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Experimental XBMCFreak livecd with AMD Fusion and latest Nvidia ION drivers

August 30, 2011 By 50 Comments

This is my first experimental XBMCFreak livecd with support for the AMD Fusion platform. The latest AMD catalist 11.8 drivers are included and the livecd also features support for the VA-API. Nvidia is supported as well. The 270.29 drivers are included in this livecd.

The livecd comes with a xbmc package from the unstable (development) branch. This pre-Eden package is compiled with va-api and vdpau support and also contains Airplay support. So if you’re interested in this you might give this a try. Please use at your own risk and post additional findings over here!

Download: http://xbmcfreak.binkey.nl/xbmcfreak-git20110830.zip

Filed Under: AMD Fusion, Intel, Linux, Nvidia ION, XBMC

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  1. Gavin says:
    August 30, 2011 at 19:50  Quote  Reply

    as you saying this has nvidia support would this work on my Asrock 330ht

  2. Tom says:
    August 31, 2011 at 07:34  Quote  Reply

    same question, ASROCK ION 330HT will be ok with this?

  3. Kraken says:
    August 31, 2011 at 08:02  Quote  Reply

    I have a nT-A3500 with amd fusion platform, but i can only choose vdpau as HW accel, is va-api enabled as default ?

  4. Piethein Strengholt says:
    August 31, 2011 at 09:34  Quote  Reply

    Kraken :

    I have a nT-A3500 with amd fusion platform, but i can only choose vdpau as HW accel, is va-api enabled as default ?

    VAAPI is enabled by default. Please check the xbmc.log for the following line:

    NOTICE: GL: Using VAAPI render method

  5. Piethein Strengholt says:
    August 31, 2011 at 09:35  Quote  Reply

    Tom :

    same question, ASROCK ION 330HT will be ok with this?

    Yes, this should work on any Nvidia ION machine.

  6. Mathijs says:
    August 31, 2011 at 12:13  Quote  Reply

    Piethein,

    bedankt voor deze live CD. vooralsnog lijkt alles te werken inclusief uitschakelen.

    Ook de Airplay functie werkt, overigens alleen voor audio.

  7. Piethein Strengholt says:
    August 31, 2011 at 12:38  Quote  Reply

    Mathijs :

    Piethein,

    bedankt voor deze live CD. vooralsnog lijkt alles te werken inclusief uitschakelen.

    Ook de Airplay functie werkt, overigens alleen voor audio.

    Bedankt voor het melden. Maak je gebruik van een AMD Fusion of Nvidia ION systeem?

  8. Mathijs says:
    August 31, 2011 at 13:05  Quote  Reply

    een asrock ion 330 HT

    w.b.t. de Airplay, in tegenstelling tot de berichtgeving doet hij juist alleen audio, en geen video, klopt dat?

  9. Piethein Strengholt says:
    August 31, 2011 at 13:26  Quote  Reply

    Mathijs :

    een asrock ion 330 HT

    w.b.t. de Airplay, in tegenstelling tot de berichtgeving doet hij juist alleen audio, en geen video, klopt dat?

    Het zou juist meer video zijn. AirTunes zit er volgens de ontwikkelaar Memphiz nog niet in. Wat als je een Youtube film afspeelt? Zie je dan geen pijltje onderin?

  10. mathijs says:
    August 31, 2011 at 17:54  Quote  Reply

    jawel, pijltje werkt goed, maar dan wordt alleen de audio gestreamd, niet de video

  11. Mitch says:
    August 31, 2011 at 18:45  Quote  Reply

    Dank je wel voor deze mooie nieuwe XBMCFreak livecd

    Systeem : Asrock ION 3D 152D

    Helaas loop ik tegen wat problemen aan
    Tijdens het installeren krijg ik het volgende melding :
    “XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering, install an approprite graphics driver. Please consult XBMC wiki for supported hardware”

    Alles ik het systeem reboot, krijg ik volgende melding
    loading cpufreq kernel modules… [fail]

    Iemand enige idee wat erbij fout gaat en hoe ik dit kan oplossen ?

  12. spoelly says:
    August 31, 2011 at 21:52  Quote  Reply

    Ik heb het zelfde op mijn Asrock Ion 330 HT… bovendien werkt mijn afstandbediening niet.

  13. Diekund says:
    August 31, 2011 at 23:24  Quote  Reply

    Hi,

    Thanks for your efforts. Will this work for my Acer Aspire Revo R3610??

    Thanks

  14. trib says:
    September 1, 2011 at 07:18  Quote  Reply

    It’s sooo good to know that you are working on livecd version for AMD fusion. Many thanks for that. Just to give you a feedback, I try to install this livecd on my Asus E35M1-I DELUXE. Durring installation I’m getting error message about cdrom missing (I install this with pendrive). With direct start from pendrive I also got error message and nothing happen.

