[mythtv-users] Mythdvd choppy / skipping after enabling Media Monitor

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Teet Niin wrote:

> Hi
>
>  Having this problem for long time(I guess about half year).
> DVD.s with mythdvd are really unwatchable, same DVD or any other ISO  
> plays just fine.
> What i noticed(yesterday) when i enable media monitor mythdvd begins  
> to skip frames.
> Any other player(xine, vlc) plays just fine inside or outside mythtv.
> If anyone has similar problem it would be good to hear about or  
> maybe someone has solution to fix this problem.
> Right now i'm using mythbuntu 8.10(seperate backend and frontend)  
> before that i was using gentoo(backend and frontend in same machinge).

I think the internal player needs a resync with ffmpeg and the other  
bits to avoid DVD playback problems. Unfortunately, it means waiting  
an indeterminate amount of time for the next release or just use your  
external player until then.