[mythtv-users] Stuttering audio with DTS passthrough in 0.22-fixes

[Steven Adeff]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Kevin Ross <kevin at familyross.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have always used mplayer as my preferred media player in MythTV, but I
> thought I would try out the internal player.  It integrates nicely with
> MythTV for a consistent look and feel, but I have problems on BluRay rips
> with DTS tracks.  I have DTS passthrough enabled (as well as AC3
> passthrough), which works fine with mplayer, but with the internal player I
> get stuttering audio.  Movies with AC3 tracks play fine with AC3
> passthrough.
>
> Here's a 20-second test clip in case someone wants to try it:
>  http://download.statuspro.tv/test-001.mkv
>
> I get identical results with VDPAU and CPU+ profiles.  BTW, I had to
> increase the VDPAU buffer size to 23 to be able to play all my movies (with
> DTS passthrough disabled).
>
> Anyone else having this problem?
>
> My hardware:
>
> ZOTAC GF8200-C-E AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500021>
> Onkyo TX-SR607 receiver
>
> My software:
> Debian Squeeze
> mythfrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes [22860M] www.mythtv.org
> 2.6.30.9 kernel built with LIRC patches for HD-PVR IR blasting/receiving

I'm having this same problem. It's reminiscent of the DTS stutter
issue that was eventually fixed through an ffmpeg sync iirc. So I
don't know why it's happening again, but it would be nice to hear if
others are having the issue too.

-- 
Steve
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User:Steveadeff
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