  15. lowfi says:
    September 1, 2011 at 13:13  Quote  Reply

    Voor mensen die een niet werkende MCE remote hebben…. probeer dit:

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc

  16. Peter says:
    September 1, 2011 at 15:27  Quote  Reply

    Thanks for the live cd.
    I’ve tried but it doesn’t seem to work on ASRock E350M1 board. It hangs loading live CD after this message in Alt+F7 console:
    amixer: unable to find simple control ‘IEC958′, 1

  17. Mitch says:
    September 1, 2011 at 16:37  Quote  Reply

    Update :

    De remote werkt nu door :
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc
    Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes
    none
    dan werkt de remote perfect

    Heb nu de laatste build van Openelec (OpenELEC_EDEN-ION) erop draaien hierin werkt alles goed.
    Geen melding tijdens het installeren en de remote werkt gelijk out of de box

    Nu is mijn vraag, ligt het aan de linux kernel die XBMCFreak livecd gebruikt dat ik problemen heb met het installeren, want Openelec maakt gebruik van Kernel 3.0 ?

    Als iemand enige idee heeft hoe ik verder moet dan hoor ik dat graag

  18. Patrick says:
    September 1, 2011 at 21:15  Quote  Reply

    Hi, I’m new to XBMC. I’ve got an Zotac HD ID40 with Nvidia Ion:

    http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=287&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

    First i used XBMC under Windows 7 and everything worked. Now i installed as OS with your XBMC Live CD. But now i’ve got no sound and the Windows MC Remote doesn’t work anymore. What settings should i use for the sound to work (i already tried some, but nothing works). The HTPC is hooked up to a receiver. And how can i get the Remote to work again?

    Thanks and Regards from Switzerland

  19. Niklas says:
    September 2, 2011 at 10:24  Quote  Reply

    Patrick :Hi, I’m new to XBMC. I’ve got an Zotac HD ID40 with Nvidia Ion:
    http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=287&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1
    First i used XBMC under Windows 7 and everything worked. Now i installed as OS with your XBMC Live CD. But now i’ve got no sound and the Windows MC Remote doesn’t work anymore. What settings should i use for the sound to work (i already tried some, but nothing works). The HTPC is hooked up to a receiver. And how can i get the Remote to work again?
    Thanks and Regards from Switzerland

    I´m having the same issue with a Revo R3700. Ive installed Openelec XBMC instead and with that both sound and MCE remote works from scratch.

  20. hipp0 says:
    September 3, 2011 at 00:53  Quote  Reply

    @Piethein Strengholt

    Did you get it working on you device? I also have an Foxcon nT-A3550. After deleting almost everything in /etc/rc.local it stoll does not boot.

  21. ferry says:
    September 3, 2011 at 12:45  Quote  Reply

    Doesn’t work on an old P4 shuttle with a Nvidia GT 210 graphics card, loads splash screen then goes on to a check list, with [OK] next to items, doesn’t go any further.

  22. Slyzer says:
    September 3, 2011 at 22:17  Quote  Reply

    @Diekund
    Yes, I have one and this works great!
    Make the USB Installation drive with Lili instead of Unetbootin and you’re good to go!

  23. SteelWolf says:
    September 4, 2011 at 08:57  Quote  Reply

    I was able to get this to install correctly using Unetbootin to write the iso to a flash drive. I do have some questions/feedback on this – is there any way to contact you directly?

    Thanks.

  24. AJ1000 says:
    September 4, 2011 at 14:40  Quote  Reply

    Did not work on my R3610, got errors on the check list including ‘unable to load LIRC kernel modules’, invalid card number, and ‘cannot create /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols: Directory nonexistent’.

    I tried it both with a CD and a USB key made using lili (which is very good).

  25. Erik B says:
    September 4, 2011 at 17:22  Quote  Reply

    Hi! Thank you for your efforts.
    I have been tampering all weekend and cannot get this perfectly to work.

    I am running a Asrock E350M1, fusion platform with a Radeon HD 6310.

    When I’m trying the latest OpenElec build for Fusion x86 (http://www.mediafire.com/openelec#d5pmbbb0ay9at,1 ) and running a 720p MKV everything is OK and CPU load is constantly at ~12%

    With his livecd the same MKV requires CPU load of 70-100% (yes, movie is sometimes lagging).

    Question is – there must be some driver that the latest version of Openelec is using that your release isn’t?

    I would prefer to use your build, since I need to add other server software to my system, which openelec won’t let me do.
    Thnak you for any help.

  26. Erik B says:
    September 4, 2011 at 17:53  Quote  Reply

    (could it be that your release is using CDPAU instead of VAAPI ??)

