Hi,<br><br>I have a Via SP13000 system connected to a backend via Cat5e on a 100Mbps network. This system has MythDora5 installed on a HD after struggling previously with MythBuntu (Mythbuntu is on the backend). <br><br>I concluded (probably wrongly) that XvMC wasnt properly enabled on the system and this caused the stuttering...<br>
<br>However I have just installed Ubuntu9.04on a USB stick on the system and it works, although it still stutters<br><br>When starting it via the command line it indicates it is the network that can't keep up, I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction?<br>
<br>I have reviewed lshw and ifconfig.<br><br>Via Rhine driver is in use and it is configuredfor full duplex 100meg.<br><br>Here is the ifconfig for the working (fedora system)<br><br>[root@localhost mythtv]# ifconfig<br>
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:63:E5:09:C5 <br> inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0<br> inet6 addr: fe80::240:63ff:fee5:9c5/64 Scope:Link<br> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1<br>
RX packets:998 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br> TX packets:1051 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 <br> RX bytes:201092 (196.3 KiB) TX bytes:167577 (163.6 KiB)<br>
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 <br><br>lo Link encap:Local Loopback <br> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0<br> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host<br> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1<br>
RX packets:884 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0<br> TX packets:884 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0<br> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 <br> RX bytes:1563408 (1.4 MiB) TX bytes:1563408 (1.4 MiB)<br>
<br>[root@localhost mythtv]# <br><br><br><br><br>myth@USBMyth1:/etc$ mythfrontend<br>2009-08-14 17:16:20.516 Using runtime prefix = /usr<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.086 XScreenSaver support enabled<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.088 DPMS is disabled.<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:21.091 Empty LocalHostName.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.091 Using localhost value of USBMyth1<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.277 New DB connection, total: 1<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.359 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.2<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:21.364 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.467 Primary screen 0.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.469 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.2<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.472 Using screen 0, 1360x768 at 0,0<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:21.556 New DB connection, total: 2<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.558 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.2<br>2009-08-14 17:16:21.574 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 <a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a><br>
2009-08-14 17:16:21.575 Enabled verbose msgs: important general<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.178 No theme dir: /home/myth/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.184 Primary screen 0.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.185 Using screen 0, 1360x768 at 0,0<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:23.187 No theme dir: /home/myth/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.198 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.580 Using the Qt painter<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.583 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/myth/.mythtv/joystickmenurc<br>
mythtv: could not connect to socket<br>mythtv: No such file or directory<br>2009-08-14 17:16:23.586 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages<br>2009-08-14 17:16:28.526 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/base.xml<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:29.020 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml<br>2009-08-14 17:16:29.239 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:29.631 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:30.175 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'<br>2009-08-14 17:16:30.243 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATA'<br>2009-08-14 17:16:30.295 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATAPI'<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:30.452 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40, ogg,mp3,aac,flac)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:30.768 No theme dir: /home/myth/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T<br>2009-08-14 17:16:39.793 XMLParse::LoadTheme using /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/ui.xml<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:40.646 Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://192.168.0.2:6543">192.168.0.2:6543</a> (try 1 of 5)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:40.648 Using protocol version 40<br>2009-08-14 17:16:44.818 AFD: Opened codec 0xa00f2f0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:44.828 AFD: codec MP3 has 2 channels<br>2009-08-14 17:16:44.828 AFD: Opened codec 0xa4db170, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:44.829 AFD: codec MP3 has 0 channels<br>2009-08-14 17:16:44.829 AFD: Opened codec 0xa4db4f0, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:44.830 AFD: Opened codec 0xa4db870, id(DVB_SUBTITLE) type(Subtitle)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:46.246 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingPreRecorded<br>2009-08-14 17:16:47.798 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/default/1020_20090814162500.mpg): Waited 1.0 seconds for data to become available...<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:47.808 AFD: Opened codec 0xa00f2f0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:47.808 AFD: codec MP3 has 2 channels<br>2009-08-14 17:16:47.809 AFD: Opened codec 0xa4dad70, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:47.809 AFD: codec MP3 has 1 channels<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:47.809 AFD: Opened codec 0xa4d9cd0, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:47.809 AFD: Opened codec 0xa41b990, id(DVB_SUBTITLE) type(Subtitle)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:48.806 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/default/1020_20090814162500.mpg): Waited 2.0 seconds for data to become available...<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:49.297 AFD: Opened codec 0xa41bd10, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.298 AFD: codec MP3 has 2 channels<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.298 AFD: Opened codec 0xa50d970, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.298 AFD: codec MP3 has 1 channels<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:49.299 AFD: Opened codec 0xa50dcf0, id(MP3) type(Audio)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.299 AFD: Opened codec 0xa50e070, id(DVB_SUBTITLE) type(Subtitle)<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.338 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 48000<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:49.339 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.<br>ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.433 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No such file or directory<br>
Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'<br>2009-08-14 17:16:49.856 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'XV_SWOV'<br>2009-08-14 17:16:50.075 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480<br>2009-08-14 17:16:51.456 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:51.460 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:51.512 Video timing method: DRM<br>2009-08-14 17:16:54.482 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:54.947 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>
2009-08-14 17:16:54.954 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>2009-08-14 17:16:57.877 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:16:58.463 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>2009-08-14 17:16:58.470 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>
2009-08-14 17:17:02.573 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:17:02.896 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>2009-08-14 17:17:02.903 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>2009-08-14 17:17:07.149 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>
2009-08-14 17:17:07.838 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>2009-08-14 17:17:07.838 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>2009-08-14 17:17:12.481 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:17:14.286 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>
2009-08-14 17:17:14.293 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>2009-08-14 17:17:17.373 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:17:17.819 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>2009-08-14 17:17:17.825 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>
2009-08-14 17:17:20.916 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.<br>2009-08-14 17:17:21.423 NVP: prebuffering pause<br>2009-08-14 17:17:21.429 WriteAudio: buffer underrun<br>2009-08-14 17:17:24.060 Waited too long for video out to pause<br>
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