[mythtv-users] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Mythfrontend freezing and VDPAU?

[John]

On 02/03/2020 14:41, Allen Edwards wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 2:19 AM John <jksjdevelop at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jksjdevelop at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 02/03/2020 01:48, Allen Edwards wrote:
>>     I continue my search for why my mythfrontend is locking up. As I
>>     have said, the real bother is that it basically requires a
>>     restart of the computer to clear up the problem as I have
>>     discussed previously.
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>>     The error I am seeing in the log is this
>>     *Decoder timed out waiting for free video buffers*
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>>     What I have found is that several others have had this problem
>>     and have isolated it to VDPAU with an interlaced source. We had a
>>     lock up again last night and sure enough the source was 1080i and
>>     the output is 1080p.
>>
>>     There does not seem to be a solution online that I can find.
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>>     Here is one thread https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?t=2735
>>     Here is another
>>     https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1037255/linux/mythtv-errors-lockups-with-vdpau-and-340-or-390-drivers-/
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>>     My question is, am I using the right driver and video
>>     configuration? Next question, what should I use if VDPAU is
>>     unacceptable?
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>>     I am running Mythbuntu
>>     Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
>>     MythTV Version : v0.28.2-6-g9031599
>>     MythTV Branch : fixes/0.28
>>     AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+
>>     6G memory
>>     GeForce GTX 750Ti
>>     nvidia 390 driver
>>     VDPAU High Quality
>>
>>     Allen
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>     I have found that using High Quality software decoding to be more
>     reliable and tolerates faults in the broadcast stream. The cpu
>     load is only moderate - try it.
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>     By the way this issue is still present in V31 so upgrading will
>     not help.
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> Thanks so much for the confirmation of the issue. I have been 
> wondering about using software but wasn't sure my CPU could handle it. 
> What specific settings do you recommend?
>
> Allen
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I am on ver 31 using Opengl High Quality and cant remember the exact 
settings for V28 but I think there was a High Quality choice in 
Setup>Video>Playback>Current Video Playback Profile

You should get ffmpeg decoding and if I remember correctly vdpau double 
de-interlacer.

That config never failed for me on a combined Intel Haswell front and 
backend with Nvidia graphics.

Note i still get judder with software decoding if there are background 
tasks running so avoid that.



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