[mythtv] waiting for free video buffers timed out

[Johan]

On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 00:15, Doug Larrick wrote:
> Johan wrote:
> > Can someone tell me what these "free video buffers" are?
> 
> It means the MPEG decoder is trying to decode frames, but the video 
> output has fallen behind and not shown enough, so there are no buffers 
> in which to decode.
> 
> The output of 'mythfrontend --verbose playback' would probably help.
> 
> -Doug

The output is included bellow. Strange thing is: The file ringbuf1.nuv
is created and I can watch it with xine. Does this proof that nothing is
wrong on the recording side?

Johan

mythfrontend --verbose playback
2004-09-24 17:39:36 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
2004-09-24 17:39:36 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback
2004-09-24 17:39:38 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2004-09-24 17:39:38 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
handler
2004-09-24 17:39:38 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
handler
2004-09-24 17:39:41 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
handler
SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.101:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.101
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2004-09-24 17:39:43 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1
of 5)
2004-09-24 17:39:43 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-24 17:39:46 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-24 17:39:51 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-24 17:39:54 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 25, 576)
->Interlaced Scan
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 576  fps:
25
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Estimated bitrate = 384000
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Filling position map from 0 to 32
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Position map filled from Encoder to: 2
2004-09-24 17:39:54 SyncPositionMap liveTV, from Encoder: 3 entries
2004-09-24 17:39:54 detectInterlace(Ignore Scan, Interlaced Scan, 25,
576) ->Interlaced Scan
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 576  fps:
-1
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Partial position map found
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2004-09-24 17:39:54 Audio fragment size: 4096
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Over/underscan. V: 0, H: 0, XOff: 0, YOff: 0
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Using XV port 56
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 1024,
disphoff: 767
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 0, imgw: 720, imgh: 576
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2004-09-24 17:39:55 Using deinterlace method linearblend
pthread_setschedparam: Success
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Running as SUID root would allow some threads to run
with realtime priority, improving video smoothness.
2004-09-24 17:39:56 HandleGopStart: gopset not set, syncing positionMap
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Filling position map from 3 to 6
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Position map filled from Encoder to: 4
2004-09-24 17:39:56 SyncPositionMap liveTV, from Encoder: 5 entries
2004-09-24 17:39:56 detectInterlace(Ignore Scan, Interlaced Scan, 25,
576) ->Interlaced Scan
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 576  fps:
-1
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Stream initial keyframedist: 15.
2004-09-24 17:39:56 detectInterlace(Ignore Scan, Interlaced Scan, 25,
576) ->Interlaced Scan
2004-09-24 17:39:56 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan  video_height: 576  fps:
-1
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