[mythtv-users] EXTREMELY choppy video

Helge Jensen helge.jensen at slog.dk
Mon Mar 14 15:24:56 UTC 2005


Mark L. Cukier wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> My video is extremely choppy. I'm running a fairly fast (Intel 2.4C HT) 
> processor, and I'm running a PVR-350 and nVidia TVout, so I'm fairly 
> confident it's not processor overload. Choppy is pretty vague, but it's 
> the best word to describe it. The video will run smooth for 5 seconds, 
> and then chop up!!! It's pretty consistent, and I haven't seen it go 
> more than about 15 seconds without chopping. Obviously, it's totally 
> unwatchable....

I had this exact problem when playing the sound through ALSA dmix.

I workarounded it by using the actual ALSA hardware device instead.

-- 
Helge


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