"Too much video packets in buffer"

[sundown]

"Too much video packets in buffer" is the warning message I get when I play an intensive 720p with mplayer and the video becomes choppy. Same content plays in slow motion in Kaffeine and even looses sound. Anybody came across this before? :(

Oh, come on radeonhd... where art thuo... :rolleyes:

[bridgman]

Which driver are you running ? Fglrx, radeon/-ati or radeonhd ? Which output are you using with mplayer ?

The radeon (with drm and with EXA turned on) and fglrx drivers are your best bet.

[sundown]

Catalyst 8-5, because 8-6 can't even start a video playback here!
Output is Xv.
I swear I have everything setup correctly :). Could it be possible that this is happening because I update everything against sid?

On the other hand, could it be possible because AMD/ati are not testing heavy videos :D ?

[bridgman]

OK... and you have a 5xx card IIRC ?

[sundown]

OK... and you have a 5xx card IIRC ?

Yeah, an M56 model number, code name RV530, to be precise. :)
That's cool, you keep personal records of us already :D

[bridgman]

Nah, just going from memory. This is my hobby, not my job ;)

[bridgman]

If you felt up to upgrading your x server it would be interesting to see if the open source drivers have the same issue. They're getting pretty good for video playback now. You would want to pick up :

- mesa/mesa from git
- mesa/drm from git
- xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati from git *or*
- xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd from the "quick and dirty 2d" branch

(this has a fresh port of the radeon/ati 2d and video acceleration code, currently being tested)

IIRC a new x server is required because the newer mesa code is looking for dri2 support.