Comments on: Release 0.5.0b7: Lucky Seven?

By: jms_uk

jms_uk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:09:00 +0000

Ok, I’ll check my logs.. see you over in the forums. Is there a thread for this already or should I start a new one?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:28:17 +0000

The updates keep coming:D Getting greater everytime:)
Just a question

- Is the audiogain not working? I use a receiver but the volume is very low.
- And the same for IMDB cover & info. Can’t find an option but maybe I oversee it:)

By: Weavus

Weavus — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:58:36 +0000

Also, its not the encoding as I can jump back in the video and it won’t drop out in the same place all the time. Sometimes it seems to go for 30 mins without a dropout then you might get 3-4 in 10 mins.

By: Weavus

Weavus — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:56:47 +0000

I’ve seen audio drop outs as well. Does not matter if its HD or SD, machine is dual 3ghtz so it should have enough cpu. I’ve upped all the caches to max, perhaps thats the problem?

By: elan

elan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:18:59 +0000

@jms_uk: I’ve noticed this in a few movies, and always just chalked it up to being like frame dropping, where occasionally it happens. There were some AC3/DTS sync fixes that *could* have helped in b7 (I think). Otherwise, check the logs, and you’ll likely see an discontinuity error when it happens, which I think means either a cache ran dry (network issue? brief cpu hog?) or there was a corruption in a file. Let’s continue over in the forums and see if other people have seen it and perhaps we can narrow it down more.

By: jms_uk

jms_uk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:08:54 +0000

Hi Elan/Cranial..

I mentioned the issue of persistant but random audio drop outs ages ago. To be honest, its not something *anyone* else has mentioned and as I couldn’t get you a sample at the time I figured it wasn’t worth hassling over – not when so much other great work is being done

Basically, you can be playing a video file – any type it so happens; DiVX, x264 .mkv etc. and the audio will simply drop out for a second, before returning perfectly in sync. It happens once or twice in about 97% of playback cases for me… I’ve since upped the cache settings as suggested, although I’ll admit to flailing in the dark as to what a good starting point would be

Have registered for the forums, so happy to continue over there if its more appropriate

By: elan

elan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:02:06 +0000

@Adam Nelson: Thank you for the cultural reference points for my girl Stella. Just for the record, I’m drinking it in a very hip, non wife-abusing, non empire-building/hegemonistic fashion.

By: iordonez

iordonez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:46:20 +0000

@ Laurence21

Ironically when I think Budweiser I think guy sitting on couch, mustard stains on wife beater, baseball on TV, Wife in kitchen cleaning up dinner with a black eye. Basically it brings out the “colorful” side of the USA in my mind.

By: Adam Nelson

Adam Nelson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:38:45 +0000

Laurence,
Thanks for the clarification about Stella and domestic abuse

Yes, I’m sure it was American Anheiser-Busch Budweiser. I’ve seen enough of the bottles of the self proclaimed “king of beers” to recognize it from a mile away.

By: Laurence21

Laurence21 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:39:22 +0000

Stella isn’t associated with chav culture in England, but rather with domestic abuse (in a tongue-in-cheek way). The classic image is an ungroomed man lounging on the couch in a wife-beater (ie a white vest), with a Stella in one hand and a baseball bat in the other.
Budweiser is generally considered a crap, unsophisticated but drinkable beer. Are you sure they weren’t drinking Budwar (pronounced Budvar)? It’s from the original Czech brewery that sold the name Budweiser (but not the recipe!) to the US, and is worth every penny of its premium price!