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lleb · 2013-03-09, 19:30

I am using http://www.raspbmc.com/ on my Pi that is connected to my NFS server via my gigabit LAN. The Pi is then connected via HDMI directly to my TV. All of the regular movie files play fine without issues, but the .iso files just hang and sometimes ill get audio, but never video.

Now for comparison on my iMAC and my Mac Book (old black one) running the same vs of xmbc they have zero problems firing up and running the .iso files on my NFS server.

Is there something broke on the linux side, or do I need to enable some feature I'm not aware of?

Thanks in advance. If I did not post enough information please tell me what you want to post and if it is a configuration file were I might look for it on the Pi... I have noticed that many of the HOWTO guides out there point to files that are not to be found on the Pi.

rikardo1979 · 2013-03-09, 19:36

you have to buy MPEG2 licence from Raspberry Pi shop

lleb · 2013-03-09, 19:51

thanks for the fast response.

http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/

were is the location of the config.txt file? it is neither in the home directory nor roots

Code:
pi@raspbmc:~$ d

total 52

drwxr-xr-x 7 pi         pi         4096 Mar  8 20:32 ./

drwxr-xr-x 3 root       root       4096 Feb  8 09:31 ../

-rwxr--r-- 1 pi         pi         6148 Feb 20 08:24 .DS_Store*

-rw------- 1 pi         pi          649 Mar  7 22:11 .bash_history

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi         pi          220 Jan 11 00:34 .bash_logout

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi         pi         3504 Feb 15 18:09 .bashrc

---------- 1 root       root          0 Mar  8 20:32 .bootstatus

drwx------ 3 pi         pi         4096 Feb 16 11:29 .config/

-rw-r--r-- 1 root       root          0 Feb 15 17:46 .configureduser

-rw-r--r-- 1 root       root          0 Feb 15 17:04 .enable_swap

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi         pi            0 Feb 16 16:32 .noupgrades

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi         pi          713 Feb  8 09:45 .profile

drwx------ 2 pi         pi         4096 Feb 16 12:08 .ssh/

drwxr-xr-x 2 pi         pi         4096 Feb 15 17:56 .upgrade/

drwxr-xr-x 7 pi         pi         4096 Feb 15 17:49 .xbmc/

lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi         pi           13 Feb 15 17:09 .xbmc-current -> /opt/xbmc-bcm/

drwxr-xr-x 3 4294967294 4294967294 4096 Feb  2 09:38 NFS/

pi@raspbmc:~$ d /

total 65626

drwxr-xr-x 24 root root     4096 Feb 15 17:05 ./

drwxr-xr-x 24 root root     4096 Feb 15 17:05 ../

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:45 bin/

drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     1536 Dec 31  1969 boot/

drwxr-xr-x 12 root root     3060 Mar  8 20:32 dev/

drwxr-xr-x 87 root root     4096 Mar  8 20:32 etc/

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:31 home/

drwxr-xr-x 14 root root     4096 Feb  2 23:44 lib/

drwx------  2 root root    16384 Feb 15 15:34 lost+found/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:14 media/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Dec 26 00:12 mnt/

drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Feb 15 17:08 opt/

dr-xr-xr-x 85 root root        0 Dec 31  1969 proc/

drwx------  3 root root     4096 Feb 15 18:13 root/

drwxr-xr-x 19 root root      640 Mar  8 20:32 run/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:42 sbin/

drwxr-xr-x  6 root root     4096 Feb 15 17:08 scripts/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Jun 20  2012 selinux/

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:45 splash/

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4096 Feb  8 09:32 srv/

-rw-------  1 root root 67108864 Feb 15 17:05 swap

dr-xr-xr-x 12 root root        0 Dec 31  1969 sys/

drwxrwxrwt  8 root root     4096 Mar  9 13:03 tmp/

drwxr-xr-x 10 root root     4096 Nov 10 15:36 usr/

drwxr-xr-x 10 root root     4096 Dec 31  1969 var/

rikardo1979 · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-09, 20:02 by rikardo1979.)

/boot/config.txt

when you receive your licence you should receive the info how to do it Wink

lleb · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-09, 20:05 by lleb.)

perfect, again thank you for the fast reply. very helpful.

well id love to give you 2 thumbs up for the prompt and accurate replies, but i must be blind.

