On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 11:49:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > 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. > > > > > 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. Finally installed 4.7.0 on the SandyBridge i3 (running BLFS-7.9), and with this change vlc now plays DVDs well on both boxes, so once again: Thanks.
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