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| Author: | jniffen [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
I've just upgraded from 7.2 to 7.4 on the back end with local front end. Also added a remote front end to the system. The back end is running great, but the local front end won't play the video correctly, back end without issues. In the the Mythtv --> Setup --> Video --> Playback settings, I've tried several different options. But either the video is slow and choppy on HD recordings or major pixelation (if that is the right term) is just to horrible to watch. (Some pixels just won't chance state, making faces look like they're melting etc.) I don't know if the Nvidia driver or Vdpau are setup right or have I finally met the limit of this system. I've seen some place saying the Vdpau needs to be compiled in MythTV, but since this is Linhes, and you guys are typically ahead of the over versions of MythTV out there, I didn't know if it applied here. Also, it mentioned the video player has be to aware of vdpau, but again, I don't know which player is being used. Before 7.4 the local front end would play back without many issues. Some pixelation but not much. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks for what everyone has put into this system. System: MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM CPU: AMD BE2400 Memory: 2GB Video: Gigabyte Nvidia GT610 Silent Running nvidia -smi -q -d TEMPERATURE Timestamp: Sun Aug 4 18:55:47 2013 Driver Version: 295.20 Attached GPUs: 1 GPU 0000:01:00.0 Temperature Gpu : 37 C |
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| Author: | RacerX [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
There are posts that say GT610 at 1080i 60hz doesn't cut it but you didn't say how your connected to HDTV Another test would be pull the HD drive and run R8 stock install on a different HD. This will help narrow the software side of things and give you the latest vdpau There is also a nvidia vdpau testing tool http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133465 |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
I would be using the HDMI output to a Panasonic 720P HDTV. Video and Audio out to the set. The LinHES setup for Video is set at Nvidia auto, I guess I could see if I can set it to a 720 config. That may have changed when it was upgraded, or I changed it myself. |
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| Author: | RacerX [ Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
Read this regarding the card http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2125679 |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
I'm having the same issue with a separate FE unit, with a Nvidia ASUS 210 Silent. I'm just trying to playback TV recordings. I feel the vdpau isn't running correctly. When it's selected, the video breaks up horridly . I've reinstalled the front end but the problems are still there. I've tried looking in the Linhes, Archlinux, Nvidia web sites, but I'm clearly missing something. I'm not sure if I need to create an xorg.conf file, there isn't one in the /etc/X11 location. Should I create a settings for the mplayer, if this is the player used for playing back TV recordings. Is there a pacman nvidia or vdpau update or installation that is needed? Hopefully this card can work out for me. I don't mind spending a bit for hardware, after a point I've spent that much in time that I can't enjoy the LinHES. Thanks |
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| Author: | RacerX [ Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
Sorry but the ASUS 210 Silent is also underpowered http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/m ... ers/480190 |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
So what would be recommended HDMI out video cards that also can play audio too? Prefer lower power and fanless if possible. |
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| Author: | brfransen [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
I have had 4 different G210 cards and they have all worked in R7.x (and now R8) pushing 1080p to various displays. Some are silent and some have fans. The only machine I had to tweek the xorg for was because it was connected to a receiver that kept defaulting to 720p instead of 1080i. For that one I just forced the resolution in one of the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (don't remember which one, and I didn't have to do this in R8). For playback profile I use VDPAU Normal. My G210s all stumble on 1080i content when using VDPAU High Quality. Have you tried running xconfg.sh? |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
I ran the xconfig.sh and the system still isn't right. I really seems the vdpau isn't running at all. Are there docs to help set this up? I even went through the process of wiping the FE hard drive clean and did a fresh install and then ran the xconfig.sh. Tried VDPAI Normal, and Normal etc. Brfransen, what type of CPU did your systems have? |
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| Author: | RacerX [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
Do you have 1 box with BE/FE or 2 boxes ? |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
One box is a BE/FE. Its CPU is a AMD BE2400 The other box is a FE. It's CPU is an AMD E35M1-M PRO. At first the BE2400 had an Gigabyte Nvidia GT610 Silent, later I tried the ASUS 210 Silent The E35M1 had the Asus Nvida 210 silent all along. I couldn't get the audio working on the HDMI from the E35M1 board, probably my missing a setting. The system seemed to work better under LinHES 7.2 than 7.4, but again it's probably my error. |
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| Author: | brfransen [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
xconfig.sh is what the LH installer uses to setup the video drivers. My machines CPU's ranged from P4 to Core2, to dual core AMDs and quad core AMDs of various vintage. But I wouldn't expect the cpu to make much of a difference. If VDPAU is working all my cpus sit around 7% when playing back 1080i content. The biggest change between R7.2 and R7.4 is mythtv going to .25. I don't think there were any changes to xconfig.sh during that time. Audio over HDMI in R7.x was a headache but it worked out of the box for me in R8 due to the newer version of ALSA. Have you tried setting the playback profile to CPU decoding/deinterlacing? Are you sure the recording that you are using to test isn't a broken recording since it is happening on multiple machines? |
