VLC For Logitech Revue (GoogleTV)...

[IanSav]

Hi FlippityWidget,

Have you tried the tests that Edward provided? Do your results match those I reported?

Regards,
Ian.

[JFeringa]

Here is what I get from sys info

# Build #
ID=KA2X-20120518.141456
Product=ka
Device=ka
Board=unknown
CPU ABI=none
CPU ABI 2=unknown
Manufacturer=logitech
Brand=logitech
Model=Revue
Type=user
Tags=release-keys
Finger Print=logitech/ka/ka:3.2/KA2X-20120518.141456/user-b65871:user/release-keys
Time=1338941716000
User=parabuild
Host=vdc01b01ubuntu10
Hardware=logitech_ka5
Radio=unknown
Bootloader=5.303-g49cc594d
Incremental Version=user-b65871
Release Version=3.2
SDK Version=13

I removed the extra line breaks.

Quick System Info identifies the CPU as "Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU CE4150 @1.2GHz"

and this is what "Android System Info" app gives.

OS
Browser UserAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 3.2; en-us; Revue Build/KA2X-20120518.141456) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13

Android ID : c2ad3591be58a4bd

Uptime : 1 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, 45 seconds

Uptime (without sleeps) : 1 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, 45 seconds


Configuration
Font Scale : 1.0
Hard Keyboard Hidden : NO
Keyboard : QWERTY
Keyboard Hidden : NO
Locale : en_US
MCC : 0
MNC : 0
Navigation : DPAD
Navigation hidden : NO
Orientation : LANDSCAPE
Screen Height DP : 517
Screen Width DP : 924
Smallest Screen Width DP : 517
Screen Layout :
LONG_YES
SIZE_LARGE
SIZE_NORMAL
SIZE_SMALL
Touchscreen : NOTOUCH
UI Mode :
NIGHT_NO
TYPE_TELEVISION

BuildInfos
Android version : 3.2
Release Codename : REL
API LEVEL : 13
CPU ABI : none
Manufacturer : logitech
Bootloader : 5.303-g49cc594d
CPU ABI2 : unknown
Hardware : logitech_ka5
Radio : unknown
Board : unknown
Brand : logitech
Device : ka
Display : KA2X-20120518.141456.user-b65871-p
Fingerprint : logitech/ka/ka:3.2/KA2X-20120518.141456/user-b65871:user/release-keys
Host : vdc01b01ubuntu10
ID : KA2X-20120518.141456
Model : Revue
Product : ka
Tags : release-keys
Type : user
User : parabuild

Battery
Level : 100 %
Technology : null
Temperature : 0.0 ∞C (32.0∞F)
Voltage : 0 mV

Memory
Download Cache Max: 506MB/ Free: 464MB
data Max: 520MB/ Free: 281MB
External storage Max: 520MB/ Free: 281MB
Total RAM: 651MB
Free RAM: 145MB
Threshold RAM: 97.66MB

Low Memory Killer Levels
FOREGROUND_APP:__ 8.00MB
VISIBLE_APP:_________ 16.00MB
SECONDARY_SERVER: 32.00MB
HIDDEN_APP:________ 32.00MB
CONTENT_PROVIDER: 64.00MB
EMPTY_APP:__________ 93.75MB

Telephony
Data Activity: DATA_ACTIVITY_NONE
Data State: DATA_DISCONNECTED
IMEI(or MEID): null
IMEI/SoftVer: null
MSISDN: null
Registered MCC:
Registered MCC MNC:
Registered Operator Name:
Network Type: NETWORK_TYPE_UNKNOWN
Phone Type: PHONE_TYPE_NONE
SIM Country Code:
SIM MCC MNC:
SIM Operator Name:
SIM Serial Number: null
SIM State: SIM_STATE_UNKNOWN
Subscriber ID(IMSI): null
VoiceMail number: null
Roaming: false
No Cell detected

Networks
Background Data Usage: true


type WIFI[]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable false

type ETHERNET[]
state CONNECTED/CONNECTED
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true

