[mythtv-users] 1080p Choppy Playback

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:32 PM, Mat Kyne wrote:

> I have a problem when playing a 1080i (not 720p) HD recording on my  
> 1080p LCD. When I playback the recording everything is smooth and  
> crystal clear. I can skip through commercials and jump forwards and  
> backwards without problems. However if I pause the recording for a  
> moment, when I un-pause the recording the playback becomes choppy;  
> as if it is dropping a lot of frames. The only way I have found to  
> fix this was to save the position in the recording, exit the  
> recording and restart it from the saved position. I thought it might  
> be a problem with RAM and swap as I only had 512 MB and top showed  
> that I was using swap space. Since my motherboard supports dual  
> channel RAM I ordered two matching 512 MB sticks and installed them  
> and removed the single stick. Unfortunately that did not solve the  
> problem.
>
> I have seen that others have reported the same problem but no  
> answers yet.  I am not sure what information to give all you smart  
> people so that you can offer help.

I was having the same problem until a couple of months ago. I can't  
tell you exactly when it started working, but I know it's fixed for me  
in current SVN trunk.
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