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Frequently Asked Questions for XBMC running under Linux-based operating systems. Template:XBMC FAQ
General FAQ
- See also: XBMC all platforms FAQ for FAQs that apply to all versions of XBMC.
There are no official XBMC builds in other distros outside Ubuntu yet, if you use something other than Ubuntu check to see if XBMC is available via repositories.
- See also: Installing XBMC for Linux for How-to install XBMC in other distros
Linux XBMC log
In Linux your XBMC log is located in the path below:
$HOME/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
You can generate a debug.log Pastebin link automatically quickly to post anywhere that requires a debug.log.
- Note: Don't forget to Enable Debugging
sudo apt-get install pastebinit -y cat $HOME/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log | pastebinit
If you run into issues it is helpful to keep certain things in mind, specially when your thinking about starting a thread of xbmc forums or open a bug report on XBMC bug tracker. Below is a list of information that should be included in a forum post but is not limited to.
- Compulsory xbmc.log with debugging enabled, which contains the problem or issue your experiencing.
- Video driver problems: Include a copy of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log in addition to your debug.log.
- Use a pastesite for logs dont post logs inline on forums. On trac you should attach/upload the logs with your report.
- System specs: (CPU, RAM, Chipset, etc.)
- Playback Problems: include Video codec and container or audio codec and container, if possible include samples.
- Tried some advice or solution which did not work? Describe what it is you tried when posting.
- Steps to duplicate your problem in detail.
- Screenshots that may help illustrate your problem or show your current settings. Use sites like snag.gy or postimage.
For help/support visit XBMC Community Forums or IRC #xbmc-linux
Where is the UserData folder?
$HOME/.xbmc/userdata
Where is XBMC installed?
The installation paths are like below:
Please remember that no user XBMC configuration files are kept here, refer to userdata for user-space files.
/usr/share/xbmc/ /usr/lib/xbmc/
- Yes, without menus. As of Dharma (10.0) includes support for playback of unencrypted Blu-ray directories when libbluray is installed. However, XBMC must be compiled from source. Installing from a repository like the Team-XBMC unstable ppa will not recognize whether libbluray is installed.
- Currently, only the longest title is played from the Blu-ray directory, even on multi-video Blu-rays (e.g. TV shows). To play a Blu-ray directory, select the /BDMV/index.bdmv in the Blu-ray directory. If stacking is enabled, selecting the Blu-ray directory folder will start playback.
- Frodo v12 includes better support for bluray .iso and folder, there is still work in progress in this area for post Frodo.
Playback Blu-ray Disc in XBMC with MakeMKV see below.
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playback Blu-ray Disc in XBMC for Linux with MakeMKV (Plugin Addon) Discussion thread |
Which are the supported Linux distributions?
- Supported Linux Operating-System installed on a supported computer, currently supported OS are:
- Ubuntu Desktop both x86 and x86_64
- Ubuntu Server both x86 and x86_64
- Ubuntu minimal both x86 and x86_64
- It is possible to compile and run 32-bit XBMC under 64-bit (AMD64/EMT64) Ubuntu if you run it in a 32bit chroot.
- Supported Linux Operating-System installed on a supported computer, currently supported OS are:
What is current recommended hardware requirements for XBMC
- For end-users the recommended minimum requirement is an x86-based computer, with a 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that at least supports Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 (that features 24bpp or 32bpp for 3D hardware-acceleration support, which the XBMC GUI needs to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate). Graphic adapters that support DirectX version 9.0c or later usually meet all of those mentioned requirements, (Team-XBMC recommends NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later as NVIDIA are currently the manufacturer that offers good device-drivers for Linux (and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later supports OpenGL 2.0).
XBMC for Linux minimum requirements
| CPU | x86 or x86-64 processor such as: Intel Pentium 4/ Pentium M, AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron, or newer CPU (that support SSE2, which all CPUs made within the last 10-years does).
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Kodi will run on most graphics cards made within the last 10-years or so, though for good hardware video decoding support a little newer graphics cards can be required. This includes most cards from AMD/ATI, Intel, or NVIDIA which support OpenGL 2.0 or later. AMD/Intel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Video decoding | For hardware video decoding, which may be necessary on low-performance CPUs to playback 1080p content, make sure your GPU or VPU supports either VAAPI or VDPAU. For everything but older AMD cards and Nvidia, VAAPI is recommended. On AMD, you might have to start with the environment variable KODI_GL_INTERFACE set to GLX in order to get VDPAU support.
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| Drive space | The Kodi application generally only takes up between 100 to 200 MB of space, depending on how the binary is compiled. Technically speaking, if your hardware supports netbooting, you do not even require a internal storage for either the operating-system or for Kodi.
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Note: There´s no 304.xxx driver for Ubuntu 18.04 available anymore from the "Graphic Drivers"-ppa. Users who are using GeForce 6-series cards should either stay on an older Ubuntu version or use newer cards
Troubleshooting
Graphic/video issues
Video Device Driver
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- Most of the problems that you encounter with slow display or OpenGL related errors are because you do not have the proper or outdated display drivers installed.
Begin but install the video drivers the Ubuntu Way
- For NVIDIA drivers follow the guide here (link)
- For ATI drivers follow the guide here (link)
- For Intel it is simpler since the drivers are open source so they are usually already pre-installed. You need to make sure that you use the newer Intel driver and not the older i810 driver or the 'vesa' driver. This could be verified by checking the 'Driver' value in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Below we can find forum discussions on various relevant topics, from complete setup's and configuration of drivers. NVidia and Intel forum discussion links dot exist yet, please add them if you know of any relevant ones.
