[mythtv-users] The state of MythVideo ISO playback

Mache Creeger mache at creeger.com
Thu Oct 15 15:10:50 UTC 2009


Given the current lack of DVD menu support in viewing isos, I always 
use xine. My xine line is setup to be

/usr/bin/xine -D -pfhq -V xxmc  --no-mouse --no-splash dvd:/%s.

I also have lirc setup to hard exit out of xine to avoid hangups in 
the transition back to myth.

--- Mache

At 09:50 AM 10/14/2009, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>I have a few dozen ISO rips of the main titles of children's DVDs.
>They all play well enough in 0.21-fixes (using VDPAU on an ION
>system).  But there are lots of problems in 0.22 (I most recently
>tried svn22433).  Out of the first 12 videos in my collection that I
>sampled, 5 of them had problems.
>   o One (Disney's Beauty and the Beast) basically doesn't play at all,
>with practically frozen video and terribly stuttering audio.
>   o One had jerky playback as it frequently switched between
>interlaced and progressive mode, which mostly clears up when you lock
>it to Interlaced.
>   o Three had the problem where audio plays at normal speed while the
>video races, which is corrected by pressing rewind or ff followed by
>play.  The logs show initial playback at 40fps, later corrected to
>24fps.
>
>I've seen discussion about the latter two issues.  I'm wondering about
>the prognosis for 0.22.  This will be a big WAF issue (she doesn't
>watch these videos, but she may start the playback for the kids).  I
>can also provide logs, test patches, etc. if that will help.
>
>Jim
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