[mythtv] Assertion failed in xvmccommon.c:12 when paused live tv restarted

[Tony Clark]

On Saturday 11 December 2004 10:32, James M. MacLaren wrote:
> I have compiled as of 12/12/04 the latest CVS of mythtv.  If I compile
> with XvMC enabled,  then the output of the CNN's ticker is very smooth.
> However, when I  pause live TV and then press pause again to resume
> watching I often get [mmpegvideo_xvmc @ 0xb33950]Past Frame is a B frame
> in findPastSurface
> mythtfronend:xvmccommon.c:12: findPastSurface: Assertion
> '3!=last->pict_type' failed
> Aborted
>
> I have a Hauppage PVR-250 and a chaintech FX5200 video card.
>
> I can go back to removing the XvMC but sometimes get flicker in the CNN
> ticker.
>
> When starting live TVwith XvMC enabled it sometimes starts with a frozen
> screen, pressing escape and then rentering clears it.
>
> Otherwise XvMC works really well,  I can compile on the machine and live
> tv runs smoothly.
> Without this, other activity always causes stuttery output on live TV
>
> Has anyone else seen and/or found a fix to the pause issue with XvMC
> enabled.

I've got much the same problems here.  I'm just going through my system to 
make sure nothing else is broken that may be causing the problem first.

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Regards
Tony