[mythtv-users] stutterning video
Brett Stevens
brett at inngineering.com
Sat Feb 10 23:16:09 UTC 2007
On 09/02/2007, at 11:50 PM, Josh wrote:
> Brett Stevens wrote:
>> Hi guys, Ive been banging around with myth for a week solid
>> (Annual leave)
>> and whilst the installation seems to be flawless there are
>> significant
>> issues with video that I cant seem to beat.
>>
>> Mainly I get extremely bad chopping or stuttering video either
>> recorded or
>> live. If I reboot both the backend and the frontend This goes away
>> until i
>> change channel and then Im back to choppy video. This does not
>> seem to be
>> rectified with a myth restart, it seems to be a full reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Backend system is:
>> os: Opensuse 10.2
>> Myth: 0.20 rpms from pacman
>> CPU: amd x2 3800+
>> Men: 4g ram
>> Disk: 640GB sata media on md/lvm (system is on separate ide drive)
>>
>>
>> Frontend system simmilar except 3800 AMD is not x2
>> and only 3g ram
>>
>> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus
>>
>> Ive looked at the following
>>
>> 1. interrupts are fine
>> 2. transfer rates to disk is fine. Ive tried different disks
>> 3. system usage (according to top) is bugger all when viewing live
>> tv at
>> around 91-95 % idle
>> 4. Signal strength 75 - 80%
>> 5. did another run and got different responses. reasonable picture
>> on two
>> out of three channels then finally changed to last channel and choppy
>> video started,
>> Ive included output from frontend logs as well as backend
>>
>> mythfrontend
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.396 Using runtime prefix = /usr
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.457 DPMS is disabled.
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.485 New DB connection, total: 1
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.490 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.492 Total desktop dim: 2560x768, with 2 screen
>> [s].
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.496 Using screen 0, 1280x768 at 0,0
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.527 Current Schema Version: 1160
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.528 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3
>> www.mythtv.org
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.528 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.827 Total desktop dim: 2560x768, with 2 screen
>> [s].
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.831 Using screen 0, 1280x768 at 0,0
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.832 Switching to square mode (MythCenter)
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:24.850 Using the Qt painter
>> mythtv: could not connect to socket
>> mythtv: Connection refused
>> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:25.426 Joystick disabled.
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:25.505 Loading from:
>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:25.960 Registering Internal as a media playback
>> plugin.
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.001 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a
>> media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.002 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a
>> media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.036 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 1/2
>> as a
>> media handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.037 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 2/2
>> as a
>> media handler ext(gif,jpg,png)
>> adding: 0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> adding: ATA:0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> adding: ATAPI:0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.263 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 1/2 as
>> a media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:26.263 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 2/2 as
>> a media
>> handler ext(ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
>> SIP listening on IP Address 172.16.1.9:5060 NAT address 172.16.1.9
>> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:41.743 Connecting to backend server:
>> 192.168.1.10:6543
>> (try 1 of 5)
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:41.745 Using protocol version 31
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:41.871 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:52.023 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
>> 2007-02-09 16:55:57.948 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:15.297 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:16.835 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.272 New DB connection, total: 2
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.274 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.312 TV: Attempting to change from None to
>> WatchingLiveTV
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.313 Using protocol version 31
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.564 NVP: Disabling Audio, params(-1,2,44100)
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.585 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:20.586 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'ATI
>> Radeon
>> Video Overlay'
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:21.102 New DB connection, total: 3
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:21.104 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:21.106 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:21.107 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:21.109 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
>> [mpegts @ 0x2ac4cdbe3f20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94211 !
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.073 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output
>> requested, but is
>> not supported by display.
>> Xlib: extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":
>> 0.0".
>> Xlib: extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":
>> 0.0".
>> XvMCWrapper: Could not open config file "/usr/etc/X11/XvMCConfig".
>> XvMCWrapper: No such file or directory
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.085 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.086 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'ATI
>> Radeon
>> Video Overlay'
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.445 AFD: Opened codec 0x3120e40, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
>> type(Video)
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.447 AFD: Opened codec 0x3154480, id(AC3) type
>> (Audio)
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.700 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:22.724 NVP: Enabling Audio
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:23.295 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 16:56:55.823 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> [mpegts @ 0x2ac4cdbe3f20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94211 !
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:00.577 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output
>> requested, but is
>> not supported by display.
>> Xlib: extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":
>> 0.0".
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:01.107 AFD: Opened codec 0x31b6dc0, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
>> type(Video)
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:01.108 AFD: Opened codec 0x353c9a0, id(AC3) type
>> (Audio)
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:01.605 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:23.539 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> [mpegts @ 0x2ac4cdbe3f20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94211 !
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:25.109 VideoOutputXv Error: XvMC output
>> requested, but is
>> not supported by display.