  27. blokr says:
    September 5, 2011 at 08:06  Quote  Reply

    Installs perfectly on Zotac HD-ID11 but XBMC crashes when starting a partymix from library mode! Also every MP3 crashes the programm….. Flac audio is playing perfectly.
    Anybody?

  28. Patrick says:
    September 5, 2011 at 08:32  Quote  Reply

    blokr :Installs perfectly on Zotac HD-ID11 but XBMC crashes when starting a partymix from library mode! Also every MP3 crashes the programm….. Flac audio is playing perfectly.Anybody?

    Hi,
    I do not get the crashing problems with my HD-ID40. But i can in no way get the sound to work via HDMI passthrough with any of the possible configurations. Could you tell me what settings you’ve used in the audio settings to get audio to work?

  29. Piethein Strengholt says:
    September 5, 2011 at 09:16  Quote  Reply

    Patrick :

    blokr :Installs perfectly on Zotac HD-ID11 but XBMC crashes when starting a partymix from library mode! Also every MP3 crashes the programm….. Flac audio is playing perfectly.Anybody?

    Hi,
    I do not get the crashing problems with my HD-ID40. But i can in no way get the sound to work via HDMI passthrough with any of the possible configurations. Could you tell me what settings you’ve used in the audio settings to get audio to work?

    Try to create a new alsa configuration file with:

    nano ~/.asoundrc

    copy the content below and save, close with control + x:

    pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave {
    pcm “hdmi”
    }
    }

  30. Patrick says:
    September 5, 2011 at 13:19  Quote  Reply

    Niklas :

    Patrick :Hi, I’m new to XBMC. I’ve got an Zotac HD ID40 with Nvidia Ion:http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=287&category_id=118&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1First i used XBMC under Windows 7 and everything worked. Now i installed as OS with your XBMC Live CD. But now i’ve got no sound and the Windows MC Remote doesn’t work anymore. What settings should i use for the sound to work (i already tried some, but nothing works). The HTPC is hooked up to a receiver. And how can i get the Remote to work again?Thanks and Regards from Switzerland

    I´m having the same issue with a Revo R3700. Ive installed Openelec XBMC instead and with that both sound and MCE remote works from scratch.

    Thanks for the Info Niklas, i’ll try it out. Do you use sound via HDMI Passthrough?

  31. Patrick says:
    September 5, 2011 at 13:21  Quote  Reply

    Piethein Strengholt :

    Patrick :

    blokr :Installs perfectly on Zotac HD-ID11 but XBMC crashes when starting a partymix from library mode! Also every MP3 crashes the programm….. Flac audio is playing perfectly.Anybody?

    Hi,I do not get the crashing problems with my HD-ID40. But i can in no way get the sound to work via HDMI passthrough with any of the possible configurations. Could you tell me what settings you’ve used in the audio settings to get audio to work?

    Try to create a new alsa configuration file with:
    nano ~/.asoundrc
    copy the content below and save, close with control + x:
    pcm.!default {type plugslave {pcm “hdmi”}}

    Hi Piethein,

    Thanks for your Info but i do have absolutely no Linux know-how. Can you tell me how to create this file and where to put it? I would be thankful. Regards from Switzerland.

  32. Kraken says:
    September 5, 2011 at 16:03  Quote  Reply

    @Piethein Strengholt

    16:01:07 T:5081024 NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = ATI Technologies Inc.
    16:01:07 T:5081024 NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
    16:01:07 T:5081024 NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 4.1.11005 Compatibility Profile Context
    16:01:07 T:5081024 NOTICE: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 4.10
    16:01:07 T:5081024 NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_AMDX_debug_output

    thats the only thing i can find with GL NOTICE

  33. Mitch says:
    September 5, 2011 at 16:36  Quote  Reply

    Piethein Strengholt :

    Patrick :

    blokr :Installs perfectly on Zotac HD-ID11 but XBMC crashes when starting a partymix from library mode! Also every MP3 crashes the programm….. Flac audio is playing perfectly.Anybody?

    Hi,
    I do not get the crashing problems with my HD-ID40. But i can in no way get the sound to work via HDMI passthrough with any of the possible configurations. Could you tell me what settings you’ve used in the audio settings to get audio to work?

    Try to create a new alsa configuration file with:
    nano ~/.asoundrc
    copy the content below and save, close with control + x:
    pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave {
    pcm “hdmi”
    }
    }

    Ik heb bovenstaande ook allemaal al geprobeerd maar of het systeem crashed of er komt geen geluid uit.
    [b]Is het misschien mogelijk Piethein dat je versie maakt alleen voor ION, zodat we kunnen testen of het nu aan ION of de combinatie AMD Fusion platform en ION ligt dat systemen crashen, drivers niet goed installeert worden etc.[/b]

  34. Kevin says:
    September 6, 2011 at 16:09  Quote  Reply

    @blokr
    Doing

    “sudo aptitude install libmad0″ fixed the MP# playing part for my install

  35. Per says:
    September 6, 2011 at 20:00  Quote  Reply

    I’ve installed this. Works quite well. Managed to get hdmi to work as well.

