[mythtv-users] Version 4.4.1 of FFmpeg ready for testing
James Abernathy
jfabernathy at gmail.com
Sun Oct 31 20:30:51 UTC 2021
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 4:22 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 3:39 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 10/31/21 2:21 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 11:18 AM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have merged version 4.4.1 of FFmpeg into the latest MythTV source
>>> master branch. The merged version is in branch devel/ffmpeg-resync. I
>>> have not merged it into the main master as yet in case there are
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> I have run a few basic tests of playback with NVDEC, VDPAU and Standard
>>> (ffmpeg software) decoding. Also I tested recording/LiveTV with Ceton.
>>> All tests were successful.
>>>
>>> Anybody who is interested, please build and test it to verify that all
>>> is well before we merge it into the main master branch.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>
>> I have a test system with v31 on it via PPA. It's working fine. What
>> else do I need to do besides building the branch devel/ffmpeg-resync. I
>> have built from source before, but always starting with a working system.
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>>
>> You will need a v32-pre version (master). If you run it on v31 it will
>> upgrade the database to v32 and then you will not be able to go back to v31.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
> I figured it would need an upgraded database. I got the upgrade done, but
> it turns out that I could not run mythbackend as a service because the
> official .service file assumes /usr/bin/mythbackend. When I built from
> source it put the executables in /usr/local/bin. Once that was fixed it
> ran.
>
> Now to the problems I'm seeing. I have a PBS channel that has an Audio
> Disabled error on mythfrontend due to an initialization error. All the
> other channels work fine. In Setup/audio the testing of the channels work
> and I hear sound but the error popup says Invalid audio device.
>
> If you can't duplicate, let me know and I'll see what logs I can dig up
>
> jim A
>
>
Some of the log on that audio failure.
2021-10-31 16:28:01.380638 I Player(0): Opening
'/srv/mythtv/livetv/10401_20211031202800.ts'
2021-10-31 16:28:01.741521 I AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
2021-10-31 16:28:01.741668 I AFD: Opened codec 0x55786d540c40, id(AC3)
type(Audio)
2021-10-31 16:28:01.741922 I AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
2021-10-31 16:28:01.742036 I AFD: Opened codec 0x55786d64b240, id(AC3)
type(Audio)
2021-10-31 16:28:01.759902 I VideoOutput: SetDeinterlacing (Doublerate 0):
Single High|CPU|GLSL Double None
2021-10-31 16:28:01.759949 I AFD: Using ffmpeg for video decoding
2021-10-31 16:28:01.760169 I AFD: Opened codec 0x55786d837a40,
id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2021-10-31 16:28:01.761207 E DEnc: Could not open codec, invalid bitrate
or samplerate
2021-10-31 16:28:01.761213 E AudioOutput Error: Ac-3 Encoder
Initialization Failed
2021-10-31 16:28:01.761225 I AOBase: Opening audio device
'hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0' ch 6(2) sr 48000 sf signed 32 bit reenc 1
2021-10-31 16:28:01.836411 E ALSA: no playback control PCM found on mixer
device default
2021-10-31 16:28:01.836435 E ALSA: Unable to open audio mixer. Volume
control disabled
2021-10-31 16:28:01.836526 N AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, reason is: Ac-3
Encoder Initialization Failed
Jim A
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