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

[Kevin Johnson]

Why do I click the send button so fast?
Anyway, I will switch to slim and give that a shot for a few days.


On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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