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

[Kevin Johnson]

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

Gt430 with 128 meg.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT
430] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1335
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
    I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb



On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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