On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 03:42:46PM +0200, Alain wrote: > Le 23/07/2016 05:07, Ken Moffat a écrit : > > > > LOL. For vlc I have *never* managed to play a DVD correctly (they > > play for some seconds, pause while the buffer is read from the DVD, > > repeat) - I posted about that some time in the last 2 months after > > discovering that even on my haswell i7 this was the case - until > > then I had assumed my hardware was not good enough. > > > > I have had the same problem here with VLC. > It was solved by configuring the kernel with : > Processor type and features : > Timer frequency : 1000Hz > > CONFIG_HZ_1000=y > CONFIG_HZ=1000 > > Now, vlc can play video without pausing/buffering all the time. > > Alain > Thanks, that is very interesting - I was starting to think that perhaps there was something in the kernel config, but I could not guess what it might be.
On the Sandy Bridge I'm using CONFIG_HZ_250=y, I suspect the haswell is the same. This is not one of my urgent issues, might be some time until I test it. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
