On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:41:33PM +0100, Romain Lerallut wrote: > Thus spake Mart van de Wege on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 08:32:47PM +0100: > > > > Using the dvdnav plugin for Xine, dvd playback skips a lot. It will play > > a few scenes, the drive light goes on for more data, and at that moment > > playback halts for a couple of seconds. All it does is print the > > following message to the console: '406 frames delivered, 1 frames > > skipped, 367 frames discarded'. > > > > ... > > I've got the same thing, mostly with dvdnav (can stop for 30sec > sometimes) and slightly with dvdnav (stop for 1/2 seconds). > This is with kernel 2.4.10 and 2.4.14, however it works used to work > lawlessly with kernel 2.4.3 (at least nothing noticeable). > (xine* 0.9.4 on Duron 700, Via chipset, GeForce 2MX) > > I can possibly run a few tests if someone needs it, including > reviving my old 2.4.3. Anyway, if somebody has a fix, cc: to me, > please.
eh. Just an thought, but since you asked: If it worked in 2.4.3 and doesn't work in the later kernel versions, it could be an issue with the VM. (heh. I don't even know quite what that means. :) I do know it deals with I/O, and from the description of it, the dvdnav plugin sounds like it does some (non-sequential) reads from the DVD to get the info for the navigation stuff. ...and all sorts of I/O related pauses and outright hangs have been blamed on the VM lately. It might be fixed soon- from my occasional look at the LKML archive just yesterday there was some discussion on it. You could try waiting a week or two and then get the latest kernel that doesn't have any known severe bugs (like fs corruption, that'd be bad...) HTH, Mike McGuire
