[mythtv-users] 0.19, XvMC, and Prebuffer pause

[Michael Haan]

On 2/22/06, Dawning Sky <the.dawning.sky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded to 0.19 through ATrpms and so far it's been running
> great.  XvMC is much more stable.  I can now watch Live TV or recordings for
> hours without freezing.  But I still get a lot of "prebuffer pause" and
> either "video xxx frames ahead of audio" or "audio xxx frames ahead of
> video" in the frontend log.  Sometimes I don't even notice any problem by
> simply watching the playback, but sometimes the problem can be very
> noticable.  I'm wondering whether anyone else is having or had the similar
> problem and how to solve it.
>
> My machine is a P4 2.4GHz, 768MB RAM, FX5200 on AGP, running nVidia driver
> 7174 on FC3 2.6.12 kernel.  When watching HD contents, the frontend is
> using about 50% CPU and X using about 3%.
>
> Thanks,
>
> DS
>
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I was having similar issues, except that xvmc wasn't doing anything to
appreciably reduce cpu usage when watching hd.  I've since run "smart
update" or whatever but haven't had a chance to reboot and try again, so I
don't know if it has cleared-up.
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