Wifi
State: WIFI_STATE_DISABLED


CPU
processor 0
vendor_id GenuineIntel
cpu family 6
model 28
model name Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU CE4150 @ 1.20GHz
stepping 10
cpu MHz 1199.766
cache size 512 KB
fdiv_bug no
hlt_bug no
f00f_bug no
coma_bug no
fpu yes
fpu_exception yes
cpuid level 10
wp yes
flags fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm
bogomips 2399.53
clflush size 64
cache_alignment 64
address sizes 32 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Frequency Stats (time):

Camera
As retreiving camera infos can give the impression that it is taking picture on some device, it is not enabled by default. If you wish to, go in settings menu.

Screen
Resolution: 1848 x 1034
Refresh Rate: 59.94
X factor for DIP: 2.0
Density: 320 dpi
Pixel per inch X: 320.0 dpi Y: 320.0 dpi

OpenGL
As retreiving opengl infos can crash some device, it is not enabled by default. If you wish to, go in settings menu.

Sensors

Environment
Root Directory: /system
Data Directory: /data
Download Cache Directory: /cache
External Storage State: mounted
External Storage Directory: /mnt/sdcard

Medias Directories
Alarms: /mnt/sdcard/Alarms
DCIM: /mnt/sdcard/DCIM
Downloads: /mnt/sdcard/Download
Movies: /mnt/sdcard/Movies
Music: /mnt/sdcard/Music
Notifications: /mnt/sdcard/Notifications
Pictures: /mnt/sdcard/Pictures
Podcasts: /mnt/sdcard/Podcasts
Ringtones: /mnt/sdcard/Ringtones

Features
com.google.android.tv
android.hardware.location
android.hardware.wifi
android.hardware.location.network
android.hardware.usb.host
android.hardware.screen.landscape
android.software.live_wallpaper
glEsVers=2.0

JavaProperties
java.vendor.url: http://www.android.com/
java.class.path: .
java.class.version: 46.0
os.version: 2.6.35.14-g701bc01
java.vendor: The Android Project
user.dir: /
user.timezone: null
path.separator: :
os.name: Linux
os.arch: i686
line.separator:
file.separator: /
user.name:
java.version: 0
java.home: /system

Mount points
MountPoint
Name Type Options

- /
rootfs rootfs rw

- /
/dev/root squashfs ro,relatime

- /dev
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,size=4096k,mode=755

- /dev/pts
devpts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600

- /proc
proc proc rw,relatime

- /sys
sysfs sysfs rw,relatime

- /var
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755

- /system
/dev/block/mtdblock9 squashfs ro,relatime

- /data
/dev/block/mtdblock10 yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime

- /keystore
/dev/block/mtdblock11 yaffs2 ro,nosuid,nodev,noatime

- /cache
/dev/disk/by-topology/internal-usb0-part1 ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback

- /data/chrome
/dev/disk/by-topology/internal-usb0-part2 ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback

- /data/app
/dev/disk/by-topology/internal-usb0-part3 ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback

- /proc/bus/usb
usbfs usbfs rw,relatime,devgid=1000,devmode=664

- /mnt
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=775,gid=1000

- /mnt/asec
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000

- /mnt/obb
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000

- /dev/cpuctl
none cgroup rw,relatime,cpu

- /mnt/sdcard
/dev/fuse fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1015,default_permissions,allow_other

I hope I can help in any way, I use VLC on other machines and this would be a perfect place to use it!

[IanSav]

Hi,

Are any of you guys located in the USA? If so, perhaps you can contact Logitech support and see if you can get them to fix the Android build so that the appropriate information, like the build information, is correctly available for applications, like VLC, to use.

Regards,
Ian.

[edwardw]

Now what I would appreciate is getting the logcat log from these devices... Also did you try a newer build? https://norsky.no/public.php?service=fi ... 120903.apk

[FlippityWidget]

Iansav,
Yes atleast those tests that I could do.


