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Hey-ya,<br>
<br>
Occasionally I get audio failing to start when playing a video
(Mythbuntu 14, x86-64).<br>
It seems to happen about 30% of the time on video start.<br>
It doesn't seem to matter if the box was recently playing video, or
sitting idle for hours.<br>
<br>
The mythfrontend log says:<br>
<br>
<tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]:
I CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2225 (HandleStateChange) TV: Attempting
to change from None to WatchingVideo</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:322
(SuspendInternal) Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK</tt><tt><br>
</tt><font color="#6600cc"><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox
mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:340 (GetOutputSettings) ALSA:
snd_pcm_open("hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Device or resource busy</tt></font><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: N CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:164
(ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2141
(ScanStreams) AFD: codec AAC has 2 channels</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632
(OpenAVCodec) AFD: Opened codec 0xfb71d40, id(AAC) type(Audio)</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632
(OpenAVCodec) AFD: Opened codec 0x1027bda0, id(H264) type(Video)</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: W CoreContext ringbuffer.cpp:422
(CalcReadAheadThresh) Enabling buffering optimisations for low
bitrate stream.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:698
(Reconfigure) AOBase: Resampling from 44 kHz to 48 kHz with
quality medium</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: I CoreContext audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:792
(Reconfigure) AOBase: Opening audio device
'hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1' ch 2(2) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0</tt><tt><br>
</tt><font color="#6600cc"><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox
mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: E CoreContext
audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:463 (OpenDevice) ALSA:
snd_pcm_open("hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Device or resource busy</tt></font><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: E CoreContext audio/audiooutput.cpp:249
(Error) AudioOutput Error: Aborting reconfigure</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real:
mythfrontend[1532]: N CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:157
(ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, reason is: Aborting
reconfigure</tt><br>
<br>
<br>
Any ideas on how to fix this?<br>
<br>
Could it be something to do with PulseAudio? Should I remove it ?<br>
<br>
Usually just stopping and re-starting playback fixes it, but that's
a PITA.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
-kt<br>
<br>
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