Re: [mythtv-users] **NEW INFO** HD3000 DVB Recordings - Consistently Freezes on Playback
On 1/7/06, Johan Kihlström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lör 2006-01-07 klockan 19:52 -0500 skrev Michael Haan: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 17:18, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/7/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Saturday 07 January 2006 13:15, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/6/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 of the 6 total recordings, and 4 of the last 4, made with my HD3000 consistently freeze in the same exact spot.It looks to be associated with a Prebuffering pause message and when it happens, mythfrontend starts chewing-up memory until the OS shuts it down.Replaying the recording will produce the exact result in the same exact place. Some setup specifics: FC4 and Jarod's guide built about a month ago. AMD64 3800+ nVidia 6600GT, using XvMC 4 250 SATA drives in RAID 5 configuration For what it's worth, using firewire seems almost flawless, so I don't think it's my rig. At first, I thought this had something to do with XvMC, so I didabled it.Same exact thing happened in the same exact place.FWIW, this card hasworked in this rig before under a previous incarnation, so it's somethingsoftware.Anyone? I've noticed this lately too with a couple recordings I've maderecently, Ithink its due more to bad data being written since adding my 3rd tunerhas overloaded my single drive being used for my recordings.You say firewire seems to record ok, have you tried doing a manualrecord with the dvb-tools apps to see if its Myth or something else? --Steve___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not for an extended time.I'll give that a try.Also, the other night I recorded two shows using both my hd3000 and my pvr-250.Both 3000 recordings froze, but the 250's were fine. So, I did a test capture tuning with azap and then played it back using mplayer.Sure enough, same problem.I did this three times and each time is froze in the same place.Looking at the logs, I see a ton of a52: CRC check failed! but it finally hiccups when this message appears: alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.119 msecs. resetting stream Followed by: Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?4 0 For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. And finally: alsa-uninit: pcm closed I tried using the -ni option and get all the sames messages, except the one about using the -ni option.Finally, I tried watching until just before the hiccup and then skipping forward.As before, this avoided the *freeze* however, unlike with myth where this would result in video with no sound, mplayer had both video and sound. Does that help to track this down? sadly, no, its just an mplayer bug in how it handles AC3 streams along side really large video streams (ie HDTV), I just did a CVS build as I've heard it may be fixed in CVS, haven't checked it yet though... Try using Xine or VLC, which from what I understand should both play back the file properly. Now, when you say they freeze in the same spot, what exactly do you mean? The same spot from capture to capture or in the same spot in each capture consistently? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Each capture freezes in exactly the same spot, but across captures it varies.I originally tried xine, but it's not playing sound and I'm not sure how to tell it to use spdif.I could just watch the video and see what it does at that point, but I'd prefer to have the sound as well.Any idea how I tell xine to use spdif for sound? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersDo you have SPDIF working in Myth? Otherwise see the DigitalSoundHowTo.I got SPDIF in xine by setting this in the settings menu:audio.device.alsa_front_device:defaultaudio.device.alsa_mixer_name:Master(could be that this has to be IEC958 or spdif, but I don't have that mixer on my Xbox, just PCM)Had to change this line fromaudio.device.alsa_passthrough_device:iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2toaudio.device.alsa_passthrough_device:default, to make it work, but then I'm running my frontend on an Xbox so the hardware is a bit quirky...Have a custom .asoundrc that defaults to SPDIF :# Override the default output used by ALSA.# If you do not override the default, your default # device is identical to the (unmixed) analog device# shown below.If you prefer mixed and/or digital# output, uncomment
[mythtv-users] **NEW INFO** HD3000 DVB Recordings - Consistently Freezes on Playback
On 1/7/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 13:15, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/6/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 of the 6 total recordings, and 4 of the last 4, made with my HD3000 consistently freeze in the same exact spot.It looks to be associated with a Prebuffering pause message and when it happens, mythfrontend starts chewing-up memory until the OS shuts it down.Replaying the recording will produce the exact result in the same exact place. Some setup specifics: FC4 and Jarod's guide built about a month ago. AMD64 3800+ nVidia 6600GT, using XvMC 4 250 SATA drives in RAID 5 configuration For what it's worth, using firewire seems almost flawless, so I don't think it's my rig. At first, I thought this had something to do with XvMC, so I didabled it. Same exact thing happened in the same exact place.FWIW, this card has worked in this rig before under a previous incarnation, so it's something software.Anyone?I've noticed this lately too with a couple recordings I've made recently, Ithink its due more to bad data being written since adding my 3rd tuner hasoverloaded my single drive being used for my recordings. You say firewire seems to record ok, have you tried doing a manual record withthe dvb-tools apps to see if its Myth or something else?