Video Starts, but XBMC Freezes and only Audio Plays

Death-Axe · 2012-06-19 22:49

If all you guys are running nox, go to your addons folder and delete the random items scripts. For some reason phill has decided to add a bunch of useless scripts that xbmc doesn't like.

Nox 2.0 is more stable, you could also roll back to that version.

hickin · 2012-06-26 14:07

I have some extra information on the subject now.

Today I started XBMC, and started a episode of Dexter when the situation we are discussing happened BUT I left the computer running figuring I had to fix some other stuff first and after like 5-10 minutes the computer unfroze. Meaning the episode started to play as it was supposed to do.

billygoat32 · 2012-07-03 03:58

What information can I share/post that would help troubleshoot this issue? Seems to happen over NFS or Samba (cifs), I've iperf'd my network connection and get 984Mbs so I think I'm good there.

warrior · 2012-07-12 19:30

Hello,

i have the same problem with xbmcbuntu. I would be happy for suggestions on how to solve it and document the results here.

Regards
Sebastian

LastCoder · 2012-07-17 22:54

Hi,

finally I kicked my NVidia GT430 out of the machine .. especially to much power for video/music and tv viewing .. by then the system run Xubuntu 11.10 (sucked) with NVidia's own linux drivers (not nouveau) .. now it's an Ubuntu 12.04 Server and I'm using the built-in Intel HD graphics (Celeron G530) with xserver-xorg-video-intel drivers .. to cut a long story short - problem disappeared .. so I guess: it's a NVidia-related problem ..

So long

LastCoder

warrior · 2012-07-17 23:39

there is already an extensive thread about it here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119855&page=4

billygoat32 · 2012-07-21 05:20

Switched from XBMCbuntu to http://openelec.tv/ latest beta and haven't had any issues for 2 weeks now *knock on wood*. Seems to be a better solution. Hope that helps someone else to be able to use XBMC how it was intended.

warrior · 2012-07-21 10:42

As to be read in the other thread its a problem with vdpau implementation of eden.
It apperently fixed in the development tree but not yet released as a stable version.

For me disableing vdpau solved the problem as i have a powerfull cpu in the xbmc machine. For atom users installing a nightly build coule solve the problem i guess.

The other thread above includes a linux xbmc developer so you might want to post detailed questions in there.

Regards

Six Demon Bag · 2012-10-07 06:45

I just started using XBMC, and it freezes up every time I try to play a video. My OS is Vista and I select the top download format option, which is HD mp4. Am I doing something wrong?

Death-Axe Fan Posts: 674 Joined: Feb 2007 Reputation: 4	2012-06-19 22:49 Post: #21 If all you guys are running nox, go to your addons folder and delete the random items scripts. For some reason phill has decided to add a bunch of useless scripts that xbmc doesn't like. Nox 2.0 is more stable, you could also roll back to that version. HTPC: Asrock 330BD, external USB storage, one for all remote/FLIRC, Logitech z906 surround system.
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hickin Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-26 14:07 Post: #22 I have some extra information on the subject now. Today I started XBMC, and started a episode of Dexter when the situation we are discussing happened BUT I left the computer running figuring I had to fix some other stuff first and after like 5-10 minutes the computer unfroze. Meaning the episode started to play as it was supposed to do.
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billygoat32 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: May 2006 Reputation: 0	2012-07-03 03:58 Post: #23 What information can I share/post that would help troubleshoot this issue? Seems to happen over NFS or Samba (cifs), I've iperf'd my network connection and get 984Mbs so I think I'm good there.
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warrior Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-07-12 19:30 Post: #24 Hello, i have the same problem with xbmcbuntu. I would be happy for suggestions on how to solve it and document the results here. Regards Sebastian
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warrior Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-07-17 23:39 Post: #26 there is already an extensive thread about it here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119855&page=4
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billygoat32 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: May 2006 Reputation: 0	2012-07-21 05:20 Post: #27 Switched from XBMCbuntu to http://openelec.tv/ latest beta and haven't had any issues for 2 weeks now knock on wood. Seems to be a better solution. Hope that helps someone else to be able to use XBMC how it was intended.
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Six Demon Bag Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Oct 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-10-07 06:45 Post: #29 I just started using XBMC, and it freezes up every time I try to play a video. My OS is Vista and I select the top download format option, which is HD mp4. Am I doing something wrong?
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