[mythtv-users] Problems with LiveTV

[Steven Adeff]

On 7/28/06, Jeff <jeff at propixs.com> wrote:
> This is my first post so please be kind....
>
>  I've been running mythtv for about two years now and about a month ago
> upgraded (rebuilt) my system and am now running the latest .19-fixes from
> gentoo which I do believe is the latest .19-fixes (10505) and have had
> problems ever since upgrading with liveTV locking up and HDTV dropping
> frames for 720P video until after I pause/unpause it then plays back
> smoothly most of the time (this problem was evident in .18.1 also)
>  As far as liveTV every time it locks up the the frontend log fills up with
> " Ignoring livetv eof in decoder loop" until I exit liveTV and of course
> this happens at the show transition.
>  Also an interesting note I've seen is fairly frequently I get these
> messages in the frontend logs (using OpenGL for Video Timing):
>  2006-07-27 20:14:00.522 NVP: Video is 3.85111 frames ahead of audio,
> dropping frame.
>  2006-07-27 20:14:00.524 NVP: Video is 4.43182 frames ahead of audio,
> dropping frame.
>
>  And the last Observation I had with the .19-fixes is when I view the
> position of the playback it is normally somewhere between 3 seconds behind
> to practically zero seconds behind which strikes me as very odd.  I don't
> know if it makes any difference but I am using a set top box controlled
> through an IR blaster and when changing channels mythtv records the actual
> channel change (I can see the button presses displayed on the OSD for the
> STB) so maybe thats why it isn't very far behind live.
>
>  My real question is I haven't seen much traffic on the list recently with
> regards to livetv lockups and wanted to know if I am the only one that is
> having these problems.  If so anyone got some pointers.  I really don't want
> to have to try to get back to  .18.1 but my wife is going to kill me if the
> TV keeps locking up.
>
>  Thanks
>  Jeff


is your recordings drive remotely mounted? what deinterlace filter are
you using? are you using XvMC? If you have an Nvidia card, which
driver version?

-- 
Steve
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