Re: [xine-user] DVD playback freezes/breaks-up

[Mark A S. <str...@bc...>]

Thanks Michael 

Still stumped I'm afraid... some more info. below...

> > There are two issues:
> > 1) intermittent freezing, picture (not audio) stops for 1-2 seconds
>
> That's strange. Your machine should be fast enough to decode a DVD, but
> this sounds like a performance problem.

It appears to be the same if I am running just KDE or KDE with a bunch of
apps as well...

> You should use Xv. Double-check that the Xv driver is really working.

Well I explicitly set the video driver to be Xv (Video tab->Video driver to 
use) - are there further checks I can do?

Here's what its says when loading, it's got the throwing away image 
message even before you start a DVD:

load_plugins: demuxer plugin mpeg_block does not provide a priority, xine-lib 
will use the default priority.
video_out_xv: using Xv port 67 from adaptor ATI Radeon Video Overlay for 
hardware colorspace conversion and scaling.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format.
main: probing <alsa> audio output plugin
audio_alsa_out : supported modes are 8bit 16bit 24bit 32bit mono stereo 
(4-channel not enabled in xine config) (4.1-channel not enabled in xine 
config) (5-channel not enabled in xine config) (5.1-channel not enabled in 
xine config) (a/52 and DTS pass-through not enabled in xine config)
video_out_xv: VO_PROP_ASPECT_RATIO(0)
gui_xine_open_and_play():
        mrl: 'file:/home/marks/kde3.4/share/xine/skins/xine-ui_logo.mpv',
        sub 'NONE',
        start_pos 0, start_time 0, av_offset 0, spu_offset 0.
xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
ebml: invalid EBML ID size (0x0) at position 1
ebml: invalid master element
xine: found demuxer plugin: Elementary MPEG stream demux plugin
av_offset=0 pts
spu_offset=0 pts
video_out: throwing away image with pts 52729 because it's too old (diff : 
8862).
video_out: throwing away image with pts 55729 because it's too old (diff : 
5862).

> >         cpu MHz         : 598.271
>
>                             ^^^
> Just 600MHz? I hope there is a deamon running that will increase the host
> clock speed when the performance is needed?

Err... yes must have been the running the CPU throttle (to save power) it's
back reading 1600 now!
>
> > 2) picture break-up, when an object moves on the video the leading
> >     and trailing edges appear to lag behind (giving a jagged edge)
> That's an easy one. You are watching an interlaced DVD. Press 'i' to enable
> xine's integrate deinterlacer.

OK, you were right I missed this setting!