Subject: Re: DVD Video Skipping
From: larry collier (lcollier@ak.net)
Date: Tue Jan 01 2002 - 22:25:40 AKST
Hi Mac,
The new system may not be running the DVD as fast as the old one.
Check that the drive is not on a chain with a slower drive. If it is by
itself then check that the system is running it at its rated spec.
I've seen both things when assembling new systems.
Larry
1/1/2002 8:26:49 PM, Mac Mason <macmasta@ak.net> wrote:
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>Hey folks.
>I have succeeded in getting xine 0.9.7 to work. (Debian packaging spoils
>you so badly that when you need to find a lib it doesn't have, it's
>hard)
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>Anyway, I have an odd problem. The dvd player drops every few frames,
>creating a very annoying skipping. Just by reading the xine output, it
>looks like:
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>14 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2879934 because it's too old
>(diff : 2636 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2883670 because it's too old
>(diff : 3494 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2887406 because it's too old
>(diff : 2552 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2891142 because it's too old
>(diff : 1532 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2921030 because it's too old
>(diff : 6527 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2924998 because it's too old
>(diff : 2559 > 1501).
>video_out : throwing away image with pts 2928735 because it's too old
>(diff : 1649 > 1501).
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>during play.
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>This seems odd to me: Xine worked just fine on my old p3-500, so it
>would seem that it should work better on an atxp-1400, right?
>:-P
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>I figured it was a bug w/xine, and tried VideoLan, but with the same
>results. Then I tired ogle. Same thing. So I ran a cleaning CD through
>the drive, to no avail.
>
>It's possible that the drive is overheating, I suppose. Could that cause
>this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>~Mac~
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