New Raspberry Pi firmware & XBMC Frodo RC3

[UbdU]

rikardo1979 Wrote:you will have to Wink

Wait, I thought firmware wrote to the hardware, not the software?

(25th Jan, 2013 04:28 AM)Koenkk Wrote:  Updated XBMC one again (cf71d5f9af56e0593cd9cbc41a99c2cf2aa3c8dc).

Thanks......so do we have to follow each and every step again?

[Koenkk]

@UbdU not necessary but that will do the trick

[rikardo1979]

(25th Jan, 2013 05:07 AM)UbdU Wrote:  

rikardo1979 Wrote:you will have to Wink

Wait, I thought firmware wrote to the hardware, not the software?

please read raspberrypi / firmware

[Pihkal]

Strangely my xbmc version keeps saying xbmc 12.0 RC1 Git: 20121212-afbae11 (compiled: Dec 13 2012)
The firmware however is updated...

[agent5150]

Installation went without a hitch, grey block are gone with fwd/rwd and overall video is playing great over samba.
however, I get a higher version than 359888 .. not sure why. Is this ok?

xbian@xbian:~# vcgencmd version
Jan 15 2013 12:54:01
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom
version 362704 (release)
xbian@xbian:~# uname -r
3.6.11+
xbian@xbian:~#

[CurlyMo]

Yes it is.

[agent5150]

OK so I acknowledge that Pi is not buffering as it did before the firmware and xbmc rc3 upgrade...but I am noticing frame drops in fast moving scenes in 1080p movies running from samba share. Audio goes slightly out of sync until frame rate recovers.

[crs]

just redid my v1 Pi yesterday/ fresh alpha4 on 16g sd. FAST & SMOOTH.. so this eve my v2 Pi gets the same. fresh alpha4 img, fallowed with this update!!! no hickups, smooth on both Pi's. Thank you xbian masters

[BartOtten]

While updating the second time I found some 'problems' in the given command schedule:

Code:

rm  boot/config.txt boot/cmdline.txt
mkdir /boot.OLD
cp -R /boot/* /boot.OLD
mv /opt/vc /opt/vc.OLD

1.) You remove essential boot files before you backup? Sorry, missed the missing slash
2.) If boot exist you will not only get an error, but the backup of the boot files will be written in an old backup directory. Possibly having obsolete files remaining in the backup.

Please confim and modify the commands.

[jtpiano]

(10th Jan, 2013 10:44 PM)kobazik Wrote:  

(9th Jan, 2013 06:12 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  I just pushed a new kernel + firmware. Users who want to use it, re-run the steps by Koenkk in post 1.

Terminal

vcgencmd version
Jan 7 2013 22:02:10
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom
version 360961 (release)

version 361556 seems to be out already.

https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/commit/17a9a12ef4540d586e2b10632c84e18a0feedfb7

Any reason why we cannot use rpi-update to get the latest firmware ?

Thanks

Dominik

I was able to get the new firmware listed in this post working-
http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/01/26/raspberry-pi-now-has-experimental-support-for-vp6-vp8-mjpeg-and-ogg-theora-video-codecs/comment-page-1/

I loaded the firmware and was able to get omxplayer installed. I tested the install and I can now play vp6, vp8, mjpeg and ogg files! Yahoo! If anyone would like I can create a how to for other users. The only small gotcha were some missing dependencies. Now I just need to figure out how to get addons like HGTV, DIY etc to use omxplayer. Is there a global setting somewhere in the alpha 4 release I am using or do I need to make and adjustment on a addon by addon basis?

[msgreenf]

When will this be as easy as apt-get update to install this?

[Koenkk]

(30th Jan, 2013 08:51 AM)msgreenf Wrote:  When will this be as easy as apt-get update to install this?

never, it's for advanced users only

[CurlyMo]

Firmware updates will be included only in a subsequent release through apt.

[msgreenf]

(30th Jan, 2013 08:54 AM)Koenkk Wrote:  

(30th Jan, 2013 08:51 AM)msgreenf Wrote:  When will this be as easy as apt-get update to install this?

never, it's for advanced users only

Well then it's time to leap in and update! lol

I was just being lazy

[dlysnes]

Hey guys
After all these upgrades I see that /proc/cpuinfo gives a lower BogoMIPS value. I also saw this on another PI running raspbian / rpi-update.

My config.txt on Xbian PI and Raspian PI says:
--
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=192
force_turbo=1

disable_overscan=1
arm_freq=840
core_freq=375
sdram_freq=400
over_voltage=0
--
--
But, now my /proc/cpuinfo shows:
Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS : 557.46
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xb76
CPU revision : 7
--

vcgencmd version:
Jan 26 2013 19:22:33
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom
version 365344 (release)


I have a 3rd PI running 3.2.27 with the same settings in config.txt, but there the /proc/cpuinfo shows more correct:
--
Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS : 835.58
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xb76
CPU revision : 7
--

I saw in a forum somewhere that BogoMIPS may only show 2/3 of the actual speed, so I'm a but unclear what's correct here.

But: the PI's seems to be running ok though..