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XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:38:36 GMT

Hi all,

Im trying to get XBMC running on the i.MX53 QSB. I compiled it natively from latest git, running the xbmc.bin i got an error message implying that XBMC needs 24 bit color depth.

In u-boot im using video=mxcdi1fb:GBR24,XGA di1_primary tve

and i've changed xorg.conf from 16 to 24

SubSection      "Display"
                Depth   24
                Visual "TrueColor"
EndSubSection

XBMC refuses to start, and im getting that error that it needs 24 bit color depth. So i added DefaultColorDepth 24 in xorg.conf and that made XBMC start, but im only getting a black picture :(

Has anyone tried running XBMC? Any input regarding X color bit depth?

Kindest regards

/Torbjörn

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

JiJianFeng — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:01:27 GMT

There is one XBMC release for i.MX53 QS board. it should be a good start point. I am not sure how to get this release maybe you can contact the support team, the following is the feature list:

Features

Video, Audio and Pictures features are supported.
DLNA support for XBMC.
OpenGL ES accelerated.
Accelerate the video codec by Hardware VPU.
Accelerate the graphic by Hardware GPU.
Apply the direct rendering (zero copy) between video decoder and display render.
One reference IR remote control is provided.
Addons support such as Youtube, Fox News.
Audio output device dynamic selection between SGTL5000 and HMDI audio.

For MM features, please check the Multimedia related documents in Linux_Multimedia_Framework_Docs_MX53Ubuntu_2.0.2.tar.gz

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:54:37 GMT

Thank you very much for your answer.

I will try to contact the support team and see if they can help.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

marshachang — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:47:29 GMT

I think you can get it here: http://xbmc.org/download/

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

sidebranch — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:16:11 GMT

Marsha, I do not think the xbmc.org has a build for i.MX53, at least I could not find one. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Torbjörn could you let us know if you could obtain it, and how?

Thanks, Leon.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:36:13 GMT

Hi Leon and all other interested in XBMC on imx53 qsb,

Let me share what I got so far; I got the following response from support:

Yes, we have XMBC demo on mx53 platform, pls find it:
http://compass.freescale.net/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=222714399&objAction=browse&viewType=1
Name is "XBMC demo 20110511 "
For obtaining files it is possible to apply for help to local Freescale representative, since link is available for Freescale employees only.

My plan is to call the Freescale office in Sweden (where I live) and see what they can do. It would be very nice if this code became public though.

/Torbjörn

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

marshachang — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:03:21 GMT

Hello Torbjorn, From my source regarding http://xbmc.org/download ... The user needs to cross-compile it to i.MX53, check all software dependencies, etc and then run on MX53. Marsha

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:35:23 GMT

Hi Marscha,

Thank you for your response, I compiled xbmc on the board and got the error that it required 24 bit color depth. So I assumed that Freescale had made some changes to the code in order for it to run properly.

Do you mean that the link to "XBMC demo 20110511" that i got from Freescale is plain xbmc with no i.MX53 QSB specific patches in it?

I will try a little harder to get it working then ;) After all i have now upgraded Xorg with the one that came in the 11.09 bundle.

EDIT: Did a quick check in xbmc source tree, seems that gstreamer support is not in the master branch. I assume that would be included in the "XBMC demo 20110511" right?

Kindest regards

/Torbjörn

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

marshachang — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:23:25 GMT

Sorry, I am not familiar with the XBMC demo 20110511 specific drop.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:51:44 GMT

Status update;

I've given up on getting the XBMC demo 20110511 source code. Instead I'm focusing on Rob Clark's xbmc/gstreamer implementation. I've compiled it... and it seems promising.... however render to texture (zero-copy) for the i.MX53 is not implemented. Tutorial on that can be found here:

So i'm basically going to try to patch Robs repo, and see if i can implement zero-copy for the i.MX53

If anyone beats me in posting a patch, no one will be more happy than me ;)

Happy hacking

/Torbjörn

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

TorbjarnSvangay — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:47:27 GMT

In order to avoid confusion; the branch that Rob Clark is using is:

https://github.com/robclark/xbmc/tree/gstreamer-eglimg

/Torbjörn

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

OtavioSalvador — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 02:53:44 GMT

Did you got further? I am did build XBMC Eden for MX53QSB but I get a black screen only.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

phuongdangminh — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:40:35 GMT

Hello,

I met the same problem regarding 24 bit color depth.

For changing the ubuntu display corlor depth I did as bellow:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.config

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Default Screen"

Monitor "Configured Monitor"

Device "i.MX Accelerated Framebuffer Device"

DefaultDepth 24

EndSection

After restart the board display nothing (Black screen)

is it a frame buffer driver bug ?

Regards.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

OtavioSalvador — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:05:26 GMT

Did you try to use fbset to configure the framebuffer?

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

phuongdangminh — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:48:27 GMT

I tried $ fbset -depth 24 with no success.

Has everyone ever tried to set up 24bit color display on ubuntu ?

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

OtavioSalvador — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:49:55 GMT

I use Yocto, not Ubuntu. I don't have the board with me for testing right now. Maybe DaianeAngolini knows about it?

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

daiane_angolini — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:23:23 GMT

I have no idea what you´ve been talking about =P

Anyone tried to change display setting via bootards/kernel command line?

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

phuongdangminh — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:33:27 GMT

The Ubuntu display of the IMX53QSB is configured 16 bit color depth by default.

We can run xwininfo command to check it.

Although we set display parameter RGB24 in the bootargs but there is no 24bit color depth diplay effect on the Ubuntu.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

daiane_angolini — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:21:13 GMT

And why did XBMC does need 24bit?

I mean, it would be a hardware specific parameter, and software would need to get adapted on hardware, not the inverse.

Re: XBMC on i.mx53 QSB?

phuongdangminh — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:31:06 GMT

As mentioned above, I've got the XBMC source from XBMC and built the source by using native gcc in the Ubuntu. Because the is no release patch file support for i.MX53 so I built by using default configuration:

I wish XBMC will be supported on IMX53 platform and so on Android 4.0... Although Raspberry Pi (ARM11) seem to be less performance than IMX53 but already supported a lot of opensource software such as Android 4.0 and XBMC...

My custom PCB design is based on IMX53QSB, and I'm using the board for android TV purpose. But the current Android 2.3 released from Andeneo still has some bugs and runing quite slowly.

The board is now useless instead.