[mythtv-users] Video is behind audio, dropping frames to catch up (VDPAU, HD content)

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

I did some further investigating:

I tried VPDAU Normal and Slim profiles with the same results.

I tried without VDPAU, using only the CPU and 2xBob (CPU is beefy enough
for that) with the same results.

Now, it happened 2 times, that the hiccups occurred not only every 2-10
minutes, but every few seconds and on both occasions, mythfrontend tried
to contact mythlcdserver, which had crashed (see my other thread in
mythtv-dev list about that crash)!

So, if contacting mythlcdserver triggers the hiccup and the message
about dropping frames in the log, it could be something strange inside
mythfrontend and not necessarily with my hardware. And BTW, mplayer
plays flawlessly on the same hardware.

Anyone any suggestions on how to find the real problem? Could writing to
the log (mythlogserver) be the problem? The log file is on an NFS share,
because this is a PXE (diskless) frontend.

Thanks!

Regards,
Thomas