[jamesbrock]

Hi everyone.

This is my first post here, so if I've left anything out or you need any further information, let me know as I really need help! As it is at the moment, my ATV is basically a paperweight.

First things first though...

Platform: AppleTV2 (black)
Version: 5.2.1 (6026) Platform: Darwin iOS (13.0.0, Version 6.1.3 (Build 10B329a))
XBMC Build version: XBMC 12.1 Git: 20130317-od373cc (Compiled March 17 2013)
Install Method: apt-get
Location of share: EXT HDD plugged into Airport Extreme, using 5GHz Wi-Fi network.

Issue: XBMC has crashed around 30 times since I installed it a few hours ago. It crashes while changing settings, it crashes while navigating to change settings, and it crashes within seconds of entering the 'Movies' section.

When I say it crashes, I mean it crashes back to the ATV menu. Continually. Repeatedly. I have eventually been able to switch between Confluence and Aeon Nox - with each being as unstable as each other.

Here are some logs:

XBMC Log
syslog
CrashReport

I really hope someone with more knowledge (and patience) than I can help!

[jamesbrock]

Here are a few more XBMC logs from this afternoon (just in case they help):

XBMC #11593 - Uptime: 1 minute 47 seconds. Skin: Confluence.
XBMC #11594 - Uptime: 35 seconds. Skin Confluence.
XBMC #11595 - Uptime: 1 minute 17 seconds. Skin: Aeon Nox.
XBMC #11603 - Uptime: 52 seconds. Skin: Aeon Nox.
XBMC #11608 - Uptime: 2 minutes 58 seconds. Skin: Aeon Nox.
XBMC #11609 - Uptime: 52 seconds. Skin: Aeon Nox.

As you can see from above, the thing is pretty much unusable.

[Memphiz]

that crashreport is no crashreport. But as of your syslog you are experiencing slot of out of memory crashes. Please try to downgrade to 12.0 and see if this helps.

[jamesbrock]

Thanks for your advice. I downgraded to the Eden stable build you posted yesterday and that is more stable - I'm now getting crashes when I'm loading a movie, whereas before I couldn't even get to that point. I'll try again the next chance I get; it's late here and I've been at this for too long. Talk about a learning curve!

Thanks again for your help.

[jamesbrock]

It turned out that the Eden install wasn't any more stable when it came to actually watching a movie, but I think I have fixed it.

After Memphiz mentioned that I was experiencing a lot of out of memory crashes, I decided to go through and disable everything I didn't need in order to free up memory. The first thing I did was hide everything but XBMC and Photo Stream from the ATV home screen (under ATV > General > Parental Controls), then I stopped the ATV from forcing the screen resolution to 1024 x 768 - 60Hz (ATV > Settings > Audio & Video > TV Resolution > Auto). After this I loaded XBMC and, lo and behold, I could watch a movie!

After starting several movies with no crashes, I upgraded back to Frodo, and was able to start another three or four movies with only one crashing. Not rock solid, but at least it's usable.