[mythtv-users] HD Audio stutters after 30 seconds of good playback
Steven Adeff
adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Sun Aug 13 16:56:08 UTC 2006
On 8/12/06, Brian Foddy <bfoddy at visi.com> wrote:
> Using recent 0.19 fixes svn, when I play a 720p HD
> content from either ABC or Fox, the digital audio will play
> fine for about 30 seconds and then start to stutter. If
> I FF or RW, I'll get another 30 good seconds then more stutters.
> I know its the playback because if I RR and play the same
> content again it will play fine as long as its within the 30 second
> window. If I just pause and resume playback, the stuttering will
> resume faster but there will still be some good playback.
>
> This is the same machine that before couldn't play this 720 content
> at all with 0.19 straight, but the fixes tree has corrected the
> Prebuffering pauses sufficiently enough to allow watching, it plays
> pretty good. I'm using XvMC Nvidia for all content.
>
> The stuttering can be heard, and I can also see my audio receiver
> status lights flickering as well.
>
> CBS/NBC HD content audio/video plays fine. Audio sync for both forms is
> good. There isn't anything on the FE console when the stutters occur.
>
> I've tried both the extra audio buffering and without, no
> noticeable difference.
>
> My frontend is config to output to /dev/adsp, via an optical cable
> to the surround sound receiver. The receiver status shows its getting
> a full digital signal. The sound card is a Chaintech AV710.
> CPU during playback is about 50-60% and nothing else is running
> on either the FE or BE machines. The BE / NFS server is connected
> on a 1Gb network to the FE. I've tried both NFS and myth:// network
> protocols.
>
> Does anyone have any clues to fix or how to help diagnose the
> problem (sticking dumps in code, etc).
>
What NVidia driver version are you using? Is your modeline a proper
60hz modeline?
--
Steve
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