OS X XBMC 12.3 barely plays video after long idle
#1
I'm on a 2012 Mac Mini (Mavericks) with XBMC 12.3. The mini is always running with XBMC open and after it's been idling for several hours and I then try to play a video, it's incredibly choppy. Choppy isn't even the right word, it plays videos at like 1 frame a sec...so not even watchable. I'm not sure what is causing this...the rest of the machine is running normally. The only way to get XBMC to play videos properly again after a long idle is to restart the app.

Any ideas how I can stop this from happening?

Thanks.
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#2
debug log (wiki)
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#3
Here's the log file: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=108129

(...but, should I have waited until the video playback problem happens again to generate the log?)
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#4
Yes i need the log when the problem appears of course.
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#5
Ok I will keep debug on and running until it happens again then get you the log. Thanks.
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#6
I was able to recreate the issue after having XBMC idle for about 15-20 hours or so. Here is the log I just uploaded: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=108826
I realize Step 3 of the log file instructions says to restart XBMC, but if I did that, the problem would not persist. So I was not able to restart before uploading this log file Sad
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#7
There happens something with the audio device after that time. Do you know if this also happens with current nightly version or maybe is only an issue on frodo?
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#8
It's interesting you mentioned the audio device. Because if I select 5.1 and HDMI, movies will barely play, just like after idling. In order to get that to work, I need to set the output to Analog and 2.0 (instead of 5.1...even though I have 5.1 support)

Haven't tried the nightly...where would I get that?
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#9
(2014-01-12, 00:01)Memphiz Wrote: There happens something with the audio device after that time. Do you know if this also happens with current nightly version or maybe is only an issue on frodo?

As I posted in another thread, the latest nightly build cures this problem.
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#10
(2014-01-12, 19:25)adro21 Wrote: It's interesting you mentioned the audio device. Because if I select 5.1 and HDMI, movies will barely play, just like after idling. In order to get that to work, I need to set the output to Analog and 2.0 (instead of 5.1...even though I have 5.1 support)

Haven't tried the nightly...where would I get that?

http://xbmc.org/download/
See the nightly builds section near the bottom of the page.
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#11
@adro21 5.1 is the wrong setting. Set it to 2.0 and enable the passthrough options . and disable lpcm. 5.1 is only needed in special cases (and is not working very well on osx).
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#12
thanks...I've never used the nightly builds before. Assuming it fixes this particular issue, are the nightly builds stable enough for everyday use?
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#13
more or less
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#14
(2014-01-13, 00:07)Memphiz Wrote: @adro21 5.1 is the wrong setting. Set it to 2.0 and enable the passthrough options . and disable lpcm. 5.1 is only needed in special cases (and is not working very well on osx).

Thanks for the tip. Should I change from Analog to HDMI as well?
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#15
If you have an hdmi connection - yes.
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