    But what about suspend/standby/hibernation?

    It seems whatever I try to do, the pc still keeps running, it doesn’t enter either mode…

  36. john-cord says:
    September 7, 2011 at 10:20  Quote  Reply

    does USB-Automount work in this Built?

  37. waste says:
    September 7, 2011 at 10:59  Quote  Reply

    Hi,
    Thank you the xbmcfreak team for all your works for us!

    It’s really great to have a native Airplay live cd (it will better with music integration ;) )

    Another great things, will to make a native spotify live cd :D

  38. Smirre says:
    September 7, 2011 at 17:30  Quote  Reply

    Per :
    I’ve installed this. Works quite well. Managed to get hdmi to work as well.
    But what about suspend/standby/hibernation?
    It seems whatever I try to do, the pc still keeps running, it doesn’t enter either mode…

    Same experience on my side with ASROCK ION 330HT + Logitech Harmony. No reaction on power toggle when xbmc is running. Turning on works.

  39. Gavin says:
    September 8, 2011 at 02:32  Quote  Reply

    @Smirre
    did you try the asrock remote ?

  40. Smirre says:
    September 8, 2011 at 16:07  Quote  Reply

    @Gavin
    Suprisingly it does work. I thought if the Logitech turns it on then it should also turn it off. It seems that I was wrong. Is there any way to program the Logitech Harmony to turn it off also or some editing in some config files can solve this issue?

  41. Gavin says:
    September 8, 2011 at 21:25  Quote  Reply

    Smirre :
    @Gavin
    Suprisingly it does work. I thought if the Logitech turns it on then it should also turn it off. It seems that I was wrong. Is there any way to program the Logitech Harmony to turn it off also or some editing in some config files can solve this issue?

    i to have the harmony one and a asrock 330ht what i done was set it up as media pc then i looked for ASROCK330HT and all was good but a friend had to do the same and learn the IR from the Asrock remote to the harmony
    if you have no luck with that try and set a delay in the power tog

  42. blokr says:
    September 9, 2011 at 12:56  Quote  Reply

    @ Kevin

    ThanX! works like a charm…. also fixed the remote ThanX to Mitch !!

  43. Piethein Strengholt says:
    September 9, 2011 at 13:23  Quote  Reply

    SteelWolf :

    I was able to get this to install correctly using Unetbootin to write the iso to a flash drive. I do have some questions/feedback on this – is there any way to contact you directly?

    Thanks.

    piethein [at] xbmcfreak . nl

  44. Reynard says:
    September 9, 2011 at 18:48  Quote  Reply

    Doesn’t work on my Asus E35M1-i Deluxe. Installs fine, but then I get the error:

    amixer: unable to find simple control ‘IEC958′

    Also, I get a LIRC error.

  45. piotrasd says:
    September 11, 2011 at 00:38  Quote  Reply

    Can somebody wich install this live cd upload rc.local to pastbin or some other place ??
    one script downloaded from internet replace me rc.local from /etc/ and im loose all from this file :(

    Please help

  46. piotrasd says:
    September 11, 2011 at 00:41  Quote  Reply

    Can somebody wich install this image upload rc.local to pastbin or some other place ??
    one script downloaded from internet replace me rc.local from /etc/ and im loose all from this file :(

    Please help

  47. halokitty says:
    September 11, 2011 at 20:40  Quote  Reply

    When I press CTRL + ALT + F1 my screen is black and there is no terminal visible. The same problem when I boot into safe mode… Anyone have the same effect?

  48. SteelWolf says:
    September 12, 2011 at 15:20  Quote  Reply

    @halokitty

    Try waiting a little longer. You could also follow this guide to keep the blank screen issue from happening permanently.

  49. chester says:
    September 12, 2011 at 16:31  Quote  Reply

    same problem as mentioned here before with ZBOX nano ad10. xbmc live does not start:

    cannot create /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols: Directory nonexistent

    amixer: unable to find simple control ‘IEC958′, 1

    already added the .asoundrc as suggested here. The alsamixer then seems to work correctly. Furthermore i tried to boot after removing cpufreq (which failed as well) and lirc.

    Any ideas?

  50. blokr says:
    September 13, 2011 at 14:27  Quote  Reply

    @ halokitty
    Yes for me the same problem no terminal at all, solved it with putty!

    @ anybody
    Wake-on LAN script is not on board and the script “xbmc.script.wol” gives the error “script is in the wrong format”.
    Anybody how to install an WOL script in this version? ThanX

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