--Steve___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not for an extended time. I'll give that a try. Also, the other night I recorded two shows using both my hd3000 and my pvr-250. Both 3000 recordings froze, but the 250's were fine. So, I did a test capture tuning with azap and then played it back using mplayer. Sure enough, same problem. I did this three times and each time is froze in the same place. Looking at the logs, I see a ton of a52: CRC check failed! but it finally hiccups when this message appears: alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.119 msecs. resetting streamFollowed by:Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?4 0For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. And finally:alsa-uninit: pcm closedI tried using the -ni option and get all the sames messages, except the one about using the -ni option. Finally, I tried watching until just before the hiccup and then skipping forward. As before, this avoided the *freeze* however, unlike with myth where this would result in video with no sound, mplayer had both video and sound. Does that help to track this down? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] **NEW INFO** HD3000 DVB Recordings - Consistently Freezes on Playback
On Saturday 07 January 2006 17:18, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/7/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 13:15, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/6/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 of the 6 total recordings, and 4 of the last 4, made with my HD3000 consistently freeze in the same exact spot. It looks to be associated with a Prebuffering pause message and when it happens, mythfrontend starts chewing-up memory until the OS shuts it down. Replaying the recording will produce the exact result in the same exact place. Some setup specifics: FC4 and Jarod's guide built about a month ago. AMD64 3800+ nVidia 6600GT, using XvMC 4 250 SATA drives in RAID 5 configuration For what it's worth, using firewire seems almost flawless, so I don't think it's my rig. At first, I thought this had something to do with XvMC, so I didabled it. Same exact thing happened in the same exact place. FWIW, this card has worked in this rig before under a previous incarnation, so it's something software. Anyone? I've noticed this lately too with a couple recordings I've made recently, I think its due more to bad data being written since adding my 3rd tuner has overloaded my single drive being used for my recordings. You say firewire seems to record ok, have you tried doing a manual record with the dvb-tools apps to see if its Myth or something else? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not for an extended time. I'll give that a try. Also, the other night I recorded two shows using both my hd3000 and my pvr-250. Both 3000 recordings froze, but the 250's were fine. So, I did a test capture tuning with azap and then played it back using mplayer. Sure enough, same problem. I did this three times and each time is froze in the same place. Looking at the logs, I see a ton of a52: CRC check failed! but it finally hiccups when this message appears: alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.119 msecs. resetting stream Followed by: Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?4 0 For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. And finally: alsa-uninit: pcm closed I tried using the -ni option and get all the sames messages, except the one about using the -ni option. Finally, I tried watching until just before the hiccup and then skipping forward. As before, this avoided the *freeze* however, unlike with myth where this would result in video with no sound, mplayer had both video and sound. Does that help to track this down? sadly, no, its just an mplayer bug in how it handles AC3 streams along side really large video streams (ie HDTV), I just did a CVS build as I've heard it may be fixed in CVS, haven't checked it yet though... Try using Xine or VLC, which from what I understand should both play back the file properly. Now, when you say they freeze in the same spot, what exactly do you mean? The same spot from capture to capture or in the same spot in each capture consistently? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] **NEW INFO** HD3000 DVB Recordings - Consistently Freezes on Playback
On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 17:18, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/7/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 13:15, Michael Haan wrote:On 1/6/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 of the 6 total recordings, and 4 of the last 4, made with my HD3000 consistently freeze in the same exact spot.It looks to be associated with a Prebuffering pause message and when it happens, mythfrontend starts chewing-up memory until the OS shuts it down.Replaying the recording will produce the exact result in the same exact place. Some setup specifics: FC4 and Jarod's guide built about a month ago. AMD64 3800+ nVidia 6600GT, using XvMC 4 250 SATA drives in RAID 5 configuration For what it's worth, using firewire seems almost flawless, so I don't think it's my rig. At first, I thought this had something to do with XvMC, so I didabled it. Same exact thing happened in the same exact place.FWIW, this card has worked in this rig before under a previous incarnation, so it's something software.Anyone? I've noticed this lately too with a couple recordings I've made recently, I think its due more to bad data being written since adding my 3rd tuner has overloaded my single drive being used for my recordings. You say firewire seems to record ok, have you tried doing a manual record with the dvb-tools apps to see if its Myth or something else? