> >>Below you'll find output of VDR on console. Do you also see the > >>StillPicture line? <snip> > > image: checking image for pearljam/03 - Daughter.mp3 > > image: check /mnt/music/pearljam/03 - Daughter.jpg > > image: check /mnt/music/pearljam/03 - Daughter.png > > image: check /mnt/music/pearljam/03 - Daughter.gif > > image: check /mnt/music/pearljam/cover.jpg > > image: found > > image: loading image /mnt/music/pearljam/cover.jpg > > image: cached > > vvvvv looks different to mine vvvvv > > > mad: lost sync 03334449 00000000 ID3 > > mad: skipping over ID3 tag > > ^^^^^ looks different to mine ^^^^^ <snip> > Do you run vdr-xine with option -q (quiet)? No. > As there is only a single location where the mp3 plugin calls > DeviceStillPicture(), you really should get this StillImage message. > Maybe you should add a few debug messages to player-mp3.c. I've added a couple of markers : next: if(!pframe && playing && !imageValid && imageCheck<time_ms()) { unsigned char *mem; int len; printf("mp3:SBB Marker 1 "); imageCheck=time_ms()+250; imageValid=playing->Image(mem,len); if(mem) { if(playindex) usleep(80*1000); // stillpicture ioctl freezes without this printf("mp3:SBB Marker 2 "); DeviceStillPicture(mem,len); free(mem); } } and can see them coming up in the logs : mp3: play mp3: player active true done mp3-dvb: using DVB output mp3: heartbeat buffer=0 now=1932 mp3: starting play mgr: bgr-scan -> throttle (33087) mgr: playing 02 - To Love Somebody.mp3 mp3: isStream=0 levelgood=1 haslevel=0 mp3:SBB Marker 1 image: checking image for yesterday once more/02 - To Love Somebody.mp3 image: check /video/vdr-1.3.33/plugins/mp3s/yesterday once more/02 - To Love Somebody.jpg image: check /video/vdr-1.3.33/plugins/mp3s/yesterday once more/02 - To Love Somebody.png image: check /video/vdr-1.3.33/plugins/mp3s/yesterday once more/02 - To Love Somebody.gif image: check /video/vdr-1.3.33/plugins/mp3s/yesterday once more/cover.jpg image: found image: loading image /video/vdr-1.3.33/plugins/mp3s/yesterday once more/cover.jpg image: cached mgr: background scan throttled mp3:SBB Marker 2 mad: lost sync 03334449 00000000 ID3^C mad: skipping over ID3 tag mp3: new input sample rate 44100 mp3: heartbeat buffer=0 now=1933 mp3-ctrl: mode change detected mp3: heartbeat buffer=572 now=1934 mp3: heartbeat buffer=0 now=1935 mp3: heartbeat buffer=2048 now=1936 mp3: heartbeat buffer=2048 now=1937 mp3: heartbeat buffer=572 now=1938 mp3: heartbeat buffer=0 now=1939 mp3: heartbeat buffer=2048 now=1940 mp3: heartbeat buffer=572 now=1941 All this shows me is that the DeviceStillPicture is probably executing, just not logging. > What's your CPUs load when playing mp3 files, converting an image? negligible > Does it take extraordinary long to load a converted image? No, converted images (corrupted) are there as soon as the track starts I'm at a loss!! No idea what's going on