[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4764: alsa buffer problemintroducedin 15893

[Janne Grunau]

On Wednesday 05 March 2008 22:20:50 Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Janne Grunau wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 March 2008 02:48:47 Mark Spieth wrote:
> >>> I see bursts of "NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow,
> >>> audio data lost!" every couple of minutes with following audio
> >>> track
> >>>
> >>>    Stream #0.1[0x78](deu): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s
> >>
> >> is this with audio only or with a video stream too?
> >
> > It was a tv recording so video plus audio
> >
> >> also useaudio as timebase or not?
> >
> > yes, using audio as timebase
>
> I've seen this too, but I'm weeks behind trunk (before -21-fixes was
> branched) so I wont add too much to this thread.
>
> One thing that is annoying that Janne didn't mention, is that after
> this happens, the audio output stops. I have to save the position and
> escape out then reenter (which doesn't work too well with live tv ;))

I haven't mention it since it doesn't happen here. And this happens only 
with a patched mythtv.

> This may be symptomatic of the fact i'm using pulseaudio output via
> the alsa plugin.

but I don't use pulseaudio. Maybe it isn't as graceful as pure alsa in 
regard to this error.

Janne