# Why is RandomVariate of special probability distribution doesn't working in all cases

I would like to generate a random variates in Mathematica 9 with this distribution:

f[tetta_, x_] := ( 4 Csc[tetta/2]^4 Sin[tetta] Sin[2 x] (x Cos[x Sin[tetta/2]] -
Csc[tetta/2] Sin[x Sin[tetta/2]])^2) / (2 Sin[2 x] (-1 - 2 x^2 + 2 x^4 + 2 x Sin[2 x]) +
Sin[4 x]);

mydist[x_] := ProbabilityDistribution[f[t, x], {t, 0, Pi}, Assumptions -> x > 0];


And it's works well. But in some cases it's doesn't. For example:

RandomVariate[mydist[78]]
(* 0.0354395 *)
RandomVariate[mydist[79]]


And for the last one Mathematica gives me:

The same situation is for other parameter values: for 80.2 RandomVariate is working fine, but not for 80.3.

Could you help me to understand why is so happens and how is to solve that problem?

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The issue is that your specification of the pdf, f has so many cycles in it for certain values of x that Mathematica is unable to verify that you have specified a valid pdf, because it loses too much precision in the integration.

I checked this using a simple Manipulate.

Manipulate[
Plot[f[tt, m], {tt, 0, Pi}, PlotRange -> All,
Epilog ->  Text[ToString[NIntegrate[f[ttt, m], {ttt, 0, Pi}]],
Scaled[{0.7, 0.8}]]], {m, 1, 100}]


And for certain values, including 60.2, I got pictures like this:

with error messages about "catastrophic loss of precision".

One could try increasing the precision of the integration like this:

Manipulate[
Plot[f[tt, m], {tt, 0, Pi}, PlotRange -> All,
Epilog ->
Text[ToString[
NIntegrate[SetPrecision[f[ttt, m], 45], {ttt, 0, Pi},
WorkingPrecision -> 40]], Scaled[{0.7, 0.8}]]], {m, 1, 100}]


You can see that this doesn't integrate to 1 and therefore isn't a valid probability density function for this value of $x$.