[mythtv-users] Playback problem -- random short pauses

[Taylor Ralph]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Andre <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
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> On 24 May 2011, at 08:19, Andre wrote:
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>> On 23 May 2011, at 17:42, Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>> If you want to prevent all the "random short pauses" that occur during
>>> playback, simply change your Playback Profile group such that you never
>>> use VDPAU decoding.  Use ffmpeg decode with VDPAU rendering, and all
>>> works well.
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>> Tried this a while ago, even with a C2DQuad at 2.4Ghz software h264 playback is marginal, occasional big pauses, different but no less annoying!
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>> Also how do you get reasonable quality de-interlacing without using vdpau? The software de-interlacers are all terrible!
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>> I tried with a work i7 2.8Ghz machine and software playback was ok but still can only get good picture quality when using vdpau rendering and de-interlacing at which point micro pauses re-appear.
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>> I'll have some time next week (if the Icelandic volcanoes will allow me to get home) to re-do these tests with 0.24.1 also with a local install rather than my nfs boot and report back.
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> Replying to self to keep this all in context:
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> GT430 was running very hot, added 80mm fan, now running cool to touch. This made no improvement, in fact playback has been much worse since, odd!
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> Removed vdpauhqscaling from options, no discernible change. Now using vdpaustudio,vdpaubuffers=32,vdpaucolorspace=auto
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You should be using "vdpaubuffersize=" not "vdpaubuffers=". Just
wanted to make the clear in case someone tries to use that.

Regards.
--
Taylor