I’ll see if I can get you a sample to test – though I noticed it on most .mkvs I tried playing for any length of time. Perhaps the performance enhancements with your new release will fix it

On a side note, I know you and the team are busy getting the core functionality running sweet as possible – though do you know if anyone is looking at the Video Library issues I raised? To further test, I cleared all my sources out and started again.. now, I have to “Set Content” for an external drive, each time I start XBMC in order for it to grab the meta data..

XBMC’s normal files view still works fine with artwork, its just the library view that has to go off and re-fetch information each time (is it possible to cache or save that data once its been downloaded/edited so that it doesn’t have to go off again?)

@Televinken: Hey, I won’t turn down hardware, and having it in-hand would make it easier to track down these problems. A Macbook Air isn’t even needed, as any of the latest Macbooks also have X3100 video chips. We cannot accept any “Hackintosh” type donations as we’re doing our best to stay on the right side of Apple.

@Lavaweb: Make SURE your XBMC_HOME environment variable isn’t set. After that, whacking ~/Library/Application Support/XBMC will return you to the proverbial clean slate.

@jms_uk: I noticed that a bit on one or two videos, but whenever I’ve tracked it down it was because of a slightly corrupted MKV. If you have a short MKV that demonstrates the problem (and is know good with other players), please upload it to the wiki and we’ll have a look.

One assumed it may contain updated graphics drivers and OpenGL fixes which could indirectly be of benifit to XBMC.

@Lavaweb, there is still no AC3/DTS software downmix to analog stereo support in OSXBMC so you will not be able to correctly playback any files that has a AC3/DTS audio-stream unless you are using digital passthrough output to a reciever that does the audio decoding. That is in the FAQ so do not be suprised if you now get flamed for not reading it.

From the docs I found to get the dualscreen support I had to create a .MacOSX directory in my home and then a environment.plist file inside that with the following contents:

SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_DISPLAY
2
SDL_SINGLEDISPLAY
1

The old version I used the 1360×768 desktop setting. It doesnt work anymore. Should I use something else?

How do I reset my display settings cause now I cant do anything. Just a black screen.

Secondary monitor:

You have to set the Screen resolution to (Desktop) in OSXBMC.

Then I ran these two commands in Terminal:

—
$ export SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_DISPLAY=2
$ open /Applications/XBMC.app
—

Result: 1080p fullscreen on my Pioneer 1080p plasma §:o)

The movie with the AAC audio (stereo) that I couldn’t play in the earlier release plays just fine now with version 0.1.

My native resolution I am playing divx and H.264 files at is 1600×1024.

Now I have to go out and buy a 1080p 42″ or 46″ flat screen and a new 2.0 GHz Mac Mini to run this on in my living room.

Thanks for any info.

I did download and test out some of the 1080p quicktime movie trailers from apple.com/trailers last night, and all of them played perfectly in quicktime on my 2.0Ghz Mac mini with 1gb ram. Unfortunately playing the same content from within XBMC on the same machine doesn’t play so smoothly. I noticed today that the new OSXBMC FAQ (http://dn-0.com/xbmc-trac/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions) addresses the fact that the team is working on optimizing the code with the hopes of resolving this. For now, I’m quite pleased with my 720p movies, but I look forward to a future were I can play the full 1080p files on my new 1080p tv from this little box too.

Thanks again for all that you guys are doing!

TheMatrix.mp4
TheMatrix.tbn

http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual

The first stop for all XBMC usability questions!

But I’ll do it again if someone feels sad.

I’ve been searching and searching for years now
for a equal solution to be able to
throw out my Xbox. I even bought myself
a Mac mini last year. But I sold it after a month.

I still hold my hopes high for this guys efforts
and I will even considering to donate som money
when my Xbox hopefully will be retired. =)

@Juse and others: We will add support for skins living in Application Support-land, and always include only one with the package to cut down on size.

@Mange: Your glass is obviously half empty.

@mingistech: Check next post.

@Macless: Not sure if component out is supported. Use Google.

@Gordon Mackenzie: Thank you very much for your generous donation! It’s much appreciated. Hopefully AAC audio in videos is working well for you.

Mingistech posted earlier about refresh rate changes… he could be on to something. About the *ONLY* problem I encountered is that to get XBMC to go full screen I use the 1280×720 (desktop) setting. After setting up XBMC and calibrating it, I find that each time I restart it the display is off centre – to fix, I have to select another resolution, accept it, then select 1280×720(desktop) then all is fine!

Hope this helps..

p.s. Is there any way to edit/create your own “DVD Sleeves” for your media library if XBMC can’t find one itself??