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- DN38416 - 2011-04-06
Has anyone confirmed whether AC3 and DTS works on firmware 4.3 and 4.3.1?
Everyone keeps saying audio works great with the seas0npass jailbreak... but it's unclear whether they mean it's FULLY working without issue (including AC3 and DTS)... or if they just mean they're not getting the "failed to initialize audio" error.
- gazoo93 - 2011-04-06
DN38416 Wrote:Has anyone confirmed whether AC3 and DTS works on firmware 4.3 and 4.3.1?
Everyone keeps saying audio works great with the seas0npass jailbreak... but it's unclear whether they mean it's FULLY working without issue (including AC3 and DTS)... or if they just mean they're not getting the "failed to initialize audio" error.
DTS works, AC3 doesn't (at least not for anyone who's posted in the nightly thread, and me
) You can turn off AC3 out and it will work in the sense that you get downmixed sound, but not an AC3 stream. But this is all on nightly builds, so it could change....
- Memphiz - 2011-04-06
Is there something in the logs when AC3 doesn't work?
- izibizi - 2011-04-06
i confirm that AC3 and other digital formats dont work.
- Eliah - 2011-04-06
izibizi Wrote:i confirm that AC3 and other digital formats dont work.
Yes, we know that now. But what does the log say?
- izibizi - 2011-04-06
where do i see the log for that?
- Memphiz - 2011-04-06
for logs please follow this:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92480
- dtviewer - 2011-04-06
Just to throw another issue out there so people are aware before jumping into 4.3 with the new nightlies:
Add-ons will not even launch. Tried multiple add-ons.
Heres the pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/pVDz9p4r
Add-ons work fine using the last official build.
Edit:
HenrikDK posted this:
'2. This seems like an xbmc build problem, the python interpreter is basically complaining that its missing the "BeautifulSoup" library, which is needed, i suggest escalating this issue with Team XBMC.'
- ldi9999 - 2011-04-06
I can confirm that XBMC nightly ON 4.3.1 is very unstable. I tried it last night. It had multiple problems. It even exits back to APT main menu a few times while I was navigating inside XBMC. Video playback on 702p Xvid stutters a lot. Actually this was the main reason I did the upgrade, because 4.2.1 version stutters.
Seems to work... - User 75654 - 2011-04-06
I restored my Apple TV to default 4.3 through iTunes and saved the SHSH blobs with Tiny Umbrella in case something went wrong. I did the untethered jailbreak with seas0npass, installed XBMC nightly, Nito TV and updatebegone via apt-get.
SMB is streaming fine at 720p from my Debian server in the basement via powerline ethernet. I browsed for the SMB shares to add them to XBMC. I watched a full episode of Come Fly With Me with no buffering or stuttering. Add-ons are also working... I watched a short episode of Geekbeat TV in HD on Revision3 via the add-on just to make sure.
Audio is working fine, but I'm just using HDMI plugged right into the TV for now.
Overall I'm pretty happy with the whole thing so far and thanks to XBMC for letting me replace my big HTPC with a tiny box. I just added this as there may not be as many issues with the nightly and the jailbreak as people may think reading this post.
- ldi9999 - 2011-04-06
mingolo Wrote:Ok, couldn't stop myself and did a complete walkthrough that provides:
- A) a unthethered jailbreak
- B) working XBMC, with audio and smb
1) Jailbreak your AppleTV with Seas0nPass according to the following jailbreak:
http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605
2) Log into you AppleTV via ssh:
$ ssh root@<your ATV2 IP address>
root@<your ATV2 IP address>'s password: ''enter your password here, it should be "alpine" if you haven't changed it''
3) Add the missing repository and make update on the AppleTV:
$ echo "deb http://apt.saurik.com/ tangelo-3.7 main">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/saurik.list
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get -f install
4) Install the latest nightly build from xbmc:
a - $ wget http://hadm.net/~keith/xbmc_atv2/latest_atv2.deb
(then hit enter and wait until its done)
b - $ dpkg -i xbmc_atv2/latest_atv2.deb
(then hit enter and wait until its done)
5) Just to make sure that all dependencies have been installed properly:
$ apt-get -f install
6) Change your root password because the default password is no secret
$ passwd
<new password>
<new password>
7) close the ssh connection and enjoy XBMC on your AppleTV
I installed XBMC already which has lot of issues. I'm thinking of reinstalling it without jailbreaking. Will it work just by doing step 3, 4 & 5? i.e. Will those steps overwrite all pre-installed stuff? Thanks.
- johnviz - 2011-04-06
I agree with you. My only gripe about the latest Nightly is that they screwed up how Scrapers work and even removed the option from the settings menu. Other than that everything is working the way it should be working.
Viz
- Memphiz - 2011-04-06
For knowing if seas0npass jb also has issues is there someone who did a tethered jb with the "old" seas0npass tool on 4.3?!? For me the untethered works beside tha static on ac3 and dts passthrough *damn* ... would be nice to know if this is also an issue on the tethered jb (can't do it right now ... no time)
- pretsam - 2011-04-06
Memphiz Wrote:For knowing if seas0npass jb also has issues is there someone who did a tethered jb with the "old" seas0npass tool on 4.3?!? For me the untethered works beside tha static on ac3 and dts passthrough *damn* ... would be nice to know if this is also an issue on the tethered jb (can't do it right now ... no time)
I did a tethered jb with seas0npass on 4.3 I haven't had any issues with static on dts or ac3 cept stuttering probs on on video playback on 720p xvid and some mkv. I am on the untethered of seas0npass and haven't noticed any static, is it constant or just happen here an there?
- pretsam - 2011-04-06
ldi9999 Wrote:I can confirm that XBMC nightly ON 4.3.1 is very unstable. I tried it last night. It had multiple problems. It even exits back to APT main menu a few times while I was navigating inside XBMC. Video playback on 702p Xvid stutters a lot. Actually this was the main reason I did the upgrade, because 4.2.1 version stutters.
I have the same issue with a 720p xvid that I've tried to get to work. It will play for a min then start stuttering so bad with no sound. It's also happened on some MKV movies as well depending on type of AR i think. Sometimes will happen from FFWDing or Pausing.