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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 06:55 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:

> When I try playing tracks the interface freezes up. It seems to freeze
> at 4 seconds into the track, then it may unfreeze for a second (like
> now, it jumped to 00:51 then froze again).


What kind of content (mo3, flac, ogg, cd)?
What version (CVS, 0.8, etc.)?
What CPU?
What soundcard?
Where's content (local, nfs, etc.)?

- thor

I see behavior similar to this while playing flac files under version 1.1 of
the library. I never saw it with flac-1.2, but I haven't gotten around to
upgrading. Generally, playback works fine but pausing and seeking can cause
the track to skip ½-1min forward.


On Apr 09, at 17:55, Vincent Colombo encoded a 0.5K recording:
> When I try playing tracks the interface freezes up. It seems to freeze at
> 4 seconds into the track, then it may unfreeze for a second (like now, it
> jumped to 00:51 then froze again).

Content type: ogg files
Version: 0.8
CPU: Athlon XP 1900+
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum
Content location: local

The music continues playing fine, just the interface freezes. If I hit
escape a few times eventually I can get out of it.

Thanks,

Vince


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 07:13 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 06:55 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>
>> When I try playing tracks the interface freezes up. It seems to freeze
>> at 4 seconds into the track, then it may unfreeze for a second (like
>> now, it jumped to 00:51 then froze again).
>
>
> What kind of content (mo3, flac, ogg, cd)?
> What version (CVS, 0.8, etc.)?
> What CPU?
> What soundcard?
> Where's content (local, nfs, etc.)?
>
> - thor
>
>
>
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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 08:25 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Content type: ogg files
> Version: 0.8
> CPU: Athlon XP 1900+
> Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum
> Content location: local
>
> The music continues playing fine, just the interface freezes. If I hit
> escape a few times eventually I can get out of it.

On ogg files .... hmmm. Ogg's ripped by Myth (44100) or oggs ripped elsewhere
(48000?). Also, if you're comfortable with C++ try some cout's in the area I
suggested before to see what it's doing. If not, I can send you a patch.

- thor

I've tried it on Ogg's ripped by Myth and ones ripped by GRIP.

No, I'm not comfortable with C++ (wish I was). Anything you could do to
help would be appreciated.

Vince



On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 08:15 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 08:25 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Content type: ogg files
>> Version: 0.8
>> CPU: Athlon XP 1900+
>> Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum
>> Content location: local
>>
>> The music continues playing fine, just the interface freezes. If I hit
>> escape a few times eventually I can get out of it.
>
> On ogg files .... hmmm. Ogg's ripped by Myth (44100) or oggs ripped
> elsewhere
> (48000?). Also, if you're comfortable with C++ try some cout's in the
> area I
> suggested before to see what it's doing. If not, I can send you a
> patch.
>
> - thor
>
>
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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 10:32 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> I've tried it on Ogg's ripped by Myth and ones ripped by GRIP.
>
> No, I'm not comfortable with C++ (wish I was). Anything you could do to
> help would be appreciated.
>


Try the patch below:

cd mythmusic/mythmusic
patch -p 0 < m_music.patch
make
./mythmusic

Then run a few ogg files through and see what it says.

- thor

Ok, I removed everything and switched to the CVS versions. The problem
is still there.

I then tried your patch and all it told me was that I was playing a
file.

vorbisdecoder.o: Starting to play an ogg file with freq=44100, chan=2,
bitrate=159

I tried it with several files and it was always the same (well, the
bitrate changed).

I don't think the problem is with vorbis. The stream plays fine and
never stops. It's just the GUI that stops responding (can't move to
different buttons, the time display freezes).

Nope, just tried it with an MP3 file and it does the same thing.

Vince


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 09:53 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 10:32 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> I've tried it on Ogg's ripped by Myth and ones ripped by GRIP.
>>
>> No, I'm not comfortable with C++ (wish I was). Anything you could do
>> to
>> help would be appreciated.
>>
>
>
> Try the patch below:
>
> cd mythmusic/mythmusic
> patch -p 0 < m_music.patch
> make
> ./mythmusic
>
> Then run a few ogg files through and see what it says.
>
> - thor
>
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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 11:53 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Ok, I removed everything and switched to the CVS versions. The problem
> is still there.
>

Sorry, I was thinking you were the person with the sampling rate problem for
my last two responses. Confusing evening.

Re: stuttery interface

Where is top at when this happening?
What sound card drivers are you using?

- thor

Well, I didn't jump above 5% CPU usage and mythmusic is using 23.2 MB
of memory.


