XBMC on Joggler - tweaks and suggestions

[danfoshizzle]

i found xbmc to run a little better on joli os, dont know if that was just me or not though lol

[BuZz]

better than ? i mean it runs with no problems here. very slight tearing on some video, but hardly noticeable. working vaapi for some formats too. I use xbmc on linux to watch film/tv in the bedroom most days.

[danfoshizzle]

found it runs slightly better in my setup than other builds of linux, not sure why,

I run joli on my bedroom joggler and its an absolute delight!

[BuZz]

strange, as there shouldn't be any difference, so long as the other versions are on the same emgd drivers etc and also have the throttle temp increased.

[danfoshizzle]

yeah i thought it was strange too, as all are based os's are ubuntu based, maybe its just a case of my brain thinking its faster than it actually is lol

[gegs]

Although the software and hardware to run XBMC may be the same on Ubuntu and JoliOS, could it perhaps be that default start-up programs are different? (i.e. less background processes running by default on JoliOS).

[BuZz]

I doubt that would affect it once it is loaded. I mean there are some background tasks that use a fair bit of cpu, but once they are finished ..

I did plenty of testing of xbmc on ubuntu, and never noticed anything wrong with it.

[gegs]

I also run XBMC on Ubuntu and it is great, but I run it from a portable hard drive which is pretty fast anyway. Maybe USB stick read/write speeds could be a factor but I suspect, as danfoshizzle says, he just thinks it's faster because he likes JoliOS.

[hawsey]

Thanks for the help out on this one, i guess i am going to go for the thermal trip point increase , but i am a bit wary in case i brick my prized toy ...
When the instructions say open a terminal and ssh in to joggler , this is done from another pc isn't it, and not from within ubuntu or similar on the joggler itself ?

[danfoshizzle]

I increased thermal limit inside the ubuntu os

[hawsey]

I increased thermal limit inside the ubuntu os

Cheers , i will try this from inside the "Buzz" Ubuntu image i use .

[hawsey]

Yeehaa,
FYI i have just increased the thermal trip limits to 80 as per the instructions in the wiki and my joggler has just been given a triple bypass, i can now use xbmc (on BUZZs ubuntu image) with no problems tried streaming video too over wifi and that seems pretty good too.
I can only assume my joggler was being throttled almost at boot up causing xbmc to be unusable.
For anybody who hasn't done this change yet i can totally recommend it, thanks guys for all the help .

[danfoshizzle]

Its not only xbmc that benefits either, You will find the whole linux experience improves

[roobarb!]

Its not only xbmc that benefits either, You will find the whole linux experience improves

I can 'third' that - setting 'thermal.psv=80' should be the first thing anyone does after popping one of BuZz's builds on a USB stick.

BTW, I agree with BuZz not making this a default; you never know when someone might have a less tolerant Joggler and get cross.

[danfoshizzle]

Yeah I agree this shouldnt be default, too risky but most jogglers are fine with it, even with those plastic heatsinks lol