[mythtv] DVB patch for Freeview/Xtraview

Ciaran ciaranj at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 07:16:43 UTC 2005


On 14/04/05, Charlie Brej <brejc8 at vu.a.la> wrote:
> Ciaran wrote:
> > Odd, since I applied this patch my audio keeps cutting out on me, is
> > anyone else experiencing this problem ?
> >  I had a CVS cut (sunday night iirc) which I'd built and appeared to
> > be working just fine, I applied the patch [without doing a CVS
> > checkout] rebuilt and now the audio just 'disappears' am I going mad ?
> > - Ciaran
> 
> The wife noticed that exact problem but even with recordings. It is repeatable
> and if you watch the same sequence the audio will cut out at the same point each
> time. It seemed to be happening even on recordings made before I was messing
> around with the patch and the patch should not effect anything but recordings.
> So I suspect something else but I will try and reinstall the normal version and
> see if it still happens. You can always fast-forward to just after the audio
> cutout point and resume (very annoying though).
> As a clue some channels are worse than others. Third rock from the sun (ITV2)
> kept cutting out every 3 mins while BBC3 programs seemed fine.

I don't think its neccessarily channel based, as Coronation street
last night was fine, but GMTV-Today this morning was terrible.  Just
for interests sake in case it makes sense to you, I've attached the
log file from this morning where I started channel 3, the sound
dropped out then I exited.   Hopefully these messages meen something
to someone ;)
- Ciaran
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2005-04-14 07:27:29.257 New DB connection, total: 1
Nigel, total desktop width=720, height=576, numscreens=1
2005-04-14 07:27:29.292 Using screen 0, 720x576 at 0,0
2005-04-14 07:27:29.298 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050329-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-04-14 07:27:29.299 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-04-14 07:27:30.329 Switching to square mode (visor)
2005-04-14 07:27:31.057 Joystick disabled.
2005-04-14 07:27:31.163 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-04-14 07:27:32.773 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
2005-04-14 07:27:33.718 Mediamonitor: Adding /dev/hdb
2005-04-14 07:27:33.721 Starting media monitor.
2005-04-14 07:27:34.140 Media status changed...  New status is: MEDIASTAT_OPEN old status was MEDIASTAT_NOTMOUNTED
2005-04-14 07:27:37.228 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-04-14 07:27:37.255 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.2.2:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-04-14 07:27:37.266 Using protocol version 15
2005-04-14 07:27:37.294 Using protocol version 15
2005-04-14 07:27:38.735 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-04-14 07:27:38.735 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-04-14 07:27:38.762 Using XV port 56
2005-04-14 07:27:39.353 Using realtime priority.
2005-04-14 07:27:39.370 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-04-14 07:27:39.396 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2005-04-14 07:27:47.713 streams_changed() -- stream count 5
2005-04-14 07:27:47.714 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:47.714 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:47.715 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:57.273 streams_changed() -- stream count 6
2005-04-14 07:27:57.278 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:57.279 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:57.279 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:57.279 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:27:57.280 AvFormatDecoder: Could not find decoder for codec (86021), ignoring.
2005-04-14 07:28:13.632 streams_changed() -- stream count 7
2005-04-14 07:28:13.633 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:28:13.633 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:28:13.634 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:28:13.634 Codec already open, closing first
2005-04-14 07:28:13.635 AvFormatDecoder: Could not find decoder for codec (86021), ignoring.
2005-04-14 07:28:13.989 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-04-14 07:28:13.989 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-04-14 07:28:18.420 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-04-14 07:28:18.423 Changing from None to None


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