[mythtv-users] NVidia HDMI "Device or resource busy" when it isn't

[Kingsley Turner]

Hey-ya,

Occasionally I get audio failing to start when playing a video (Mythbuntu 
14, x86-64).
It seems to happen about 30% of the time on video start.
It doesn't seem to matter if the box was recently playing video, or sitting 
idle for hours.

The mythfrontend log says:

Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2225 (HandleStateChange) TV: Attempting to change 
from None to WatchingVideo
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext audio/audiopulsehandler.cpp:322 (SuspendInternal) Pulse: 
PulseAudio suspend OK
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: E 
CoreContext audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:340 (GetOutputSettings) ALSA: 
snd_pcm_open("hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Device or resource busy
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: N 
CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:164 (ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2141 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec AAC has 2 channels
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632 (OpenAVCodec) AFD: Opened codec 
0xfb71d40, id(AAC) type(Audio)
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632 (OpenAVCodec) AFD: Opened codec 
0x1027bda0, id(H264) type(Video)
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: W 
CoreContext ringbuffer.cpp:422 (CalcReadAheadThresh) Enabling buffering 
optimisations for low bitrate stream.
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:698 (Reconfigure) AOBase: Resampling 
from 44 kHz to 48 kHz with quality medium
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: I 
CoreContext audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:792 (Reconfigure) AOBase: Opening 
audio device 'hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1' ch 2(2) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: E 
CoreContext audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:463 (OpenDevice) ALSA: 
snd_pcm_open("hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Device or resource busy
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: E 
CoreContext audio/audiooutput.cpp:249 (Error) AudioOutput Error: Aborting 
reconfigure
Jun 16 07:41:56 mediabox mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[1532]: N 
CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:157 (ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Disabling Audio, 
reason is: Aborting reconfigure


Any ideas on how to fix this?

Could it be something to do with PulseAudio?  Should I remove it ?

Usually just stopping and re-starting playback fixes it, but that's a PITA.

thanks,
-kt

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