[mythtv-users] VDPAU playback issue

[David Asher]

>>> I just had an interesting thing happen.
>>>
>>> I'm running trunk r21261 (from mythbuntu weekly trunk builds) and  
>>> using VDPAU.
>>>
>>> When I try to play a recording which is still recording it starts  
>>> up like normal, I get a flash of the video (like 1-2 frames max),  
>>> and the the screen changes to a settings page.  I'm not actually  
>>> AT the settings page -- I can hear the audio of the video playing,  
>>> but I can't see it -- mythfrontend.log shows the normal playback  
>>> information.  The olnly differences seem to be with messages  
>>> around syncing position map.
>>>
>>> Anyone seen this?
>
>
> I've had this same issue with many of my recordings using VDPAU,  
> something like 2/3rds of the time when I start playback.  It doesn't  
> seem to make a difference for me whether the files are still  
> recording or not.  For me, going into the program guide and then  
> exiting back out usually fixes it.  Does this work for you?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

Yep, that worked...  Thanks for the workaround.

It does appear that I can recreate it on any inprogress recording.   
I'll have to try and figure out what's happening.

David.