[ATV-OSX w/chd] Dharma Beta 3 is a no-go!

konan Wrote:In case you haven't noticed the title says [ATV-OSX w/chd].

it does now

konan Wrote:Also what's point to use ATV without CrystalHD at all? I consider CrystalHD support on ATV is one of the most important features that makes the XBMC stand out. If it does not work that is a no-go from my point of view. It's like having a car that looks nice but does not drive.

I have a library of about 3 hundred movies about 30% of them are HD. I am testing each XBMC version I install with roughly the same set of about 10-15 movies that covers most of different encoding combinations like: video 480p/720p/1080p; audio DD 5.1, DD 2.0, DTS, AAC, PCM; codecs MPEG2, DivX, H.264; containers VOB, AVI, MP4, MPG, MKV.

Based on my testing Dharma 3 did not pass the smoke test on ATV with OSX and CrystalHD as opposed to Dharma 2 that did. That's why I am saying Dharma 3 is a no-go on ATV with OSX with CrystalHD.

to say that something didnt pass a test because you use it on underpowered machine thats not supposed to be running it in a first place is just silly.

its like saying that xbmc didnt pass on win platform just cos you trying to run it on 486 100Mhz machine

I love ATV, I have one myself, and have no issue with you saying that its a no go... just for the record.

konan Wrote:At the same time Dharma 3 may work perfectly on other platforms, I don't know that and no saying anything about other platforms. However based on a common principle if a software is multi-platform it has to be tested on all supported platforms and if it does not pass a test on even just one platform it does not pass the test at all. Or otherwise the platform that it does not pass a test on is not supported.

it passed on my Macbook pro with the flying colors, that is the OSX platform, the same one you are using on ATV.

Amet Wrote:to say that something didnt pass a test because you use it on underpowered machine thats not supposed to be running it in a first place is just silly.

That 'underpowered machine' is an officially supported platform or correct me if I am wrong.

Amet Wrote:it passed on my Macbook pro with the flying colors, that is the OSX platform, the same one you are using on ATV.

The fact that your Macbook runs similar (though not exactly the same) OS does not make it the same platform ... just for the record :-).

They both are running the same build of xbmc. The only difference is that ATV uses 10.4 variant of osx and MBP is on snow leopard.

ATV is hardware, platform is OSX, B3 works perfectly well on osx as a platform, I am not saying that there is no issues with CHD and 1080p but 720p works well for me on ATV.

I'm having similar problems in Beta 3. Is there an easy way to downgrade to beta 2 without rebuilding?

mng70 Wrote:I'm having similar problems in Beta 3. Is there an easy way to downgrade to beta 2 without rebuilding?

Read a method in the post http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=550588&postcount=3 and use proper URLs to install B2.

I reloaded the CrystalHD driver and mine works smooth as ever. I was going to revert back to Beta 2 but now Beta 3 works great

konan Wrote:In case you haven't noticed the title says [ATV-OSX w/chd].
Based on my testing Dharma 3 did not pass the smoke test on ATV with OSX and CrystalHD as opposed to Dharma 2 that did. That's why I am saying Dharma 3 is a no-go on ATV with OSX with CrystalHD.

I certainly appreciate ATV-OSX on the ATV and have found Dharma b2 to be amazing. The very short time I had beta 3 on it was not as appealing. I assume things will settle down I wonder if using component video would be more stable? I like the ease of being able to go back to the Finder as half my videos are in 720p m4v which the ATV plays very nicely.

Philip

Mr.Bill Wrote:I reloaded the CrystalHD driver and mine works smooth as ever. I was going to revert back to Beta 2 but now Beta 3 works great

Using OSX on the ATV?

Philip

Upgraded to Beta 3 a week ago. So far, my ATV (3.02) using the original OS works fine with Beta3 and CrystalHD on all my 720p.

wah924 Wrote:Upgraded to Beta 3 a week ago. So far, my ATV (3.02) using the original OS works fine with Beta3 and CrystalHD on all my 720p.

Do you know the version of the CrystalHD drivers? Which CrystalHD card ( new or old)? I have the old and it was*not optimal under beta3.

philip