Ubuntu 11.10 XBMC crashes on video playback

Gekkegast · 2012-03-28 19:41

Hello Guys,

It's the first time I installed XBMC on a Linux Platform (never had any issues with windows). Now when I try to play some movies XBMC just crashes and it returns me to the desktop. Im running the XBMC 11.0 Eden final release.

System Specs:
Mob: Asrock E350M1/USB3.0
Ram: 4GB
HDD: 1TB

Here's a crashlog from one of the crashes:
http://pastebin.com/6jTpkZ7k

I hope somebody can help me, or knows a solution for the problem.
Thanks in advance!
Jordi

cank · 2012-03-28 20:07

+1
Seems to be Eden 11.0 issue. Not heard of any real fix yet. Might be an audio issue?

digitalb0y · 2012-03-28 21:35

Mine's crashing too. It was fine on RC2 but nothing I've tried to play works so far since updating to the final release yesterday. I posted about it here:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126949

Interestingly, our crash logs don't have a lot of errors in common...

**bobo1on1** · 2012-03-28 22:18

The crash seems to be related to vaapi.

cank · 2012-03-29 03:10

Is it being looked into?

KiMs76 · 2012-03-29 10:19

Seems like the same problem as in http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126485, but unfortunately no one seems can find fix for it.

Gekkegast · 2012-03-29 13:39

(2012-03-28 22:18)bobo1on1 Wrote: The crash seems to be related to vaapi.

Any idea that could fix the problem? somethings I can try? Or should I just wait for a solution (Or newer version of XBMC) is released?

Anastrophe · 2012-03-29 13:53

I had this when I tried to sort out my surround sound not working - did a re-install and it was fine.

**bobo1on1** · 2012-03-29 16:14

(2012-03-29 13:39)Gekkegast Wrote:
(2012-03-28 22:18)bobo1on1 Wrote: The crash seems to be related to vaapi.

Any idea that could fix the problem? somethings I can try? Or should I just wait for a solution (Or newer version of XBMC) is released?

You can turn off vaapi decoding in the XBMC playback settings, but then you won't get any gpu video decoding either.

digitalb0y · 2012-03-30 06:26

(2012-03-29 13:53)Anastrophe Wrote: I had this when I tried to sort out my surround sound not working - did a re-install and it was fine.

A full reinstall? I've done an apt-get remove xbmc and apt-get install xbmc. It didn't seem to help in my case, though as noted, my error messages were different from the OP.

EDIT: mine seems to have been caused by my own tinkering with trying to get 5.1 working over HDMI as well. I had it dialed in and the upgrade broke it, but I noticed this when I ran aplay -L:

Code:

$ aplay -L

ALSA lib conf.c:1219:(parse_def) default is not a compound

ALSA lib conf.c:1685:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:17:13:Invalid argument

ALSA lib conf.c:3467:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/xbmc/.asoundrc may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it

ALSA lib conf.c:3326:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument

ALSA lib conf.c:3713:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration

I deleted .asoundrc and everything works fine now, no crashes on playback and I still have 5.1 sound without a custom .asoundrc file.

cank Junior Member Posts: 46 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-28 20:07 Post: #2 +1 Seems to be Eden 11.0 issue. Not heard of any real fix yet. Might be an audio issue?
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digitalb0y Member Posts: 97 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 1 Location: denver.co	2012-03-28 21:35 Post: #3 Mine's crashing too. It was fine on RC2 but nothing I've tried to play works so far since updating to the final release yesterday. I posted about it here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126949 Interestingly, our crash logs don't have a lot of errors in common...
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bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,752 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 20	2012-03-28 22:18 Post: #4 The crash seems to be related to vaapi.
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cank Junior Member Posts: 46 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-29 03:10 Post: #5 Is it being looked into?
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KiMs76 Junior Member Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-29 10:19 Post: #6 Seems like the same problem as in http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126485, but unfortunately no one seems can find fix for it.
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Gekkegast Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-29 13:39 Post: #7 (2012-03-28 22:18)bobo1on1 Wrote: The crash seems to be related to vaapi. Any idea that could fix the problem? somethings I can try? Or should I just wait for a solution (Or newer version of XBMC) is released? (This post was last modified: 2012-03-29 13:39 by Gekkegast.)
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Anastrophe Member+ Posts: 236 Joined: Mar 2004 Reputation: 0 Location: Dubai, UAE	2012-03-29 13:53 Post: #8 I had this when I tried to sort out my surround sound not working - did a re-install and it was fine.
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bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,752 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 20	2012-03-29 16:14 Post: #9 (2012-03-29 13:39)Gekkegast Wrote: (2012-03-28 22:18)bobo1on1 Wrote: The crash seems to be related to vaapi. Any idea that could fix the problem? somethings I can try? Or should I just wait for a solution (Or newer version of XBMC) is released? You can turn off vaapi decoding in the XBMC playback settings, but then you won't get any gpu video decoding either.
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