The rollback didn't work. It still behaves the same. I think it may
have to do with the audio. Periodically in the stream of "prebuffering
pause"s I'll get a audio buffer underrun. Also when first starting
playback I get:
2010-05-20 00:17:25.172 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
2010-05-20 00:17:25.211 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No
such file or directory
Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'
2010-05-20 00:17:25.387 VideoOutputXv: XvMC Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video
Texture'
2010-05-20 00:17:25.443 NVP(0): Forcing decode extra audio option on
(Video method requires it).
2010-05-20 00:17:25.467 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2010-05-20 00:17:28.239 TV: Changing from None to WatchingRecording
2010-05-20 00:17:28.245 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2010-05-20 00:17:28.423 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
On May 19, 10:46 pm, mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The default driver with MythBuntu 10.04 is called nvidia current and
> is version 195.36.15. I'll try rolling it back to the 175 version to
> see if it fixes things. Thanks.
>
> On May 19, 2:19 pm, Phil Chadwick <phil_so...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I do know for xvmc to work, I needed to install the proprietory nvidia
> > drivers (not the open source ones). and I thin kthey need to be newer than
> > 170ish.
>
> > I'm playing OTA 1080i vids fine (from my HDHR).
>
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com>
> > To: atv-bootloader <atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com>
> > Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 1:04:53 PM
> > Subject: [atv-bootloader] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx"
>
> > Phil,
> > Thanks for the reply. I'll check on the version of the nvidia graphics
> > driver, but it was the default that came with Mythbuntu 10.04. I am
> > playing US OTA recordings, 1080i and 720p mpeg2. Before I made the
> > fresh install of 10.04 I had no problems with Mythbutnu 7.10 playing
> > these same recordings.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
>
> > On May 19, 8:38 am, Phil Chadwick <phil_so...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I'm able to play all mpeg2 HD I can throw at the thing, with only ~20-30%
> > > cpu usage.
>
> > > what version of nvidia graphics driver are you using?
>
> > > what type of video are you playing? h.264?
>
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com>
> > > To: atv-bootloader <atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 12:37:57 AM
> > > Subject: [atv-bootloader] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx"
>
> > > So after a reboot (previously done countless times) XvMC appears to be
> > > working and there is no mention of VDPAU. But the video playback is
> > > worse than ever. There is a constant stream of "NVP prebuffering
> > > error"s and the CPU is still maxed out.
>
> > > I doubt that it is related but the underclocking won't stick. I can
> > > even run the script manually, or even manually enter the nvidia-
> > > settings commands from the command line. There are no errors but also
> > > no results. Only after going into the nvidia-settings GUI and making
> > > the change does the clock actually change.
>
> > > Any thoughts? Paul, did you have any problems playing back HD? Has
> > > anyone gotten this set up to work?
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > > On May 19, 12:22 am, mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Sorry for the slow reply, I haven't had much time to spend on this but
> > > > I wanted to get as far as I could on my own.
>
> > > > I've followed every mythTV/appleTV/XvMC guide that I could find but it
> > > > appears that I am not getting XvMC to work. My log says
>
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.042 VDPAU Error: Error at mythrender_vdpau.cpp:
> > > > 1448 (#1, Unknown)
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.042 VDPAU Error: Failed to create VDPAU device.
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.042 VDPAU Error: No VDPAU device
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.042 Failed to create VDPAU render device.
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.043 VidOutVDPAU Error: Failed to initialise VDPAU
> > > > 2010-05-18 23:46:30.089 VideoOutputXv: Desired video renderer 'xvmc-
> > > > blit' not available.
> > > > codec 'MPEG2' makes 'xv-blit,xshm,xlib,'
> > > > available, using 'xv-blit'
> > > > instead.
>
> > > > I had another error complaining about not finding the XvMCConfig file
> > > > since it was in /etc/X11 instead of /etc but I fixed that. Everything
> > > > else seems to be configured correctly, but it just won't work. Why is
> > > > it trying to use VDPAU? Is there anyway to disable this? Could this be
> > > > what is thwarting XvMC?
>
> > > > Thanks in advance!
>
> > > > On May 4, 10:33 pm, Phil Chadwick <phil_so...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Do you know if you are usingxvmcto decode the HD?
>
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > > From: mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com>
> > > > > To: atv-bootloader <atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com>
> > > > > Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:23:21 PM
> > > > > Subject: [atv-bootloader] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx"
>
> > > > > I need to correct my earlier post. I was testing an SD program that
> > > > > was recorded on an HD channel. When testing true SD, mythfrontend is
> > > > > only taking ~30% of the CPU. When decoding HD the CPU is pinned.
>
> > > > > I'd love any advice that I can get.
>
> > > > > On May 4, 10:03 pm, mrtisoy <daveh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I was running Mythbuntu 8.04 on my appleTV for a couple years and
> > > > > > had
> > > > > > to upgrade when I upgraded my server to 10.04. I just assumed that
> > > > > > installing a fresh copy of Mythbuntu 10.04 would be the smart thing
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > do. Maybe I should have researched a little more.
>
> > > > > > The install went fairly smoothly, it is up and running and
> > > > > > communicating with the server. Both HD and SD content plays well
> > > > > > except a blip every 5 seconds or so. I figured it had to do with the
> > > > > > gpu clocking. I can't seem to set the speed through the command line
> > > > > > or in a script, but it does work using the nvidia-settings GUI, but
> > > > > > even then the blips continue.
>
> > > > > > I have seen a lot of swapping, but I was hoping that was because I
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > running other programs as well (terminal, nvidia-settings) and
> > > > > > normally I would only be running the front end.
>
> > > > > > Does anyone have suggestions on how to "slim" it down? Or should I
> > > > > > just jump to 9.04 or 9.10?
>
> > > > > > Thanks!
>
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