[mythtv-users] videos play fast

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Feb 12 04:08:14 UTC 2009


On 02/11/2009 10:28 PM, Paulin wrote:
> I'm noticing an oddity recently in two different cases.
>
> 1.  I had two DVD iso I ripped using an Ubuntu machine.   When i 
> watched them they were playing fast like they are being fast forwarded 
> slightly.  The voices were sounding funny to so the audio was playing 
> fast as well (sounded like the chipmunks).
> 2.  I recorded a show  tonight (knight rider) and it played fast too.
>
> Now I've watched some other MPGs that I had and they are fine. 
>
> While it's nice to watch a 1 hour program in 35 minutes (yes there was 
> commercial skipping) but still it played about 10 minutes faster then 
> it should have with the fast play.
>
> So any ideas?  
>
> The log file (frontend/backend logs) are not showing anything out of 
> the ordinary either.
>
> Where should I start looking.  Or what chould be causing this?

You're playing a 32kHz audio stream at 48kHz.  Broken ALSA config.  Most 
shows aren't affected because they have 48kHz audio.

Mike


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