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not for an extended time.I'll give that a try.Also, the other night I recorded two shows using both my hd3000 and my pvr-250.Both 3000 recordings froze, but the 250's were fine. So, I did a test capture tuning with azap and then played it back using mplayer.Sure enough, same problem.I did this three times and each time is froze in the same place.Looking at the logs, I see a ton of a52: CRC check failed! but it finally hiccups when this message appears: alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.119 msecs. resetting stream Followed by: Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?4 0 For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. And finally: alsa-uninit: pcm closed I tried using the -ni option and get all the sames messages, except the one about using the -ni option.Finally, I tried watching until just before the hiccup and then skipping forward.As before, this avoided the *freeze* however, unlike with myth where this would result in video with no sound, mplayer had both video and sound. Does that help to track this down?sadly, no, its just an mplayer bug in how it handles AC3 streams along sidereally large video streams (ie HDTV), I just did a CVS build as I've heard it may be fixed in CVS, haven't checked it yet though...Try using Xine or VLC, which from what I understand should both play back thefile properly.Now, when you say they freeze in the same spot, what exactly do you mean? The same spot from capture to capture or in the same spot in each captureconsistently?--Steve___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersEach capture freezes in exactly the same spot, but across captures it varies. I originally tried xine, but it's not playing sound and I'm not sure how to tell it to use spdif. I could just watch the video and see what it does at that point, but I'd prefer to have the sound as well. Any idea how I tell xine to use spdif for sound? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] **NEW INFO** HD3000 DVB Recordings - Consistently Freezes on Playback
lör 2006-01-07 klockan 19:52 -0500 skrev Michael Haan: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 17:18, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/7/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2006 13:15, Michael Haan wrote: On 1/6/06, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 of the 6 total recordings, and 4 of the last 4, made with my HD3000 consistently freeze in the same exact spot. It looks to be associated with a Prebuffering pause message and when it happens, mythfrontend starts chewing-up memory until the OS shuts it down. Replaying the recording will produce the exact result in the same exact place. Some setup specifics: FC4 and Jarod's guide built about a month ago. AMD64 3800+ nVidia 6600GT, using XvMC 4 250 SATA drives in RAID 5 configuration For what it's worth, using firewire seems almost flawless, so I don't think it's my rig. At first, I thought this had something to do with XvMC, so I didabled it. Same exact thing happened in the same exact place. FWIW, this card has worked in this rig before under a previous incarnation, so it's something software. Anyone? I've noticed this lately too with a couple recordings I've made recently, I think its due more to bad data being written since adding my 3rd tuner has overloaded my single drive being used for my recordings. You say firewire seems to record ok, have you tried doing a manual record with the dvb-tools apps to see if its Myth or something else? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Not for an extended time. I'll give that a try. Also, the other night I recorded two shows using both my hd3000 and my pvr-250. Both 3000 recordings froze, but the 250's were fine. So, I did a test capture tuning with azap and then played it back using mplayer. Sure enough, same problem. I did this three times and each time is froze in the same place. Looking at the logs, I see a ton of a52: CRC check failed! but it finally hiccups when this message appears: alsa-space: xrun of at least 0.119 msecs. resetting stream Followed by: Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?4 0 For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. And finally: alsa-uninit: pcm closed I tried using the -ni option and get all the sames messages, except the one about using the -ni option. Finally, I tried watching until just before the hiccup and then skipping forward. As before, this avoided the *freeze* however, unlike with myth where this would result in video with no sound, mplayer had both video and sound. Does that help to track this down? sadly, no, its just an mplayer bug in how it handles AC3 streams along side really large video streams (ie HDTV), I just did a CVS build as I've heard it may be fixed in CVS, haven't checked it yet though... Try using Xine or VLC, which from what I understand should both play back the file properly. Now, when you say they freeze in the same spot, what exactly do you mean? The same spot from capture to capture or in the same spot in each capture consistently? -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Each capture freezes in exactly the same spot, but across captures it varies. I originally tried xine, but
