[mythtv-users] OSD kills Mythfrontend (HD content)

Doug Larrick doug at ties.org
Thu Nov 25 13:41:25 UTC 2004


Scott W. Edwards wrote:
> Hello list,
> I have a very annoying problem that cropped up when I updated to the latest
> CVS on the 22nd. When I try to FF or RR (or do anything that involves OSD)
> the overlay flickers madly and then the frontend dies, Here is the output
> from the frontend:
> [snip]
> [mpegvideo_xvmc @ 0x4084f490]Past frame is a B frame in
> findPastSurfacemythfrontend: xvmccommon.c:12: findPastSurface: Assertion
> `3!=last->pict_type' failed.
> Killed
> 
> This only happens with HD content and de-interlacing enabled. Only selecting
> "one field" or not de-interlacing keeps the frontend from dieing.

If you have the processor horsepower, turning off XvMC should fix this 
for you.

-Doug
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