# PVRTrace: "DisableBinaries"

**URL:** <https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451>\
**Category:** PowerVR Insider\
**Tags:** pvrvframe, pvrtrace\
**Created:** [April 13, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451 "2016-04-13T16:46:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dark\_photon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/dark_photon/32/224_2.png) [@dark\_photon](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/dark_photon)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451/1 "2016-04-13T16:46:17Z")

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Testing with PVRTrace in the 2016 R1.1 SDK (Recorder Version: 16.1@3980846), I noticed my glProgramBinary calls failing again. I also noticed this note emitted by the recorder lib:

[blockquote]PVRTrace has disabled support for shader/program binaries in the API. This can be changed by setting DisableBinaries to false in the config.[/blockquote]

First, to verify which section I should add it to, I checked the PVRTrace User Manual. That setting isn’t listed. You might add that.

Second, I went ahead and added it to the “Tracing” section:

[blockquote] “DisableBinaries”: false[/blockquote]

and it didn’t make any difference. All of my glProgramBinary calls (which work under PVRVFrame w/o trace) are still throwing GL\_INVALID\_ENUM, and I still see the “PVRTrace has disabled support for shader/program binaries…” message on startup of the recorder libs.

What’s the procedure for enabling program binary support through PVRTrace?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JoeDavis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/joedavis/32/71_2.png) [@JoeDavis](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JoeDavis)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451/2 "2016-04-15T15:14:03Z")

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Hi Dark\_Photon,

I’ve checked the PVRTrace config parser. I’m not sure why it’s ended up there, but the DisableBinaries flag needs to be given in our internal debugging group rather than one of the publicly documented ones. if you add it to an “Internal” section, the option should work for you.

I’ve reported BRN59352 in our tracker to move this flag to the Tracing group and to document it in the user manual.

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**Author:** ![dark\_photon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/dark_photon/32/224_2.png) [@dark\_photon](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/dark_photon)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451/3 "2016-04-18T16:15:35Z")

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Thanks, Joe! That works well.

(By the way: The RSS feed for these forums broke early-to-mid last week. Sent a site mail, but hadn’t heard anything back. Is there a forums appropriate to post questions/problems like this? For details on the breakage, see:

- [http://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.imgtec.com%2Fforums%2Fcat%2Fpowervr-insider-graphics%2Ffeed](http://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.imgtec.com%2Fforums%2Fcat%2Fpowervr-insider-graphics%2Ffeed)  
"line 161, column 195: XML parsing error: \<unknown\>:162:0: unclosed CDATA section [help]"

vs. for example:

- [http://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.arm.com%2Fcommunity%2Ffeeds%2Fallcontent%3Fcommunity%3D2243](http://www.rssboard.org/rss-validator/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.arm.com%2Fcommunity%2Ffeeds%2Fallcontent%3Fcommunity%3D2243)

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**Author:** ![JoeDavis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/joedavis/32/71_2.png) [@JoeDavis](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JoeDavis)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451/4 "2016-04-20T12:48:01Z")

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Glad to hear that worked 🙂

Thanks for pointing out the RSS issue. I didn’t realise until the web team told me about your report. Everything seems to be working now.

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**Author:** ![dark\_photon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/dark_photon/32/224_2.png) [@dark\_photon](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/dark_photon)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/pvrtrace-disablebinaries/2451/5 "2016-04-21T11:50:04Z")

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The RSS feed looks good now – thanks guys!