Hello all:
I've been having continous problems with the 0.16 version of mythphone causing the frontend to lock.
I have a usb webcam set up (with mythphone set to use /dev/video1), and mythpone correctly shows my local video. I'm connected to FWD (Free World Dialup). Everything is fine in this idle state (showing my local video, registered with FWD but not in a call).
When I place a video call to another FWD user (who's using the Pulver Communicator under WinXP with a web cam and proper local video), it often works for at least a few seconds (Occasionally even for a few minutes). I'm able to see and hear the other person, and the other person sees me (but can't hear me -- that's a different problem, though). The call lasts anywhere from 1 sec to 10 minutes, but at some point the frontend freezes completely. Interestingly enough, I can continue to hear the other person, but both of my video windows are frozen, and the video she recieves is frozen (based on what the other person described of the remote client, it is not recieving video signals anymore). My only recourse at this point is to kill mythfrontend and relaunch it.
I've played a bit with the resolutions and fps and found the values do seem to have a signifiant effect on call duration (most resolutions and fps over 10 cause the frontend to freeze more quickly; fps below 10 don't seem to effect freeze rate, but can often take way too long to fully draw the remote end).
When I run mythfrontend in a terminal and collect its stderr output, I get output like:
[h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]illegal ac vlc code at 0x7 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 84 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483614 errors Error decoding frame; 1443 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]illegal dc 0 at 0 4 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]illegal dc 128 at 1 4 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]I cbpc damaged at 9 4 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 57 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]I cbpy damaged at 0 7 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 84 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 84 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]illegal dc 0 at 0 8 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 9 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 96 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 84 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]I cbpy damaged at 0 8 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]Error at MB: 96 [h263 @ 0xb7a761d0]concealing 2147483647 errors
These messages generally occur at 2-4 lines per second, and occur the entire duration of the call. I see no errors that hint at or relate to the freeze.
So...questions...
I've recently retrieved the CVS versions of mythtv and associated modules. I'm still working on a clean way to install them on my system (gentoo). In any case, I haven't been able to deturmine if anything's been done to mythphone that might address this issue.
I'd be greatful of any assistance one can offer...
--Jim _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
