[mythtv-users] Playing ripped videos: out-of-sync audio at times

James Gutshall Jr warchildx at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 19:55:16 UTC 2007


You can also try playing around with framedropping as an mplayer option.
this will also help narrow down to see if this is a video driver issue or
something else.

PS: I give alot of mplayer references even though you are using xine just
because that is what I am more familar with.
--James

On Nov 21, 2007 2:53 PM, James Gutshall Jr <warchildx at gmail.com> wrote:

> 102% is only with salesmen, and linux.  not PC's in general (I think). ;-)
>
> can you try to use the xv driver for video out instead of xvmc?
> mplayers usage: -vo xv
> I am unsure of xine's syntax
>
> Also in order to use the xv driver, what driver is your xorg using?
> nvidia binary driver, etc.  essentially you are trying to make the player
> use the gpu processor instead of offloading everything to cpu.
> --James
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2007 9:36 AM, lanas <lanas at securenet.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, 20 Nov 2007 16:48:56 -0500,
> > "James Gutshall Jr" <warchildx at gmail.com> wrote :
> >
> > > 1) I would verify cpu usage during playback. (remote ssh using top,
> > > etc). See if cpu usage is high.
> >
> > For iso video files ripped by Myth, xine CPU use hovers around 65%.  For
> > mpeg files it hits a steady 102%.  Only with computers (and salesmen)
> > would you find something over the hundred percent I guess ;-)
> >
> > Since I've never ran benchmarks on that I don't know if these cpu
> > usages are OK or not.
> >
> > Are the TV settings 'Standard, libmpeg, xvmc' important in this case ?
> > It seems the images are flowing smoother with Standard or xvmc.
> >
> > > 2) see if xine has a video out you can specify. (options are in
> > > database, or configured via mythweb, or via frontend - specific to
> > > each frontend).
> >
> > I tried -V xmvc (in conjunction with the TV setting) but that did not
> > seem to change much.
> >
> > Al
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