>> Xlib: extension "XVideo-MotionCompensation" missing on display ":
>> 0.0".
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:25.418 AFD: Opened codec 0x31b6dc0, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
>> type(Video)
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:25.462 AFD: Opened codec 0x353c9a0, id(MP3) type
>> (Audio)
>> 2007-02-09 16:57:25.463 AFD: Opened codec 0x34d7740, id(AC3) type
>> (Audio)
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 22 14
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]Warning MVs not available
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 37 33
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]Warning MVs not available
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 32 22
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]Warning MVs not available
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 4 9
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 1 26
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 28 35
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 39 2
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 17 19
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 16 13
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 30 25
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in P Frame at 6 6
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 32 30
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 14 5
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 22 7
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 20 18
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 26 32
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 16 3
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 1 6
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 15 8
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 3 8
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 5 9
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 1 11
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 17 12
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 12 14
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 4 15
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 24 16
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 4 18
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 1 19
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 20 21
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 10 23
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 1 24
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 18 26
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]ac-tex damaged at 23 26
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]mb incr damaged
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 3 29
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid cbp at 4 29
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]invalid mb type in B Frame at 15 30
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2ac4ce2ceab0]slice mismatch
>>
>> with more of the same
>> another run gives me these frontend logs
>> mythfrontend
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:23.944 Using runtime prefix = /usr
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.007 DPMS is disabled.
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.033 New DB connection, total: 1
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.041 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.043 Total desktop dim: 2560x768, with 2 screen
>> [s].
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.048 Using screen 0, 1280x768 at 0,0
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.079 Current Schema Version: 1160
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.080 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3
>> www.mythtv.org
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.081 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.403 Total desktop dim: 2560x768, with 2 screen
>> [s].
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.406 Using screen 0, 1280x768 at 0,0
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.407 Switching to square mode (MythCenter)
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:24.425 Using the Qt painter
>> mythtv: could not connect to socket
>> mythtv: Connection refused
>> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.020 Joystick disabled.
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.100 Loading from:
>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.672 Registering Internal as a media playback
>> plugin.
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.715 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a
>> media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.716 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a
>> media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.751 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 1/2
>> as a
>> media handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.752 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 2/2
>> as a
>> media handler ext(gif,jpg,png)
>> adding: 0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> adding: ATA:0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> adding: ATAPI:0,0,0 -- DVD-RW DVR-109
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.981 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 1/2 as
>> a media
>> handler ext()
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:25.982 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 2/2 as
>> a media
>> handler ext(ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
>> SIP listening on IP Address 172.16.1.9:5060 NAT address 172.16.1.9
>> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.515 New DB connection, total: 2
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.516 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.547 Connecting to backend server:
>> 192.168.1.10:6543
>> (try 1 of 5)
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.549 Using protocol version 31
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.722 TV: Attempting to change from None to
>> WatchingLiveTV
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:29.724 Using protocol version 31
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.024 NVP: Disabling Audio, params(-1,2,44100)
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.044 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.045 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'ATI
>> Radeon
>> Video Overlay'
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.562 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.563 New DB connection, total: 3
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.566 New DB connection, total: 4
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.571 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.574 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.576 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> db.i3sec.com.au
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:30.578 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
>> [mpegts @ 0x2b445f7aef20]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94211 !
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2b445fe99ab0]ac-tex damaged at 17 9
>> [mpeg2video @ 0x2b445fe99ab0]Warning MVs not available
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.247 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.248 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'ATI
>> Radeon
>> Video Overlay'
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.586 AFD: Opened codec 0x4a05ce0, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
>> type(Video)
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.587 AFD: Opened codec 0x3391a00, id(AC3) type
>> (Audio)
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.637 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:34.643 NVP: Enabling Audio
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:36.239 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:37.491 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:37.992 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:38.953 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:39.611 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:39.898 AFD Error: Unknown decoding error
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:40.348 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:41.814 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:42.490 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:43.339 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:43.807 NVP: prebuffering pause
>> 2007-02-09 17:11:44.138 NVP: prebuffering pause
>>
>> As stated earlier this seems to be happening in both livetv and
>> reccord modes
>>
>> Ive started x on the backend to check and it also preforms badly.
>> Im at a
>> complete loss but I suspect it is not video related and it whilst
>> it looks
>> like it could be signal related when it does work the signal is
>> the same.
>>
>> any help would be great, just let me know what other info you need
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
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>> Brett
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> See if this thread helps:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/248992
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> Josh
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THanks for the tip, checked out the howto and mad the appropriate
mods. However this is happening on the backend if I fire up x and
attempt to watch tv. Recordings also have this problem
Tried setting pci latency as well to no avail as i cant get the sata
controllers to respond to setpci. however I moved the recording dir
to a different drive for a test with absolutely no change. Any other
Ideas for me to track down?
thanks again
Brett Stevens
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