[mythtv-users] Audio glitches on EPG and local commercals

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/06/2012 04:43 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 6 May 2012 16:29, John Morris wrote:
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.683 Player(6): Video is 6.23899 frames behind audio
>> (too slow), dropping frame t
>> o catch up.
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.683 AO: Pause 1
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.692 AO: OutputAudioLoop: audio paused
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.692 ALSA, Error: WriteAudio: buffer underrun
> ...
>
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.699 Player(6): Video is 4.90727 frames behind audio
>> (too slow), dropping frame to catch up.
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.699 Player(6): Video is 3.95019 frames behind audio
>> (too slow), dropping frame to catch up.
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.699 Player(6): Waiting for video buffers...
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.699 AO: Pause 1
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.730 AO: Pause 0
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.730 AO: Pause 0
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.781 IsTunable(2810)
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.786 AO: OutputAudioLoop: Play Event
>> 2012-05-06 01:07:47.787 IsTunable(2810) ->  true
> Well there you go.
>
> video is decoding to slowly and the gap between audio and video
> becomes too great and audio needs to be paused for video decoding to
> catch up.
>> It is complaining of underruns but I already did the bit to increase the
>> buffer with:
> the underruns are not due to buffering here, but because the audio
> card is starved
>
> basically, your system is too slow

And if you'd like the post the whole log requested--instead of some 
excerpt that you think is important--we can probably tell you why--i.e. 
why you're not using VDPAU or whatever.

Mike