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<p>Hi All,<br>
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<p>I have a backend with multiple frontends all running 22924 or later
(be &
fe's). The backend has two hdhr's, a pchdtv 5500 and an SD hauppauge
150. Watching live tv on any frontend profiles results in consistently
getting "Error: Video frame
buffering failed too many times." at the top of the hour (ie; 1:00,
3:00, etc). <br>
</p>
<p>Frontends have either NVIDIA 9500GT w/ 1gb or NVIDIA 9400
w/ 1gb. Frontends use NVIDIA 195.22 but this also happens with 190
drivers as well.<br>
</p>
<p>
This problem has persisted since upgrading to .22. Did not observe this
behavior in .21 but did not watch much live tv in .21.<br>
</p>
<p>Based on observations I believe that this has something to do with
the change-over from one live tv recording file to another at the top
of the hour / change of program. I see reference in the frontend log
to the new file that should be created however I never see it in the
filesystem.<br>
</p>
<p>Log snippet:<br>
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<td>2009-11-30 16:00:31.378 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 190
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:31.378 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:31.378 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:32.878 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 200
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:32.878 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:32.878 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:34.374 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 210
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:34.374 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:34.374 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:35.842 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 220
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:35.842 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:35.842 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:37.342 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 230
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:37.342 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:37.342 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:38.842 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 240
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:38.842 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:38.842 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:40.342 NVP(0): Prebuffer wait timed out 250
times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:40.342 NVP(0), Error: Timed out waiting for
prebuffering too long. Exiting..</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:40.342 NVP(0), Error: Video frame buffering
failed too many times.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:40.978 FilterManager: Failed to load filter
'colorspace', no such filter exists</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.010 TV: Attempting to change from None to
Watching WatchingLiveTV</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.010 MythContext: Connecting to backend
server: 192.168.1.100:6543 (try 1 of 1)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.030 Using protocol version 50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.326 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.494 NVP(0), Error: SwitchToProgram failed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.494 NVP(0), Error: Unknown recorder
error, exiting decoder</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.558 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- closing opengl
vsync</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.758 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.874 We have a
playbackURL(myth://192.168.1.100:6543/7131_20091130160042.mpg) &
cardtype(DUMMY) <<-- THIS FILE DOES NOT EXIST IN THE FILESYSTEM<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.882 We have a RingBuffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.934 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching
WatchingLiveTV, main) -- begin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.934 playCtx, Error: Attempting to setup a
player, but it already exists.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.934 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching
WatchingLiveTV, main) -- end error</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.934 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully
started</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.958 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS
Deactivated 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2009-11-30 16:00:41.958 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS
Reactivated 1</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>I've searched the tickets and found #<a
href="http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6583">6583</a> (reported as
closed) which sounds identical to the problem I am having and have
opened #<a href="http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/7697">7697</a>...<br>
</p>
<p>Anyone else having this issue? Any thoughts to a resolution or
workaround?<br>
</p>
<p>Thanks!<br>
</p>
<p>John<br>
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