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[Bug 718681] [NEW] mythbuntu freezes when starting playback

 

Public bug reported:

After today's update, I can't get playback working on most of my
frontends.  On my combined backend/frontend, any attempt to play a
recording freezes showing the "starting playback" message.  The
mythfrontend.log file has this line every 25 or so seconds while it's
frozen:

     Player(0): Timed out waiting for free video buffers.

This is on an AMD-64 machine with Nvidia 6200 graphics.  I'm using the
MythTV-Updates repository.  mythfrontend --version machine shows this:

MythTV Version   : v0.24-162-g0ddc3f2
MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
Network Protocol : 63
Library API      : 0.24.20101129-1
QT Version       : 4.7.0
Options compiled in:
 linux debug using_alsa using_jack using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg

I have several other frontends that show different symptoms.  On my
laptop (Intel graphics), the audio plays fine, but I see only a blue
screen.  On an older machine with Nvidia 5200 graphics, mythfrontend
repeatedly crashes and restarts immediately on startup.  Only my P3
500MHz machine with Gforce 4 graphics actually works, possibly because I
haven't upgraded it recently.

** Affects: mythbuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/718681

Title:
  mythbuntu freezes when starting playback

Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV:
  New

Bug description:
  After today's update, I can't get playback working on most of my
  frontends.  On my combined backend/frontend, any attempt to play a
  recording freezes showing the "starting playback" message.  The
  mythfrontend.log file has this line every 25 or so seconds while it's
  frozen:

       Player(0): Timed out waiting for free video buffers.

  This is on an AMD-64 machine with Nvidia 6200 graphics.  I'm using the
  MythTV-Updates repository.  mythfrontend --version machine shows this:

  MythTV Version   : v0.24-162-g0ddc3f2
  MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
  Network Protocol : 63
  Library API      : 0.24.20101129-1
  QT Version       : 4.7.0
  Options compiled in:
   linux debug using_alsa using_jack using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_live using_mheg

  I have several other frontends that show different symptoms.  On my
  laptop (Intel graphics), the audio plays fine, but I see only a blue
  screen.  On an older machine with Nvidia 5200 graphics, mythfrontend
  repeatedly crashes and restarts immediately on startup.  Only my P3
  500MHz machine with Gforce 4 graphics actually works, possibly because
  I haven't upgraded it recently.





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