[mythtv-users] Meegopad and VAAPI

[Kris Jensen]

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Kris Jensen <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Paul Kendall <pkendall64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Kris Jensen <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Paul Kendall <pkendall64 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> After some research and mucking about...
>>>> I got the audio over HDMI working. I've written up a blog post about
>>>> what I had to do with links to files and instructions
>>>>
>>>> https://pkendall64.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/meegopad-t01-hdmi-audio-success/
>>>>
>>>> If you're keen, give it a go and let me know how you get on.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> I gave the patch a try. But it's not working on my setup. Upon first
>>> reboot after applying patch files it boots to a busybox shell. Rebooting
>>> from the shell go's to a grub select screen. Selecting the default boot
>>> entry hang's at a blank screen. Thought it might have been some conflict
>>> from previous things I had tried so I did a fresh install (Mythbuntu
>>> 14.04.2). However the same. I did not investigate the busybox shell at all,
>>> I just typed reboot.
>>>
>>> I am not well versed at diagnosing and debug that first busybox shell,
>>> so I just reinstalled what I had working. For now. Till I read up a bit.
>>>
>>> Thanks Paul
>>>
>>> Kris
>>>
>>
>> That seems really odd. I have xubuntu 14.10 installed and did what I said
>> in the post.
>>
>> Is your 14.04 install booting from the flash on the device or from a USB?
>>
>> Maybe I could create an image of my system and upload that.
>> What that would mean is just booting from a usb and dd'ing the image to
>> the flash.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Well perhaps there it some difference in ether the way I am doing my
> install or perhaps its the auto boot BIOS I installed. This is how I am
> installing, for reference.
>
>
> From a Mythbuntu 14.04.1 boot usb with the grubia32.efi switcharoo. I
> select try before install, and install. When finished installing I open a
> terminal window and enter in the following:
>
> sudo mkdir /mnt/emmc /mnt/emmc/boot
> sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/emmc
> sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/emmc/boot/efi
> for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt/emmc$i; done
> sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/emmc/etc/resolv.conf
> sudo chroot /mnt/emmc
> apt-get update
> apt-get -y remove grub-efi-amd64
> apt-get -y install grub-efi-ia32
> cd /boot/efi/EFI
> cp ubuntu/grubx64.efi ubuntu/grubx64.efi.orig
> cp ubuntu/grubia32.efi ubuntu/grubx64.efi
> update-grub2
>
> Shutdown, remove the install usb and reboot. Then sudo apt-get update &&
> sudo apt-get upgrade. Then I followed your guide for the HDMI audio.
>
> I'll reflash to the normal non auto boot BIOS later, to rule that out.
>
> If your willing to make an image. I'm willing to try it.
>
> Thanks again Paul.
>
>
>

Paul, it was absolutely the auto boot BIOS fault. I re flashed with the
default BIOS and did a clean install, and installed your patch.

I have audio with HDMI.

Thanks very much.
Kris
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