[vdr] Re: vdr + dxr3 + mp3 -> not working properly

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>]

On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 19:19, Marko Myllymaa wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Rantanen Teemu wrote:
> 
> > > From: Marko Myllymaa [mailto:myllymaa@niksula.hut.fi]
> > >
> > > I just tried newest vdr (1.1.25), dxr3 plugin (0.1.5) and mp3 plugin
> > > (0.7.10). The dvb driver is
> > > the on Klaus recommended (2003.02.16).
> >
> > I have the same combination and I'd say this is the best-working combination
> > I've tried so far.
> >
> > > With these and default settings for mp3 plugin, I get mp3 playing but the
> > > picture freezes. The
> > > picture should be 'live'. The osd for the mp3 works. But unfortunately the
> >
> > Same for me. Playback works in 'live' mode but the picture does not (OSD
> > works though), but in 'black' mode nothing works.
> 
> Yep. Besides that mine mp3 playback is not 'smooth' it makes small
> clitches quite often.. Like the cpu would be too slow (it's not, 40% still
> idle) or like it would do some very harsh clipping.
> If I play the song with mpg123 (through dxr3) the playback is fine. And
> same with toxine, so the problem is not the mp3 file..
> 
> > The problem for me is that I've been experiencing crashes. Picture does
> > 'crash' in a weird way (gets distorted and freezes) and VDR stops
> > responding. The mp3 playback still continues, but the only way to fix this
> > is to restart VDR. Once I had to rmmod/reload dxr3 driver to make it work
> > again, but that was only one single time out of approximately ten crashes.
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is mp3 problem or something else. This might be related
> > to freezes I get every now and then when I'm using OSD. The OSD was active
> > every time the mp3 playback (VDR) crashed.
> 
> I get some of these crashes also, but I think they are minor bugs as they
> happen when you are working with vdr. What I would appreciate more is
> smooth playback of the tv broadcast.
> 
> I watched yesterday one show while I recorded it, using vdr 1.1.22 and
> dxr3 0.1.5. They worked just fine. No clitches, nothing out of the
> ordinary to the logs.

I can confirm that I have gone back to 1.1.20 and dxr3 0.1.5 and so far
the problems seem to have gone away.

> 
> Only problem is that mp3 plugin does not work with this older vdr. So,
> I'll have to do some diffing between these two vdr.. when I have a bit
> time to do it.
> 
> 
> I try to describe the problem with vdr 1.1.25 and dxr3 0.1.5. The live
> video looks otherwise nice, but it makes small stops. Just like when it
> gets ring buffer overlow, but smalles, not so long. And the log shows that
> there is something wrong with TS packets. I did not try to record with
> this new version. So, I don't know if the problem is only on the playback
> side.
> 
> 
>   Marko
> 
> 
> 
> 



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