2009-10-13, 21:55
The problem:
Sometimes, when playing back video, the video will stop playing. Audio continues fine. XBMC is completely unresponsive for roughly 30 seconds. ie, I press pause and nothing happens - then after 30s, pause happens. Ten or so seconds later, the pause OSD comes up and I get control back.
It's pretty much always h264 video, not always HD. Generally mkv containers. htop/atop don't show abnormal loads, temp monitors don't show worrying temperatures. Have played back entire movies at 1080 before with no problem, yet this issue occurs even on SD video. Unpredictable - eg, the same file won't cause the problem in the same place each time, if at all. Sometimes can watch for hours with no problem, sometimes it'll happen four or five times in a 45 min show.
Usually playing local (ie, on disk) video files, occasionally streaming over wired network from local upnp shares. Previously same network had no problem streaming 1080p content to PS3.
I usually skip back 30s upon getting control back, but if I don't, upon unpausing the video plays fast (roughly 2x) while the audio plays normally. Video slows back down to normal playback speed when it catches up with the audio.
Basic log of event happening here: http://pastebin.com/f6fefb216
Debug log here: http://pastebin.com/f4abe8ae8 (line 110 is where it starts)
Hardware: Zotac ION-B (single core Atom 230) x86, 2GB ram, 512MB assigned to gfx. Seagate barracuda disk, sata, checks out via SMART. Ext3. Wiimote controller. Temperatures check out OK - disk was running quite hot but rebuilt case, now good at sub 40degC. Connected to TV by HDMI@1080/16:9.
Software: Ubuntu jaunty minimal, XBMC up-to-date from PPA repos (not SVN) as of today, running in --standalone mode. VDPAU rendering enabled.
Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated.
Sometimes, when playing back video, the video will stop playing. Audio continues fine. XBMC is completely unresponsive for roughly 30 seconds. ie, I press pause and nothing happens - then after 30s, pause happens. Ten or so seconds later, the pause OSD comes up and I get control back.
It's pretty much always h264 video, not always HD. Generally mkv containers. htop/atop don't show abnormal loads, temp monitors don't show worrying temperatures. Have played back entire movies at 1080 before with no problem, yet this issue occurs even on SD video. Unpredictable - eg, the same file won't cause the problem in the same place each time, if at all. Sometimes can watch for hours with no problem, sometimes it'll happen four or five times in a 45 min show.
Usually playing local (ie, on disk) video files, occasionally streaming over wired network from local upnp shares. Previously same network had no problem streaming 1080p content to PS3.
I usually skip back 30s upon getting control back, but if I don't, upon unpausing the video plays fast (roughly 2x) while the audio plays normally. Video slows back down to normal playback speed when it catches up with the audio.
Basic log of event happening here: http://pastebin.com/f6fefb216
Debug log here: http://pastebin.com/f4abe8ae8 (line 110 is where it starts)
Hardware: Zotac ION-B (single core Atom 230) x86, 2GB ram, 512MB assigned to gfx. Seagate barracuda disk, sata, checks out via SMART. Ext3. Wiimote controller. Temperatures check out OK - disk was running quite hot but rebuilt case, now good at sub 40degC. Connected to TV by HDMI@1080/16:9.
Software: Ubuntu jaunty minimal, XBMC up-to-date from PPA repos (not SVN) as of today, running in --standalone mode. VDPAU rendering enabled.
Any advice or guidance would be much appreciated.