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 11:17 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 11:53 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Ok, I removed everything and switched to the CVS versions. The problem
>> is still there.
>>
>
> Sorry, I was thinking you were the person with the sampling rate
> problem for
> my last two responses. Confusing evening.
>
> Re: stuttery interface
>
> Where is top at when this happening?
> What sound card drivers are you using?
>
> - thor
>
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Sorry, forgot the sound card drivers. I'm using the 4Front Technologies
OpenSound (www.opensound.com) drivers for my SBLive.


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 11:17 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 11:53 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Ok, I removed everything and switched to the CVS versions. The problem
>> is still there.
>>
>
> Sorry, I was thinking you were the person with the sampling rate
> problem for
> my last two responses. Confusing evening.
>
> Re: stuttery interface
>
> Where is top at when this happening?
> What sound card drivers are you using?
>
> - thor
>
>
>
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Thor,

Did you have any other ideas/suggestions on dealing with this problem?

Thanks,

Vince


On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 11:17 PM, thor wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 April 2003 11:53 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Ok, I removed everything and switched to the CVS versions. The problem
>> is still there.
>>
>
> Sorry, I was thinking you were the person with the sampling rate
> problem for
> my last two responses. Confusing evening.
>
> Re: stuttery interface
>
> Where is top at when this happening?
> What sound card drivers are you using?
>
> - thor
>
>
>
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On Thursday 10 April 2003 09:02 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Thor,
>
> Did you have any other ideas/suggestions on dealing with this problem?
>

I would think seriously about using ALSA drivers. See:


http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html


- thor

You really think it's a sound card driver issue considering it's the
interface that's freezing up and the CPU isn't anywhere near maxing out?


On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 09:43 PM, thor wrote:

> On Thursday 10 April 2003 09:02 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Thor,
>>
>> Did you have any other ideas/suggestions on dealing with this problem?
>>
>
> I would think seriously about using ALSA drivers. See:
>
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html
>
>
> - thor
>
>
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On Thursday 10 April 2003 11:11 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> You really think it's a sound card driver issue considering it's the
> interface that's freezing up and the CPU isn't anywhere near maxing out?

Could well be. If the interface is locked, something is blocking somewhere. A
sound driver that doesn't return ioctl's the way it should is a distinct
possibility.

- thor

Well, just tried it with alsa and had the same problem. Any other
ideas? ;)

I'm going back to 4Front/OSS now as the LiveDrive works better that
with Alsa. (I've had it working with alsa before but it's more
monkeying around. With the 4Front drivers it just works.)


On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 10:57 PM, thor wrote:

> On Thursday 10 April 2003 11:11 pm, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> You really think it's a sound card driver issue considering it's the
>> interface that's freezing up and the CPU isn't anywhere near maxing
>> out?
>
> Could well be. If the interface is locked, something is blocking
> somewhere. A
> sound driver that doesn't return ioctl's the way it should is a
> distinct
> possibility.
>
> - thor
>
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On Friday 11 April 2003 12:28 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Well, just tried it with alsa and had the same problem. Any other
> ideas? ;)

Hmmm. Hard to say.

Does everything else work (e.g. MythTV recording, other music players, etc.)?
What version of Qt are you using?
You sure you're not leaning on the keyboard/remote or something :-)

- thor

On Friday 11 April 2003 12:28 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Well, just tried it with alsa and had the same problem. Any other
> ideas? ;)

You're not, by any chance, running a RedHat 8.1 beta are you? This problem
has crept up before in that context:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Dev_F10/mythmusic_question_%28again%29_P53744/

In any case, try the backtrace instructions from Isaac in that thread and
post the results.

- thor

No, I'm not running a beta. HOWEVER, 8.1 beta is what eventually became
Redhat 9, which is what I am running.

I'll try the backtrace instructions and see what I can come up with.

Oh, and for the record, I didn't have Alsa installed correctly before,
it was still loading the Redhat/OSS sound modules. ;) Oops. I did get
it installed correctly and the problem is still there.

I'll report back with the backtrace results asap.

Thanks


On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 12:23 AM, thor wrote:

> On Friday 11 April 2003 12:28 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Well, just tried it with alsa and had the same problem. Any other
>> ideas? ;)
>
> You're not, by any chance, running a RedHat 8.1 beta are you? This
> problem
> has crept up before in that context:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Dev_F10/
> mythmusic_question_%28again%29_P53744/
>
> In any case, try the backtrace instructions from Isaac in that thread
> and
> post the results.
>
> - thor
>
>
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Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after doing
ctrl-c when the interface froze)

3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such process.

So, I unfortunately couldn't do a bt full on any threads.

I don't know if this helps at all. I'm guessing not.

One thing I did notice, though. I tried this quite a few times and
during a couple runs the interface didn't freeze.

On Friday 11 April 2003 03:00 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
> Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after doing
> ctrl-c when the interface froze)
>
> 3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
> 2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such process.
>

The above is the output of info threads?

