[mythtv-users] OS X and 'need to change video renderer' problem

Mon Jan 25 20:49:31 UTC 2010

Hello experts,

I've been having problems with playback of a recorded show. I have tried to
look into mythtv trac, google, mythtv mailing lists - no luck so far. It
looked as a duplicate of some OS X related bugs, but I was not able to solve
it via recommended workaround. (some of these bugs are already fixed since
0.21).

I am having problems when playing a show recorded from dvb-t. The television
broadcasts in 720x576. The recording begins at 16:9 (commercials) and then
switches to 4:3. In that moment, the myth frontend freezes for a while
(5-20s) and then returns to menu with message 'need to change video
renderer'.

I have tried to tweak settings - resolutions, renderes (VPDAU, CPU+ CPU++
etc), no luck. I am pretty stuck now.

The backed runs on ubuntu-9.10, mythtv version
0.22.0+fixes23230-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu3
Fronted is on OS X 10.5.8, fronted version 0-22-fixes-20100124_Rev.23230
(thanks to sniderpad.com).

The log from fronted (from start to the failure) is below.

If someone knows a workaround, please help!

Thanks a lot,
JetPac

the log file:
2010-01-25 21:45:02.456 MythFrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes
[23230] www.mythtv.org
2010-01-25 21:45:02.554 Using runtime prefix =
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources
2010-01-25 21:45:02.554 Using configuration directory =
/Users/jetpac/.mythtv
2010-01-25 21:45:03.866 Using localhost value of starej_macik
2010-01-25 21:45:03.866 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.2.70'
2010-01-25 21:45:03.875 New DB connection, total: 1
2010-01-25 21:45:03.881 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.2.70
2010-01-25 21:45:03.882 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-01-25 21:45:03.894 Primary screen: 0.
2010-01-25 21:45:03.899 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.2.70
2010-01-25 21:45:03.903 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2010-01-25 21:45:03.995 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
2010-01-25 21:45:03.995 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2010-01-25 21:45:04.028 Primary screen: 0.
2010-01-25 21:45:04.038 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2010-01-25 21:45:04.040 Using theme base resolution of 1280x720
2010-01-25 21:45:04.106 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket
'/var/run/lirc/lircd'
            eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-01-25 21:45:04.323 Using the Qt painter
2010-01-25 21:45:04.622 Loaded base theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/Terra/base.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:04.771 Loaded base theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/base.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:04.905 Loaded base theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:04.934 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
2010-01-25 21:45:05.884 Problem reading theme preview image
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/preview.jpg
2010-01-25 21:45:05.885 Problem reading theme preview image
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/preview.jpg
2010-01-25 21:45:05.886 Problem reading theme preview image
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/preview.jpg
2010-01-25 21:45:05.901 Desktop video mode: 1440x900 0 Hz
2010-01-25 21:45:07.839 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2010-01-25 21:45:07.868 MythPlugin::init() dlerror:
2010-01-25 21:45:07.868 Unable to initialize plugin 'dvdcss.2'.
2010-01-25 21:45:08.538 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2010-01-25 21:45:08.746 Current MythMusic Schema Version (MusicDBSchemaVer):
1017
2010-01-25 21:45:09.225 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40,
mp3,mp2,ogg,oga,flac,wma,wav,ac3,oma,omg,atp,ra,dts,aac,m4a,aa3,tta,mka,aiff,swa,wv)
2010-01-25 21:45:09.433 Current MythVideo Schema Version
(mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1028
2010-01-25 21:45:10.133 Loading window theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/Terra/menu-ui.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:10.254 Loading menu theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//mainmenu.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:10.260 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Terra'
2010-01-25 21:45:10.633 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
192.168.2.70:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-01-25 21:45:10.636 Using protocol version 50
2010-01-25 21:45:16.060 Loading menu theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//library.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:16.970 New DB connection, total: 2
2010-01-25 21:45:16.977 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.2.70
2010-01-25 21:45:16.987 Loading window theme from
/Users/jetpac/Downloads/MythFrontend/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources/share/mythtv/themes/Terra/recordings-ui.xml
2010-01-25 21:45:19.831 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
WatchingPreRecorded
2010-01-25 21:45:20.049 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- begin
2010-01-25 21:45:21.648 AFD: Opened codec 0x926400, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2010-01-25 21:45:21.648 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2010-01-25 21:45:21.648 AFD: Opened codec 0x92be00, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2010-01-25 21:45:21.728 Opening audio device 'CoreAudio:'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2010-01-25 21:45:22.990 VideoOutputQuartz::VProf: rend(quartz-blit)
osd(softblend) deint(onefield,linearblend) filt()
2010-01-25 21:45:23.054 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2010-01-25 21:45:25.185 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- end ok
2010-01-25 21:45:25.197 TV: Changing from None to Watching
WatchingPreRecorded
2010-01-25 21:45:25.207 OpenGLVideoSync()
2010-01-25 21:45:25.207 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- closing opengl vsync
2010-01-25 21:45:25.207 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2010-01-25 21:45:27.271 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- begin
2010-01-25 21:45:28.393 AFD: Opened codec 0x911200, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2010-01-25 21:45:28.393 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2010-01-25 21:45:28.393 AFD: Opened codec 0x911c00, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2010-01-25 21:45:28.402 Opening audio device 'CoreAudio:'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2010-01-25 21:45:29.664 VideoOutputQuartz::VProf: rend(quartz-blit)
osd(softblend) deint(onefield,linearblend) filt()
2010-01-25 21:45:29.720 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2010-01-25 21:45:31.276 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- end ok
2010-01-25 21:45:31.294 OpenGLVideoSync()
2010-01-25 21:45:31.294 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- closing opengl vsync
2010-01-25 21:45:31.294 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2010-01-25 21:45:31.593 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- begin
2010-01-25 21:45:32.596 AFD: Opened codec 0x93dc00, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2010-01-25 21:45:32.596 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2010-01-25 21:45:32.596 AFD: Opened codec 0x950200, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2010-01-25 21:45:32.606 Opening audio device 'CoreAudio:'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2010-01-25 21:45:33.831 VideoOutputQuartz::VProf: rend(quartz-blit)
osd(softblend) deint(onefield,linearblend) filt()
2010-01-25 21:45:33.893 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2010-01-25 21:45:35.463 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- end ok
2010-01-25 21:45:35.482 OpenGLVideoSync()
2010-01-25 21:45:35.482 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- closing opengl vsync
2010-01-25 21:45:35.482 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2010-01-25 21:45:35.783 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- begin
2010-01-25 21:45:36.848 AFD: Opened codec 0x94ee00, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2010-01-25 21:45:36.848 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2010-01-25 21:45:36.848 AFD: Opened codec 0x950200, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2010-01-25 21:45:36.857 Opening audio device 'CoreAudio:'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2010-01-25 21:45:38.372 VideoOutputQuartz::VProf: rend(quartz-blit)
osd(softblend) deint(onefield,linearblend) filt()
2010-01-25 21:45:38.434 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2010-01-25 21:45:39.990 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
main) -- end ok
2010-01-25 21:45:40.011 OpenGLVideoSync()
2010-01-25 21:45:40.011 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- closing opengl vsync
2010-01-25 21:45:40.011 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2010-01-25 21:45:40.319 TV: Attempting to change from Watching
WatchingPreRecorded to None
2010-01-25 21:45:40.329 TV: Changing from Watching WatchingPreRecorded to
None
2010-01-25 21:45:40.370 TV: Attempting to change from None to None
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