[mythtv-commits] Ticket #7611: VDPAU initialization failure causes unrecoverable hang

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#7611: VDPAU initialization failure causes unrecoverable hang
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 Reporter:  Doug Goldstein <cardoe@…>           |       Owner:  janne 
     Type:  defect                              |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  minor                               |   Milestone:  0.22.1
Component:  MythTV - Video Playback             |     Version:  0.22  
 Severity:  medium                              |     Mlocked:  0     
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 Using 0-22-fixes r22840 for both the frontend and backend, which are on
 different hosts. The frontend is using Mythbuntu with the auto-build debs
 (hence the up to date package).

 After a while of the frontend being idle (i.e. the entire day while I'm at
 work) I'll go into the program listings and watch a recorded show. It will
 always say "Please wait" and permanently stay there until I kill it. The
 log message from the time I turn on the TV until when it hangs is..
 {{{
 2009-11-16 19:35:15.367 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
 WatchingPreRecorded
 2009-11-16 19:35:15.484 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
 main) -- begin
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.073 AFD: Opened codec 0xce669b0, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
 type(Video)
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.073 AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.075 AFD: Opened codec 0xa5a8fb0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.078 Opening audio device 'hdmi'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.079 Opening ALSA audio device 'hdmi'.
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.127 Mixer unable to find control Master
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control Master
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control PCM
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control PCM
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control Master
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control Master
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.128 Mixer unable to find control Master
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.734 VidOutVDPAU Error: Failed to initialise VDPAU
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.749 VideoOutput, Error: Not compiled with any useable
 video output method.
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.749 NVP(2), Error: Couldn't create VideoOutput
 instance. Exiting..
 2009-11-16 19:35:16.749 Unable to initialize video.
 2009-11-16 19:35:36.620 playCtx, Error: StartDecoderThread() Failed to
 startdecoder
 2009-11-16 19:35:36.620 TV: StartPlayer(0, Watching WatchingPreRecorded,
 main) -- end error
 2009-11-16 19:35:36.624 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
 }}}

 I've let it sit there for up to 5 minutes and nothing else ever appears in
 the logs. Really 2 fixes need to happen, a graceful fall back and
 potentially fixing the situation that causes the initialization to fail.

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