View Full Version : [APPLE TV] issues with playback & sudded exits
joisey04
2009-07-24, 12:08
Hello!
I had XBMC running on my Apple TV very smoothly in terms of stability and video playback.
Then I noticed that my HDD was making funny noises and I decided to put a new one in and do a fresh install. After all, I had other programs on my ATV and didn't need them anymore.
So I did:
- Factory restore (created partitions, placed efi & recovery, created media part)
- update to latest firmware
- patchstick (atvusb-creator)
- and finally XBMC download
The good is that XBMC is fast and snappy now with the fresh install.
The bad:
Now if I watch a video I see horizontal lines in fast pans or if someone moves through the picture fast. I havenÄt had this before!!
And secondly, XBMC exits a lot with error code 10 & 11
Anyone any idea?
Is there anything else I need to install?
Nito & perian for codecs?
Please help, I reall enjoy XBMC!!!!
Hello!
I had XBMC running on my Apple TV very smoothly in terms of stability and video playback.
Then I noticed that my HDD was making funny noises and I decided to put a new one in and do a fresh install. After all, I had other programs on my ATV and didn't need them anymore.
So I did:
- Factory restore (created partitions, placed efi & recovery, created media part)
- update to latest firmware
- patchstick (atvusb-creator)
- and finally XBMC download
The good is that XBMC is fast and snappy now with the fresh install.
The bad:
Now if I watch a video I see horizontal lines in fast pans or if someone moves through the picture fast. I havenÄt had this before!!
And secondly, XBMC exits a lot with error code 10 & 11
Anyone any idea?
Is there anything else I need to install?
Nito & perian for codecs?
Please help, I reall enjoy XBMC!!!!
need the standard info, aka, xbmc.log. That's much better than trying to guess which versions you might have installed.
joisey04
2009-07-24, 20:24
here is the xbmc.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1505932
and here the crashreporter.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1505935
thanks!
here is the xbmc.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1505932
and here the crashreporter.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1505935
thanks!
turn off Upscaling and let the GPU do that. Upscaling sucks many CPU cycles and is not recommended on the AppleTV.
joisey04
2009-07-24, 21:56
did that
still the same...
it looks like horizontal jitter of some sort
like one part updates faster than another
did that
still the same...
it looks like horizontal jitter of some sort
like one part updates faster than another
that would be a vsync. is it on?
joisey04
2009-07-25, 00:11
it wasn't but now it is (set to "always on")....and it seems to work :)
you are the man-thanks!
I think I might be experience the same issue. However I can't figure out where to go to enable/disable vsync. Could someone please tell me. Thx.
Found it and it works. Got rid of those pesky lines (aka page tearing artifacts). To enable vertical synchronization (aka vsync) go to Settings->Appearance->Screen and set "Vertical blank sync" to "Always enabled".
Apparently the user guide isn't up-to-date, because this isn't shown on this page:
http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Appearance_Settings
jayhawk785
2009-10-22, 14:53
I thought this was now set to "always enabled" for osx builds now?
I thought this was now set to "always enabled" for osx builds now?
It should be and I'm very tempted to hard code vsync to always be enabled on OSX.
HvClausewitz
2009-10-27, 15:04
It should be and I'm very tempted to hard code vsync to always be enabled on OSX.
:) Would make sense, since I have not found any combination of resolution and media type, that displays correctly on Apple TV without vsync set to "always on".
KevinSartori
2009-11-06, 01:59
I've moved my issue to a new thread with more information:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=431944