[mythtv-users] Skipping sound with some News Feed podcasts under .26
Ian Evans
dheianevans at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 05:26:04 UTC 2012
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2012 11:32 AM, "Ian Evans" <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I mentioned this back when I had some HDMI problems, but since
>>> > everything else is fine, I thought I'd start a new thread.
>>> >
>>> > I've checked out a few podcasts and one I occasionally listen to, Adam
>>> > Carolla's, doesn't play properly through Myth .26's Information
>>> > Center->News Feeds
>>> >
>>> > The other podcasts I've tried sound fine, but this one sounds like
>>> > it's skipping forward...that quick scanning sound of bits and pieces
>>> > of voice/music that you get when you fast forward on some mp3 players.
>>> >
>>> > I was able to listen to this just fine under Myth .25 and Ubuntu 10.x
>>> > but since moving to 12.04 and .26 this one podcast has become
>>> > unlistenable.
>>> >
>>> > Any ideas? The rss feed for the podcast is here:
>>> > http://theadamcarollashow.libsyn.com/rss
>>>
>>> An update: I tail -f the mythfrontend.log and try the podcast again.
>>>
>>> It tossed up a ton of lines like:
>>>
>>> mythfrontend[30394]: N CoreContext mythplayer.cpp:2095
>>> (PrebufferEnoughFrames) Player(h): Waited 19271ms for video buffers
>>> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAf
>>>
>>> I let the audio run for a bit and then finally the error "Video frame
>>> buffering failed too many times" came up on screen.
>>>
>>> Just curious: why is it complaining about video buffers when it's an
>>> audio podcast?
>>
>> What does mediainfo tell you about the downloaded podcast file.
>
> I manually downloaded one of the podcasts that does this and this is
> what mediainfo said:
>
> General
> Complete name : 2012.11.09ACS.mp3
> Format : MPEG Audio
> File size : 39.9 MiB
> Duration : 1h 27mn
> Overall bit rate mode : Constant
> Overall bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
> Track name : Judd Apatow
> Performer : The Adam Carolla Show
> Genre : Comedy
> Recorded date : 2012
> Cover : Yes
> Cover type : Cover (front)
> Cover MIME : image/jpeg
>
> Audio
> Format : MPEG Audio
> Format version : Version 1
> Format profile : Layer 3
> Duration : 1h 27mn
> Bit rate mode : Constant
> Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
> Channel(s) : 1 channel
> Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
> Compression mode : Lossy
> Stream size : 39.8 MiB (100%)
General
Complete name : p284.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 154 MiB
Duration : 2h 48mn
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 128 Kbps
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 2h 48mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 154 MiB (100%)
Okay, here's a podcast that works...except for the bit rate I'm not
seeing why this one would work and the other one would have buffer
issues.
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