[nbarraille]

Hello,

I have a problem with XBMC lately, it became simply impossible to watch any video.

During playback, I have 24FPS at the beginning (which is good) but it drops from times to times to 22 and 23, the video is not really affected but the sound saturates for a short time.
As long as the movie is playing, the problem occurs more and more and more and more frames are dropped, the FPS drops to 17/18, and about 10 or 15 minutes after the beginning, my average FPS is 10, the CPU usage is > 90% and the sound is saturated all the time.

In the log, the episode played was 720p, but the same problem occurs with SD and 1080p content.

I noticed that during playback in the DEBUG log, I have a lot of
DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:572016950.651096, should be:571974308.916308, error:-42641.734788

It was working well a few weeks ago, and I don't remember changing anything, except that I added a lot of content to the library.

I was running XBMC 9.11 on Win7 x86, I tried updating to the last nightly build, it didn't change anything.
The computer is a Dell Inspiron 1720 with a C2D T7500, 4GB DDR and a GeForce M8600GT.
I also tried changing the Playback Render Method in the settings, it didn't help either.

I also noticed that even during the menus, it's not running as smoothly as it used to. I have 60FPS when idle, but I drop at 20 every time I do something.

Here is a link to the log during the playback of the file:
http://pastebin.com/CMkbB7Sz
(I removed approximatively 75% of the CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity lines because I couldn't upload it all on pastebin.com)

I also noticed that when XBMC starts, I have the following error:
14:55:35 T:2516 M:1041494016 ERROR: Win32DllLoader::Load: Unable to load special://xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/bcmDIL.dll (126)

Could it be linked?

Thank you!

[iainmacleod]

Wow, that is disappointing that nobody has replied to you. You were pretty helpful with all the information too.

I myself am seeing a similar problem, but it has been ever since I upgraded my system to pre 10.05 or whatever.

Anyway, should you fail to get a response, it is sometimes a good idea to *bump* the post. Consider it *bumped* for you.

[Djape]

I'll stand in the line also with this problem in Linux and I'll do another bump.
Meanwhile I suggest you should place bug report.

Cheers...

[weldon]

I am having a similar problem running 10.04 with a SVN version (xbcmfreak-10.08-svn31495-lucid1)

On a few shows, the video pauses and 'buffering' is shown on the screen. I am streaming from WHS via gigabit. HD content plays fine in general, however .avi dvd-quality content doesn't play. (that should stream just fine)


Debug Log: http://pastebin.com/zY64f7M8

[elupus]

the avi's may be "invalid" in that sence that they are not interleaved. These requires a shitload of seeking around in the file to play and often play very badly.

[weldon]

Just in case anyone has this problem still, The drive that had the particular content that didn't play correctly was slow due to a very cheap PCI sata card.

I just didn't know because I was behind WHS and didn't know how to check what drive was even being used. I replaced it with a nicer one and haven't had this problem since.

[smpn]

Also having this exact problem. rebump.

[smpn]

I should also note there appear to be 5+ other threads with the same "CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity" issue, an no apparently resolution. I don't know if there is even a bug open for it.

[smpn]

If it helps at all, here is the mediainfo:

Code:

General
Complete name                    : /media/BigBoy/Movies/Cube (1997)/Cube.1997.DVDRIP-ZEKTORM.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 700 MiB
Duration                         : 1h 26mn
Overall bit rate                 : 1 128 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-01-05 13:02:34
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-01-05 13:02:34

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 10 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 1h 26mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 1 044 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 6 160 Kbps
Width                            : 704 pixels
Height                           : 416 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.143
Stream size                      : 648 MiB (93%)
Title                            : Video
Writing library                  : x264 core 60 r900 a9af942
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=10 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1044 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=2:1.00
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-01-05 13:02:34
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-01-05 13:03:50

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                   : HE-AAC / LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 1h 26mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 81.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 109 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 50.3 MiB (7%)
Title                            : English
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-01-05 13:03:47
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-01-05 13:03:50

[xbmc17]

I get this issue as well, usually halfway through a movie. I'm running SVN XBMC on Ubuntu, it's been happening for about a month. I highly doubt it has anything to do with the type of movie, I can reproduce this with MPG's, AVI's, MKV, anything really, HD or SD. It doesn't happen in the same spot every time. I can also watch a short movie, let it loop, and it will crash the second time watching it, not the first. I get this over and over until it grinds XBMC to a halt.

15:38:12 T:2919234416 M:2630426624 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:12 T:2910841712 M:2630426624 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
15:38:12 T:2910841712 M:2630426624 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:807294070.317480, should be:807179010.566480, error:-115059.751000
15:38:12 T:2919234416 M:2630426624 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2630115328 WARNING: Previous line repeats 2 times.
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2630115328 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:807553323.533480, should be:807371000.000000, error:-182323.533480
15:38:13 T:2919234416 M:2630115328 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2630115328 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
15:38:13 T:2919234416 M:2630115328 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2629988352 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2629988352 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:807735875.797000, should be:807595013.018480, error:-140862.778520
15:38:13 T:2919234416 M:2630389760 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2629455872 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2629455872 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:807838491.042480, should be:807723014.420480, error:-115476.622001
15:38:13 T:2919234416 M:2629455872 WARNING: CRenderManager::FlipPage - timeout waiting for previous frame
15:38:13 T:2910841712 M:2629513216 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.

[Icarus3000]

BUMP

I am having the exact same problem.

It just started happening recently though.

Running Windows 7 latest nightly build on Acer Revo 3610.