[old] Unofficial semi-nightly build FAQ/info/issues (here for archival purposes)

Heads up everyone: DB for remote library has revved again, so we're at v49 now. The nightlies for osx and win32 tomorrow should reflect this and I will privately release an iOS build that has this change as well since I'll be able to test it.

I don't think on this thread we will support any method of database upgrading. Blow it away, start over. Easier. If someone figures out howto upgrade, start a new thread please and I'll incorporate instructions to the post here once it's done.

So, new private build tomorrow and new public build day or three after.

And the latest private nightlies also have iOS 4.3 hardware acceleration in them! So hats off to Davilla, the man of the hour, who tracked down everything Apple changed to make VideoToolBox work again!

So nows a good time to donate as any.

I just renamed and moved the 3/26 build into the directory on the 1st post.

Notable change is 4.3 hardware decoding.

Note: There is some audio bugs still that are present. AudioEngine will hopefully fix this: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=78289 but it not merged in yet.

Awesome work on the private builds! Great to see things improve on an almost daily basis.

Unsure if you're after plugin related bugs but here's an interesting playback issue.

If you try watching any of the "TV3" videos within the "NZ OnDemand" plugin they all run at 36fps rather than 25fps. I've tested on desktop XBMC and they play at the correct 25fps.

Running the latest private build "xbmc-032611".

Here's a TV3 ad from the plugin which is encoded to the same specs as the main streams and also playing at 36fps.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8754554/A0069693_330K.mp4

Latest semi-nightly "org.xbmc-032611_ios-arm-6374166b.deb" fails to launch on Ipad with iOS 4.3.1.

Latest release installed via cydia works with no issues.

Here is the pertinent info:

Platform: iPad
Version of iOS: 4.3.1 jail broken using latest release of sn0wbreeze
Build version number: org.xbmc-032611_ios-arm-6374166b
Install Method: ssh'd the build to iPad and installed using dpkg
FULL Debug Log: No xbmc.log or Crash report is generated.

lixer Wrote:Latest semi-nightly "org.xbmc-032611_ios-arm-6374166b.deb" fails to launch on Ipad with iOS 4.3.1.

Latest release installed via cydia works with no issues.

Here is the pertinent info:

Platform: iPad
Version of iOS: 4.3.1 jail broken using latest release of sn0wbreeze
Build version number: org.xbmc-032611_ios-arm-6374166b
Install Method: ssh'd the build to iPad and installed using dpkg
FULL Debug Log: No xbmc.log or Crash report is generated.

Some people have this problem, dunno why.

ssh in and do a chmod -R 777 /Applications/XBMC*

And it should run again.

For all of you following along, I closed the last thread because it started becoming more of a problem than useful, tons of people posting about issues without following:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92480

So let me repeat myself again:

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO POST A LOG.

If this is difficult to follow, I will stop posting up private builds and require everyone to use IRC who wants to test with us.

The only time not posting a log is ok is when the app wont load, like the post below this one.

If you have a problem specifically with a file (and again, don't tell us 'some 1080p works' 'some avi works' it's not helpful) then you need to do 3 things:
1) test the file on osx/linux/windows, the latest nightly or stable is even fine.
2) run mediainfo on it and save output.
3) cut up a sample chunk. If it has problems immediately, then 100mb will do. Otherwise cut a chunk large enough to exhibit whatever issue you're having, make sure to re-test the sample on iOS to verify the issue AND test it against linux/osx/window as well.

If this is a problem with all platforms, open up a trac ticket and include links to the pastebin'd info and a url for the sample file above.

If it's a iOS issue, we can go from there. You're in the right place.

Please guys, let's keep this useful as possible. I'm doing this to *help* davilla and everyone, not cause them more headaches.

And thanks to amet and others for helping with the moderating.

And especially Davilla, gimli and the other devs for continually kicking ass and taking names.

keith Wrote:Some people have this problem, dunno why.

ssh in and do a chmod -R 777 /Applications/XBMC*

And it should run again.

I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.

lixer Wrote:I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.

Oh, sn0wbreeze sucks is why. re-JB it with PwnageTool and it should work.

Apparently all JB's aren't made alike and sn0wbreeze didn't enable the proper things. If you installed syslog and look at /var/log/syslog you'll get some weird errors.

I'm getting regular audio glitching while playing ripped dvds hosted on my win7 computer through a wired connection. The video plays fine (usually), and if the dvd has a 2 channel stereo track, i can select that and get clean audio. It seems that surround sound downmixing is not working efficiently. I've posted most of the log here, but the following line shows up over and over while playing the dvd, and seems like it's indicating an audio resync (the glitch).


I may have my settings incorrect, as I have only used XBMC on my month-old ATV2, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know. Otherwise, this seems like something for the devs.

EDIT: I can post info on the video file if needed, but it happens with all DVD rips I have with more than stereo sound.