How to Install XBMC PVR Xvba for AMD/Nvidia/Intel GPUs

**fritsch** · 2012-05-02 21:47

Okay. Heard many times about releases greater than 12.1 bring such high loads. Could never reproduce that myself. You could file a bug at the inofficial bugtracker (http://ati.cchtml.com). I hope someones reads these bugs at all :-(

wsnipex had the same problem some time ago. He fixed it with purging the old fglrx installation and installing catalyst 12.4 from scratch iirc.

weemaaan · 2012-05-02 22:29

Thanks wsnipex & fritsch got it sorted. The only problem now is that both shutdown and restart options will only exit xbmc.

**fritsch** · 2012-05-02 22:37

@weemaaan
create the file /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pkla
with the following content:

Code:

[Actions for xbmc user]

Identity=unix-user:xbmc

Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesk​top.udisks.*

ResultAny=yes

ResultInactive=yes

ResultActive=yes

And to make it complete, if you want to mount and umount usb sticks, that are connected during a xbmc sessions
do:

Code:

sudo adduser xbmc users

and create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules

Code:

# Start at sdb to avoid system harddrive. 

KERNEL!="sd[b-z][0-9]", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"

# Import FS infos

IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"

# Get a label if present, otherwise specify one

ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}"

ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k"

# Global mount options

ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"

# Filesystem-specific mount options

ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002"

# Mount the device

ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k /media/%E{dir_name}"

# Clean up after removal

ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/rmdir /media/%E{dir_name}"

# Exit

LABEL="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"

Now Reboot.

Shutdown, logout, suspend, etc. should be fine afterwards. Also mounting and umount of usb drives should now be possible.

@wsnipex:
Perhaps we should add this into the howto? As the polkit console commands are not there anymore?

weemaaan · 2012-05-02 23:34

Fritsch, still the same but now on start up xbmc will load then quit and load up again. I think I will try with a fresh install tomorrow and see if that will iron out any kinks.

**fritsch** · 2012-05-03 08:31

@weemaaan
Yeah, it really sucks that the only part, that can go wrong is the catalyst installation :-). Btw. does Shutdown and Usb-Stick mount work with the above files?

**wsnipex** · 2012-05-03 13:10

added the polkit stuff to the howto. Tried to add the udev rules too, but that would make the post >10000 chars, which is the max Confused

Instead I put a link to the post here,

weemaaan · 2012-05-04 22:14

@fritsch, just did a fresh install following the guide inc your new additions and it's working fine now. Thanks

Jan0sh · 2012-05-05 00:25

Hi there!
for anyone who had updated from 11.10 to lts via do-releasupgrade
make sure u readd the right ppa from wsnipex.
and do an apt-get updated && apt-get upgrade

to make sure u install the RIGHT xvba reade XBMC

12.04 seem to have an own XBMC in their repos which will force an installation of it within the update process.
So U have to reinstall th xvba ppa.

after that the cpu is down @ 25% as bevor in 11.10 ubuntu

the high cpu utilization befor ist a result of the use of non pached XBMC

greetz from germany

jkutya · 2012-05-07 20:48

My older system was ASrock ION 330 - and SAMSUNG 46B6000 TV. I used XBMC live - VDPAU with studio level conversion (RGB low), and HDMI black level "low" on the TV - and everything was fine.
But now I switched to ASrock E350 Brazos system with VAAPI - and seems, the studio level RGB conversion didn't works - HDMI low level is grayed out on TV.
There is no RGB "low" . That meens, there is no real black.
My question is: Is it the same for all of E350 users - and is there any solution?
Sorry for my english - greetings from Hungary

**wsnipex** · 2012-05-07 22:48

Afaik Vdpau studio level is a reduced colorspace(16-235)

ati supports various color levels. At least: RGB 4:4:4, 4:2:2 and YcbCr 4:4:4 and 4:2:2
it can be changed in amdccle and maybe also via aticonfig.
YcbCr 4:4:4 might be what you want.

But a lot of TVs support full RGB(often called PC mode) or even Yuv. If not, adjust brightness and saturation.

weemaaan Junior Member Posts: 16 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-02 22:29 Post: #632 Thanks wsnipex & fritsch got it sorted. The only problem now is that both shutdown and restart options will only exit xbmc.
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weemaaan Junior Member Posts: 16 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-02 23:34 Post: #634 Fritsch, still the same but now on start up xbmc will load then quit and load up again. I think I will try with a fresh install tomorrow and see if that will iron out any kinks.
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fritsch Team-XBMC Member Posts: 1,401 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 40 Location: Karlsruhe	2012-05-03 08:31 Post: #635 @weemaaan Yeah, it really sucks that the only part, that can go wrong is the catalyst installation :-). Btw. does Shutdown and Usb-Stick mount work with the above files?
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wsnipex Team-XBMC packaging monkey Posts: 1,906 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 51	2012-05-03 13:10 Post: #636 added the polkit stuff to the howto. Tried to add the udev rules too, but that would make the post >10000 chars, which is the max Instead I put a link to the post here, XBMC Xvba PPA -- Team XBMC nightly PPA -- Frodo linux FAQ -- DEBUG log
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weemaaan Junior Member Posts: 16 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-04 22:14 Post: #637 @fritsch, just did a fresh install following the guide inc your new additions and it's working fine now. Thanks
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