[mythtv-users] Playback problem -- random short pauses

[Steven Adeff]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 09:26:20PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Phil Wild <phil at holobyte.com.au> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Mark Boyum <mark at boyum.us> wrote:
>> >> > I've been using the 260's without much issue.
>> >> > 256 was a bit more stable, but for some reason I couldn't get
>> >> > flash/vpdau/boxee to compile properly/work properly with 256, so I took
>> >> > the plunge to 260.  BTW this is on gentoo 2.6.34-r12.
>> >> >
>> >> My combined frontend / backend experiences slight pauses as well.  I
>> >> have attributed them to recordings starting or ending while we are
>> >> watching by simple observation when they occur.  i.e. Pause happens,
>> >> check HDHR LEDs to see a tuner is now active.  Next pause happens and
>> >> the LED is now off.
>> >>
>> >> Has this been confirmed as a MythTV issue or could it be a kernel
>> >> update or something?  I ask as I am still running .23.1-fixes and
>> >> experience the pauses on Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit).  Not at my machine now
>> >> so I can not provide specific software versions.
>> >>
>> >> -Mark
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >
>> > I have been following this thread as I am also experiencing these pauses. Re
>
> ...has anyone else suggested to rule out the possibility that the card itself
> is overheating and that's part of the issue. I have a frontend in an upstairs
> room that is not always temperature controlled that seems to have issues similar
> to this. There's a very nice correlation between the GPU temperature and the
> occurences of the problem.
>
>   The problems go away as soon as the room cools down.

I did on my parent's systems and they were all well within their
temperature range.


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