[mythtv-users] judder with SD material

Frank Schlimbach galaxy_engine at gmx.de
Fri Jan 11 11:57:24 UTC 2013


On Fri Jan 11 10:50:12 UTC 2013 Igor Cicimov icicimov at gmail.com wrote
> 
> On 11/01/2013 9:21 PM, "Frank Schlimbach" <galaxy_engine at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
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> > > Datum: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:40:00 +0000
> > > Von: mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org
> > > An: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > Betreff: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 34
> >
> > > Message: 4
> > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:17:18 +1100
> > > From: Igor Cicimov <icicimov at gmail.com>
> > > To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] judder with SD material
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> > > On 11/01/2013 2:01 AM, "Frank Schlimbach" <galaxy_engine at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I lately switched to using separate backend and frontend machines,
> > > > > both running current mythbuntu and mythtv 0.26+fixes.  The weird
> thing
> > > > > I am experiencing is that watching HD material seems to work fine
> > > > > while SD liveTV and recordings judder heavily (every 1-2 seconds or
> > > > > even more frequently). Most discussion on this topic I found are
> about
> > > > > the more intuitive reverse case, where HD is the problem. The
> build-in
> > > > > SD test works fine and playing the same file locally with vlc also
> > > > > looks good. CPU (Intel G530, no graphics card) load is low and I am
> > > > > running gigabit ethernet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any idea?
> > > >
> > > > I did some more experiments. My TV can actually play all recordings
> > > directly through DLNA without any judder (it has other problems,
> though).
> > > > I also realized that both HD and SD recordings judder - but HD just
> not
> > > as strongly, but maybe more frequently. So I now suspect that this must
> be
> > > related with the network connection on the client side. I'll check
> cables
> > > tonight, but this experiment doesn't seem very promising.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts, experience, hints, ideas on how to debug this problem
> are
> > > highly welcome.
> > > >
> > > Did you read the judder free mythtv wiki page?
> >
> > I am sorry I didn't mention it: Yes, I did. I followed it as much as I
> could (I am not using a Nvidia card) but it didn't help. I also used setuid
> without any effect.
> >
> > Last night I made a few more experiments
> > 1. I switched network cables: no change
> > 2. I used VLC on the same frontend machine to get the uPnP streams from
> the mythtv server: *NO* judder
> > 3. I decreased the ringbuffer size in the backend: Maybe a little effect,
> but maybe not
> > 4. I used the OpenGL high quality setting in the frontend:
> >    - higher CPU load
> >    - less judder, but still visible and annoying
> >
> > So the current state is that it's probably not the network. Something in
> the MythTV frontend seems to be responsible for this.
> >
> > Are there any debug flags I could try?
> > Any other parameters I could experiment with?
> >
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> 
> And you did set separate video mode for gui and tv playback in the setup
> right?

Yes, to the best of my ability.


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