further progress (and regress) on mythtv

[Matthew Gillen]

Laura Conrad wrote:
>>>>>> "Laura" == Laura Conrad <sunny-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> 
>     Laura> On my desktop, I managed to run the front end once or twice (not to
>     Laura> actually watch anything, but I did some configuring), but now it
>     Laura> crashes X whenever I start it.  
> 
> I have fixed this; I downloaded the proprietary driver, so I'm now
> running fglrx for the driver instead of ati.
> 
> Now I get the same kind of static (and no sound) on the desktop as I
> do on the laptop.
> 
> The error messages say things like:
> 
> 2007-08-30 11:41:18.245 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
> 2007-08-30 11:41:18.279 A audio timecode 25222
> 2007-08-30 11:41:18.279 A audio timecode 25245
> 2007-08-30 11:41:18.281 NVP: Video is 30 frames ahead of audio,
>                         doubling video frame interval to slow down.
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.431 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.449 NVP: Exited decoder loop.
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.565 VideoOutputXv: dtor
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.566 VideoOutputXv: DiscardFrames(1)
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.566 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames(1): AAAUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.566 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames(): AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -- done()
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.566 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames(1): AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -- done
> 2007-08-30 11:41:20.567 VideoOutputXv: DiscardFrames() 3: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -- done()
> 
> 
> 
>     Laura> Does anyone have any ideas how to fix either the tv viewing
>     Laura> on the laptop or the X crash on the desktop?
> 
> Now I just need ideas for what's wrong with the tv viewing in general.

Try using a different "video-out" option for mplayer ('sdl' is a usually a
safe option, but you can also try 'x11' or 'gl').  Looks liker you're
currently using the 'xv' driver (run "mplayer -vo help" to get a list of drivers).

If you find one that works, you can put it as an option in your
~/.mplayer/config file:
 vo=sdl
 ao=alsa

HTH,
Matt

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