(2015-02-04, 18:22)Matt Devo Wrote: it's it's just two movies out of your entire library, I'd chalk it up to an encoding issue vs a decoding one (though obviously software handles it just fine) and I'd just re-encode them in AVC. Ones that stutter with VAAPI/VC-1 off aren't really of interest since that's likely a CPU/software decoding issue.

but please do provide debug logs for the two which are problematic. There's a link in the OP to the Kodi wiki on how to do so.

(2015-02-04, 09:59)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 07:08)carlson.v Wrote: Hi I am wanting to know how to install standalone ubuntu on my chrome box? I apologize if this is the incorrect place to bring it up but I thought I may get pointed I'm the right direction. I have the device in developer mode and the write protect screw removed. I have been unable to find guidance on Ubuntu standalone all that I have found is references to install whatever Linux distro you want but no clear instruction on how it's done. I know that I need to put the OS on a usb stick and then hit the esc key when the device boots up and then install from the stick but there is so many files for Ubuntu I don't know which one to choose for this particular purpose. Thanks in advance to whoever can help me

1) follow steps for standalone setup
2) install Ubuntu instead of OpenELEC

Info on creating the Ubuntu USB installer is on Ubuntu's site, and is no different than on any other 64-bit x86 PC.

(2015-02-04, 09:59)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 06:23)kupochu Wrote: Wait, so if I installed OpenElec over Kodibuntu, I wouldn't have to update the firmware to support OE 5.0.1? This is why I asked, in the first place, on why the coreboot firmware wasn't getting that update from earlier.

you're confusing two unrelated things. If you have the standalone firmware flashed, you can install any OS you want (other than ChromeOS and Windows prior to 8.1). The firmware and OS are not coupled in any way.

(2015-02-04, 18:52)carlson.v Wrote: I have the option of Ubuntu 14.10 (unity) or 14.10 (GNOME) does it matter which one i would put on the chromebox? is one preferred over the other for this setup? thank you for the quick response! much appreciated

(2015-02-05, 01:35)ho55man Wrote: I am using the HP Chromebox.
I have just run through the setup for standalone and now have a problem with no display output from the device.
The install went as per instructions without issue until I attempted to install OpenElec (latest version 5.0.1) installed on a USB device using the supplied batch script supplied with the installation.
On boot I selected the USD drive but the responce from the box was that it could not boot from the device.
Assuming that the installer hadnt been written properly, I shut down the device and recreated the USB installation.
Now the device has no video output on startup so I cannot do anything, including restoring the backed up firmware.

Any ideas??

As a newbie, apolgies if I have posted this to the wrong thread...

Thanks

(2015-02-03, 15:00)fritsch Wrote: Concerning VC-1: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.0.1-vc1.tar

Does that make the VC-1 issues better, worse or no difference. Please pastebin a complete log with component logging audio and video enabled.

(2015-02-05, 03:21)bhampton Wrote: I want to thank everyone who looked into the bug I was see-ing with VC1.

I have found a solution that works for me which is I will convert all my media to H264.

(2015-02-05, 03:37)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-02-05, 03:21)bhampton Wrote: I want to thank everyone who looked into the bug I was see-ing with VC1.

I have found a solution that works for me which is I will convert all my media to H264.

I don't see that as a viable long-term solution, so I'd appreciate it if you are able to create a sample clip with which we can reproduce the issue. I'd recommend using the mkvmerge component of mkvtoolnix, and set the start/stop timestamps to create the sample (30s or so)

(2015-02-05, 06:06)carlson.v Wrote: Hi I am trying to do standlalone setup but when I am in the ez script I cannot see all of the text! How to move the screen to the right so I can see the text and scroll down without buggering anything up?