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The problem is i have documtation, sport, tv shows. Not all can i scrape with a scraper.
I have a lot of german tv files.

The total duration normal must be option for htpc and faster systems, for pi is do slow with no .nfo files.

New OpenELEC Gotham build: #0221
(Supercedes previous build)


Based on tip of XBMC master (a89ba23, changelog) and tip of OpenELEC master (e46e3ad, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock3 commits (except for 102417a which I've replaced with a static spinner)
  
• Excludes the OpenELEC fernetmenta patches (due to conflict with newclock3)
  
• Default setting for "Show RSS Feed" changed to disabled
  
• "Total Duration" in Confluence is disabled
  
• ALSA is enabled and any suitable hardware should be available in XBMC Audio Settings
  

Build Highlights:

1. Custom: "Total Duration" in Confluence is disabled - if it makes a noticeable improvement, petition the XBMC developers to implement a better long term solution, such as an on/off option (see trac #14084). The patch in this build is trivial:
   
   Code:

   diff --git a/addons/skin.confluence/720p/includes.xml b/addons/skin.confluence/720p/includes.xml
index cb4438a..840b2ed 100644
--- a/addons/skin.confluence/720p/includes.xml
+++ b/addons/skin.confluence/720p/includes.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
                                <label>$INFO[Container.NumItems,([COLOR=blue],[/COLOR]) $LOCALIZE[31025]]$INFO[Container.CurrentPage, - $LOCALIZE[31024] ([COLOR=blue]]$INFO[Container.NumPages,/,[/COLOR])]</label>
                                <include>Window_OpenClose_Animation</include>
                        </control>
-                       <control type="label">
+                       <!--control type="label">
                                <description>Container Duration Label</description>
                                <right>40</right>
                                <top>32r</top>
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
                                <aligny>center</aligny>
                                <label>$INFO[Container.TotalTime,$LOCALIZE[31009] ([COLOR=blue],[/COLOR])]</label>
                                <include>Window_OpenClose_Animation</include>
-                       </control>
+                       </control-->
                </control>
        </include>
        <include name="SmallMusicInfo">

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Additional Testing Notes:

1. Testers should try adding the following entry to their advancedsettings.xml:
   
   Code:

   <advancedsettings>
  <video>
    <defaultplayer>dvdplayer</defaultplayer>
    <defaultdvdplayer>dvdplayer</defaultdvdplayer>
  </video>
</advancedsettings>
   and report if it is better/worse than omxplayer. You can still play files with omxplayer using the context-menu "Play using... OMXPlayer".
   

   ---

2. The following settings are no longer required in config.txt and should be removed:
   
   Code:

   no_hdmi_resample=1
hdmi_stream_channels=1
   no_resample_audio is now a default, and hdmi_stream_channels is switched based on audio content. For the time being when using passthrough, 2.0 speaker layout should continue to be used (you will still get 5.1 with AC3/DTS).
   

Thanks, very good!

The view fanart is not perfect but the covers load a litle bit faster and the other views are a litle bit faster.

Running version 220, having trouble playing a mp4 video which previously worked - get sound but no video.

16:58:14 5525.632812 T:3057885184 NOTICE: COMXPlayer: Opening: /var/media/Expansion 1/movies/E/Enemy Mine (1985)/Enemy Mine (1985).mp4
16:58:14 5525.641113 T:3057885184 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
16:58:14 5525.642578 T:2791498832 NOTICE: Thread OMXPlayer start, auto delete: false
16:58:14 5525.643555 T:2791498832 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
16:58:14 5525.665527 T:2791498832 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
16:58:15 5526.431641 T:2791498832 NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
16:58:15 5526.535645 T:2995778640 ERROR: COMXCoreComponent:ecoderEventHandler OMX.broadcom.video_decode - OMX_ErrorInsufficientResources, insufficient resources
16:58:15 5526.536133 T:2791498832 ERROR: OMXPlayerVideo : Error open video output
16:58:15 5526.536621 T:2791498832 ERROR: COMXCoreComponent::FlushInput - OMX.broadcom.video_decode WaitForCommand omx_err(0x80001000)
16:58:15 5526.560547 T:2791498832 WARNING: OpenVideoStream - Unsupported stream 0. Stream disabled.
1

dmesg doesn't show anything related but there are lots of these:

5.137229] snd-hifiberry-digi snd-hifiberry-digi.0: ASoC: CPU DAI bcm2708-i2s.0 not registered
[ 5.137304] snd-hifiberry-digi snd-hifiberry-digi.0: snd_soc_register_card() failed: -517
[ 5.137347] platform snd-hifiberry-digi.0: Driver snd-hifiberry-digi requests probe deferral
[ 5.137468] snd-rpi-dac snd-rpi-dac.0: ASoC: CPU DAI bcm2708-i2s.0 not registered
[ 5.137523] snd-rpi-dac snd-rpi-dac.0: snd_soc_register_card() failed: -517
[ 5.137558] platform snd-rpi-dac.0: Driver snd-rpi-dac requests probe deferral
[ 5.137672] snd-hifiberry-dac snd-hifiberry-dac.0: ASoC: CPU DAI bcm2708-i2s.0 not registered
[ 5.137724] snd-hifiberry-dac snd-hifiberry-dac.0: snd_soc_register_card() failed: -517
[ 5.137761] platform snd-hifiberry-dac.0: Driver snd-hifiberry-dac requests probe deferral

My settings are standard for 256Mb pi..

