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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/03/2020 01:48, Allen Edwards
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<div dir="ltr">I continue my search for why my mythfrontend is
locking up. As I have said, the real bother is that it
basically requires a restart of the computer to clear up the
problem as I have discussed previously.
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<div>The error I am seeing in the log is this </div>
<div><b>Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers</b><br>
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<div>What I have found is that several others have had this
problem and have isolated it to VDPAU with an interlaced
source. We had a lock up again last night and sure enough
the source was 1080i and the output is 1080p.</div>
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<div>There does not seem to be a solution online that I can
find.</div>
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<div>Here is one thread <a
href="https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?t=2735"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?t=2735</a></div>
<div>Here is another <a
href="https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1037255/linux/mythtv-errors-lockups-with-vdpau-and-340-or-390-drivers-/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1037255/linux/mythtv-errors-lockups-with-vdpau-and-340-or-390-drivers-/</a></div>
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<div>My question is, am I using the right driver and video
configuration? Next question, what should I use if VDPAU
is unacceptable?</div>
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<div>I am running <span class="gmail-il">Mythbuntu</span> </div>
<div>Ubuntu <span class="gmail-il">16.04</span>.1 LTS</div>
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<div>MythTV Version : v0.28.2-6-g9031599<br>
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<div>MythTV Branch : fixes/0.28<br>
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<div>AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+<br>
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<div>6G memory</div>
<div>GeForce GTX 750Ti</div>
<div>nvidia 390 driver</div>
<div>VDPAU High Quality</div>
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<div>Allen</div>
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<p>I have found that using High Quality software decoding to be
more reliable and tolerates faults in the broadcast stream. The
cpu load is only moderate - try it.<br>
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<p>By the way this issue is still present in V31 so upgrading will
not help.<br>
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