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

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jun 21 11:17:51 UTC 2013


On 06/20/2013 11:41 PM, Kevin Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Kevin Johnson 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.
>>
>>
> I should add that I am using vdpau.  I have tried both normal and high
> quality profile.
>

Try VDPAU Slim.  What video card?  How much video memory?

Mike


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