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XVBA for AMD Radeon/Fusion/NVidia forum discussion thread |
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Upgrading NVidia drivers in Ubuntu and variants
For Linux updating graphics drivers can be a decisive step in resolving some issues. Ubuntu and XBMCbuntu ship with often outdated drivers that do not support a platform fully. Make sure if you use other 3rd party ppa's (repositories) that hold versions of the NVidia drivers are removed, for sanity reasons dont remove any Ubuntu sources, as that is likely to break something if you remove any.
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge python-software-properties pkg-config sudo ppa-purge ppa:the_3rd_party_ppa_you_wish_to_remove_here sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
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NVidia Drivers updates XBMCBuntu, Ubuntu and variants forum discussion thread |
Intel SNA Acceleration
Intel uses vaapi for GPU accelerated video playback decoding, however there are other acceleration methods in the pipeline like SNA. Using GPU acceleration is a essential part to getting smooth XBMC GUI rendering and more importantly achieving smooth playback on Video materials, if your GPU supports acceleration of your file types. Create or edit your existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add to section Device as below.
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" EndSection
Understand SNA see: Intel SNA vs. UXA On Ivy Bridge
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Verify OpenGL support
- Once you have your drivers in place, you need to make sure that OpenGL is properly configured. Run the following command:
# glxinfo | grep -i direct
- The result should be:
Direct rendering: Yes
- If the result is "No" it means that the display driver have not been properly configured. Also, you can run the command glxgears and you should see the wheels turning smoothly.
Update XBMC from any ppa
We obviously recommend the use of our ppa's, and we acknowledge that Ubuntu is only a small percentage of the Linux distros in use, for e.g. Archlinux, Debian, gentoo and many others. Feel welcome to show how you can upgrade packages in other distros. Though this one is designed for XBMCbuntu and Ubuntu variant installs.
Where are XBMC Packages for Ubuntu/Debian?
- Official
- https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/ppa
- https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable
- https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/xbmc-nightly
- Xvba and improved Vdpau (not mainline)
- 3rd party (contains older Ubuntu support etc)
- https://launchpad.net/~nathan-renniewaldock/+archive/ppa
- https://launchpad.net/~nathan-renniewaldock/+archive/xbmc-nightly
- http://www.loggn.de/ubuntu-xbmc-repository-11-eden-airplay-pvr-livetv/
Ubuntu manual XBMC upgrade process
Below is the transition to upgrade XBMC manually and/or change the repository being used if you have a diffrenet source ppa (it is recommended to remove any ppa's that contain same package sources). Attempting to simplify the process, If you use other Distros please dont hesitate to update/add subsection the relevant parts with your specific Distro information.
As below connect to your Debian based Distro via SSH to run these commands.
sudo apt-get --purge remove xbmc sudo apt-get install ppa-purge sudo ppa-purge ppa:whatever-ppa-you-have-now sudo add-apt-repository ppa:whatever-ppa-here apt-get update sudo apt-get install xbmc
Arch manual XBMC upgrade process
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FreeBSD manual XBMC upgrade process
- Upgrading XBMC in FreeBSD is pretty simple, as long as a new version exists in port
- Update you port tree
portsnap fetch update
- Update XBMC
portmaster multimedia/xbmc
Gentoo manual XBMC upgrade process
This part needs to be updated ?
Compiz is not compatible with XBMC
- Make sure Compiz visual effects is disabled. You can do this by going to System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects. Make sure "None" is selected. Alternatively, you can tell Compiz not to interfere with XBMC. Install and run CompizConfig, and under General Options tick Unredirect Fullscreen Windows.
- For NVIDIA-Graphics use Disable composite in xorg.conf, like so:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Or in terminal
sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite
- Minimal xorg.conf for NVidia Minimal NVidia xorg.conf
Audio issues
Template:Frodo box >> Link to AudioEngine Wiki page
S/PDIF out for both analog and digital audio
- You might find yourself able to get one of both working, but switching from one to the other might not work. Ubuntu and other distributions use PulseAudio to manage ALSA devices and unfortunately it doesn't provide management for passthrough digital audio. The following solution bypasses PulseAudio and forces XBMC to directly use ALSA. There is no need to uninstall or tweak PulseAudio on Ubuntu in any way.
- Open ~/.asoundrc in a text editor (create the file if it doesn't exist) and add the following:
- Note: make sure to use the correct card/device id and replace 'pcm "hw:0,1"' with it. You can find the id's by typing 'aplay -l' in a terminal.
pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,1"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 8192
#periods 128
#rate 44100
rate 48000
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}
- Launch XBMC and go to "system->settings->system->audio hardware" and change the following:
AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE: custom CUSTOM AUDIO DEVICE: plug:dmixer (note: this is case sensitive, even though XBMC shows only capitals!) PASSTHROUGH AUDIO DEVICE: iec958
Now all audio output (besides menu sounds) should work including crossfading and switching digital/analog audio sources.
- Note: Unmute alsamixer in all cases if your getting no sound just for guidance a couple of quick ones below.
amixer -q set Master 100% unmute amixer -q set PCM 100% unmute
Dual Audio setup
This is a grail for some XBMC users and with inclusion of AudioEngine it becomes more complex and even impossible in some cases.
puntloos a XBMC forums user posted his finding which according to post work relatively well for his hardware, install and setup, bare in mind that this may not work for everyone under all circumstances.
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