# default GPU memory split (do not change if you do not know what you are doing)
gpu_mem=128

# SDRAM size based GPU memory split, uncomment and setup to override 'gpu_mem'
gpu_mem_256=100
gpu_mem_512=128

VLC reports codec as H264 - MPEG-4 - AVC (Part 10) (avc1) and plays fine.

Any suggestions or debug info I can provide?

Have you tried setting the GPU ram to 128?

build: #0220

For few weeks I have an issue with HDMI:
Every time I cold start RPi/Gotham, it doesn't switch on my AVR any more and there is no sound at all. I have to change the video resolution to activate it, then I get sound.
Setup for CEC is to switch on/off the AVR and when I switch off RPi it switch off the AVR.

What could be the issue?
Which log do you want to investigate?

Edit: You could look at this log here from my post #3077
You could notice;
- After switching on Pi I tried to play one file but I had no sound at all. I had to change the video resolution from 720 to 1050 and sound want back. This occur always when I start the device. I didn't post about that so far. (if you can read why this issue could be good)

(2014-02-22, 13:20)MrNice Wrote: [ -> ]build: #0220

For few weeks I have an issue with HDMI:
Every time I cold start RPi/Gotham, it doesn't switch on my AVR any more and there is no sound at all. I have to change the video resolution to activate it, then I get sound.
Setup for CEC is to switch on/off the AVR and when I switch off RPi it switch off the AVR.

What could be the issue?
Which log do you want to investigate?

Edit: You could look at this log here from my post #3077
You could notice;
- After switching on Pi I tried to play one file but I had no sound at all. I had to change the video resolution from 720 to 1050 and sound want back. This occur always when I start the device. I didn't post about that so far. (if you can read why this issue could be good)

Is 1680x1050 the native resolution of display? What do:
report? (after booting, before changing resolution).

Can you add config_hdmi_boost=4 to config.txt? If that fails try 7.

Yes native resolution is 1680

I'll report the result of changing config.txt ASAP

(2014-02-22, 11:42)xbs08 Wrote: [ -> ]Have you tried setting the GPU ram to 128?

Hi, thanks, this seemed to work. I will try swapping back and forth to confirm this is definitely the issue.

(2014-02-22, 01:54)MilhouseVH Wrote: [ -> ]New OpenELEC Gotham build: #0221
(Supercedes previous build)

Builds 220/221 throw XBMC into a reboot loop after boot. Build 219 works correctly. xbmc.log from 221

(2014-02-22, 13:51)popcornmix Wrote: [ -> ]Can you add config_hdmi_boost=4 to config.txt? If that fails try 7.

Both values 4 and 7 don't fix the issue.
I just now tried Openelec 3.2.4, there is no issue with switch on/off AVR at start/stop but sound has the same issue, not playing until resolution change.

@MilhouseVH - about the "total duration". IMO it could be dropped for main/root nodes of the library in general - I don't see the real value of it. IMO this info only makes sense for things like albums to see the total play time of that album, but why would I need that info in the library main node, just to see that the total play time is X weeks/months/years? So maybe there would be a way to only show this info on relevant places (playlists, albums, ...) but be dropped for things that show the entire library

(2014-02-22, 15:51)MrNice Wrote: [ -> ]

(2014-02-22, 13:51)popcornmix Wrote: [ -> ]Can you add config_hdmi_boost=4 to config.txt? If that fails try 7.

Both values 4 and 7 don't fix the issue.
I just now tried Openelec 3.2.4, there is no issue with switch on/off AVR at start/stop but sound has the same issue, not playing until resolution change.

Can you try adding hdmi_drive=2 to config.txt.

@da-anda: That sounds perfectly reasonable to me, and a fine suggestion.

If anyone still wants to know the total duration of their movies, sets, tvshows, songs etc. perhaps this could be added to a new "library stats" panel in System Information.

(2014-02-22, 18:43)popcornmix Wrote: [ -> ]Can you try adding hdmi_drive=2 to config.txt.

Revoved config_hdmi_boost added hdmi_drive=2
Nothing better