vlc creates "zombie-process" when closing while video is playing

Bug #1876505 reported by AllesMeins
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
vlc (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Since I did the upgrade to 20.04 vlc does no longer close correctly. If I close vlc while a video is still playing, the window disappears but a vlc process keeps active in my process-list. Also the little systray-icon stays. If I browse thru many videos a lot of vlc processes clutter up my system. If the video is stopped, vlc closes regularly.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a video with vlc
2. Close the player while the video is playing

What happens:

The vlc window vanishes, but a vlc process stays active in the background, consuming memory. If enabled the systray-icon also stays

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: vlc 3.0.9.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-28.32-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat May 2 20:32:09 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-07 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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AllesMeins (spam-startrekarchiv) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mohammad Reza Moghaddasi (vision-183) wrote :

Change the video output to XCB & it closes properly .
I set it on XCB & then revert it to automatic & WOW it now closes properly as well.

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Taygun Bulmus (bulmust) wrote :

Thanks Mohammad Reza Moghaddasi. Thats work for me. The solution steps are following:

Tools -> Preferences -> Video (tab) -> Output -> XVideo output (XCB)

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