[mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine instead of Mythtv

[ffrr]

Nick Rout wrote:

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>I have read bits of this thread, not all of it. However I seem to recall similar problems a while back being solved by fixing the audio - ie it
>was an audio problem. When the audio driver/hardware couldn't keep up
>the system would freeze momentarily while something caught up. Sorry
>thats not very technical, but hopefully you get the picture.
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>Can i suggest that you do a little trouble shooting instead of all this
>complaining? I am not trying to criticise you, sometimes people don't
>know how to help theselves. Seeing glitches in a playback is not a
>description a software author can diagnose without more information.
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I can appreciate that.


>Can i suggest that you run mythfrontend from an xterm with logging
>turned on. Watch for errors like audio overrun. If they seem to coincide with glitches in viewing take careful note.
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>Of course mythfrontend usually runs fuull screen and obscures the xterm
>with the logging info. Personally I ssh in from another machine, then
>set DISPLAY:
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>export DISPLAY=:0
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>then run mythfrontend from the command line from the other machine. The
>logging info appears on the machine you are sitting at, the mythfrontend complete with glitches runs on the other machine. Watch for the error
>messages as the glitches happen.
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Neat trick.   I will attempt this if the other suggestion I received 
doesn't pan out.  At the moment, moving the TV card to a different 
interrupt looks very very promising...  finger crossed.

thanks for your suggestion