[mythtv-users] Green boxes on one DVD's playback

Richard peper03 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 25 22:20:59 UTC 2013


On 25/01/13 23:03, Ian Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Richard <peper03 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Yes, using VDPAU. Bizarre though that it's the first time I've seen
>>> this in just under two years. Is it just that the DVD's written
>>> differently or something?
>>
>>
>> I don't think it's a DVD issue.  I happen to have a similar DVD that has
>> this issue on the intro - green blocks at the bottom, mostly no picture
>> apart from the occasional flash of a corrupted (but just recognisable)
>> interlaced frame.
>>
>> I extracted the video to a separate video file an MythVideo has the same
>> issues so it doesn't look like it's a DVD issue.
>
> Same happened here. It's just funny when every other DVD I've played
> worked just fine, so you're curious "what's so special about his
> show?"

Apparently, VDPAU does have some issues with certain files.  I've sent a 
bug report to NVIDIA too, so we'll see.  If they analyse the video and 
confirm it's a problem on their side, fine.  If not, it's a Myth/ffmpeg 
problem.

Richard.


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