Let me start by saying that all of the 9.11 Alpha / Beta live builds have worked great for me but I installed RC1 the day it came out and VDPAU was broken.
I don't believe its actually an XBMC issue but perhaps just an out-dated driver issue with this specific Live build (I am not a Linux expert by any means).
Anyhow I fixed my install by doing the following.
From XBMC GUI:
Close XBMC (Not shut down your PC -- this can also be done via. SSH and killing X).
Login at the command prompt.
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...3-pkg1.run
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1.run
Note: At the end of the Nvidia driver installation it will prompt you asking if you wish to modify your current X config -- it defults to no (leave it this way).
sudo reboot
VDPAU is now working great in RC1.
pfriederichs
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2009-12-19 15:27
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parker
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2009-12-19 17:12
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I followed your steps for installing the new NVIDIA driver but still wasn't getting video playback in XBMC.
I noticed this message in my xbmc.log: Quote:09:55:12 T:2916178800 M:2984087552 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer I guess the NVIDIA install process changed the permissions on that file and made it unreadable by the 'xbmc' user, so I ran: Code: sudo chmod 644 /usr/lib/xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/avformat-52-i486-linux.soThat fixed the file permission error, but my XBMC now hangs every time I try to play a video. These are the last lines written to xbmc.log: Quote:10:02:01 T:3078641552 M:2968289280 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /mnt/storage/Movies/Angels.mkv Did I miss something? Here's my full xbmc.log. |
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johnodon
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2009-12-19 17:19
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I am going to try this now as I am having video probs that I did not have in b1 or b2.
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madcat
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2009-12-19 17:25
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This method works but make sure you get the correct package!
For those who uses 64 bits ubuntu version, you will need NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run package |
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johnodon
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2009-12-19 17:37
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Worked perfectly!
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johnodon
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2009-12-19 17:56
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madcat Wrote:This method works but make sure you get the correct package! Is it safe to assume that Live RC1 uses 32-bit? I installed the 32-bit Nvidia driver and it seems to be working fine. But if I would gain any advantage by using the 64-bit driver, I'll install that. John |
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mklein49
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2009-12-19 18:11
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That worked for me as well. Thanks!
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Starstream
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2009-12-19 18:34
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That worked great thanks pfriederichs
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paulsnoop
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2009-12-19 19:04
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Much better, thanks
For some reason wget couldn't resolve us.download.nvidia.com via an SSH shell so I just FTPed the file across before installing. |
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pfriederichs
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2009-12-19 19:14
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johnodon Wrote:Is it safe to assume that Live RC1 uses 32-bit? I installed the 32-bit Nvidia driver and it seems to be working fine. But if I would gain any advantage by using the 64-bit driver, I'll install that. Yes Live is using the 32bit driver -- I assume the 64bit driver will either outright not install or potentially cause other issues. |
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