I am having some issue with buffering on certain 1080p videos. My system is pretty strong for running XBMC 13.2
(Xeon E3-1230, 8Gb RAM, SSD, Linux Mint XFCE, Nvidia 640GT).
I have enclosed an excerpt from the log file and struggling to find where the problem. I have tried clearing caches but I dont think that is the problem.
http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=irhSrg6H
Any Advice?
My apologies, I have followed your advice.
I enabled debugging and replicated the issue. The pastebin log file includes the entire log file without any omissions. The event occurred at 18:50 right at the bottom.
http://pastebin.com/L2HBrWEP
Is that file on a network somewhere? Or local drive?
Audioconfig is wrong. Pulseaudio gets enumerated but alsa sink is used. Is this an old Frodo guisettings.xml?
All the files are stored locally and none on network drives.
I think Fritsch you may be onto something. I migrated my system from Frodo to Gotham. How do I go about fixing this problem?
try this first, while xbmc is stopped:
mv ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml.old
if you still have issue, try a fresh userdata folder
mv ~/.xbmc ~/.xbmc.bak
So I gave both options a shot but ran into the same problem.
Audio on my system stopped working and couldnt configure it properly.
I use SPDIF as my audio source for my system and I need to sit down and work through it. Does anyone know a good FAQ or resource on dealing with SPDIF and XBMC?
Just set the spdif device as the audio device, and as the passthrough device.
I have an issue that when I remove the xbmc settings the sound stops working and there does not appear to be any option for passthrough device or spdif.
Please see the xbmc wiki for pulseaudio and config the spdif device accordingly.
Managed to figure it out and get sound working again.
The issue still persists however. Any advice on where to look now? The buffering happened at 19:34
http://pastebin.com/p64smnQ6
Problem solved.
The issue was a hard drive related. I got suspicious when some 480p files started doing the same thing. Ran MemTest and got no errors and then started scanning the hard drive where the video came from. Failed SMART tests. Moved data to a new drive and the problem went away.