must have? Anyone willing to upload some videofootage of this thing in action, switching channels etc.? Hi, The final result is better than what I feared at first sight when I saw the box and the fan for sure ! The dev team is committed to the task and they really want to deliver a device that works out of the box given the exchanges I had with them. I have no time for now for a detailed video but I will post an article regarding this device (and even a whole comparison table of the imx6 devices I own by the end of the month) Kind regards Stephan RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-15 @wolfgar Thx for your hints. Now I have changed the kernel with the mentioned patch from you. The artefacts on the bottom are now gone, but I get time to time some horizontal green bars over half screen on random possition (it is hard to take a picture of it, as it is really short there and not showing so frequently). RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-15 I have not said it solves the issue but it greatly improves it... I have to figure out what the remaining (little) issue is ! RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-15 @wofgar yes for sure, It is an huge improvement and big thank to you, it is better to watch the video interlaced. (I mentoined it just whenewer you know this issue or not.. it could bee I missed again some patch :-) ) Currently I hove bad issue resulting in xbmc crash but I guess as I saw this could be fixed in your last commit (58105b4eec *Fix stupid redundant allocation) right? Code: ipu1_task: page allocation failure: order:4, mode:0x40d0 RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - K405 - 2014-01-15 (2014-01-15, 01:01)wolfgar Wrote:(2014-01-14, 12:16)K405 Wrote: So what the final verdict for this Matrix? Must have? Anyone willing to upload some videofootage of this thing in action, switching channels etc.? Looking forward to your article and thank you for taking the time to reply. RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-15 @wolfgar, I have some problem with the memory allocation. So far I saw I applied all needed patches, but afer some time watching I get memory issue Code: imx-ipuv3 imx-ipuv3.1: [0xe9e6b400]Falied Alloc vditmpbuf[0] there seems to be some memory leak (looks like with the ipu): Code: [root@matrixtv /]# free edit: changed my wording, sorry RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-15 Hi mijanek OK even with the patch you mentioned, you still have this behavior ? I have a pending patch to push which should definitively help. As soon as I have pushed it, I will track this memory leak if it is still there.. thanks for reporting Can you tell me the duration between your free commands ? Stephan PS : If you are here to insult my work ("this looks very bad") , then you can pass your way... RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-15 Its about per sec. Curioslily this happens only with the IPU patch, without I have fragments on the sreen but no memory leak, but I don't see any reason for it... PS : No, sorry that wasn't pointed to your work or code. I do really appreciate what you have done! I ment this only, that it is really huge consumption of memory and starting after reboot with 1,4 G free they are exhousted in about 15-20 minutes of playing a video (on Idle is it fine).. And it could be caused by myself (mabe I am using wrong firmware version?) RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-15 Hi, Thanks for this info ! PS : Sorry, it guess I clearly overreacted after a bad day I doubt it is your fault but as soon as I have cleared my current work, I will play a few videos and check if I observe such a rapid memory leak... RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - emveepee - 2014-01-16 (2014-01-15, 21:16)wolfgar Wrote: PS : If you are here to insult my work ("this looks very bad") , then you can pass your way... Stephan, as a Wandboard and Cubox-i owner, your work getting XBMC running n the .MX6 platform is very much appreciated. Un gros merci. Martin RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - wolfgar - 2014-01-16 Hi mijanek I have just push a big commit that is my current WIP state. I will revert and push proper individual commits but it is available if you want to test that one... Good night (2014-01-16, 01:21)emveepee Wrote: Stephan, as a Wandboard and Cubox-i owner, your work getting XBMC running n the .MX6 platform is very much appreciated. Thanks a lot Martin RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-16 @wolfgar I have to apologise again, there is no memory issue on your patches nor xbmc, it was lying on the openpctv build environment I am using. After the kernel was build and new uImage was created they simple ignore this one and download some other prebuild from their project site (with obwiously massive issues inside) I took the build image now and hence everything is fine. Really sorry about that, next time I'll double check before I post :-( PS: The Interlaced video is now GREAT! RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - slicemaster - 2014-01-16 Hey, I just want to congratulate all involved with adding support for the i.MX6 line of chips to XBMC. I remember when these chips first came to market and I thought they’d be a great match for xbmc. In either case, I’m a huge fan of XBMC on ARM and I honestly believe that things will continue to move this direction as time goes on. Anyways, I’ve been a long time user of XBMC, and have been using it on three Raspberry Pis in my home but have found that certain elements of the experience leave me wanting more than the cheap little device can give (Although I have to give major cudos to Sam for his work on the raspbmc distro, truly amazing work that has made xbmc on the pi truly usable, auto updates and easy setup, something anyone can get working). To get to the point, I was wondering how “usable” XBMC is on i.MX6 devices? I’m perhaps looking to buy a Wand board Quad to play with and was hoping to get some feedback from current users and the developers working on it and other i.MX6 devices. I noticed earlier in the thread that pretty much all video codecs are being accelerated no problem and that’s one major check but I just wanted to verify the rest to see if it would be a good fit for my usage pattern. As of today Are these features supported on current i.MX6 builds…And to what extent are they supported? 1. DVD ISO playback over Ethernet (Menu Support?) 2. Blu-ray ISO playback over Ethernet 3. MP3 Audio playback with Visualizations over Ethernet 4. FLAC Audio playback with Visualizations over Ethernet I know the list may be short but these are the features I use and therefore need to be in good working order before I take the dive-in and buy a board. I suspect the 3 and 4 are not issues seeing as both can be done in software on a modest device. The first two I am less sure of… Thanks and keep up the great work, Slice RE: [i.MX6] XBMC running on Freescale SoC's - mijanek - 2014-01-16 @slicemaster sofar I was able to test there is pretty much working on it and much better then on Rapsberry Pi (mine is pushed a side from the first day I got my matrix)... 1. don't have the ISO but ripped, without issues now..(no menu testet) 2. same like DVD. 3. Absolutelly no problem, but ceratin visualisations may overload the system bit, the default bars are feally fine (40% CPU of 1 core) 4. don't have that files... I use it with TVHeadend and testet it with VDR, whereas VDR (xvdr) is much better with about 1 sec. channel change, so I will move to VDR 2.0 later than.. Some recorded streams (drembox HD/SD ts files) does makes some problem with audio syncs, but newer got these on liveTV or lately recorded programs. If you are thinking of buying such device, I think it would be better to ommit the "lite" versions of that chip, as they have limmited memory bandwidth and slower GC. |