And: "thread 3" followed by "bt" does what?

- thor

I realized I hadn't responded to this yet...

I can't get into thread 3. It says "Couldn't get registers. No such
process."

Is there anything else I can do to try and track this problem down? I'd
really like to see MythMusic working properly.

Thanks


On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 10:03 AM, thor wrote:

> On Friday 11 April 2003 03:00 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>> Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after doing
>> ctrl-c when the interface froze)
>>
>> 3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
>> 2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such
>> process.
>>
>
> The above is the output of info threads?
>
> And: "thread 3" followed by "bt" does what?
>
> - thor
>
>
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Hello,

Thor, just hoping you'll read this. I didn't hear back from you after
my previous message in this thread (quoted below) and was just
wondering if you had any other ideas to rectify this problem (or to try
tracking it down). I just compiled the most recent CVS version and yes,
the problem is still there. To refresh your memory, mythmusic is
freezing while playing. The music continues, the interface stops.
Tested using OSS and ALSA.

Thanks,

Vince


On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 08:10 PM, Vincent Colombo wrote:

> I realized I hadn't responded to this yet...
>
> I can't get into thread 3. It says "Couldn't get registers. No such
> process."
>
> Is there anything else I can do to try and track this problem down?
> I'd really like to see MythMusic working properly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 10:03 AM, thor wrote:
>
>> On Friday 11 April 2003 03:00 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>>> Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after
>>> doing
>>> ctrl-c when the interface froze)
>>>
>>> 3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
>>> 2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such
>>> process.
>>>
>>
>> The above is the output of info threads?
>>
>> And: "thread 3" followed by "bt" does what?
>>
>> - thor
>>
>>
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Just to add, I also have this problem

I've tried MythMusic .8 and CVS

Running RedHat 9 with a Duron 1.2Ghz 512mb Ram 60gb total hdd space

I've not tried Org or Mp3's just CD audio

@ exactly 4 seconds into playing of a cd I get the exact problem as Vince.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Vincent Colombo
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:18 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic complied, now a new problem


Hello,

Thor, just hoping you'll read this. I didn't hear back from you after
my previous message in this thread (quoted below) and was just
wondering if you had any other ideas to rectify this problem (or to try
tracking it down). I just compiled the most recent CVS version and yes,
the problem is still there. To refresh your memory, mythmusic is
freezing while playing. The music continues, the interface stops.
Tested using OSS and ALSA.

Thanks,

Vince


On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 08:10 PM, Vincent Colombo wrote:

> I realized I hadn't responded to this yet...
>
> I can't get into thread 3. It says "Couldn't get registers. No such
> process."
>
> Is there anything else I can do to try and track this problem down?
> I'd really like to see MythMusic working properly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 10:03 AM, thor wrote:
>
>> On Friday 11 April 2003 03:00 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>>> Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after
>>> doing
>>> ctrl-c when the interface froze)
>>>
>>> 3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
>>> 2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such
>>> process.
>>>
>>
>> The above is the output of info threads?
>>
>> And: "thread 3" followed by "bt" does what?
>>
>> - thor
>>
>>
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Just to add, I also have this problem

I've tried MythMusic .8 and CVS

Running RedHat 9 with a Duron 1.2Ghz 512mb Ram 60gb total hdd space

I've not tried Org or Mp3's just CD audio

@ exactly 4 seconds into playing of a cd I get the exact problem as Vince.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of Vincent Colombo
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:18 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythMusic complied, now a new problem


Hello,

Thor, just hoping you'll read this. I didn't hear back from you after
my previous message in this thread (quoted below) and was just
wondering if you had any other ideas to rectify this problem (or to try
tracking it down). I just compiled the most recent CVS version and yes,
the problem is still there. To refresh your memory, mythmusic is
freezing while playing. The music continues, the interface stops.
Tested using OSS and ALSA.

Thanks,

Vince


On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 08:10 PM, Vincent Colombo wrote:

> I realized I hadn't responded to this yet...
>
> I can't get into thread 3. It says "Couldn't get registers. No such
> process."
>
> Is there anything else I can do to try and track this problem down?
> I'd really like to see MythMusic working properly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 10:03 AM, thor wrote:
>
>> On Friday 11 April 2003 03:00 am, Vincent Colombo wrote:
>>> Ok, so I tried to do the backtrace and this is what I get (after
>>> doing
>>> ctrl-c when the interface froze)
>>>
>>> 3 Thread 1116949808 (LWP 5095) 0xffffe002 in ?? ()
>>> 2 Thread 1106169136 (LWP 5094) Couldn't get registers: No such
>>> process.
>>>
>>
>> The above is the output of info threads?
>>
>> And: "thread 3" followed by "bt" does what?
>>
>> - thor
>>
>>
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