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[caio1]

Hi all!
I have a lot of dvdrips encoded with divx/xvid for the video and ac3 for the audio.
If I try to play them with xbmc-2005-03-04 they simply don't start the first time I press the A button on them and if I press again xbmc halts..

Is there a way to play those files with an xbox without having the dolby/ac3 cables&hardware??

Thank you,
Caio

[Loto_Bak]

xbmc will downmix to 2 channel output if you dont have DD 5.1 hardware

[JayDee]

Just tried with my bedroom xbox.

(IMG:http://dday.tx-shells.net/ac3.JPG)

(IMG:http://dday.tx-shells.net/analog.JPG)

Plays fine here...

Please enable debug logging (set to true) and raise loglevel to 0 in xboxmediacenter.xml

[caio1]

Thank you all for your replies.

I deleted and reupped the avi files on the xbox, now the situation after testing with 3 dvdrips with ac3 audio is:

- if the file is encoded with xvid: the avi seems to start playing but really slow (less than 2fps!!!) and if I press the small black button on the xbox controller xbmc reports ac3 etc. and CHNS:5

- if the file is encoded with DivX: everything works fine and xbmc reports ac3 etc. CHNS:6 instead of 5 like the xvids (like the first picture of JayDee)

When playing the xvids+ac3 files the debuglogs says:

CODE

08-03-2005 18:25:19 INFO mplayer play:F:\movies\The.Bourne.Supremacy-CD1.avi cachesize:2048
08-03-2005 18:25:19 DEBUG Initializing FS_SEG..
08-03-2005 18:25:19 DEBUG FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:19 INFO Flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
08-03-2005 18:25:19 INFO Stating file F:\movies\The.Bourne.Supremacy-CD1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:19 INFO Stating file Q:\system\players\mplayer\F:\movies\The.Bourne.Supremacy-CD1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:20 INFO   --------------- restart ---------------
08-03-2005 18:25:20 DEBUG Freeing FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:20 INFO Flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
08-03-2005 18:25:20 DEBUG Initializing FS_SEG..
08-03-2005 18:25:20 DEBUG FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:20 INFO Stating file F:\movies\The.Bourne.Supremacy-CD1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:20 INFO Stating file Q:\system\players\mplayer\F:\movies\The.Bourne.Supremacy-CD1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:21 NOTICE Start LED Control
08-03-2005 18:25:21 DEBUG Created video textures
08-03-2005 18:25:32 DEBUG Freeing FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:32 DEBUG Setting resolution 6
08-03-2005 18:25:32 DEBUG We set resolution 6
08-03-2005 18:25:32 NOTICE Start LED Control

while playing a DivX+ac3 file that works on xbmc the debuglog says:

CODE

08-03-2005 18:25:34 INFO mplayer play:F:\movies\Troy-cd1.avi cachesize:2048
08-03-2005 18:25:35 DEBUG Initializing FS_SEG..
08-03-2005 18:25:35 DEBUG FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:35 INFO Flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
08-03-2005 18:25:35 INFO Stating file F:\movies\Troy-cd1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:35 INFO Stating file Q:\system\players\mplayer\F:\movies\Troy-cd1.avi.conf
08-03-2005 18:25:36 NOTICE Start LED Control
08-03-2005 18:25:36 DEBUG Created video textures
08-03-2005 18:25:44 DEBUG Freeing FS segment @ 0x813e50
08-03-2005 18:25:44 DEBUG Setting resolution 6
08-03-2005 18:25:44 DEBUG We set resolution 6
08-03-2005 18:25:44 NOTICE Start LED Control

The big difference I found is this line:

CODE

INFO   --------------- restart ---------------

which appears only with xvid+ac3 files, the ones I have problems with.

Any help appreciated...

Thank you again,
Caio

[elupus]

turn cache of from osd

[JayDee]

mhm, turning the cache should fix it if the files are interleaved. Well worth a shot i would say.

(elupus is one of the devs working on the mplayer.dll )

[caio1]

in settings -> system -> cache -> audio/video Hard disk (the first item in "Cache" section) I set cache to 0 but it didn't help

I found another dvdrip encoded with xvid+ac3 and this works fine...
The difference between this one that works and the other xvids is the bitrate that xbmc reports:
- CBR 480000 = the dvdrips don't work
- CBR 576000 = dvdrips work fine.

Could it be anything related to the difference of bitrate?

Thank you again,
Caio

This post has been edited by caio1: Mar 8 2005, 08:17 PM

[JayDee]

Set cache 0 (no cache) from the OSD (on screen display)

[caio1]

QUOTE(JayDee @ Mar 8 2005, 07:49 PM)

Set cache 0 (no cache) from the OSD (on screen display)

But do you mean during the play?
How? I tried all the keys while playing the movie but couldn't find the cache setting.

Thank you,
Caio

[JayDee]

Press Y when playing the movie. This is so damn basic so please try abit more befor asking or check the online manual first. But thats just my opinion

[caio1]

QUOTE(JayDee @ Mar 8 2005, 10:47 PM)

Press Y when playing the movie. This is so damn basic so please try abit more befor asking or check the online manual first. But thats just my opinion

You're right, sorry for the dumb question but I really missed the "no cache" option..

However it doesn't help... the movie start playing a couple of frames and then everything hangs unless I go back or forward...

Really weird...

Any other suggestion?

Thank you,
Caio