[mythtv-users] H264 File Won't Play

[Jim Oltman]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 3/26/2013 21:27, Jim Oltman wrote:
>
>> I have several H.264 files that won't play.  They try and start, but
>> give me a black screen and I eventually see "Failed to initialize A/V
>> Sync".
>>
>
> Have you tried using the software decoder?


I just tried the "High Quality" Playback Profile.  The video did play, but
as I predicted, it was stuttering heavily.  Here are some excerpts from the
log:

2013-03-28 17:39:36.612266 N  VDP: Ignoring profile item 42 (renderer
quartz-blit is not supported w/decoder ffmpeg (supported:
null,xlib,xshm,xv-blit,opengl,opengl-lite,vdpau,nullvdpau,nullvaapi,openglvaapi))
2013-03-28 17:39:36.612312 N  VDP: Ignoring profile item 43 (renderer
quartz-blit is not supported w/decoder ffmpeg (supported:
null,xlib,xshm,xv-blit,opengl,opengl-lite,vdpau,nullvdpau,nullvaapi,openglvaapi))
2013-03-28 17:39:36.612391 I  VDP: Accepting: cmp(>= 1920 1080) dec(ffmpeg)
cpus(2) skiploop(enabled) rend(xv-blit) osd(softblend) osdfade(enabled)
deint(linearblend,linearblend) filt()
2013-03-28 17:39:36.612421 I  VDP: Accepting: cmp(> 0 0) dec(ffmpeg)
cpus(1) skiploop(enabled) rend(xv-blit) osd(softblend) osdfade(enabled)
deint(yadifdoubleprocessdeint,yadifdeint) filt()
...
2013-03-28 17:39:37.265718 I  VideoOutput: Using deinterlace method
linearblend
2013-03-28 17:39:37.265747 I  VSYNC: DRMVideoSync: Could not open device
/dev/dri/card0, No such file or directory
2013-03-28 17:39:37.265765 E  VSYNC: RTCVideoSync: Could not open /dev/rtc:
                        eno: Permission denied (13)
...
2013-03-28 17:39:37.394994 N  Player(0): Waited 102ms for video buffers
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAuuuuuuuuP
2013-03-28 17:39:37.432916 I  Player(0): progressive frame seen after 2
interlaced frames
2013-03-28 17:39:37.469625 I  VideoOutput: Created YV12 OSD.
2013-03-28 17:39:37.476334 I  Player(0): A/V predict drop frame, dropping
frame to catch up.
2013-03-28 17:39:37.485375 I  Player(0): Disabled deinterlacing
2013-03-28 17:39:37.485413 I  Player(0): Video is 4.17035 frames behind
audio (too slow), dropping frame to catch up.
2013-03-28 17:39:37.485448 I  Player(0): Video is 5.15374 frames behind
audio (too slow), dropping frame to catch up.
2013-03-28 17:39:37.485476 I  Player(0): Video is 5.63954 frames behind
audio (too slow), dropping frame to catch up.
2013-03-28 17:39:37.485495 I  Player(0): Waiting for video buffers...


There is lots of "frames behind" messages.  So I guess at this point, I
should try the nVidia 310 driver??  Thanks for the help!
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