[mythtv-users] .24-fixes on zotac zbox HD-ID11

Paul Bender pebender at san.rr.com
Sun Nov 14 23:47:55 UTC 2010


On 11/14/2010 3:35 PM, Josh White wrote:
> I just updated to .24 using the auto-builds from Mythbuntu running on
> Mythbuntu 10.10.  It's working well on 2 of 3 of my systems.  I really
> like the changes I see so far!  However, my newest frontend, a Zotac
> Zbox HD-ID11 seems to be having some trouble. This particular machine
> ran quite well with stock mythbuntu 10.04 and upgraded fine to 10.10,
> but now that I've switched repos, and upgraded to .24-fixes, it doesn't
> play sound, plays video at less than full speed, and when I exit a
> video, the machine hangs.  I ran the frontend from a command line to see
> if I could see any errors there, and I was hoping someone with more
> knowledge than I would spot something. I checked the audio
> configuration, which is set to ALSA-Default, and is using analog stereo.
>   Video was set to VDPAU-Slim, but when I started seeing these problems,
> I switched it to VDPAD-Normal, which is what it was set to when the
> output below was generated.  I'm playing back SD content (some
> recordings from a PVR-500, and some mpeg-4 dvd rips.  Has anyone else
> done this upgrade with this hardware?
>
>   josh at myth-bedroom:~$ mythfrontend
> 2010-11-14 18:15:46.759 mythfrontend version:
> branches/release-0-24-fixes [27204] www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
> 2010-11-14 18:15:46.760 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2010-11-14 18:15:46.760 Using configuration directory = /home/josh/.mythtv
> 2010-11-14 18:15:46.762 ThreadPool:HTTP: Initial 1, Max 25, Timeout 60000
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.449 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.450 Using localhost value of myth-bedroom
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.450 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.1.5'
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.588 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.592 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.5
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.603 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.606 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.5
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.611 Current locale EN_US
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.611 Reading locale defaults from
> /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.755 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver
> support enabled
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.757 DPMS is disabled.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.809 Desktop video mode: 1920x1080 60.000 Hz
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.886 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.897 Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.933 LIRC: Successfully initialized '/dev/lircd'
> using '/home/josh/.mythtv/lircrc' config
> 2010-11-14 18:15:47.933 JoystickMenuThread: Joystick disabled - Failed
> to read /home/josh/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.053 Using Frameless Window
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.053 Using Full Screen Window
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.314 Using the OpenGL painter
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.479 OpenGL: OpenGL vendor  : NVIDIA Corporation
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: OpenGL renderer: ION/PCI/SSE2
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: OpenGL version : 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.06
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: Max texture size: 8192 x 8192
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: Max texture units: 4
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: Direct rendering: Yes
> 2010-11-14 18:15:48.480 OpenGL: Initialised MythRenderOpenGL
> 2010-11-14 18:15:49.281 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264
> 2010-11-14 18:15:49.618 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open themeinfo.xml
> for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD/themeinfo.xml
> 2010-11-14 18:15:49.618 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:49.621 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open themeinfo.xml
> for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD/themeinfo.xml
> 2010-11-14 18:15:49.621 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.027 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.318 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.751 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.774 Registering WebBrowser as a media playback plugin.
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.774 Loading en_us translation for module mythbrowser
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.792 Loading en_us translation for module mythnetvision
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.817 Current MythVideo Schema Version
> (mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1038
> 2010-11-14 18:15:50.896 Loading en_us translation for module mythvideo
> 2010-11-14 18:15:51.144 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Arclight'
> 2010-11-14 18:15:52.067 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.5:6543 <http://192.168.1.5:6543> (try 1 of 1)
> 2010-11-14 18:15:52.068 Using protocol version 63
> 2010-11-14 18:16:04.787 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-11-14 18:16:04.789 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.5
> 2010-11-14 18:16:07.697 TV: Attempting to change from None to
> WatchingPreRecorded
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.004 AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, params(0,2,44100)
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.133 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.233 AudioOutput Error: Aborting Audio Reconfigure.
> Invalid audio parameters ch 2 fmt 0 @ 44100Hz
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.233 AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, reason is:
> Aborting Audio Reconfigure. Invalid audio parameters ch 2 fmt 0 @ 44100Hz
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.233 playCtx, Error: Aborting Audio Reconfigure.
> Invalid audio parameters ch 2 fmt 0 @ 44100Hz
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.449 AFD Warning: ScanATSCCaptionStreams() called
> with no PMT
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.449 AFD: Opened codec 0x7fdbd1747f40, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
> type(Video)
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.449 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.449 AFD: Opened codec 0x7fdbd178e910, id(MP2)
> type(Audio)
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.634 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.834 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.935 AO: Opening audio device 'default' ch 2(2) sr
> 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.935 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.940 AudioOutput Warning: mmap not available,
> attempting to fall back to slow writes
> 2010-11-14 18:16:08.977 AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
> 2010-11-14 18:16:10.640 Clearing OpenGL painter cache.
> 2010-11-14 18:16:10.782 VDPAU: Created 2 output surfaces.
> 2010-11-14 18:16:10.782 VDPAU: Version 1
> 2010-11-14 18:16:10.782 VDPAU: Information NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared
> Library  260.19.06  Mon Sep 13 04:58:44 PDT 2010

My first suggestion is upgrading your NVIDIA driver to 260.19.21 as 
earlier versions of the 260.19.x driver have VDPAU problems. If that 
does not help, then I suggest downgrading your NVIDIA driver to 256.53.


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