2013-07-25, 14:42
Hi,
This question is indirectly related to the new Resumable feature of the iPlayer plugin. A very nice feature that works well on my Raspberry but not on the G box Midnight (Android box).
Running Statics barebones 0.1a firmware on the G box.
The problem occurs when attempting to forward an iplayer catchup stream using the iPlayer plugin 2.4.17 or 2.4.18.
Fast forward at 2x speed works - but attempt a faster forward or clicking on or dragging the progress VCR control causes the video to break up into extreme pixillation on the top half of the screen.
If you then click the play button the audio resumes but the video continues with the coloured pixillation pattern. You then have to stop the stream and then start at the beginning.
This problem does not occur with Raspberry RaspbMC. You can click on the progress control and the stream will continue at the correct point.
I've ignored this problem for months - but now, with the new version iPlayer 2.4.18 there is an added incentive to look for a solution. With RasbpMC and iPlayer 2.4.18 the new Resumable feature works just fine - but, with the G box, if you attempt to resume a stream you immediately run into the G box fast forward problem - exactly the same symptom described above. The result is that the resume feature cannot be used - and the problem is almost certainly the G box.
Has anyone experienced the same problem with a G box or any ideas for a solution? I am not optimistic.
G Box details:
Revision 2.1 A9 Neon
ARMv7 rev 4 (v71)
AMLOGIC MESON3 8726M SKT SK Revision 0020
XBMC 12.0-RC2 Git:20121220-e4a2a36 compiled Dec 20 2012
This question is indirectly related to the new Resumable feature of the iPlayer plugin. A very nice feature that works well on my Raspberry but not on the G box Midnight (Android box).
Running Statics barebones 0.1a firmware on the G box.
The problem occurs when attempting to forward an iplayer catchup stream using the iPlayer plugin 2.4.17 or 2.4.18.
Fast forward at 2x speed works - but attempt a faster forward or clicking on or dragging the progress VCR control causes the video to break up into extreme pixillation on the top half of the screen.
If you then click the play button the audio resumes but the video continues with the coloured pixillation pattern. You then have to stop the stream and then start at the beginning.
This problem does not occur with Raspberry RaspbMC. You can click on the progress control and the stream will continue at the correct point.
I've ignored this problem for months - but now, with the new version iPlayer 2.4.18 there is an added incentive to look for a solution. With RasbpMC and iPlayer 2.4.18 the new Resumable feature works just fine - but, with the G box, if you attempt to resume a stream you immediately run into the G box fast forward problem - exactly the same symptom described above. The result is that the resume feature cannot be used - and the problem is almost certainly the G box.
Has anyone experienced the same problem with a G box or any ideas for a solution? I am not optimistic.
G Box details:
Revision 2.1 A9 Neon
ARMv7 rev 4 (v71)
AMLOGIC MESON3 8726M SKT SK Revision 0020
XBMC 12.0-RC2 Git:20121220-e4a2a36 compiled Dec 20 2012