[mythtv-users] EXTREMELY choppy video

[Matt S.]

Yes, this sounds like an audio buffer/caching issue that I once had. 
Same exact symptops and solution.  There's several setup
configurations that can help fix this, use video as a timeline (I
think that's what it's called), aggressive audio buffering, etc.


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:24:56 +0100, Helge Jensen <helge.jensen at slog.dk> wrote:
> Mark L. Cukier wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > My video is extremely choppy. I'm running a fairly fast (Intel 2.4C HT)
> > processor, and I'm running a PVR-350 and nVidia TVout, so I'm fairly
> > confident it's not processor overload. Choppy is pretty vague, but it's
> > the best word to describe it. The video will run smooth for 5 seconds,
> > and then chop up!!! It's pretty consistent, and I haven't seen it go
> > more than about 15 seconds without chopping. Obviously, it's totally
> > unwatchable....
> 
> I had this exact problem when playing the sound through ALSA dmix.
> 
> I workarounded it by using the actual ALSA hardware device instead.
> 
> --
> Helge
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