[vlc] vlc stutters on 3.9 linux kernel

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 20:42:40 CET 2013


> It can be that there's a mismatch between the userspace video drivers
> and the kernel's DRM driver.

I was on xf86-video-intel-2.20.13 and I just tried 2.21.4 and the
latest from git with the same result.

> Which distro? In the preferences > video, set output to XVideo.

It's Gentoo, 100% up-to-date.  Changing to XVideo from Default doesn't
seem to make any difference.

> Which processor? Which chipset, which graphics card (if you have one)?

I'm on a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Intel Core i5-2467M and Intel HD
Graphics 3000.

- Grant


> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Grant <emailgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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



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