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List:       mythtv-users
Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] Playback Video Stutters & Audio Quits on one Frontend
From:       jam <jam () tigger ! ws>
Date:       2020-08-06 2:03:49
Message-ID: 9BF1F910-95F2-4FBA-91F8-0EDED017238D () tigger ! ws
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> On 5 Aug 2020, at 8:09 am, Craig Huff <huffcslists@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm stumped and need help.  I've been trying to understand why some video files \
> work fine and others give me grief.  If I play a "bad" file on my BE/FE, it plays \
> just fine.  If I play the same file on the remote FE, it will play ok for a second \
> or two, but then the audio quits and the video will stutter like it's in slow \
> motion.  If I play a "good" file, it works just fine anywhere. 
> A "bad" file is one of my older recordings that has a file type description of:
> "MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex"
> (using the 'file' command in an xterm).
> A "good" file is one of the newer ones with a description of:
> "MPEG transport stream data".
> 
> The BE/FE is based on an ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard with an Intel Core i3-3250 \
> CPU @ 3.50GHz, integrated HD Graphics 2500 and 16GB of RAM.  The video connection \
> is DVI-D. 
> The remote FE is based on an ASRock A785GM-LE motherboard with an AMD Phenom II X4 \
> 965 CPU @3.4GHz, Nvidia GT710 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics adapter, and 4GB of RAM.  The \
> video connection is HDMI (with 5.1 Audio via the HDMI cable). 
> The ethernet connection is 1GB/second rated, not tested.
> 
> I fiddled around with various audio options and the pre-defined VDPAU profiles \
> (made things worse! -- audio would drop out faster) vs. the High Quality profile.  \
> I tried tweaking processor settings with cpufrequtils and only managed to get it \
> running so hot it would freeze up until I forced it to shutdown and waited for it \
> to cool off again. 
> Short of transcoding the problem files to a format that works, or getting \
> completely new hardware for the remote FE, I'd appreciate any suggestions for what \
> I might have missed to try and get this to work. 
> I'd also appreciate any advice on how to transcode the files into a format that \
> will not cause this problem, preferably using Handbrake, Avidemux, and/or ffmpeg.

I'd be very interested too!
One of my FE is a wireless laptop. Most movies play just fine (including HD), but \
every now and then is a movie that is always stuttery

James
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