Edwards,

I tried installing term.apk and it force closes when I run it. I have tried all the debug builds posted in this thread except the first one because that link had disappeared. When I try to open VLC it doesn't appear to try to open. The same when I choose it to play a video from ES File Explorer. I installed the sys info for Android apk that you linked to and I got the same results that Iansav got CPU ABI = none and CPU ABI 2 = unknown. I don't know what information those are supposed to be giving you but if it has to do with the type of CPU in the Revue then I can tell you it is a Intel Atom CPU CE4150 @ 1.20GHz.

One thing I have found is that the Revue is supposed to support mkv video natively according to what I have read but it doesn't seem to do so. I'm beginning to wonder if there aren't bugs inherent in the native codecs on the Revue.

Anyway, I appreciate your efforts. What we need is some good ole support from Logitech to help you resolve this. It's sad that they have left us all swinging in the wind after we invested our hard earned dollars in their product.

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

I tried the newer build that you referenced. VLC doesn't run and doesn't leave any logs behind.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi FlippityWidget,

Where in the world are you located? I am in Australia. We never had an official release of the Revue so I can't contact Logitech for support or to report these problems. If you are in the USA can you see how Logitech responds when you point out the problems to them.

Regards,
Ian.

[edwardw]

I agree that the CPU_ABI problem is annoying, but I already worked around that. Now the real problem is that I need the logs from Android's logcat to be able to see what's the real problem of why VLC is not running. Right now I have no technical information to work with regarding the VLC crash.

By the way, did you guys root your Google TVs?

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

My Revue is stock standard.

I am planning to factory default my unit to make sure it is running properly. (My unit had issues during the firmware upgrade when the Logitech servers went offline.)

Regards,
Ian.

[JFeringa]

The Revue hasn't been rooted yet without a hardware hack, and I'm not willing to go there. In Canada where I am the Revue isn't supported so I haven't contacted Logitech. I will try the latest APK and see what my machine gives us.

[JFeringa]

Just tried the VLC-debug-X86-20120903.apk and it did not start run or leave a logcat.

[FlippityWidget]

IanSav,

I am in Texas USA. I'll see if Logitech can give us any help. I seriously doubt it because they have dropped support for the Revue but I guess it couldn't hurt to try.


Edwards,
Rooting the Revue is a sketchy prospect at best. From what I have been able to find on the Internet you run the risk of seriously damaging the device. As for getting a logcat, I can't see a way to do that. VLC isn't leaving any logs that I can find unless they are buried somewhere in the system area. I should be able to read files there using ES File Explorer so maybe I'll can do a search from the root for files named similar to the example logs you listed. I think I mentioned in my post above that I think that the codecs are buggy on the revue since it is supposed to support mkv encoded H.264 video but it doesn't.

Anyway, I am off to Logitech land to see what I can find there.

FW

[FlippityWidget]

Ok. Contacted Logitech Tech support. they sent me a response with instructions to force close Logitech Player and "TV & Movies", clear data and clear cache on both then reboot the Revue - standard helpdesk script. Needless to say that didn't help. I sent a response yesterday and am awaiting a reply. On their forums it seems that there are a number of issues related to mkv wrapped video ranging from no audio to no playback at all (my problem). I am pretty sure the issue has to do with buggy codecs on the Revue. Logitech doesn't seem to be in a hurry to resolve the issue so I guess we have to hope for some third party to come through for us.

Team VLC we're all counting on you.

[IanSav]

Hi FlippityWidget,

Did you mention the system calls that are not returning correct (or valid) values for the processor type?

Also, could you ask them how to run logcat so that we can generate the log reports that Edward needs to debug the problems with VLC.

Regards,
Ian.

[Tye]

I'm not super knowledgeable about Android's guts but would a standard logcat viewer like Alogcat get you what you need? I use it on my Revue to spy on intents that are passed around, sometimes.

[edwardw]

I'm not super knowledgeable about Android's guts but would a standard logcat viewer like Alogcat get you what you need? I use it on my Revue to spy on intents that are passed around, sometimes.

I guess you could try it, being open source and all - http://code.google.com/p/alogcat/ I doubt it would hurt at this point, but I've never used it myself so I can't vouch.

