2013-01-22, 17:30
if i follow these steps: does the bootup perform a copy of STORAGE to usb automatically? or how does it work? i don't see a step where i copy the storage to usb...?
(2013-01-22, 17:30)FattyMcDirty Wrote: if i follow these steps: does the bootup perform a copy of STORAGE to usb automatically? or how does it work? i don't see a step where i copy the storage to usb...?No, it doesn't. This will simply create a new STORAGE partition (as if you were doing a new Openelec installation).
(2013-01-22, 16:59)FattyMcDirty Wrote: and how do i properly install this, with SYSTEM on SD and the rest on the thumb drive? is there any tutorial? (preferrably for windows?)Here's the steps I used to migrate my storage from SD to USB on Windows: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1288945
(2013-01-19, 22:22)tfft Wrote:I'm still seeing LOTS of random'ish freezes followed by reboots (using r13052) - on one occasion the freeze didn't trigger a reboot and I had to power cycle; it has occurred while streaming from TMZ, CBSnews, TED, etc. This is on a vanilla Rpi 256 with no modifications, etc. The stream would work for anywhere between 3-10 minutes and then would freeze - note that this doesn't happen _all_ the time but it is occurs more than 50% of the time making it rather annoying.(2013-01-17, 09:37)tfft Wrote: Hi, I've been running openelec master/head (f5d4937ada) and I'm seeing various random freezes and then reboots from misc streaming sources. For instance, TMZ->TMZ-Live and pick any offering seems to reboot the most again at various inconsistent times.Using 6bc259fb5c (ie. r12975) - I'm still seeing occasional freezes followed by reboots. Again try a few TMZ streams and you should experience a reboot in the first 2-3 minutes if not try a different link.
(2013-01-22, 23:08)tfft Wrote:(2013-01-19, 22:22)tfft Wrote:I'm still seeing LOTS of random'ish freezes followed by reboots (using r13052) - on one occasion the freeze didn't trigger a reboot and I had to power cycle; it has occurred while streaming from TMZ, CBSnews, TED, etc. This is on a vanilla Rpi 256 with no modifications, etc. The stream would work for anywhere between 3-10 minutes and then would freeze - note that this doesn't happen _all_ the time but it is occurs more than 50% of the time making it rather annoying.(2013-01-17, 09:37)tfft Wrote: Hi, I've been running openelec master/head (f5d4937ada) and I'm seeing various random freezes and then reboots from misc streaming sources. For instance, TMZ->TMZ-Live and pick any offering seems to reboot the most again at various inconsistent times.Using 6bc259fb5c (ie. r12975) - I'm still seeing occasional freezes followed by reboots. Again try a few TMZ streams and you should experience a reboot in the first 2-3 minutes if not try a different link.
When a freeze occurs which triggers a reboot one's position is lost within the stream (isn't that a bug ?); shouldn't one's position (ie. time within a particular video) be remembered if the stream is stopped for any reason including errors ?
In any regard, is no one else seeing these freezes/reboots
(2013-01-22, 23:40)sdsnyr94 Wrote:(2013-01-22, 23:08)tfft Wrote:(2013-01-19, 22:22)tfft Wrote: Using 6bc259fb5c (ie. r12975) - I'm still seeing occasional freezes followed by reboots. Again try a few TMZ streams and you should experience a reboot in the first 2-3 minutes if not try a different link.I'm still seeing LOTS of random'ish freezes followed by reboots (using r13052) - on one occasion the freeze didn't trigger a reboot and I had to power cycle; it has occurred while streaming from TMZ, CBSnews, TED, etc. This is on a vanilla Rpi 256 with no modifications, etc. The stream would work for anywhere between 3-10 minutes and then would freeze - note that this doesn't happen _all_ the time but it is occurs more than 50% of the time making it rather annoying.
When a freeze occurs which triggers a reboot one's position is lost within the stream (isn't that a bug ?); shouldn't one's position (ie. time within a particular video) be remembered if the stream is stopped for any reason including errors ?
In any regard, is no one else seeing these freezes/reboots
Yes, 256 Mb RPi.
I do not stream from plugins... all my media comes from my unraid server. When my unit freezes, it rarely ever triggers a reboot. My issues usually occur after about an hour and a half to 2 hours of playback.
(2013-01-23, 00:01)FattyMcDirty Wrote: I REALLY hope i'm not getting those freezes with the rpi cause THIS is the reason why i dumped my htpc.... random non-reproducible freezes just got ne freakin' out while watching my tv series.... maybe its a general xbmc issue? i tried different sources... smb, ftp and now nfs... all got random reboots with my openelec htpc...Well, there is no such thing as random, we (as users) need to understand how to debug this and what debug info needs to be conveyed upstream to the developers (both xbmc and/or openelec) for them to make sense of what is happening. I think someone needs to take the leadership in putting together a wiki (or similar) that details what users can do and how best to report errors/anomalies, etc that are of value to the developers/coders/hackers. In short, we need a bit of guidance to be more helpful/useful.
(2013-01-22, 23:41)FattyMcDirty Wrote: and another thing: compared to openelec on my htpc, the hdmi output of the rpi seems significantly brighter and not as sharp... does that sound familiar? is there any way to improve this? got it running through hdmi and in 1080p...
(2013-01-22, 23:25)FattyMcDirty Wrote: one question: using the standard skin now... it's running pretty nice with your help, storage is now on USB, BUT: the artwork, like dvd cases etc... ya.. kinda "low res" - is this intended to be so? can i load them in high-res somehow?Change *res settings and delete cache:
(2013-01-22, 17:30)FattyMcDirty Wrote: if i follow these steps: does the bootup perform a copy of STORAGE to usb automatically? or how does it work? i don't see a step where i copy the storage to usb...?All the steps you gotten with Linux and formatting a Linux partition is completely unnessesary.
bootcode.bin, cmdline.txt, config.txt,
fixup.dat, kernel.img, LICENCE.broadcom,
openelec.ico, README.md, start.elf
boot=/dev/mmcblk0p1 disk=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ssh quiet
boot=/dev/sda1 disk=/dev/sda2 ssh quiet
(2013-01-23, 06:23)tuxen Wrote: Also it might be the USB sticks that I have but the transfer rates was basically half of the sd card.