[mythtv-users] Transcoding using the SVN build now results in a Green Squiggly Mess

[Otto Kolsi]

Osma Ahvenlampi wrote:
> The recording I posted a fraction of (at
> http://www.fishpool.org/misc/mythtv-dvb-capture-fails-libmpeg2.mpg) was
> made using 0.19-128. I'm afraid I don't know how to exactly tell which
> SVN version this applies to, although the last RPM changelog entry is
> 
> * Wed May 03 2006 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net>
> - Update to latest svn fixes (r9850).
> 
> I just tried to access mythweb, and the backend started churning out
> errors I think are related to the problem (I assume these are caused by
> the thumbnailer trying to decode the videos). The backend just crashed,
> too, but without a stack trace.
> 
> [mpeg2video @ 0x1289a44]get_buffer() failed (stride changed)
> 2006-05-23 13:29:59.977 AFD Error: Unknown decoding error
> [mpeg2video @ 0x1289a44]get_buffer() failed (stride changed)
> 2006-05-23 13:29:59.980 AFD Error: Unknown decoding error
> 2006-05-23 13:30:00.375 GetNextFreeFrame() unable to lock frame 100 times. Discarding Frames.

How about taking this to the dev-list and/or to Trac? I've seen the same 
problems. Actually, because I had a couple of times these kind of errors 
and I'm running with quite slow backend, I stopped using transcoding 
altogether.
-- 
   Otto