2015-01-04, 07:04
UPDATE 2:
Playback issue turned out to be massive file-system corruption issue across multiple disks...
Still trying to determine the cause of this and whether it was XBMC, or a general linux or hardware problem. (page 2 of thread)
UPDATE:
I have upgraded to Kodi 14.0 (from Xbmc 13.0). Didn't fix.
I traced the problem to FFMPEG but don't know how to solve.
Please skip to page 2 of this thread.
Hello,
I tried searching, but nobody seems to be having precisely the same issue I am. I am out of ideas to fix it, my girlfriend and I just want to watch TV tonight, so I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
Months ago, I did a fresh install of XBMCBuntu, version 13.0... It has consistently worked fine. This morning it worked fine. But tonight we get home (it's still on from earlier in the day), and now we find that almost every video in my collection (all which previously worked) will no longer play.
When I play videos, it will do one of the following undesired behaviours:
1. Plays the audio of the episode, but no video and it shows the 'blocks' graphic visualization as if it was playing music.
2. (less common) I click the video, the UI makes 'click' sound but nothing happens.
Bizarrely, I have found a small number of older video files that continue to work as expected. Obviously something is borked here, with some rendering thing or certain file formats or whatever. I want to get it back the way it was when everything worked.
Here are the steps I have already tried with no success:
0) rebooting several times and cursing (no dice)
a) Switching ON hardware acceleration (and restarting XBMC)
b) Switching OFF hardware acceleration (and restarting XBMC)
c) Force linux disk checks (fsck on boot) for all drives
I have no other ideas besides installing fresh again or beating this damn machine into pieces, and I prefer not to take these drastic steps. Thank you.
Playback issue turned out to be massive file-system corruption issue across multiple disks...
Still trying to determine the cause of this and whether it was XBMC, or a general linux or hardware problem. (page 2 of thread)
UPDATE:
I have upgraded to Kodi 14.0 (from Xbmc 13.0). Didn't fix.
I traced the problem to FFMPEG but don't know how to solve.
Please skip to page 2 of this thread.
Hello,
I tried searching, but nobody seems to be having precisely the same issue I am. I am out of ideas to fix it, my girlfriend and I just want to watch TV tonight, so I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
Months ago, I did a fresh install of XBMCBuntu, version 13.0... It has consistently worked fine. This morning it worked fine. But tonight we get home (it's still on from earlier in the day), and now we find that almost every video in my collection (all which previously worked) will no longer play.
When I play videos, it will do one of the following undesired behaviours:
1. Plays the audio of the episode, but no video and it shows the 'blocks' graphic visualization as if it was playing music.
2. (less common) I click the video, the UI makes 'click' sound but nothing happens.
Bizarrely, I have found a small number of older video files that continue to work as expected. Obviously something is borked here, with some rendering thing or certain file formats or whatever. I want to get it back the way it was when everything worked.
Here are the steps I have already tried with no success:
0) rebooting several times and cursing (no dice)
a) Switching ON hardware acceleration (and restarting XBMC)
b) Switching OFF hardware acceleration (and restarting XBMC)
c) Force linux disk checks (fsck on boot) for all drives
I have no other ideas besides installing fresh again or beating this damn machine into pieces, and I prefer not to take these drastic steps. Thank you.