[IanSav]

Hi Tye,

Thank you for the suggestion. I have tried it and appear to be able to access some relevant logs...

D/dalvikvm( 1371): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 0K, 9% free 8347K/9159K, paused 25ms
D/dalvikvm( 1371): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1129K, 22% free 7219K/9159K, paused 1ms+2ms
W/VLC/LibVLC( 1371): Unable to load the iomx library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load iomx-hc: findLibrary returned null
E/VLC/LibVLC( 1371): Can't load vlcjni library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load vlcjni: findLibrary returned null
D/Zygote ( 191): Process 1371 exited cleanly (1)
D/AudioMixer( 189): addTrackName (1) = 0x7
D/AudioMixer( 189): deleteTrackName(2) = 0x3
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080494 (t=7 e=1172) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080496 (t=7 e=1174) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080492 (t=7 e=1170) in package 0 (error -75)
V/CrashReportService( 645): Received intent Intent { act=android.intent.action.PROCESS_DIED flg=0x10 (has extras) }, process org.videolan.vlc (pid 1371, uptime 0s) died
D/AudioMixer( 189): addTrackName (2) = 0x7
D/AudioMixer( 189): deleteTrackName(1) = 0x5
D/dalvikvm( 201): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 608K, 23% free 7622K/9863K, paused 84ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 169K, 15% free 2809K/3271K, paused 23ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 1415): Grow heap (frag case) to 3.967MB for 1048588-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed <1K, 13% free 3833K/4359K, paused 36ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_CONCURRENT freed 4K, 12% free 3846K/4359K, paused 1ms+1ms
I/dalvikvm( 1415): Could not find method com.actionbarsherlock.internal.nineoldandroids.widget.NineFrameLayout.onHoverEvent, referenced from method com.actionbarsherlock.internal.widget.ActionBarContainer.onHoverEvent
W/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 5100: Lcom/actionbarsherlock/internal/nineoldandroids/widget/NineFrameLayout;.onHoverEvent (Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z
D/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6f at 0x0000
I/dalvikvm( 1415): Could not find method com.actionbarsherlock.internal.widget.ActionBarView$HomeView.onHoverEvent, referenced from method com.actionbarsherlock.internal.widget.ActionBarView$HomeView.dispatchHoverEvent
W/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 5963: Lcom/actionbarsherlock/internal/widget/ActionBarView$HomeView;.onHoverEvent (Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)Z
D/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6e at 0x0000
I/dalvikvm( 1415): Could not find method android.widget.FrameLayout.onPopulateAccessibilityEvent, referenced from method com.actionbarsherlock.internal.widget.ActionBarView$HomeView.onPopulateAccessibilityEvent
W/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 3733: Landroid/widget/FrameLayout;.onPopulateAccessibilityEvent (Landroid/view/accessibility/AccessibilityEvent;)V
D/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6f at 0x0006
I/dalvikvm( 1415): Could not find method android.widget.RelativeLayout.setFitsSystemWindows, referenced from method com.slidingmenu.lib.SlidingMenu.setFitsSysWindows
W/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: unable to resolve virtual method 3871: Landroid/widget/RelativeLayout;.setFitsSystemWindows (Z)V
D/dalvikvm( 1415): VFY: replacing opcode 0x6f at 0x0006
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 94K, 8% free 4192K/4551K, paused 31ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_CONCURRENT freed 127K, 10% free 4420K/4871K, paused 1ms+1ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 196K, 11% free 4690K/5255K, paused 24ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 196K, 11% free 5037K/5639K, paused 39ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 99K, 13% free 5211K/5959K, paused 23ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 1415): Grow heap (frag case) to 6.416MB for 1155900-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed <1K, 11% free 6340K/7111K, paused 39ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_CONCURRENT freed <1K, 11% free 6340K/7111K, paused 1ms+1ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed <1K, 11% free 6340K/7111K, paused 38ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 1415): Grow heap (frag case) to 8.375MB for 2054924-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 0K, 9% free 8347K/9159K, paused 41ms
D/dalvikvm( 1415): GC_CONCURRENT freed 0K, 9% free 8347K/9159K, paused 1ms+1ms
W/VLC/LibVLC( 1415): Unable to load the iomx library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load iomx-hc: findLibrary returned null
E/VLC/LibVLC( 1415): Can't load vlcjni library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load vlcjni: findLibrary returned null
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080494 (t=7 e=1172) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080496 (t=7 e=1174) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080492 (t=7 e=1170) in package 0 (error -75)
D/AudioMixer( 189): addTrackName (1) = 0x7
D/AudioMixer( 189): deleteTrackName(2) = 0x3
D/Zygote ( 191): Process 1415 exited cleanly (1)
V/CrashReportService( 645): Received intent Intent { act=android.intent.action.PROCESS_DIED flg=0x10 (has extras) }, process org.videolan.vlc (pid 1415, uptime 0s) died
D/dalvikvm( 494): GC_EXPLICIT freed 517K, 32% free 3095K/4487K, paused 1ms+2ms
D/dalvikvm( 993): GC_EXPLICIT freed 1363K, 29% free 7184K/9991K, paused 1ms+3ms
D/AudioMixer( 189): addTrackName (2) = 0x7
D/AudioMixer( 189): deleteTrackName(1) = 0x5
D/dalvikvm( 201): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 774K, 23% free 7645K/9863K, paused 70ms
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080494 (t=7 e=1172) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080496 (t=7 e=1174) in package 0 (error -75)
W/ResourceType( 201): Failure getting entry for 0x01080492 (t=7 e=1170) in package 0 (error -75)
W/InputManagerService( 201): Starting input on non-focused client com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@66e8c608 (uid=10009 pid=256)
I//system/bin/pictool( 72): PIC already at version 3.0.0.0031.111
I/logwrapper( 72): /system/bin/pictool terminated by exit(0)
I/ActivityManager( 201): Displayed org.jtb.alogcat/.LogActivity: +711ms (total +25s262ms)
D/dalvikvm( 993): GC_CONCURRENT freed 560K, 20% free 8032K/9991K, paused 1ms+5ms

