[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-users] 0.17 choppy video, artifacting and random drop to black frame during playback...

Mon Feb 14 23:48:59 UTC 2005

Here is the output of my frontend when running -v playback.  Does anyone see 
anything out of the ordinary?  Thanks for the help!

2005-02-14 17:34:59.650 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org

2005-02-14 17:34:59.651 Enabled verbose msgs : important general playback

2005-02-14 17:35:00.386 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)

2005-02-14 17:35:01.080 Joystick disabled.

2005-02-14 17:35:01.156 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.

2005-02-14 17:35:01.190 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media 
handler

2005-02-14 17:35:01.190 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media 
handler

2005-02-14 17:35:01.684 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media 
handler

SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.0.10:5060 NAT address 192.168.0.10

SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set

2005-02-14 17:35:02.155 Mediamonitor: Adding /dev/cdrom

2005-02-14 17:35:02.159 Starting media monitor.

2005-02-14 17:35:02.167 Media status changed... New status is: 
MEDIASTAT_OPEN old status was MEDIASTAT_NOTMOUNTED

2005-02-14 17:35:23.041 All Programs

2005-02-14 17:35:23.576 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 
of 5)

2005-02-14 17:35:23.584 Using protocol version 14

2005-02-14 17:35:24.978 detectInterlace(Ignore Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97, 
480) ->Ignore Scan

2005-02-14 17:35:24.979 Interlaced: Ignore Scan video_height: 480 fps: 29.97

2005-02-14 17:35:24.979 Estimated bitrate = 8000

2005-02-14 17:35:25.187 Position map filled from DB to: 3587

2005-02-14 17:35:25.188 SyncPositionMap prerecorded, from DB: 3588 entries

2005-02-14 17:35:25.188 Position map found

2005-02-14 17:35:25.194 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.

2005-02-14 17:35:25.194 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.

2005-02-14 17:35:25.197 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000

2005-02-14 17:35:25.207 Over/underscan. V: 0.08, H: 0.08, XOff: 40, YOff: 0

2005-02-14 17:35:25.210 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 720, 
disphoff: 480

2005-02-14 17:35:25.210 Image size. imgx 18, imgy: 38, imgw: 605, imgh: 403

Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out

2005-02-14 17:35:25.845 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded

2005-02-14 17:35:25.845 Using realtime priority.

2005-02-14 17:36:12.968 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None

2005-02-14 17:36:12.989 Changing from None to None

2005-02-14 17:36:13.686 AVFD

2005-02-14 17:36:13.686 AVFD: Opening Stream #0: codec id 2

2005-02-14 17:36:13.686 detectInterlace(Detect Scan, Detect Scan, 29.97, 
480) ->Interlaced Scan

2005-02-14 17:36:13.686 Interlaced: Interlaced Scan video_height: 480 fps: 
29.97

2005-02-14 17:36:13.686 AVFD: Looking for decoder for 2

2005-02-14 17:36:13.687 AVFD

2005-02-14 17:36:13.687 AVFD: Opening Stream #1: codec id 86016

2005-02-14 17:36:13.687 AVFD: Looking for decoder for 86016

2005-02-14 17:36:13.689 Estimated bitrate = 6384

2005-02-14 17:36:13.730 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 0, 
disphoff: 0

2005-02-14 17:36:13.730 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 38, imgw: 403, imgh: 403

2005-02-14 17:36:13.731 waiting for prebuffer...

2005-02-14 17:36:13.732 positionMap[ 0 ] == 38.

2005-02-14 17:36:13.798 positionMap[ 1 ] == 372774.

2005-02-14 17:36:13.868 HandleGopStart: gopset not set, syncing positionMap

2005-02-14 17:36:13.868 SyncPositionMap prerecorded, from DB: 2 entries

2005-02-14 17:36:13.868 Stream initial keyframedist: 15.

2005-02-14 17:36:13.869 positionMap[ 2 ] == 794662.

2005-02-14 17:36:14.201 positionMap[ 3 ] == 1212454.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh" <mythtv2 at dalcher.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Cc: <mythtv-dev at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:42 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] 0.17 choppy video,artifacting and random drop to 
black frame during playback...

> Hello,
> I recently upgraded from a working version of 0.16 to 0.17 and I am having
> playback issues.  I see choppy playback, artifacting, and after about 
> thirty
> seconds of video playback (both recordings and LiveTV) I get a black 
> screen
> that will go away if I use the remote.  The playback still remains choppy
> after this fact.
>
> I have re-added suid root for mythfrontend, mythtv, and I have recently
> restarted both the backend and frontend.  I'm seeing no anomolies in the 
> logs
> at all.
>
> Could this be an ivtv issue, or is there something in my configuration 
> that
> needs to change?  I just did an apt-get install mythtv-suite and 
> everything
> appears to be kosher except for this playback problem.  The rest of my 
> MythTV
> settings did not change from my previously working 0.16 installation.
>
> Here is the output of rpm -qa | grep ivtv
>
> ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at
> kernel-module-ivtv-2.6.8-1.521-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at
> ivtv-0.1.10-48.3_pre2_ck100zz.rhfc2.at
> ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at
> ivtv-firmware-1.8a-4.at
> perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc2.at
>
> My kernel version is: 2.6.8-1.521 running Fedora Core 2.
>
> Thank you for the assistance, my wife is going crazy with this not 
> working!
> If you need any additional information to help me troubleshoot this 
> problem,
> please reply to josh at dalcher.com and I can get it for you.
>
> --Josh Dalcher
>
>
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