**popcornmix** · 2013-03-09, 20:25

raspbmc has a way of setting license keys from an xbmc plugin. Look for:
XBMC program settings - RASPBMC SETTINGS - add-on setings: "MPEG2 codec license"

lleb · 2013-03-09, 20:41

thank you.

realjobe · 2013-03-13, 18:48

but, still even with the licence, DVD .iso files play "poorly"...

lleb · 2013-03-14, 00:19

irealjobe is that due to the lack of power in the Pi, or something else?

the largest part of my issue is that my license is only half working and now the RPi store is no longer responding. Im getting near the end of my time to be willing to be polite about this situation.

If the license were free id not complain to much, but I paid for both the RPi and the License, i expect what I paid for to work, not be half broken. If its broken then it should still be free until it is fixed then they can think about charging for a WORKING product.

rikardo1979 · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-14, 00:43 by rikardo1979.)

please read here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1267950
Also it was newer meant to work so it is really amazing what it can do.
The best would be to convert your media to some better format,tbh iso or mpeg2 is rubbish and should be left behind Wink

edit: you may try what this folks works on,it may do some trick
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?pid...pid1361938

Edit 2: mpeg2 licences works 100% the issue is with what you trying to achieve an this have nothing to do with licence.is just a SW part what wasnt even planed to work in XBMC on RPi, so once again nothing to do with RPi Wink

An you better do some research Wink

lleb · 2013-03-14, 00:44

thank you.

lleb · 2013-03-14, 14:18

well turns out the entire time the problem was the Raspberry Pi Foundation flat out lied to me in their e-mails. Their instructions indicated that both the MPG2 and WVC1 codec would be enabled with my license keys they sent me. This today, 72hrs later, I have learned is not the case. So I have been without my media server for three days, I have been forced to install their horrid "official" OS with an antiquated broken installer left over from the 1990s, worse the MS DoS installer IMHO, to find out this entire time they have been lying to me about what I paid for.

The subject line from their first e-mail = "Your license keys" then they provide me with the following body fo the e-mail:

Quote:Thank you for purchasing codec license keys from the Raspberry Pi Store.To enable codecs on your device(s), add the following lines to the config.txt file in the FAT partition of your SD card:

decode_MPG2=0xxxxxxxx

If you want to verify that the codecs are now enabled, the following commands will report their status:

vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2
vcgencmd codec_enabled WVC1

Regards
The Raspberry Pi Foundation

again referring to plural keys, more then one, with instructions for more then one and this goes on for the next five e-mails over 72hrs. Then this morning they finally tell me I only have the key to ONE license and not the two they have been talking about since their first e-mail.

Sorry folks, but this is no way to keep customers. I hope no one here bothers wasting their time buying this codec, that oh btw their official forums are full of folks who have waited weeks on end to never receive their code at least I got mine, or gives them an other dime for their lies.

lleb · 2013-03-14, 14:44

FYI an update on the official raspberry Pi forums, I have been permanently banned for TELLING the truth about their support. So not only do they offer horrid CS/TS for their products, but they hide it when people speak the truth about their product and server.

Really good way to piss people off.

~~Ned Scott~~ · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-15, 15:31 by Ned Scott.)

So you bought one license, MPEG2, and because of a grammatical error in their e-mails, you thought you got the second one for free, and now you are upset to find out that you only got the one you paid for? It's clearly indicated on their store that you are buying one license at a time. The wording of the e-mail is likely just to be universal, so that you get easy instructions for one, the other, or both.

As far as wait time, I bought a new set of licenses myself just the other day for both MPEG2 and VC-1, on March 3rd 2013. I received the codes to enable them on March 4th 2013, otherwise known as "the next day".

Raspbian, the official OS, is an excellent OS. I use BerryBoot to switch between it, OpenELEC, Raspbmc, and Arch Linux. However, I don't know why you had to install Raspbian at any point in this processes.

They're also not a commercial company. They're a non-profit who are making these devices to spread affordable, hackable, devices to the community, primarily to educate students.

So really, you have nothing to bitch about.

rikardo1979 · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-15, 15:30 by rikardo1979.)

couldn't be said better Ned ; +1