vlc media player
Michael Butash
michael at butash.net
Thu Dec 26 17:24:33 MST 2013
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Precise_Installation_Guide
rtfm. :)
-mb
On 12/26/2013 05:21 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
> sudo apt-get remove fglrx*
>
> How are you installing the driver, making the deb's or forcing the lib
> install? I'd recommend the packages as that won't be catastrophic
> with kernel updates. Packages allow for dkms to recompile the module
> for kernel upgrades.
>
> sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-12-x86.x86_64.run
> --buildpkg Ubuntu/precise
> sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
>
> Make sure to replace the distribution (precise) with whatever you're
> on, and the filename.
>
> Other than that, look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues, but you're not
> installing the packages clean.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On 12/26/2013 05:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>> uh-ohhhhhh
>> I installed 13.12 with the force option and it installed. then the
>> machine said it needed a reboot. so I did and now X doesn't work. so
>> this is way deeper than I had hoped it would be but it is too late to
>> go back now! so I had read that you need to reinstall X after an
>> FGLRX upgrade. I need to go to work now but if you could tell me how
>> to do this it would be great. After we get done with this I am going
>> to have a bunch of instructional files. that is what I do now.... I
>> copy the instructuions into a file and put that into a folder entitle
>> 'computer instructions so I don't have to bug anyone about my little
>> problems and so I can help someone with the same problem.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> figured out the installation (sh <file>) but now it is telling me
>> to uninstall the previous installation of fglrx (which I am doing
>> with apt-get remove). But to remove it it is installing a package
>> called :
>>
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> fglrx-amdcccle-updates fglrx-updates
>>
>> SO should I continue with the installation of 13.12 after the
>> updates are installed?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> okay.... is installed but they are up to version 13.12 .
>> Time for an upgrade. I d/l the new driver butdon't know how
>> to install it. The file is a .run file . './<file name> isn't
>> working and the release notes don't give any indication. So
>> what do I do?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Michael Butash
>> <michael at butash.net <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>>
>> mb at host:~$ sudo dpkg -l fglrx
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
>> +++-==============-============-============-=================================
>> ii fglrx 2:13.200-0ub amd64 Video driver
>> for the AMD graphics
>>
>> Compare that against the active driver sets from AMD's site.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/26/2013 03:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>> Hey Mike..... how do I see what the current version of
>>> fglrx is? I tried locate and I think it is 9 or 10 as
>>> there are a coupke of files.... one is:
>>> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx
>>> and the other
>>> /usr/lib/pxpress/lib/10fglrx
>>> or
>>> /usr/src/fglrx-9.000
>>> and then a bunch of files built off of that directory.
>>> .... then I just noticed:
>>>
>>> /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Michael Butash
>>> <michael at butash.net <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, I think the problem is likely with the format of
>>> the video, it doesn't sound like they're being
>>> hardware decoded, as I don't even see a blip on the
>>> cpu when the gpu is doing the decode. Basically you
>>> don't have enough processing that it's dragging your
>>> system down with it. If VLC, Totem, or whatever all
>>> behave the same, it's a system resource issue.
>>>
>>> I'd make sure you upgrade your drivers from actual
>>> AMD/ATI site, as the ones in repo tend to be old,
>>> you might just have some rendering challenges.
>>> They've also steadily added codecs over time for
>>> what they can decode, so it might be fixed. Don't
>>> install the radeon driver, just upgrade the fglrx
>>> proprietary blob driver.
>>>
>>> The other option is change your recording format to
>>> something that doesn't kill your cpu. You can also
>>> transcode or reencode the existing videos. I'd
>>> recommend just using straight h.264 as it's all but
>>> standard and supported by most gpu's for decode
>>> now. Plenty of info and apps out there to do this,
>>> but not my forte to point you at any one. I never
>>> make videos, I just download straight h.264 or xvid
>>> videos that give me no grief.
>>>
>>> What format *are* these in? Not just the container
>>> (ie. mkv), but the actual codec in use. VLC will
>>> tell you if you look under Tool menu, and Codec
>>> Properties when the file is loaded.
>>>
>>> Reply to all for the list too, might help someone
>>> else out here without me having readd them back in
>>> disjointed thread fashion. :)
>>>
>>> -mb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/26/2013 12:13 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure if I need to say this but xbmc videos
>>>> play with no problem; the problem is with home
>>>> recorded videos. If I upload the videos to you tube
>>>> they will play fine. As for the output of: lsmod |
>>>> egrep 'fgl|rade'
>>>>
>>>> fglrx 4325524 223 <tel:4325524%20%C2%A0223>
>>>>
>>>> I do not seem to have a radeon driver. I did
>>>> apt-cache search to see I could figure out what to
>>>> install.... and out of the list that printed up of
>>>> interest (i think) is:
>>>> fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>>> accelerators
>>>> and
>>>> rovclock - utility to control frequency rates of
>>>> your Radeon card
>>>>
>>>> htop just showed vlc at the top of the list when I
>>>> started it with cpu usage between 10% and 80%.
>>>>
>>>> I also just tried it with totem (slow video and no
>>>> sound) and gnome-mplayer (slow video, normal sound
>>>> which rushes ahead)
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>> $ apt-cache search radeon
>>>> libdrm-radeon1 - Userspace interface to
>>>> radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
>>>> libdrm-radeon1-dbg - Userspace interface to
>>>> radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- debugging
>>>> symbols
>>>> radeontool - utility to control ATI Radeon
>>>> backlight functions on laptops
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI
>>>> display driver wrapper
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg - X.Org X server --
>>>> AMD/ATI display driver wrapper (debugging symbols)
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon - X.Org X server --
>>>> AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg - X.Org X server --
>>>> AMD/ATI Radeon display driver (debugging symbols)
>>>> xvba-va-driver - XvBA-based backend for VA API (AMD
>>>> fglrx implementation)
>>>> fglrx - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
>>>> fglrx-amdcccle - Catalyst Control Center for the
>>>> AMD graphics accelerators
>>>> fglrx-amdcccle-updates - Catalyst Control Center
>>>> for the AMD graphics accelerators
>>>> fglrx-dev - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>>> accelerators (devel files)
>>>> fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>>> accelerators
>>>> fglrx-updates-dev - Video driver for the AMD
>>>> graphics accelerators (devel files)
>>>> mplayer2 - next generation movie player for
>>>> Unix-like systems
>>>> rovclock - utility to control frequency rates of
>>>> your Radeon card
>>>> atitvout - ATI TV Out Support Program
>>>> gatos - ATI All-in-Wonder TV capture software
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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