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Linux Radeon OSS with vdpau (howto)
(2014-03-18, 17:17)fritsch Wrote: For all those asking for 14.04, head over to: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=189553 which is the testing thread for new xbmcbuntu based on 14.04 Trusty.

(2014-03-19, 10:51)Questionario Wrote: will there be any disadvantage over using the version described in this thread here?

(2014-03-19, 10:52)fritsch Wrote: Test xbmcbuntu v13 and tell us :-)

xbmcbuntu uses lightdm to start xbmc, this howto uses a more simple upstart script, while not having a windowmanager at all.

I did test it and DTS-HD works on both of them for me, I do like this "manual" version better but here are the differences I found:
advantages:
- this mini version boots up faster
- I installed using one user and added the user xbmc later as described in the howto, this leaves xbmc user without any root rights which I like better as that user usually does not have the strongest password (xbmcbuntu uses the same user no matter what)
- If something crashes it just restarts xbmc, with xbmcbuntu I often get to a login-screen

disadvantages:
- more difficult to install
- xbmcbuntu has a nice splash-screen, here I only get to see ubuntu messages


not sure what other differences/advantages/disadvantages there are but thats what I noticed right away.
anyone know anything else? Smile
I guess not having a window manager has advantages and disadvantages but for me its an advantage as I have a full ubuntu install on a different partition anyhow if I really need to access it. if it would just be easy to enable/disable it to suit everyone's needs.
Quote:- xbmcbuntu has a nice splash-screen, here I only get to see ubuntu messages

sudo aptitude install plymouth-label
wget http://excyle.nl/plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb
sudo dpkg -i plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
(2014-03-21, 22:50)fritsch Wrote:
Quote:- xbmcbuntu has a nice splash-screen, here I only get to see ubuntu messages

sudo aptitude install plymouth-label
wget http://excyle.nl/plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb
dpkg -i plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb

wow @fritsch -- that was very generous of you.
Linux Mint 18 LTS 64-bit - Kodi 17 Beta6
Odroid-C2 - Libreelec v7.90.009
Yeah, I did not post that - cause in the past, people used that one and "forced a framebuffer" which is not needed in KMS anymore.

Btw. is "generous" ironic? :-)
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(2014-03-21, 19:11)chemstar Wrote: hi fritsch,
hi fernetmenta,

recently i've updated my zbox ad02 to the last openelec gotham build resulting in constant video interference at same screen position. i've enabled all the vdpau acceleration options. when disabled mpeg-4 vdpau video plays fine without errors. i hoppe you will have an idea how to fix this.
please see the linked screenshot for a better error explaination.

That appears to me too sometimes, but it isnt consistent. It appears predominantly with mplayer/mpv, but i havent seen it with xbmc for quite some time. Also, it appears mostly when the window isnt full screen.
So its most definitely a vdpau/radeon issue.
I have the video drivers and kernel compiled from git with Debian Testing 64 bit, running on a A8-6500 APU (it was the same on my previous A8-5500).
Logs, samples, everything helps ...
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(2014-03-22, 02:10)locomot1f Wrote:
(2014-03-21, 22:50)fritsch Wrote:
Quote:- xbmcbuntu has a nice splash-screen, here I only get to see ubuntu messages

sudo aptitude install plymouth-label
wget http://excyle.nl/plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb
dpkg -i plymouth-theme-xbmc-logo.deb

wow @fritsch -- that was very generous of you.

thanks!
now I get some ubuntu messages, the splash screen, ubuntu messages again and then xbmc.
is it possible to hide the ubuntu messages?
I followed the directions to install the patches and drivers over xbmcbuntu beta. While the screen tearing is not as significant as before I am still getting it. It is now tearing a couple inches from the top of the screen rather than 1/3 of the way down. All my settings have been tweaked as suggested. I just can't seem to get it working as smoothly as I had before I decided to upgrade my system.

Any suggestions?
disable backing store - will be fixed in newer xbmcbuntu, see the github commits to make these changes manually: https://github.com/xbmc/XBMCbuntu/commit...fe67979347

Btw. what did you do? You installed all the packages over xbmcbuntu v13 beta?

Lol - highly not suggested and totally unsupported. Xbmcbuntu v13 ships with everything you need concerning kernel / mesa and so on.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
(2014-03-22, 20:43)fritsch Wrote: disable backing store - will be fixed in newer xbmcbuntu, see the github commits to make these changes manually: https://github.com/xbmc/XBMCbuntu/commit...fe67979347

Btw. what did you do? You installed all the packages over xbmcbuntu v13 beta?

Lol - highly not suggested and totally unsupported. Xbmcbuntu v13 ships with everything you need concerning kernel / mesa and so on.

My vanilla install of the beta had major tearing. I tried your patches over the beta and it helped somewhat but still some tearing. I also tried your instructions but I couldn't get the auto start and login to work.

I just tried adding the line "+xserver-command=/usr/bin/X -bs -nolisten tcp" to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf" but that did not help either. Is the "+" required in that code or does that just indicate that is is being added to the config file. I'm at a loss of how to deal with this tearing. I might need to downgrade to the discontinued xvba if nothing else works.
+ is not required.

Yeah - then you might need to downgrade :-)
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
Could you perhaps make a little video? So that I can see the left tearing? Also an xbmc.log with debugging please.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
(2014-03-22, 21:43)fritsch Wrote: + is not required.

Yeah - then you might need to downgrade :-)

Minus the + and I am minus the tearing. Won't need to downgrade. Thanks! =)
Again: ckoenig is helping is to get the "stop bug" fixed: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/me...56384.html

Stay tuned.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
Ok, so, I absolutely don't know why, but I can't take wsnipex libvdpau1 and linux-firmware (even force it) !

apt-cache policy libvdpau1 linux-firmware libg3dvl-mesa libwayland-server0
http://pastebin.com/V4QMYTwa

dpkg -l |grep mesa
http://pastebin.com/8hpGu1jA

Thanks.
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