[mythtv-users] Frontend hardware: VDPAU or VAAPI?

[Kevin Johnson]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Steve Greene <sgreene59 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Doesn't seem to make any difference. The only trace I can find in the log
> is this:
>
> mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[2102]: W CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:3299
>> (UnpauseDecoder) Player(0): Waited 100ms for decoder to unpause
>
>
> Most noticeably, the crawl on CNN, looks "twitchy", not smooth. That's the
> most readily apparent artifact. I'm on Video Playback Profile "VDPAU Slim",
> BTW.
>
> I didn't notice this until fairly recently, could be recent code changes
> to 0.28-updates. Seems like the decoder isn't keeping up with the incoming
> stream.
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Kevin Johnson <iitywygms at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Steve Greene <sgreene59 at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually N2808.
>>>
>>> I've been noticing the ION is now quietly just dropping frames,
>>> noticeable on pans or fast action, also audio dropouts that upping the
>>> audio i/o buffers don't address. Haven't been seeing those artifacts on the
>>> Liva X. Looked at AMD, too, but the price advantage seems to be with Intel
>>> here. I thought about hanging on until the Apollo Lake NUC's are released
>>> (should be soon), but the main advantage there seems like 4K, which isn't
>>> in the cards for me for a while.
>>>
>>> The NUC5 was a sub $200 upgrade, using a laptop hard drive I had hanging
>>> around. It was hard to resist.
>>>
>>> Ion dropping frames?
>> What happens if you pause and then hit play?  Just curious if you are
>> seeing what I am seeing.
>>
>>
>>
> Live TV only?  I dont want to sidetrack here.
If you could post over at the stutter 720p email that would be great.
Thanks.
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