[vdr] Re: Stuttering Sound with dvd-0.3.3

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:05:00PM +0200, hm@seneca.muc.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know this has been discussed before but browsing the mailing list archive
> of the last couple if months didn't give me any clue... 
> 
> I'm using vdr-1.2.2 / DVB driver 1.0.0 on an Epia-5000 board with SuSE
> Linux 8.0. DVD plugin: dvd-0.3.3 with libdvdnav-0.1.9, libdvdcss-1.2.7,
> djbfft-0.76 and a52dec-0.7.4. The board is a rev 1.3 FSC card. I'm
> currently using only the PCM sound from the DVB card since I have
> no DD equipment so far. Like others who described this before, I get
> stuttering sound (and sometimes stuttering DVD replay along with it)
> at least on one DVD (Kind Crimson "deja VROOM" - Adrian Lyne's "Lolita"
> isn't much better though). The CPU load is well below 50% so that cannot
> be the reason. The DVD drive is a "Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-K11
> 1.05". I'm using ide-scsi as suggested by somebody here. Same
> happens with standard ATAPI with or without DMA mode 2 (hdparm -d1 -X34).
> 
> Any hint is appreciated - what can I do here? Would redirecting the sound
> via the soundcard (ALSA via686) help? How? Is vdr-alsa.diff.bz2 the way to
> go? Does it apply to vdr-1.2.2? 
> 
> It's also interesting to note that after stopping DVD replay and going back
> to normal TV, sound is muted most of the time (albeit not always). I
> need to switch channels once to get sound back. Again, this is with the
> DVB card's PCM output not the soundcard.

You may try the patch vdr-1.2.1-audio.dif from the bitstreamout plugin.
But note: do not intermix this patch with e.g. the autopid patch.

      Werner


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