[mythtv-users] [CVS: Jul 23/24] Jump Ahead causes video freeze-- new vsync code?

[Steve Frank]

Just guessing, would your choice of filesystem have any impact on this?

- Steve 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John 
> Patrick Poet
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:23 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [CVS: Jul 23/24] Jump Ahead 
> causes video freeze-- new vsync code?
> 
> John Patrick Poet wrote:
> 
> > Doug Larrick wrote:
> >
> >> John Patrick Poet wrote:
> >>
> >>> Doug Larrick, can you successfully Jump around in a show (NBC HD 
> >>> Olympics for example) without the video freezing up occasionally?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What exactly do you mean by Jump?  Which keys?  Do you mean the 
> >> 10-minute jump (pg up/down), the 30-second skip (arrows), 
> or ff/rew 
> >> (<>)?
> >>
> >> And is this only Live TV, or in recordings?
> >>
> >> It certainly sounds like something is not telling NVP that it's to 
> >> reset its idea of a/v sync.  Is this with video or audio 
> as timebase?  
> >> (I assume audio, as I imagine you're using AC3 passthrough).
> >>
> >
> > A few "30 second jump"s forward is pretty consistant in causing the 
> > problem.
> >
> > I very rarely watch live tv.  This is with recordings.
> >
> > Yes, I am using AC3 passthrough, and audio timebase.
> >
> > This problem is *so* consistant for me, that I have actually been 
> > surprised that no one else has complained about it.  I am currently 
> > running the 23Jul04 CVS, since it does not have the 
> problem, but worry 
> > about getting "left behind" :'(
> >
> > One thing I have not tried, is compiling up the 24Jul04 CVS with 
> > OpenGL disabled.  I will give that a try later on.
> 
> 
> Well I tried compiling up a version of the 24Jul04 CVS with 
> OpenGL disabled, but it did not change the behavior.
> 
> There might be a clue in that fact that it is always about 50 
> seconds of freeze, before the video starts up again.  After 
> the video un-freezes, it will play for a while, and then 
> mythfrontend will crash with an Aborted message.
> 
> If I leave the video alone and don't try to JUMP arround in 
> it, it plays just fine.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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