Xbmc freezes lock-ups when starting videos

hernandito · 2012-04-23 03:28

Please I am having the same issue on my Acer Revo Aspire 1600... anybody have an idea what could be done about this? I would hate to have to downgrade my 2 HTPCs after all it took to get them on Eden.

Thanks,

H.

alexvanniel · 2012-04-23 09:03

Has anyone tried to upgrade to 12.04 (beta) yet to see if that fixes the issue? If not, I think I will try and do this as soon as I get some time free... been swamped with work at the moment.

mikeboss · 2012-04-23 10:15

I am having the exactly same issues with eden! downgraded yesterday to 10.1 and everything's fine again...

Michiel · 2012-04-23 14:07

(2012-04-23 10:15)mikeboss Wrote: I am having the exactly same issues with eden! downgraded yesterday to 10.1 and everything's fine again...

@MikeBoss: Did u by any chance downgrade your XBMCBuntu XBMC to 10.1? If so, can u post a guide?

Im having the same problems on a Intel P4 system with a nVidia G210, disabling VDPAU fixes the isseu but brings big lag deu to my slow CPU. Also never had these problems with XBMC Live on version 10.1

Started debugging with nVidia driver 280 and upgraded to 290.40, had no effect on the VDPAU problems.

ubiq · 2012-04-23 19:16

I'm having this exact same problem :/ And like said before, disabling VDPAU seems to fix it. Sadly it is not really an option.

crutzi · 2012-04-23 19:30

I can confirm, no freezes when VDPAU is disabled.

Running XBMC standalone, or using Unity-2D don't prevent freezes, it just takes longer.
Also, freezes happen more often, when WindowXML objects are shown.

Maybe XBMC (Eden) has resource issue when initializing VDPAU?

**FernetMenta** · 2012-04-23 20:49

It looked like we have fixed those kind of issues during beta but maybe not. In the meantime I have rewritten vdpau. If someone knows how to compile from source I would be interested whether it fixes this issue. Here is the repo:
https://github.com/FernetMenta/xbmc

Edu115 · 2012-04-23 22:14

I'm also having this issue and disabling VDPAU is also not an option.
It seems to be pretty random, so I have no idea what's going on...
I have a NVidia 9600M GT by the way.

crutzi · 2012-04-23 23:24

Updated Ubuntu to 12.04-pre - no more freezes up to now, but will continue testing...

hernandito · 2012-04-24 04:33

(2012-04-23 23:24)crutzi Wrote: Updated Ubuntu to 12.04-pre - no more freezes up to now, but will continue testing...

How did you upgrade? I have XBMCbuntu... can that be upgraded to 12.04?

Thanks,

H.

hernandito Senior Member Posts: 281 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 03:28 Post: #41 Please I am having the same issue on my Acer Revo Aspire 1600... anybody have an idea what could be done about this? I would hate to have to downgrade my 2 HTPCs after all it took to get them on Eden. Thanks, H. (This post was last modified: 2012-04-23 03:48 by hernandito.)
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alexvanniel Junior Member Posts: 11 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 09:03 Post: #42 Has anyone tried to upgrade to 12.04 (beta) yet to see if that fixes the issue? If not, I think I will try and do this as soon as I get some time free... been swamped with work at the moment. (This post was last modified: 2012-04-23 09:06 by alexvanniel.)
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mikeboss Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 10:15 Post: #43 I am having the exactly same issues with eden! downgraded yesterday to 10.1 and everything's fine again...
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ubiq Junior Member Posts: 37 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 19:16 Post: #45 I'm having this exact same problem :/ And like said before, disabling VDPAU seems to fix it. Sadly it is not really an option.
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crutzi Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 19:30 Post: #46 I can confirm, no freezes when VDPAU is disabled. Running XBMC standalone, or using Unity-2D don't prevent freezes, it just takes longer. Also, freezes happen more often, when WindowXML objects are shown. Maybe XBMC (Eden) has resource issue when initializing VDPAU?
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FernetMenta Team-XBMC Member Posts: 1,622 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 34 Location: Munich	2012-04-23 20:49 Post: #47 It looked like we have fixed those kind of issues during beta but maybe not. In the meantime I have rewritten vdpau. If someone knows how to compile from source I would be interested whether it fixes this issue. Here is the repo: https://github.com/FernetMenta/xbmc
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Edu115 Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 22:14 Post: #48 I'm also having this issue and disabling VDPAU is also not an option. It seems to be pretty random, so I have no idea what's going on... I have a NVidia 9600M GT by the way.
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crutzi Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-23 23:24 Post: #49 Updated Ubuntu to 12.04-pre - no more freezes up to now, but will continue testing...
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hernandito Senior Member Posts: 281 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-04-24 04:33 Post: #50 (2012-04-23 23:24)crutzi Wrote: Updated Ubuntu to 12.04-pre - no more freezes up to now, but will continue testing... How did you upgrade? I have XBMCbuntu... can that be upgraded to 12.04? Thanks, H.
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