[mythtv-users] Mythtv.9 - increased choppiness of video/
dropped frames
cmisip
cmisip at insightbb.com
Tue Jun 10 21:29:06 EDT 2003
Seems like not everybody is having these problems. Some have even
reported increased speed. Maybe it is system specific. My system is an
AMD Athlox XP 2400+ with Soyo KT400 motherboard and dual TV tuners: ATI
TV Wonder and ATI TV Wonder VE, using SB Live 5.1 and btaudio.
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:19, cmisip wrote:
> I have been trying to find out what is causing this. I reverted to my
> previous norton ghost install with the mythtv cvs version of 5/25/03 and
> redhat 9 kernel version 2.4.20-13.9 thinking that it was a kernel
> problem. That mythtv cvs version works fine without the choppy video.
> Still thinking it was the kernel, I installed the latest cvs version of
> mythtv and reproduced the choppy video. So it cant be the kernel.
> Reverted to my norton ghost backup of last night prior to the mythtv .9
> install. Now under the kernel version 2.4.20-18.9. The cvs version of
> 5/25/03 = no choppiness. Installed mythtv current cvs (0.9) and there
> the choppiness is back. There;s gotta be something in the new mythtv
> release causing this. I have had no hardware changes at all. All
> settings are the same. And now no apparent difference with different
> kernel versions.
>
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 17:05, Mark Chou wrote:
> > I too have observed this increased choppiness as well. I think
> > something changed on or around 5/27 in CVS that rendered playback (or is
> > it encoding?) choppy compared to before. Ever since that time
> > subsequent recordings have had dropped frames lasting around 1 sec. or
> > so, and generally comes in bunches...
> >
> > I can't put my finger on where in the code is responsible for the
> > choppiness coming from, but my system has had no change (HW/SW) besides
> > mythtv for at least two months now. I've even turned off cron to
> > eliminate this possibility but it still happens...
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Issac Richards wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 04:19 pm, cmisip wrote:
> > > Just upgraded last night to .9. I noticed that I seem to have very
> > > noticeable frame drops and video jerkiness especially when there are 2
> > > recording sessions going on. Has the system requirements increased ?
> > > This was not an issue with cvs from 5/25/03. I notice rebuffering
> > > messages when I quit mythfrontend. If its a bug, hoping to get it fixed
> > > in .9.1. Thanks
> >
> > Nothing of importance changed in that time period.
> >
> > Isaac
> >
> >
> >
> >
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