[vdr] VDR 1.7.x and unstable DVBT locking on channe (breaks after 60secs)l?
Hello, I have been testing the latest VDR 1.7.10 and 1.7.5 versions and both have following problem I haven't seen on VDR 1.6.x version. The problem is that after starting VDR (with or without OSD GUI frontend), it looses a lock on channel after 60 seconds or so. If I have local or remote xinelibout GUI watching the live-tv then at first picture goes to garbage (lots of blocky artifacts) and after few seconds it freezes completely. OSD and VDR itself is still functional, but livetv picture is static picture. Or sometimes VDR all in a sudden shows a picture from another channel even when I didn't change channel (static picture with lots of blocky artifacts). To me it looks like VDR changed tuner to another MUX (I have 4 DVBT muxes here or whatever the proper term is for those "channel groups") when static picture changes. This happens every time when I start VDR. Restart of VDR fixes the problem immediatly, but after 60 seconds booom again. When this happens, Xineliboutput console shows following text: "no data in 8 seconds. queing no signal image" If I use ZAP dvb-apps tool to save a channel output to a tempfile.ts file output, it works beatifully all day long. It doesn't loose lock on a channel and picture quality is perfect (no artifacts). I have tried two different computers and two USB DVBT tuners and the problem is the same in all of these, so I assume it is not hardware related. It shouldn't be signal related either because ZAP saves perfect TS stream output all night long. Is there some worker process which kicks in VDR every 60 seconds? Maybe EPG related process? For some reason I suspect that VDR starts to scan through EPG data even when I'm watching live-tv. This would explain why it seems that sometimes it tuned to another mux. When I start VDR, there is no cached EPG data file because it goes to TMP folder and tmp is cleared everytime machine boots up. Environment is as follows - Linux kernel 2.6.31.1 - DVBT Reddo usb stick and Twinhan DVBT stick tested - VDR 1.7.10 and 1.7.5 versions tested - Xineliboutput latest CVS version as frontend (doesnt matter even when I start VDR in background without GUI frontend. Problem is the same) I'm able to code/debug/read source code quite fluently, so I'm happy to help debug this if someone could point me to right direction where to look for this "60 secs timeout/worker process" issue in VDR. Anyone any ideas? Thanks in advance, Mike N _ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdpau setup steps for vdr client
I experience the audio sync problems when I fast forward or rewind recordings, or when I press green/yellow (jump 1 minute back/forward) or press 7 or 9 between markings, this is however the problem with xineliboutput. Only way to fix playback audiosync is by pressing the red button (jump to a specific time). All the xineliboutput versions seems to do this and, xine-lib-1.2 also does this. problem must be with the plug-in it self and similar to yours? 2009/12/3 Simon Baxter > I wouldn't bother upgrading, to be honest. >> >> I've had several attempts to upgrade to 1.7 and VDPAU - but consistently >> get audio/video sync problems with live video and issues with indexing >> during rewinding/forwarding during playback. Have spent more hours than I >> care to say trying to fix this, only to downgrade again. >> >> vdr-1.6.0 and xine-0.8.0 work just fine for me!! >> > > To be fair to my comment above, I've had audio sync problems with live TV > on all versions above vdr-xine-0.8.0 which is why I've never been able to > run a newer version in production. I've had several posts on this and tried > everything anyone has suggested - but after an hour or my wife banging on > about the poor quality, always downgrade back to VDR-1.6.0 and > VDR-XINE-0.8.0 > > So I don't think my problems are related to VDPAU or VDR-1.7.x. > > > -Simon > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdpau setup steps for vdr client
Theunis Potgieter wrote: button (jump to a specific time). All the xineliboutput versions seems to do this and, xine-lib-1.2 also does this. problem must be with the plug-in it self and similar to yours? audio.synchronization.av_sync_method:resample audio.synchronization.resample_mode:off Try with these options in xine's config. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdpau setup steps for vdr client
I have two problems with playback: First main problem is audio sync, which while playing a recording the audio slips further and further out of sync after 5 or more minutes. Then the video skips to catch up and I get a gap in the program (very disconcerting when you're trying to follow the programme!!). These skips seem to occur coincidentally when console messages say "buffered 6.3 frames (v:10.9, a:6.3)" Second problem is more similar to several other people, and possibly yours, where if I FF/REW a playback, when I hit play again it jumps "minutes" making FF/REW very inaccurant. I experience the audio sync problems when I fast forward or rewind recordings, or when I press green/yellow (jump 1 minute back/forward) or press 7 or 9 between markings, this is however the problem with xineliboutput. Only way to fix playback audiosync is by pressing the red button (jump to a specific time). All the xineliboutput versions seems to do this and, xine-lib-1.2 also does this. problem must be with the plug-in it self and similar to yours? 2009/12/3 Simon Baxter I wouldn't bother upgrading, to be honest. I've had several attempts to upgrade to 1.7 and VDPAU - but consistently get audio/video sync problems with live video and issues with indexing during rewinding/forwarding during playback. Have spent more hours than I care to say trying to fix this, only to downgrade again. vdr-1.6.0 and xine-0.8.0 work just fine for me!! To be fair to my comment above, I've had audio sync problems with live TV on all versions above vdr-xine-0.8.0 which is why I've never been able to run a newer version in production. I've had several posts on this and tried everything anyone has suggested - but after an hour or my wife banging on about the poor quality, always downgrade back to VDR-1.6.0 and VDR-XINE-0.8.0 So I don't think my problems are related to VDPAU or VDR-1.7.x. -Simon ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr -- ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
