Comment 5 for bug 1574354

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juhakn (juhakn) wrote : Re: [Bug 1574354] Re: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine
  • vlc_output Edit (11.2 KiB, application/octet-stream; name=vlc_output)

 Vendor: X.Org (0x1002)

vlc works normally. But when I start playing an mp4 file it hangs. Then no
output was written to the file.
Attached the file when no file was played.

2016-04-30 22:27 GMT+03:00 Brandon Snider <email address hidden>:

> Can you run vlc like this, from the cli:
> vlc -vvv 2>vlc_output
>
> You will then be left with a file called vlc_output, which you can post
> as an attachment. Also, can you run glxinfo|grep Vendor and paste the
> line in a reply here? Thanks.
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574354
>
> Title:
> playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine
>
> Status in vlc package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> VLC was running fine on 15.10 but since upgrading, video files (e.g.
> .mp4) play for a few minutes and then crash the whole machine (i.e. I
> have to power off and on). Possibly linked is that audio (in web pages
> or playing audio files thru Banshee) loops (stutters) for about a
> second every few minutes (but doesn't crash the machine).
>
> vlc-nox: /usr/bin/vlc
>
> Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
> Release: 16.04
>
> vlc:
> Installed: 2.2.2-5
> Candidate: 2.2.2-5
> Version table:
> *** 2.2.2-5 500
> 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: vlc 2.2.2-5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Sun Apr 24 19:20:41 2016
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-17 (797 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
> (20131016.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: vlc
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (2 days ago)
>
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