[LINUX] Apple TV Crystalbuntu (Ubuntu Linux and Crystal HD) Disk Image for Apple TV

Sam.Nazarko · 2010-08-15 10:55

Did you enter that DNS server manually or is it receiving it from the DHCP server.

defiler · 2010-08-15 12:11

Looks like he's connecting wirelessly if you ask me. Don't know about the wireless setup with these images (since you need to drop the wireless card to fit the video decoder hardware).

defiler · 2010-08-15 12:20

Oh, and for those desperate to update, SVN32789 is now on Launchpad. Turned up about an hour and a half ago. After I left my ATV compiling a slightly older one all night. Ho-hum. Them's the breaks, eh?

tooshna · 2010-08-15 12:32

Sam.Nazarko Wrote:Did you enter that DNS server manually or is it receiving it from the DHCP server.

I didn't enter it at all, so it must be receiving it somehow. And yes, i am wanting to connect wirelessly. The dharma build of xbmc works fine on the regular setup and connects to the net, not sure why this one doesnt...

defiler · 2010-08-15 15:00

I'm having trouble playing HD video in SVN32789 (not tried SD). I try to start the clip, and I get a pop through the speakers as the audio starts up, but nothing more.

Here's the xbmc.log. Just posting this just now as a heads-up in case anyone's going to rush into an upgrade. Make sure you keep the old .debs so you can roll back if necessary.

Davilla - if you're interested this is happening with that 1-minute clip of District 9.

My overnight build of 32781 works great on the same clip (no blocks either!), using the R145 CrystalHD lib/driver. It seems that the only thing 32781 needs (for me) is to clear that bug with the audio grinding the video to a halt on VC1. Of course it may be that there's something I've installed for that build that's causing trouble with this update. I can't rule that out. Maybe someone else can confirm SVN32789's usability?

Edit: Pastebin is back up, so my log's attached. Also it doesn't want to play a DVD rip of Ghostbusters. And who wouldn't want to play Ghostbusters?! It's not like it's Ghostbusters II!

Sam.Nazarko · 2010-08-15 18:55

tooshna Wrote:I didn't enter it at all, so it must be receiving it somehow. And yes, i am wanting to connect wirelessly. The dharma build of xbmc works fine on the regular setup and connects to the net, not sure why this one doesnt...

You're connecting wirelessly, you should have said so. I'll presume your using a separate adapter that is USB because you have replaced your internal 802.11n wireless card with the Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator. There are two things you can do to verify the problem is your wireless device:

1. Temporarily connect an ethernet wire and see if a connection is established.
2. Update your drivers or if you cannot find compatible Linux drivers, use ndiswrapper.

**davilla** · 2010-08-15 19:23

defiler Wrote:I'm having trouble playing HD video in SVN32789 (not tried SD). I try to start the clip, and I get a pop through the speakers as the audio starts up, but nothing more.

Here's the xbmc.log. Just posting this just now as a heads-up in case anyone's going to rush into an upgrade. Make sure you keep the old .debs so you can roll back if necessary.

Davilla - if you're interested this is happening with that 1-minute clip of District 9.

My overnight build of 32781 works great on the same clip (no blocks either!), using the R145 CrystalHD lib/driver. It seems that the only thing 32781 needs (for me) is to clear that bug with the audio grinding the video to a halt on VC1. Of course it may be that there's something I've installed for that build that's causing trouble with this update. I can't rule that out. Maybe someone else can confirm SVN32789's usability?

Edit: Pastebin is back up, so my log's attached. Also it doesn't want to play a DVD rip of Ghostbusters. And who wouldn't want to play Ghostbusters?! It's not like it's Ghostbusters II!

I don't see anything committed between 32781 and 32789 that could be causing this.

WARNING: PulseAudio: Does not support passthrough

did you configure without pulseaudio ( ./configure --disable-pulse ) ?

nc88keyz · 2010-08-15 22:46

Code:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.org.list'

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.org.list'

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 64234534 CEC06767

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libvdpau1

cd

mkdir 32789

cd 32789

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc-bin_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_i386.deb

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc-data_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_all.deb

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc-skin-confluence_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_all.deb

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc-standalone_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_all.deb

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc-web_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_all.deb

wget --no-check-certificate https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-svn/+archive/ppa/+files/xbmc_10.0~svn32789~deb1-1~0hardy1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i xbmc*

sudo reboot

I cant see the writing on the desktop but i see an exclaimation point, last time i messed with linux was with tivo scripts. Is it really this hard to update xbmc on these images to svn?

Any idea what went wrong here ?? Just trying to update to new xbmc svn. These same steps work a few builds back.

Isnt it time for a new xbmc image Smile

defiler · 2010-08-15 23:28

davilla Wrote:I don't see anything committed between 32781 and 32789 that could be causing this.

WARNING: PulseAudio: Does not support passthrough

did you configure without pulseaudio ( ./configure --disable-pulse ) ?

The only thing I configured for compiling was the destination folder. But my self-compiled 32781 is running fine.

32789 I just unpacked from the .deb files on ppa, so any build configuration is present on the official build. Checked the config quickly within xbmc, and tried to play files. Besides, surely pulseaudio is just stereo PCM? I don't know - guessing there. D9 is a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, so if I'm right that shouldn't be relevant.

Anyway, I can't rule out that it's something I've done that's being stupid. As a result, I'm not going to get stressed about it just now. If anyone else comes up with the same problem (if it's an issue that extends beyond me) I'll be happy to trawl through logs and provide what I can. In the meantime, I still had 32781 compiled in a folder. I've reinstalled that and it's running almost perfectly (just that jerkiness on the VC1 videos I mentioned before). Meanwhile I'm going to check the bug tracker and see if that's been worked out too.

For what it's worth, it was the proverbial piece of piss to compile XBMC - just a case of getting the specified libraries in place and entering a half-dozen commands. Excellent job by all concerned - I'm highly impressed!

liquidinsect · 2010-08-16 00:36

Since I wasn't getting much help here I figured this out with trial and error and decided to spell it out for anyone else wondering the same thing. Here is how I was able to write the image to a blank hard drive:

-Boot up your ATV with the image written to a USB stick first

-Log in via SSH and run:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda

-Once that is done reboot for the ATV to update the list of partitions

-Back in SSH run:
sudo fsck.hfsplus /dev/sda2
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo nano /mnt/com.apple.boot.plist

-Change the entry with /dev/sdb3 to /dev/sda3

-Remove the USB stick and reboot. You should be running completely off HDD now. If you have problems (like I did) try running dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda to blow away any partitions that may have been on the drive previous and start the whole process over. Good luck.

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defiler Senior Member Posts: 198 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-08-15 12:11 Post: #862 Looks like he's connecting wirelessly if you ask me. Don't know about the wireless setup with these images (since you need to drop the wireless card to fit the video decoder hardware).
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defiler Senior Member Posts: 198 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-08-15 12:20 Post: #863 Oh, and for those desperate to update, SVN32789 is now on Launchpad. Turned up about an hour and a half ago. After I left my ATV compiling a slightly older one all night. Ho-hum. Them's the breaks, eh?
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