[mythtv-users] Please wait screen occasionally stays visible during playback (VDPAU)

Michael Lynch lynchmv at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 03:30:20 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
> When I start playback, the "Please Wait" screen appears while the
> video is getting ready to play. Typically that disappears as soon as
> playback actually begins. However, occasionally it will stay visible
> even after playback begins. I will not be able to see the video play,
> but I can hear the audio playing. If I pause and unpause it, the
> screen goes away and everything is normal.
>
> Before I file a bug report (I've got a "-v playback " log) I wanted to
> know if anybody else has experienced this. I was wondering if perhaps
> this is a VDPAU configuration issue rather than a problem in myth
> directly. I can only replicate this condition while using a VDPAU
> profile. Also, I've noticed that occasionally, if I open another
> window in front of myth (like a bash terminal) while it is playing
> video, after I close that window I can still see the window over top
> of the video. It's like there is an overlay that never gets cleared
> (not sure how VDPAU actually works, but that's what it reminds me of).
> In that situation, I've also found that if I pause and unpause, the
> phantom window goes away, exactly like the Please Wait screen does.
>
> Any idea what may be causing this...perhaps a xorg.conf setting?
>
> --
> Ron

I have also experienced this, but no VDPAU on my box.  Just a standard
.22 frontend with an NVIDIA MX4 4000 and CPU-- playback profile.  I
can also provide logs if needed.


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