Yeah, exactly the same issue as above. Update CommonMediaPlayer Fails. Says "nitohelper doesn't have the proper permissions and owner".

Any fix or workaround for this issue?

Originally Posted by MoTo

Yeah, exactly the same issue as above. Update CommonMediaPlayer Fails. Says "nitohelper doesn't have the proper permissions and owner".

Any fix or workaround for this issue?

Strange you shouldnt really HAVE to update the framework for passthrough to work, the only change in it from v3 to v4 is a bug we squashed that was causing some erratic crashes. The framework itself installs the AC3 passthrough component in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL. The only thing i can think of is maybe that folder doesnt exist and our installation code may not make sure of that before putting the plugin in place. However im a bit dumbfounded as to why the framework update wont work. You may want to ssh in and explore to see if that folder exists. If not i recommend creating the folder and deleting the commonmediaplayer framework out of ~/Library/Frameworks. Try rebooting the finder after that and the framework should reinstall itself. After that check to see if the passthrough option can be toggled on yet. From there if you want to get the latest framework i would remove it from the ~/Library/Frameworks folder again (make sure that folder is owned by frontrow/frontrow as well) And without rebooting the finder try running the installer in nitoTV again.

This framework has a really unique setup so its going to have some growing pains associated with its earliest versions. Please bear with us.

Originally Posted by nitosoft

You may want to ssh in and explore to see if that folder exists.

Unfortunately, I haven't got the slightest idea how to do that.

The only thing I can do is completely reinstall from scratch, if you think that might fix the problem. I just don't want to go to that much trouble if that is unlikely to help.

the directory was present, but after I deleted the framework from ~/Library and rebooting the finder the option was there.

5.1 worked after a complete reboot (ac3 and dts)

but after doing that, the picture is vertically squashed, like an extra letterbox on top. checked various sources. (picture was normal before the procedure) Zoom=none

so close ... :-)

excellent work with 5.1!

cheers
winmann

your update procedure worked, too. but no improvement aspect-wise

Originally Posted by MoTo

Unfortunately, I haven't got the slightest idea how to do that.

The only thing I can do is completely reinstall from scratch, if you think that might fix the problem. I just don't want to go to that much trouble if that is unlikely to help.

try running through these steps while sshed in

Code:

sudo mount -uw /
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL
sudo chown -R frontrow:frontrow ~/Library/Frameworks
rm -rf ~/Library/Frameworks/CommonMediaPlayer.framework/
killall Finder

Originally Posted by Winmann

the directory was present, but after I deleted the framework from ~/Library and rebooting the finder the option was there.

5.1 worked after a complete reboot (ac3 and dts)

but after doing that, the picture is vertically squashed, like an extra letterbox on top. checked various sources. (picture was normal before the procedure) Zoom=none

so close ... :-)

excellent work with 5.1!

cheers
winmann

your update procedure worked, too. but no improvement aspect-wise

No idea why the picture would be squashed, the AC-3 passthrough has nothing to do with picture display. Very bizarre.

No idea why the picture would be squashed, the AC-3 passthrough has nothing to do with picture display. Very bizarre.

yeah. Changing the atv resolution delivers even more bizarre outputs:
1080i 50Hz vertically squashed
720p 50Hz picture shifted down about 60% (huge black bar on top) but not squashed, so are the overlays

The same on what appears to be 60Hz (1080i & 720p w/o suffix)

I remember similar issues with an early version of nitoTV in regards of mplayer dvd playback, posted some pictures back then. But that might be a totally different story.

edit:
the sound of the atv boot-sequence is gone, too

Originally Posted by Winmann

yeah. Changing the atv resolution delivers even more bizarre outputs:
1080i 50Hz vertically squashed
720p 50Hz picture shifted down about 60% (huge black bar on top) but not squashed, so are the overlays

The same on what appears to be 60Hz (1080i & 720p w/o suffix)

I remember similar issues with an early version of nitoTV in regards of mplayer dvd playback, posted some pictures back then. But that might be a totally different story.

edit:
the sound of the atv boot-sequence is gone, too

if noticed some bizarre picture issues in resolutions other than 720p, but 720p has worked great for me, guess we're going to have try and find some more tv's to test on since there is some odd inconsistency between them.

Hi there!
I started over deleting the framework in HAL and ~/Library then deinstalled nitotv and sapphire.
After a fresh install it is working like a charm.
Great work!
cheers
winmann

Originally Posted by Winmann

Hi there!
I started over deleting the framework in HAL and ~/Library then deinstalled nitotv and sapphire.
After a fresh install it is working like a charm.
Great work!
cheers
winmann

the problem occurs when you change the resolution and dont reboot the finder. Its a very bizarre issue that i cant quite figure out. So if you are in 720p and then view a dvd it will be fine, if you change to 1080i/480p/etc... and dont restart the finder the problem occurs. its quite a strange and baffling one.

Hello Nito,

Today I tried to do update thought your install software menu, but I got an install failed!! screen (nitohelper permission.) I also tried:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/nitoTV.frappliance/Contents/Resources/fixPerm
but still couldn't make it.

I've used this way to update since atv os 1.1 and never seen this problem.
Recently I just installed launcher xbmc/boxee, do you think it is the reason?

Thanks!