[Bug 1064118] Re: Problem to access DVD drive

Tue Oct 29 14:48:42 UTC 2013

On 32-bit 13.10 the CD used for this test plays without a problem in all
applications that play CD tracks..

On amd64 system 13.10, the same CD only plays with significant gaps in
the playback and will eventually stop playing.

However, if I Restart the system, and play a CD track by clicking on the
file displayed in Nautilus which loads into Totem, the CD track plays
fine. Running other software, for example Firefox, has not effect on the
playback.

Now, if I run Rhythmbox it will will play tracks from the mucic library
normally without a problem, but if I attempt to play a track from the CD
then System Monitor shows high IOwait status and the playback has gaps.
If I run other software such as Firefox the gaps get longer and
eventually the track stops playing.

If then I quit Firefox and run Totem again, Totem will no longer play
the track properly and has the same and sometimes longer gaps in
playback, with very high IOwaits. Eventually it stops playing the track.

Now, if I Suspend and then Resume, Totem will play the track properly as
originally. Running Rhythmbox in the way described above is exactly the
same, long gaps in playback.

If I Restart the system and go through this same scenario a second time,
but in this case using Soundjuicer instead of Rhythmbox, Soundjuicer has
exactly the same effect as Rhythmbox, that is gaps in playback, high
IOwait and the same impact on Totem.

The DVD Drive is TSSTCorp CDDVDW SH-S233C
Rhythmbox is 2.991
Soundjuicer is 3.5.0
Totem is 3.8.2

It would seem to me that Rhythmbox and Soundjuicer are having the same
impact on the system. Are they somehow loading different software for CD
buffering that over-rides the initial load used by Totem ?.

I don't know how to check if something like this has changed. Any advice
?.

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Title:
  Problem to access DVD drive

Status in “hdparm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have a very strange problem. I can't read audio on my DVD drive.
  When I try to do it, it music starts to stumble and flick and I just
  can't play the file well. The strange thing is that it happens only
  with audio and not with other data files. The problem happens on every
  player: vlc, totem, mplayer, audacious, etc.

  It seems kernel can't access drive's cache, or something like that. I
  had the same problem on Windows 7 but a firmware update solved the
  problem which is very weird though. Here is some output from vlc:

  ~$ vlc
  VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower (revision 2.0.2-93-g77aa89e)
  [0x200a108] main libvlc: Executando o VLC com a interface padrão. Use 'cvlc' para usar o VLC sem interface.
  [0x201d9e8] main playlist: stopping playback
  [0x7f2cd80286e8] main stream error: cannot pre fill buffer
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 314 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 375 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 453 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 454 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 482 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 623 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 639 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 754 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 755 ms)
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
  [0x7f2cf8006138] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 824 ms)

  When I try to play with mplayer setting a big cache value, music plays
  perfectly while there is data in the cache but it inevitably runs out
  even when I set a minimum cache value.

  ~$ mplayer -cache 4048 -cache-min 99 -cdrom-device /dev/dvd cdda://
  MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.6 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
  mplayer: could not connect to socket
  mplayer: No such file or directory
  Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

  Playing cdda://.
  Found audio CD with 7 tracks.
  Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   
  Track 1
  Cache fill: 98.52% (4083072 bytes)   

  rawaudio file format detected.
  Cache not responding! [performance issue]
  ==========================================================================
  Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
  AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 176400->176400)
  Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
  ==========================================================================
  AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
  Video: no video
  Starting playback...
  A:  26.4 (26.3) of 1588.5 (26:28.4)  0.0% 0% 
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]
  Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cache-min. [performance issue]

  MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: decode_audio
  A:  26.8 (26.7) of 1588.5 (26:28.4)  9.8% 0% 

  Exiting... (Quit)

  ~$ hdparm -i /dev/dvd

  /dev/dvd:
   HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Bad address

   Model=TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C, FwRev=SB00, SerialNo=X ^           [
   Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
   RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
   BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=0
   (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
   IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
   PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
   DMA modes:  *mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
   UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
   AdvancedPM=no
   Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17:  ATA/ATAPI-3,4,5,6,7

   * signifies the current active mode

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: hdparm 9.37-0ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct  8 20:04:15 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: hdparm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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