[mythtv-users] chipmunk sound and jerky video

[greg]

Gordon McLellan wrote:
> I was watching the Dark Night dvd last night, and the first hour or so
> was fine, but as the movie progresses, the sounds' pitch kept
> climbing.  By the end of the movie, you could barely understand the
> voices.   The video appeared to be "sped up" too.
>
> I tried rebooting, no help.  I could not get xine or mplayer to play
> this dvd, I think due to copy protections - they wouldn't even spin up
> the disc.
>
> So I tried playing some recordings, and the same thing happens, even
> old recordings that were fine a few days ago.  Watching live tv
> results in very jerky video, it plays fast for a few seconds, and then
> pauses, and then jerks forward again.  The voices are all "chipmunk"
> in nature.
>
> I haven't made any changes to the system, or to the software.  I'm
> using mythdora 5 for a distribution.
>
> Googling this problem points to nvidia drivers and opengl problems.
> AFAIK i'm not using opengl, and how would it turn itself on anyway?
> Others blame sound hardware, but again, no changes.  The system is an
> old Athlon 64 3400 with 3g of ram and a 500g sata drive.
>
> Perhaps my cpu or mobo has gone bad, and is no longer keeping time accurately?
>
> Any other suggestions?  I did notice a LOT of messages from ntpd about
> syncronizing the clock, it would sync like 10 times in just as many
> minutes, and then nothing for a few hours.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gordon
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Maybe an over heating problem,faulty or sticking fan..