No video playback on HD7770

[poispois]

Hi,

 

I'm using Clover to boot my system and I get everything right except for video playback on mplayerX or Quicktime.

 

The relevant hardware for this, I think is:

• Asrock Z77 Pro4
• Asus HD7770 1Gb OC

The kexts i'm running the ones from 10.8.3.

 

Do I need to inject a string into a kext?

 

I'm back on the Hackintosh scene since from 2007 so I'm a little rusty.

 

Can anyone give me a help?

[k3nny]

Hi,

 

why do you use kexts from 10.8.3? What happens if you use the original ones?

[poispois]

Hi,

 

why do you use kexts from 10.8.3? What happens if you use the original ones?

Could someone provide me a link to the Mavericks kexts so that I can try that?

 

 

[joe75]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/m9sorqeqby3a3q2/gmATI.zip

 

Replace those and add your id to 7000controller and x4000.kext. No injection is needed unless you want to use a different frame buffer.

[poispois]

Thanks for the links and suggesting that.

 

Right now I'm using the original kexts from Mavericks and they load fine.

 

Although I have QE/CI enabled, to get YouTube videos to play I have to disable hardware acceleration and MplayerX/Quicktime crash when trying to load avi's or mkv's, those are the 2 only hiccups I have in my system (along not being able to enter sleep mode which I don't care since this computer is always on).

 

I guess I can live with that.

[joe75]

shouldn't have to live with problems!

 

do an ioreg | grep ATY and see if it returns RadeonFrambuffer, that could be your problem. Not all apps work correctly if that is loaded and you would want to try with the correct frame buffer.

[poispois]

 

Does everything seems ok?

 

(My workaround to watching movies/TV shows is using VLC, although I prefer MplayerX on the MacBook.)

[joe75]

that is the one you don't want. 

 

with clover you need to add an FBName entry in the Graphics section of your config, try first with Hamachi 

 

http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration/Graphics#FBName

[poispois]

that is the one you don't want. 

 

with clover you need to add an FBName entry in the Graphics section of your config, try first with Hamachi 

 

http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Configuration/Graphics#FBName

 

What do you mean by Hamachi?

[k3nny]

@poispois:
Hamachi is the framebuffer name that you can use as FBName with Clover.
HD 7000 desktop cards usually can be set to use one of these framebuffers: Aji, Dashimaki, Futomaki, Hamachi.
 
Here is an Excel table showing a quick overview of all 7000 series framebuffers and their supported ports.

framebuffer_port_table.zip

Edited May 3, 2014 by k3nny

[poispois]

Hi, 

 

What should ioreg | grep ATY return?

[poispois]

@k3nny thanks for your list but I think i'm not progressing.

 

I had my PC connected trough DVI and tried all the frameworks suggested in your Excel to no success. 

I then connected the GPU and monitor trough HDMI and still got no success (mind that I've tried those with a x for the selected port).

 

I'm using Clover Configurator to edit my config.plist, may that be the issue?

 

Should I also alter any other kext to introduce my device somehow?

 

Sorry for noobness again and thanks all for the suggestions. 

[joe75]

the 2 kexts i said to add the id in are all you need. when trying those other frame buffers did you check that they were actually being used with the ioreg command?

 

 | +-o ATY_Hamachi  

 

you would see something like that ^

[poispois]

Hi again guys,

 

I already have the correct pci id in both 7000controller and x4000.kext and after trying with a lot of FBNames I can't get load a "correct" frame buffer.

 

Can someone point me to a possible solution?

 

Can sharing my config.plist from Clover can help?

[joe75]

yeah, upload or pastie your config here and we can take a look

[poispois]

I'm leaving work now and i'll upload my config.plist as soon as I get home.

 

One question though, using the miniDVI plug helps me on this?

[poispois]

Hi again guys,

 

I've hooked up the monitor trough miniDP and tested the following on FBName in Clover (from the list from k3nny):

• Aji
• Hamachi
• Dashimaki
• Futomaki
• Buri
• Chutoro
• Ebi
• Gari
• OPM
• Ikura

None of these frame buffers worked.

 

Here is my config.plist from Clover, i'm hoping someone with more skills than me can see what is wrong here. 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Boot</key>

<dict>

<key>Arguments</key>

<string>-v</string>

<key>Log</key>

<false/>

<key>XMPDetection</key>

<string>Yes</string>

</dict>

<key>Graphics</key>

<dict>

<key>FBName</key>

<string>Hamachi</string>

</dict>

<key>ACPI</key>

<dict>

<key>DSDT</key>

<dict>

<key>Debug</key>

<false/>

<key>ReuseFFFF</key>

<false/>

<key>DropOEM_DSM</key>

<false/>

</dict>

</dict>

<key>Devices</key>

<dict>

<key>USB</key>

<dict>

<key>Inject</key>

<true/>

<key>USBFixOwnership</key>

<true/>

<key>AddClockID</key>

<true/>

</dict>

</dict>

<key>GUI</key>

<dict>

<key>Language</key>

<string>en:0</string>

<key>Theme</key>

<string>bootcamp</string>

<key>Mouse</key>

<dict>

<key>DoubleClick</key>

<integer>200</integer>

<key>Speed</key>

<integer>4</integer>

<key>Enabled</key>

<true/>

</dict>

<key>Scan</key>

<true/>

</dict>

<key>SystemParameters</key>

<dict>

<key>InjectKexts</key>

<true/>

</dict>

</dict>

</plist>

 

Right now I don't know what else to do. Would I get better results using chameleon?

 

I'm also sorry if i'm being a pain in the ass.

 

Thank you all and hoping to get some suggestions,

 

poispois

[joe75]

ok, to be able to use a custom frame buffer you have to injectATI. Add in graphics section under FBName

 

InjectATI

 

Post 4 ^ 

[poispois]

FINALLY!

 

I finally got it! 

 

I've got it working with Dashimaki (this one I won't forget quickly) and trough miniDP.

 

You guys are awesome!

 

Many many thanks. 

[joe75]

w00t! glad it works!

 

More importantly, is your video issues fixed?

[poispois]

I'm very very glad to have a framebuffer correctly working but... MplayerX and flash hardware acceleration still persist on not working. 

 

I won't actively bother the community more on this for a while but if anyone knows something... please drop a post

[hestman]

Got to the same state as you by choosing the same framebuffer, NICE!

 

Do have the same video playback issues as you though, anyone knows any solution to this?

[poispois]

Got to the same state as you by choosing the same framebuffer, NICE!

 

Do have the same video playback issues as you though, anyone knows any solution to this?

 

I can refer you to this thread (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292718-gtx560ti-mplayerx-no-video/) where there is a patched MplayerX. I haven't yet tried it due to lack of time (i'm hoping to try tomorrow) so check what people there are saying and give it a shot.

 

Please reply if you get it to work

[hestman]

I can refer you to this thread (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292718-gtx560ti-mplayerx-no-video/) where there is a patched MplayerX. I haven't yet tried it due to lack of time (i'm hoping to try tomorrow) so check what people there are saying and give it a shot.

 

Please reply if you get it to work

I will try that today or tomorrow as well.

 

But Quicktime does not work for me as it does in that thread, I have never tested mplayerx before.

[hugeschnauzer]

Hello Folks

My  7970 is natively recognised by Mavericks. 

Im using Chameleon.

Boot just possible with GE=NO (if YES get memory allocation error)

added ATI Config Chutoro with port 4

http://cl.ly/image/463R0h343Z3I

No need sleep trick at startup.


Is there another step that im missing? 

Chameleon / 10.9

Tks a lot