On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 05:56:22PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 03:42:46PM +0200, Alain wrote: > > > > 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. > I'm still a long way from changing the kernel on the SandyBridge i3, but on the haswell i7 I've built 4.7.0 with that change: the version of vlc in the book now plays my DVD without any problems.
No change to xine (cannot open the DVD) nor parole (gstreamer backend error - that is now an old gstreamer) but 1 out of 3 is a lot better than 0 out of 3. ;-) 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
