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Watts · 2013-11-21, 17:29

Hi there XBMCians (xD) Big Grin

I own a MINIX neo X5 mini (rk3066) device, and have come to find out that the device will not stream web HD content properly (using XBMC of course). When the min. clock. freq of the device is left at stock settings, it starts to stutter and skip from the get go..... Yet when i up the min. clock. freq, of the CPU to 1.008 GHz (Using No Frills CPU control), i can play HD streams without any problems whatsoever.

Local files play without any major problems, without the need to overclock anything.......

I am currently using Koying´s latest build on my device, which is the best build on the web right now! It might not be tailored for my device, but it runs good with full 3rd party add-on support when i slightly overclock the device (the min. clock. freq).

The latest nightlies with MediaCodec enabled run fantastic, without the need to overclock the device at all..... But we all know that Goth is still buggy and gives a lot of errors.

Would it be possible to compile XBMC frodo with MediaCodec enabled? If so how would one go about getting it done? I am not a developer or coder so, it might be too difficult for me to achieve, but it would be a great version of XBMC for rockchip users. To bridge the gap between the current version and Gotham, and still maintain 3rd party add-on support.....

Also pm´d Koying for suggestions on this issue...... Tongue

Thanks in advance!

**Martijn** · 2013-11-21, 17:37

First: never PM devs to start with unless they ask you to.
Second: you can forget getting media codec on Frodo.

Koying · 2013-11-21, 17:47

As Martijn says...

Watts · (This post was last modified: 2013-11-21, 18:35 by Watts.)

(2013-11-21, 17:37)Martijn Wrote: First: never PM devs to start with unless they ask you to.
Second: you can forget getting media codec on Frodo.

First: Must have missed that rule. ( DId read through the rules etc).
Second: Could you elaborate (if you want to of course).

And i will add a third: Keep up the great job!

(2013-11-21, 17:47)Koying Wrote: As Martijn says...

Indeed.

Indeed. Big Grin

oldpoem · (This post was last modified: 2013-11-21, 19:02 by oldpoem.)

Django, Koying already said that he tried backport MediaCodec to frodo but it was too many changes on XBMC since frodo to when MediaCodec has been intregated. It was too hard and not worth it. You better wait for Gotham to be stabilize. Use SPMC with Libstagefright fixed for now. If your overclock solution works just use that for now.

Most add-ons still works if you manually copy over to Gotham userdata folder even it was marked incompatible now. We all suggest you should bug those add-on dev to update their add-ons to work with Gotham because it's the way to go.

Watts · (This post was last modified: 2013-11-21, 19:37 by Watts.)

(2013-11-21, 18:50)oldpoem Wrote: Django, Koying already said that he tried backport MediaCodec to frodo but it was too many changes on XBMC since frodo to when MediaCodec has been intregated. It was too hard and not worth it. You better wait for Gotham to be stabilize. Use SPMC with Libstagefright fixed for now. If your overclock solution works just use that for now.

Most add-ons still works if you manually copy over to Gotham userdata folder even it was marked incompatible now. We all suggest you should bug those add-on dev to update their add-ons to work with Gotham because it's the way to go.

Must have missed that part about backporting, my sincere apologies for that one...

Thanks brother you actually took the time to answer with patience, more people could and should take your example....

Cool

oldpoem · (This post was last modified: 2013-11-21, 21:06 by oldpoem.)

(2013-11-21, 19:35)Watts Wrote: Must have missed that part about backporting, my sincere apologies for that one...

Thanks brother you actually took the time to answer with patience, more people could and should take your example....

I knew because I was the one who ask this same question fortnight ago in OUYAForum

curlyboi · 2013-11-22, 19:37

So is there any way to disable the MediaCodec via, let's say, advancedsettings.xml?

**Martijn** · 2013-11-22, 19:38

why should you disable?

arghness · 2013-11-22, 20:38

(2013-11-18, 01:02)arghness Wrote: With MediaCodec enabled on a Galaxy S3 (i9300 with Samsung stock Android 4.1.2), I get a green bar at the bottom of the screen and "shadows" of the image in other places on the screen with a few videos. It doesn't crash though.

One such example video is http://download.wavetlan.com/SVV/Media/H...w11222.mp4 and the issue that I see is visible here: http://tinypic.com/r/106bn8o/5

This decodes okay with MediaCodec disabled (I'm not sure if it's using libstagefright or just using software), and also with hardware decoding on DicePlayer for Android.

I forgot to attach a log of trying to play the above linked video. Here's one: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=88204

davilla · 2013-11-23, 04:09

(2013-11-22, 19:37)curlyboi Wrote: So is there any way to disable the MediaCodec via, let's say, advancedsettings.xml?

use the GUI setting.

Koying · 2013-11-23, 10:41

(2013-11-22, 20:38)arghness Wrote: I forgot to attach a log of trying to play the above linked video. Here's one: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=88204

Apparently, the "real" height is not returned by MediaCodec:

Code:
25:32 T:1643431048    INFO: ffmpeg[61F4C488]:     Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 352x198 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 67 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25k tbn, 50 tbc

...

25:33 T:1643703616   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: width(352), height(208), stride(352), slice-height(208), color-format(21)

25:33 T:1643703616   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: crop-left(0), crop-top(0), crop-right(351), crop-bottom(197)

25:33 T:1643703616   DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar

25:33 T:1643703616  NOTICE:  fps: 25.000000, pwidth: 352, pheight: 198, dwidth: 352, dheight: 198

25:33 T:1643703616   DEBUG: int CDVDPlayerVideo::OutputPicture(const DVDVideoPicture*, double) - change configuration. 352x198. framerate: 25.00. format: NV12

It returns the slice-height instead.

sheppz · 2013-11-23, 17:31

Hi can you help ive just downloaded xbmc on my s3 then also download navi x but comes up carnt load any ideas

davilla · 2013-11-23, 18:34

(2013-11-23, 10:41)Koying Wrote:
(2013-11-22, 20:38)arghness Wrote: I forgot to attach a log of trying to play the above linked video. Here's one: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=88204
Apparently, the "real" height is not returned by MediaCodec:

Code:
18:25:32 T:1643431048 INFO: ffmpeg[61F4C488]: Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 352x198 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 67 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25k tbn, 50 tbc ... 18:25:33 T:1643703616 DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: width(352), height(208), stride(352), slice-height(208), color-format(21) 18:25:33 T:1643703616 DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: crop-left(0), crop-top(0), crop-right(351), crop-bottom(197) 18:25:33 T:1643703616 DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecAndroidMediaCodec:: COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar 18:25:33 T:1643703616 NOTICE: fps: 25.000000, pwidth: 352, pheight: 198, dwidth: 352, dheight: 198 18:25:33 T:1643703616 DEBUG: int CDVDPlayerVideo::OutputPicture(const DVDVideoPicture*, double) - change configuration. 352x198. framerate: 25.00. format: NV12
It returns the slice-height instead.

The display of the video should be cropped to crop values, (crop_bottom + 1 - crop_top) and you should not even see the excess area at the bottom. dheight is 198 so that says we did indeed tell the render to set a crop. I'd have to check other videos that present a different crop area. Could be we are missing something in renderer as handling NV12 is new for GLES

curlyboi · 2013-11-23, 19:17

(2013-11-22, 19:38)Martijn Wrote: why should you disable?

as mentioned before, it doesn't work properly on rockchip (rk3188), video stutters after few (good) seconds of playback. both hd and sd (although more with hd)