[mythtv-users] "Timed out waiting for free video buffers" when playing recordings or live tv

[Dave Badia]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Mark Kendall <mark.kendall at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 February 2011 23:06, Dave Badia <dbadia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dave/Matt
>
> I'd first suggest you try and update to the very latest 0.24-fixes and
> see if you are still having problems. If so, please post the full
> output of mythfrontend -v playback.
>
> Your symptoms both indicate that the main video thread is deadlocked
> (the messages are from the decoder thread) - and there have been a few
> fixes for similar issues recently.
>
> regards
>
> Mark

I updated to the latest 24-fixes and the issue appears to be resolved
now.  I was able to start watching a couple of programs without error.
 Recent fix indeed as I think the 24-fixes version that gave me the
problem was only a week or 2 old.  Thanks!

Dave