Edward, does this give you any pointers? I tried to start VLC twice within this capture window.

Regards,
Ian.

[edwardw]

W/VLC/LibVLC( 1371): Unable to load the iomx library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load iomx-hc: findLibrary returned null
E/VLC/LibVLC( 1371): Can't load vlcjni library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load vlcjni: findLibrary returned null
D/Zygote ( 191): Process 1371 exited cleanly (1)

This is the part that bothers me the most...

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

What does "bother" mean in this context? Is this something you can fix or work around? Is there anything else we can do to help?

Regards,
Ian.

[marinewonder]

Tye,

How were you able to retrieve that info using alogcat?

I tried running on my Sony GTV but wasn't able to see anything relevant.

It kept reading info about WIFI, etc.

Whenever I tried to run VLC from the latest APK in this thread, then switch back to the logger, I could not see any information like you saw.

I suppose more contributions of information in GoogleTV platforms can't hurt since the ultimate goal is to help the VLC team get the info they need to get this ported.

I also have a working Emulator on my GTV if that could help, but running on a stock Android 3.2 installation, not ready to do any system alterations.

-Marinewonder

[IanSav]

Hi Marinewonder,

That extract was from my GoogleTV box. I simply installed the app, rebooted the Revue and tried to run VLC twice. I then ran aLogcat again and saved the logs. My Revue is also running unmodified production firmware.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

Do you have any updates for us? Is there anything you want from us?

Regards,
Ian.

[edwardw]

Well, periodically trying the latest VLC Android nightlies might help. I need to do some more testing when I have some free time.

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

As you requested, from time to time I will try new updates from the nightly archives and update you if anything changes. I would appreciate if you could bump this thread when you have completed your tests and have anything to report or have something specific you would like us to test.

Regards,
Ian.

[IanSav]

Hi Edward,

As you requested, from time to time I have been trying new updates from the nightly archives. As yet there have been no improvements.

Regards,
Ian.