[mythtv] waiting for free video buffers timed out
Andrew Parlette
andrew at parlette.net
Tue Sep 28 17:23:56 EDT 2004
Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> Hey all... just wondering if there's an idea for a resolution on
> this. I saw it in the archives from a few days ago, and it just started
> happening to me. It appears to do this when using r128 or ati (mach64)
> cards, but not with nvidia on a tnt2. When trying to play a video
> through mythtv, it just continously spits out:
> 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
>
> ?
>
> -Cory
>
I am also writing to chime in on this issue. I was monitoring the thread
to see if a resolution came out of it.
In my case, this is a problem for viewing HDTV files. I'm using an
NVIDIA care with XVMC. The problem shows up anytime the OSD shows up.
This is mainly during skipping, but even if I just hit 'i' for info the
OSD comes up and a few seconds later when it tries to fade away it locks up.
The other interesting part of my setup is that I'm running separate
backend/frontends (so HD files are streamed) and I'm also running
diskless (NFS root) off the same server. However I don't think it is a
bandwidth problem since I can play the files fine as long as the OSD
doesn't come up.
To check if it is a memory issue I upgraded the memory in the box to 768
MB, but there was no effect.
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