[mythtv-users] Waiting for video buffers

[Neil Salstrom]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Thomas Börkel <thomas at boerkel.de> wrote:
> HI!
>
> What does that mean and what can I do about it? I saw a small hiccup
> when that happened.
>
> 2013-03-19 20:56:18.095702 I  Player(3): FPS:   25.00 Mean: 39995
> Std.Dev:    43 CPUs: 4% 3% 0% 0%
> 2013-03-19 20:56:19.615349 I  Player(3): Waiting for video buffers...
> 2013-03-19 20:56:19.717053 N  Player(3): Waited 102ms for video buffers
> (AD)(AD)LALLAdAAAAFA
> 2013-03-19 20:56:19.798016 I  Player(3): Waiting for video buffers...
> 2013-03-19 20:56:19.818048 I  Player(3): Waiting for video buffers...
> 2013-03-19 20:56:22.215586 I  Player(3): FPS:   24.27 Mean: 41195
> Std.Dev: 14429 CPUs: 6% 18% 1% 0%
> 2013-03-19 20:56:26.215555 I  Player(3): FPS:   25.00 Mean: 39996
> Std.Dev:    40 CPUs: 3% 4% 0% 1%
>
>
> This happened once while streaming from mythbackend (myth:// protocol)
> to the remote frontend and also once while using NFS for playback.
>
> Is it a problem with the backend or the frontend?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Thomas
>
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What kernel version are you using?  Is this when playing a DVD?

Take a look at your MTU value for lo.  If it's anything bigger than
32872 you may be running in to the same issue I've had.  Kernels 3.7
and greater have a lo MTU value of