[LINUX] HOW-TO get AmbX with X11 working using Boblight and CombustD

CharlesNasi · 2010-06-09 00:43

Whoa! Cool that there are also other members are experimenting with the ambx lights! Cool to see improvements and mods in the scripts!

koekjestrommel · 2010-06-09 00:48

Also used Jaaps scripts, worked like a charm, perfect setup Smile

Kudos for you!

Kode · 2010-06-09 01:09

koekjestrommel: play with the saturation, timing, speed and value settings, they will help you get a better effect

Tijntje · 2010-06-10 21:42

hello,

i've bought a AMBX starterkit from ebay for 20€.

It works but it stutters my video's. I use a mac mini C2D 1.83 with 1gb ram and a crystal HD decoder.

any thoughts? Are you guys playing 720p and 1080p video's?

greetings

Kode · 2010-06-10 21:46

Are you using Windows or Live/Linux? If Live/Linux what settings are you using? Mine works fine with 720p and 1080p

*edit* half asleep, Are you using the mac specific version of xbmc? and again, what are your settings

Tijntje · 2010-06-10 21:56

Kode Wrote:Are you using Windows or Live/Linux? If Live/Linux what settings are you using? Mine works fine with 720p and 1080p

*edit* half asleep, Are you using the mac specific version of xbmc? and again, what are your settings

i'm on linux ubuntu karmic, xbmc v28256, crystal hd 1.03

boblight-X11 -s 10 -t 0.1 -a 20 -x --> works

boblight-X11 -s 10 -t 0.1 -a 20 --> stutters

as I understand it should be the other way around??

Kode · 2010-06-10 22:07

I thought -x used the slower one as well, though its actually a little ambiguous depending on whether (slow!) is to using -x or whether its saying XShmGetImage (used by default) is slow, only bob can answer that one. Have you tried setting different values to see if it makes any difference? Also, if -x is working for you, does it matter?

**bobo1on1** · 2010-06-10 22:27

Depends on your setup which one is faster, for me XShmGetImage is the faster one.
However boblight-X11 from http://code.google.com/p/boblight/ can use XRender to scale down the root window before copying it into system ram, which is the fastest by far.
Sadly it doesn't work too well when using it on nvidia with flipping on and a fullscreen opengl app.

Tijntje · 2010-06-10 22:38

bobo1on1 Wrote:Depends on your setup which one is faster, for me XShmGetImage is the faster one.
However boblight-X11 from http://code.google.com/p/boblight/ can use XRender to scale down the root window before copying it into system ram, which is the fastest by far.
Sadly it doesn't work too well when using it on nvidia with flipping on and a fullscreen opengl app.

I'm using an intel gpu GMA950, how can I test this Xrender?? When I use the default, (XShmGetImage?) setting I get framedrops and stutter, CPU at 80%

koekjestrommel · 2010-06-10 22:47

A vid of how its look at me now Laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLt_

Again, thanks guys Big Grin

CharlesNasi Junior Member Posts: 20 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: NL	2010-06-09 00:43 Post: #81 Whoa! Cool that there are also other members are experimenting with the ambx lights! Cool to see improvements and mods in the scripts! HTPC Specs: GA-MA78GM-S2h 1.0, 2GB Ram, Samsung S203B DVDrw, AMD Phenom X3 8650, Antec Fusion V2 Black, 1.5TB HDD, GeForce 9500GT running Ubuntu 10.04 and XBMC from SVN
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koekjestrommel Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-09 00:48 Post: #82 Also used Jaaps scripts, worked like a charm, perfect setup Kudos for you!
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Kode fanart.tv admin Posts: 713 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 14	2010-06-09 01:09 Post: #83 koekjestrommel: play with the saturation, timing, speed and value settings, they will help you get a better effect
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Tijntje Junior Member Posts: 49 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-10 21:42 Post: #84 hello, i've bought a AMBX starterkit from ebay for 20€. It works but it stutters my video's. I use a mac mini C2D 1.83 with 1gb ram and a crystal HD decoder. any thoughts? Are you guys playing 720p and 1080p video's? greetings
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Kode fanart.tv admin Posts: 713 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 14	2010-06-10 21:46 Post: #85 Are you using Windows or Live/Linux? If Live/Linux what settings are you using? Mine works fine with 720p and 1080p edit half asleep, Are you using the mac specific version of xbmc? and again, what are your settings (This post was last modified: 2010-06-10 21:50 by Kode.)
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Kode fanart.tv admin Posts: 713 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 14	2010-06-10 22:07 Post: #87 I thought -x used the slower one as well, though its actually a little ambiguous depending on whether (slow!) is to using -x or whether its saying XShmGetImage (used by default) is slow, only bob can answer that one. Have you tried setting different values to see if it makes any difference? Also, if -x is working for you, does it matter?
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bobo1on1 cheapass Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,757 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 21	2010-06-10 22:27 Post: #88 Depends on your setup which one is faster, for me XShmGetImage is the faster one. However boblight-X11 from http://code.google.com/p/boblight/ can use XRender to scale down the root window before copying it into system ram, which is the fastest by far. Sadly it doesn't work too well when using it on nvidia with flipping on and a fullscreen opengl app.
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koekjestrommel Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-10 22:47 Post: #90 A vid of how its look at me now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLt_ Again, thanks guys
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