[mythtv] waiting for free video buffers timed out

[Johan]

Can someone tell me what these "free video buffers" are?


On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 23:21, Johan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If I want to watch live tv or recordings all I get is a black screen and
> "waiting for free video buffers timed out". Watching recordings with
> XINE is not a problem. I have tried with version 0.16 and the CVS
> version of a few days ago both having the problem. I use a PVR250 for
> recording and both the VGA and TV out of my pundit for watching.
> 
> Any idea wath the problem can be?
> 
> This is the output of mythfrontend:
> 
> 2004-09-21 21:28:47 mythfrontend version: 0.16.20040906-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2004-09-21 21:28:47 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2004-09-21 21:28:49 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2004-09-21 21:28:49 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
> handler
> 2004-09-21 21:28:49 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
> handler
> 2004-09-21 21:28:52 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
> handler
> SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.101:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.101
> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
> 2004-09-21 21:28:54 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1
> of 5)
> 2004-09-21 21:28:54 Using protocol version 13
> 2004-09-21 21:28:57 Using protocol version 13
> 2004-09-21 21:29:06 All Programs
> 2004-09-21 21:29:13 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2004-09-21 21:29:13 Audio fragment size: 4096
> 2004-09-21 21:29:13 Using XV port 56
> 2004-09-21 21:29:14 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> pthread_setschedparam: Success
> 2004-09-21 21:29:14 Running as SUID root would allow some threads to run
> with realtime priority, improving video smoothness.
> waiting for free video buffers timed out
> waiting for free video buffers timed out
> waiting for free video buffers timed out
> waiting for free video buffers timed out
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Johan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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