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hi s7mx1
I like what you've done. I knew I only had to update policykit and write init script for XBMC auto launching, running as Pi, but your approach is better as it autorespawns it. I trust this still allows rc.local to fire first.
My only concern, is that we need to respect when the user exits XBMC of their own accord, and wishes to use the console. However, one could argue that they could just use SSH.
Not sure about btrfs vs ext4 debate yet, would stick with ext4. Reducing swap file because of a lack of swappiness. The latest librtmp is accessible from my download server, I assume you used my buildfs to make.
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I am going to email you so we can coordinate better.
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Hi All,
Trying to do my bit for the community. So where am I supposed to log issues and bugs for the rpi xbmc branch and check they haven't been raised/fixed already ?
I currently want to raise the following issue;
I have found the screen detection / calibration to have issues in xbmc and the same behaviour exists on other distributions. Here are my issues at the moment and workarounds;
- The Rpi doesn't detect my screen mode properly and sets it at 1080p when it should be 720p. So I have created the config.txt file in /boot (not sure if this is the same location on raspbmc but is the right location on standard debian image). This file contains the following and is picked up on boot;
overscan_left=5
overscan_right=5
overscan_top=-20
overscan_bottom=-20
hdmi_mode=4
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
This fixes the default base screen mode 720p and overscan settings as even with the right mode it is still off the screen.
- However xbmc still persists with being zoomed i.e. rpi overscan settings are being ignored and its outputting over the edges of the screen. To fix this I use the video calibration under settings - system. I then move the corner points to the correct point and it looks fine for that session. Upon reboot then I see the menu has shrunk and has black borders all around. The workaround for this is to set the video calibration at half of what it states. So if I had 60,30 for a corner I set it to 30,15, do this for both corners and reboot. The menu is then the right size.
- However when playing videos typically properly sized 16:9 files will actually overscan the edges of the screen thus xbmc is ignoring the Rpi overscan settings and even its own video calibration. I guess this might be an omxplayer issue and exists even on streaming services too. No workaround for this currently.
Anybody else experienced this?
Cheers
Rob
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I think the RPi is a tinkering toy, not a serious home solution for the average joe to get XBMC.
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i think that my pi is broken in some way, i can't play h264 mkv files like i't shood i geting only 1 frame at the time and my screen constantly blinking i have try to streame from local network and from usb flash but end resault is same xvid and divx working just fine HELP!!! i dont know what to do
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deanmv
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You need to remember that this is early beta software. There will be kinks in things, stuff that needs to be fixed etc. The first RC version literally *JUST* got released so give that one a shot if not.
Set Up
Raspberry Pi running Raspbmc - XBMC 12.2
40" Samsung ES6800 LED Smart 3D 1080P TV
Onkyo HTS3405 5.1 DD True HD and DTS-HD Surround Sound
ReadyNAS Duo with 4TB (2 x 2TB X-RAID) Western Digital Caviar Green using NFS