nc88keyz Wrote:On Pin's image of xbmc live for ATV, how can I resize the usb stick to accomodate my 8GB microsd card. In system info / xbmc it shows like 1.4GB Free. I just copied my library and thumbs over and I am now out of room.

Can this be done from command console or am i gonna have to do it in ubuntu or something with gparted.

Raider Wrote:I finally took the plung and jumped into this atv-linux thing and i'm getting the same starting-x over and over myself...
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ideas?

defiler Wrote:As Davilla says, you'll need to provide the syslog and the xorg log too. I don't see anything awry in the dmesg, personally. I'd go back to the fresh USB image, change the details for component (because I updated my XBMC and got the "starting x" again and again because I screwed it up), and leave it at 720P. I know that works for me, and that gives you an easier target to get running.

I seem to recall someone saying 1080p won't work on component - only 1080i. That might be it, but I don't remember who said it or when.

defiler Wrote:The syslog is in /var/log - don't have my ATV on so I can't check the filename in Ubuntu, but it'll be einter "syslog" or "messages". The system logs should end up in that folder, so have a look for xorg in there too.

lixer Wrote:@davilla

My XBMC crashed the other day trying to play an avi file.

Here is crash report: Crashlog

Quote:19:45:40 T:2274790288 M: 74100736 DEBUG: DoWork - trying to extract thumb from video file ftp://xbox:desixbox@soorma:21/movies/punjabi/Songs/Truskool - Hai Meri Maa.avi
19:45:40 T:2274790288 M: 74100736 DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(0xaaa2e668) ftp://xbox:desixbox@soorma:21/movies/punjabi/Songs/Truskool%20%2d%20Hai%20Meri%20Maa%2eavi

davilla Wrote:Looks like a crash trying to extract a Thumb from Truskool - Hai Meri Maa.avi. There's no backtrace to show where it crashed in the code. It this repeatable ?

nc88keyz Wrote:Davilla,

I am using Pins image and finally got xbmc to update to svn.

I would like to achieve just a few things.

1.expand the usb image to an 8GB microsd, Im out of room with my library and thumbs on the stock image, Can this be done from the ATV or do i have to have ubuntu install somewhere and used g-parted or parted or something. If so some guidance would be great here, Hopefully I wont break it

2. Check to see what version of crystalhd i am using. There is still quite a bit of lag starting up the video file. Arent there some linux commnds to do this with. Right now i just see basic info. I want to make sure i dont have a mismatch on firmware, driver etc.

3. I think you mentioned something about changing the swap file to 1GB is some other threads. Since the ATV has 256MB i think this is a wise choice as well.

4. I guess my final wishlist item would be how to remove the underclock on the cpu and get it back up to 1Ghz vs 600 and throttling. It seems a lot has to happen to jumpstart playback although gui is responsive etc.

I just know enough to be dangerous i suppose. Everytime i learn something i make a cheatsheat how to repeat it. Its been 2 years probably since i messed around with xbmc-live.

lixer Wrote:No It doesn't crash anymore!

lixer Wrote:There are are quite a few badly encoded files in that directory that XBMC struggles to play.

Here is the MediaInfo from one the files. Also here is the xbmc log

Both VLC and WMP 11 exhibit the same behavior when trying to play the file.

davilla Wrote:Sounds like typical avi's. I do see signs of pulseaudio, kill it. causes nothing but problems for me. "pulseaudio -k" or search for how to totally remove it.

defiler Wrote:It needs to be done inside Ubuntu. It's a mess. You have to take a note of your partition table (in bytes or sectors), erase it, and then recreate it. That overcomes a clash between a bug in parted and the drive size mismatch.