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Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] More HD problems
From:       "Mitch Gore" <mitchell.gore () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-04-08 2:55:22
Message-ID: addc01320804071955o5c4fde13xbdef92a2ff8bd63 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean@thirdcontact.com>
wrote:

> On 04/07/2008 08:31 PM, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> > OK. So I reinstalled my whole system under AMD 64 linux. Still having
> > unreasonable problems playing HD.
> >
> > For those who missed my last email - system stats are plenty good enough
> > for HD. Athlon 64 X2 6400 CPU, 2 GB RAM.
> >
> > When I play HD content, I get one of two things. I either get
> > "prebuffering pause" over and over again, with the video jerking each
> > time, or I get "not enough time forr prebuffering pause", in which case
> > the pictture is constantly laggy.
> >
> > In either of these situations, my CPU is well below 20% in usage. I
> > don't have a network setup - the box reading is the same one playing, so
> > I don't know why it is haing a laggy time playing the video. My sources
> > are two DVB-S cards.
>
> Either a) broken audio configuration or b) broken playback profile group
> configuration.
>
> Mike
>
> _______________________________________________
>

My first guess was a video card driver issue.  Assuming Nvidia card, do you
have the drivers install and working?  What is your xorg.conf look like?

Mitchell

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On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Michael T. Dean &lt;<a \
href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid \
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div \
class="Ih2E3d">On 04/07/2008 08:31 PM, Jason Keirstead wrote:<br> &gt; OK. So I \
reinstalled my whole system under AMD 64 linux. Still having<br> &gt; unreasonable \
problems playing HD.<br> &gt;<br>
&gt; For those who missed my last email - system stats are plenty good enough<br>
&gt; for HD. Athlon 64 X2 6400 CPU, 2 GB RAM.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; When I play HD content, I get one of two things. I either get<br>
&gt; &quot;prebuffering pause&quot; over and over again, with the video jerking \
each<br> &gt; time, or I get &quot;not enough time forr prebuffering pause&quot;, in \
which case<br> &gt; the pictture is constantly laggy.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; In either of these situations, my CPU is well below 20% in usage. I<br>
&gt; don&#39;t have a network setup - the box reading is the same one playing, so<br>
&gt; I don&#39;t know why it is haing a laggy time playing the video. My sources<br>
&gt; are two DVB-S cards.<br>
<br>
</div>Either a) broken audio configuration or b) broken playback profile group<br>
configuration.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
_______________________________________________</div></div></blockquote><div><br>My \
first guess was a video card driver issue.&nbsp; Assuming Nvidia card, do you have \
the drivers install and working?&nbsp; What is your xorg.conf look like?<br> \
<br>Mitchell<br></div></div>



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