[mythtv-users] improving mythtv-frontend experience on RP3 B+

Jeff jffry at posteo.net
Wed Oct 10 17:56:44 UTC 2018


On 10/10/18 04:37, jmk wrote:
> Is anyone successfully running mythfrontend on a RPi3 B+?
> 
> The ION-based system I had been using for the past decade recently died.
> I picked up a RPi3 thinking it would be an easy replacement.
> Unfortunately, many of my recordings (not all) experience momentary
> audio blips (e.g., 1 second pause every few seconds).  I see
> PrebufferEnoughFrames messages during some of them:
> 
> 2018-10-09 21:11:19.553763 N [604/604] CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2230
> (PrebufferEnoughFrames) - Player(5): Waited 106ms for video buffers
> AAAAAALLLPPP
> 2018-10-09 21:11:37.184526 N [604/604] CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2230
> (PrebufferEnoughFrames) - Player(5): Waited 104ms for video buffers
> LLLAAAAAUPPP
> 
> Is this audio issue the problem that was introduced after the 2017-11-29
> release? As far as I can tell, the B+ cannot run the older Raspbian
> release, but I’d be happy to hear otherwise. My efforts so far have
> failed to get it boot on that version.

I have been using a RPi2 as a frontend for two and a half years. I lose
audio for a second, around a second after I start (including after
pausing) playback, but apart from that, it is pretty good.

The audio problem hasn't annoyed me enough to investigate.

Regards

Jeff

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