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| Author: | RacerX [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
ALSA Sound via HDMI is a lot better supported in R8 it seems standard now. A lot of times poor graphics performance is due to a problem with the Nvidia Driver. What does this show on your system? Code: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version Code: vdpauinfo and this? Code: cat /proc/asound/version Also when you did a fresh install did you completely wipe out the drive before you used the cd? |
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| Author: | tscholl [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
Quote: The biggest change between R7.2 and R7.4 is mythtv going to .25 As I recall I seem to remember that when I moved to .25 it caused some performance problems for me as well. It was an older box. Watching and playing back video defiantly used more CPU than .24 did. As I recall I had to change to a lower resolution to get decent playback as well. |
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| Author: | jniffen [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front End issues after upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 |
For the BE/FE system cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:25:38 PST 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) vdpauinfo Code: display: :0.0 screen: 0 API version: 1 Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:52:06 PST 2012 Video surface: name width height types ------------------------------------------- 420 4096 4096 NV12 YV12 422 4096 4096 UYVY YUYV Decoder capabilities: name level macbs width height ------------------------------------------- MPEG1 0 8192 2048 2048 MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 8192 2048 2048 MPEG2_MAIN 3 8192 2048 2048 H264_MAIN 41 8192 2048 2048 H264_HIGH 41 8192 2048 2048 VC1_SIMPLE 1 8190 2048 2048 VC1_MAIN 2 8190 2048 2048 VC1_ADVANCED 4 8190 2048 2048 MPEG4_PART2_SP 3 8192 2048 2048 MPEG4_PART2_ASP 5 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048 Output surface: name width height nat types ---------------------------------------------------- B8G8R8A8 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 R10G10B10A2 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 Bitmap surface: name width height ------------------------------ B8G8R8A8 8192 8192 R8G8B8A8 8192 8192 R10G10B10A2 8192 8192 B10G10R10A2 8192 8192 A8 8192 8192 Video mixer: feature name sup ------------------------------------ DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL y INVERSE_TELECINE y NOISE_REDUCTION y SHARPNESS y LUMA_KEY y HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L1 y HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L2 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L3 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L4 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L5 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L6 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L7 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L8 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L9 - parameter name sup min max ----------------------------------------------------- VIDEO_SURFACE_WIDTH y 1 4096 VIDEO_SURFACE_HEIGHT y 1 4096 CHROMA_TYPE y LAYERS y 0 4 attribute name sup min max ----------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND_COLOR y CSC_MATRIX y NOISE_REDUCTION_LEVEL y 0.00 1.00 SHARPNESS_LEVEL y -1.00 1.00 LUMA_KEY_MIN_LUMA y LUMA_KEY_MAX_LUMA y vainfo libva: libva version 0.32.0 Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. For the FE only cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:25:38 PST 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) vdpauinfo Code: vdpau-info.txt display: :0.0 screen: 0 API version: 1 Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:52:06 PST 2012 Video surface: name width height types ------------------------------------------- 420 4096 4096 NV12 YV12 422 4096 4096 UYVY YUYV Decoder capabilities: name level macbs width height ------------------------------------------- MPEG1 0 8192 2048 2048 MPEG2_SIMPLE 3 8192 2048 2048 MPEG2_MAIN 3 8192 2048 2048 H264_MAIN 41 8192 2048 2048 H264_HIGH 41 8192 2048 2048 VC1_SIMPLE 1 8190 2048 2048 VC1_MAIN 2 8190 2048 2048 VC1_ADVANCED 4 8190 2048 2048 MPEG4_PART2_SP 3 8192 2048 2048 MPEG4_PART2_ASP 5 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX4_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_QMOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_MOBILE 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_HOME_THEATER 0 8192 2048 2048 DIVX5_HD_1080P 0 8192 2048 2048 Output surface: name width height nat types ---------------------------------------------------- B8G8R8A8 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 R10G10B10A2 8192 8192 y Y8U8V8A8 V8U8Y8A8 Bitmap surface: name width height ------------------------------ B8G8R8A8 8192 8192 R8G8B8A8 8192 8192 R10G10B10A2 8192 8192 B10G10R10A2 8192 8192 A8 8192 8192 Video mixer: feature name sup ------------------------------------ DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL y DEINTERLACE_TEMPORAL_SPATIAL y INVERSE_TELECINE y NOISE_REDUCTION y SHARPNESS y LUMA_KEY y HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L1 y HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L2 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L3 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L4 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L5 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L6 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L7 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L8 - HIGH QUALITY SCALING - L9 - parameter name sup min max ----------------------------------------------------- VIDEO_SURFACE_WIDTH y 1 4096 VIDEO_SURFACE_HEIGHT y 1 4096 CHROMA_TYPE y LAYERS y 0 4 attribute name sup min max ----------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND_COLOR y CSC_MATRIX y NOISE_REDUCTION_LEVEL y 0.00 1.00 SHARPNESS_LEVEL y -1.00 1.00 LUMA_KEY_MIN_LUMA y LUMA_KEY_MAX_LUMA y vainfo libva: libva version 0.32.0 Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. Of course I've just tried playing older files and those on or before July 13 are running fine. I will reboot my homerun tuner, the AV PowerLine networking and try to record some shows. If there is anything in the above settings that need to be looked at, please let me know. Thanks for the input. Joe |
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