[mythtv-users] Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers

[Kevin Johnson]

Facepalm.  1024 mb memory on the video card.


On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why do I click the send button so fast?
> Anyway, I will switch to slim and give that a shot for a few days.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Try VDPAU Slim.  What video card?  How much video memory?
>>
>> Gt430 with 128 meg.
>>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT
>> 430] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>     Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1335
>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>>     Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>>     Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>>     Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
>>     I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
>>     [virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
>>     Capabilities: <access denied>
>>     Kernel driver in use: nvidia
>>     Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I should add that I am using vdpau.  I have tried both normal and high
>>> quality profile.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>
>>>> Using mythbuntu 12.04 with the latest fixes.
>>>>
>>>> MythTV Version : v0.26.0-175-g7f71e02
>>>> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.26
>>>> Network Protocol : 75
>>>> Library API : 0.26.20130225-1
>>>> QT Version : 4.8.1
>>>> 3.2.0-49-generic #75-Ubuntu SMP
>>>> Nvidia 4.304.88
>>>>
>>>> Seperate frontend backends.
>>>>
>>>> Last couple of weeks, while watching either live tv or a recording, mythtv screen goes black and nothing responds.  Could happen every 30 minutes, or sometimes it goes two days before it happens.
>>>> If I ssh in and try a reboot it just goes to single user mode, logs me off and then I have to hit the power button and do a hard reboot.
>>>> Seems that the following is the relevant issue.
>>>>
>>>> Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea what might be going on?  How to fix?
>>>>
>>>> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2021 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
>>>> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2172 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x56dc560, id(AC3) type(Audio)
>>>> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:783 (SetEof) AFD: Resetting byte context eof (livetv 1 was eof 0)
>>>> Jun 20 17:53:19 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2093 (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(0): Waited 101ms for video buffers AAALfAfAAAAAAA
>>>> Jun 20 17:53:19 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2093 (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(0): Waited 203ms for video buffers AAALfAfAAAAAAA
>>>> Jun 20 18:18:31 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: E Decoder mythplayer.cpp:3206 (DecoderGetFrame) Player(0): Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers.
>>>> Jun 20 18:19:14  mythlogserver: last message repeated 2 times
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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