[mythtv-users] Playback issues on remote frontend - vdpau

[Jeremy Jones]

Hi all.

To start with, I have found a work around to my issue, but I still don't
understand what is going on. While typing this email and listing out what
all I tried, I discovered that changing the playback profile from vdpau to
opengl seems to correct the issue. CPU runs higher, and I am concerned that
may cause problems with some recordings, but it is working for now.  I just
don;t understand why vdpau isn't working like I think it should. The below
is all with the vdpau playback profile (slim, normal, high all do the same)

Graphics Card: GT1030 using HDMI out and audio over hdmi

I am having issues with playback of 720p video. When watching it is most
obvious with the sound. Using a video camera, I recorded the playback to
share.  I also have the playback data displayed on the screen. It is a
small file (22.2MB) that may be downloaded using the link below.

File Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12cPmRGCudWROsLOt_TiCnbW2RKMpfpMC/view?usp=sharing

I started mythfrontend from the terminal with --loglevel debug: No errors
showing up.

Both frontend and backend are connected to wired LAN at 1000Mbps

It did not used to do this. I briefly thought it was my graphics adapter
because my cooling fan was going out, so I went ahead and upgraded to an
nvidia GT1030. No change.
I've tried different versions of the nvidia driver. No change.

I have audio upconversion turned off. Realtime priority threads is off.

I also ran across an email in this forum where advice was given to do some
check on vdpau setup. I ran several of those checks and saved the text to a
file that can be downloaded from the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1McXR1_HrzANpDWdFRjS143bm9i-re1WZ/view?usp=sharing

Sorry for such a long message. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeremy
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