[vlc] vlc stutters on 3.9 linux kernel

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 23:00:33 CEST 2013


>>>>>>>>>> 3.8 works great but vlc stutters a bit on 3.9.  If I use jack the
>>>>>>>>>> sound is very bad like the CPU can't keep up but top shows 90% of
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> CPU idle.  If I don't use jack the sound is fine but I notice the
>>>>>>>>>> video stutters a bit.  mplayer and mpd work fine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Grant
>>>>
>>>> I've attached it.  I think the problem is here:
>>>>
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range
>>>> (-9941), dropping buffer
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range
>>>> (-33889), dropping buffer
>>>> [0x7f2ba40030e8] mpgatofixed32 audio filter debug: libmad error: bad
>>>> main_data_begin pointer
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output warning: audio output out of sync,
>>>> adjusting dates (70832 us)
>>>> [0x7f2bac06ca68] main video output debug: picture might be displayed
>>>> late (missing 10 ms)
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output warning: not synchronized (70834
>>>> us), resampling
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output warning: buffer too late  (70417),
>>>> up-sampling
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output debug: audio output is starving
>>>> (-89164), playing silence
>>>> [0x7f2ba4000958] main audio output debug: audio output is starving
>>>> (-68444), playing silence
>
> You should check inside CONFIG_SND. See if the kernel configuration is
> identical with the old kernel and this one.

The kernel configs are the same as far as CONFIG_SND_*.

> Also with mplayer what audio output you're using?

I'm using jack on both mplayer and vlc.  mplayer sounds perfect but
vlc is stuttery.

> Then this maybe a libmad problem, how about playing some audio/video with
> wav/PCM audio?

vlc+jack is just as stuttery with a wav audio file.

> Also has the video strutting stopped when you use alsa output?

vlc plays audio perfectly when using the alsa output instead of jack.

- Grant



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