From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Audio/Video Desynchronisation Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:43:14 +0200 Message-ID: <878sqrczl9.fsf@nckx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35031) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i8yy9-0006wz-0q for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:43:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i8yy7-0000bM-64 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:43:28 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([80.241.217.52]:53812) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i8yy6-0000Nw-JW for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:43:27 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org, Raghav Gururajan --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Raghav, Raghav Gururajan =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A > I often get the following error/warning while playing media=20 > files via > mpv: > > Audio/Video desynchronisation detected! Possible reasons include=20 > too > slow hardware, temporary CPU spikes, broken drivers, and broken=20 > files. > Audio position will not match to the video (see A-V status=20 > field). This happens. The reasons are stated clearly in the text. This is not an issue with your operating system, and generally=20 harmless. Have you ever actually noticed desynchronisation (not=20 the message)? I haven't, and I see that warning daily. If the text bothers you, you can try: =2D Not using your {C,G}PU for other tasks while watching videos =2D Enabling acceleration if supported (I can vouch for=20 intel-vaapi-driver) =2D Raising the priority of the MPV process with {io,}nice =2D Not playing from slow storage or networks at all =2D Watching lower-bitrate movies =2D Buying a more expensive computer (bonus points for an =E2=80=98X=E2=80= =99 in=20 the name). Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXXxh0gAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eZpjAQD1HEIKUYHWsxUUght72MW61GKlicjnQE98umEpeJ1MRAD6A9HKUpWPqJcK DdoE40ewbs0PicfIP8VL1XrewKGhRwQ= =FURn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--