[mythtv-users] Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers

Kevin Johnson iitywygms at gmail.com
Fri Jun 21 03:41:13 UTC 2013


I should add that I am using vdpau.  I have tried both normal and high
quality profile.


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> Using mythbuntu 12.04 with the latest fixes.
>
> MythTV Version : v0.26.0-175-g7f71e02
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.26
> Network Protocol : 75
> Library API : 0.26.20130225-1
> QT Version : 4.8.1
> 3.2.0-49-generic #75-Ubuntu SMP
> Nvidia 4.304.88
>
> Seperate frontend backends.
>
> Last couple of weeks, while watching either live tv or a recording, mythtv screen goes black and nothing responds.  Could happen every 30 minutes, or sometimes it goes two days before it happens.
> If I ssh in and try a reboot it just goes to single user mode, logs me off and then I have to hit the power button and do a hard reboot.
> Seems that the following is the relevant issue.
>
> Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers.
>
> Any idea what might be going on?  How to fix?
>
> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2021 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: I CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2172 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x56dc560, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> Jun 20 17:53:18 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:783 (SetEof) AFD: Resetting byte context eof (livetv 1 was eof 0)
> Jun 20 17:53:19 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2093 (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(0): Waited 101ms for video buffers AAALfAfAAAAAAA
> Jun 20 17:53:19 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: N CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2093 (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(0): Waited 203ms for video buffers AAALfAfAAAAAAA
> Jun 20 18:18:31 g430 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1927]: E Decoder mythplayer.cpp:3206 (DecoderGetFrame) Player(0): Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> Jun 20 18:19:14  mythlogserver: last message repeated 2 times
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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