On June 19, 2016 8:37:51 PM CDT, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: >This weekend I've been testing some of the blfs AV packages in my >gcc-6 build. Vlc mostly works well (a volume even a deaf git such >as me can hear), but I'm getting problems trying to play a DVD in >xine (an error was reported, with the implication it might be perms) >and anyway I see that xine seems to have problems playing mp4 >(mostly dark) when compiled with gcc-6, and parole plays DVDs but >with a woefully inadequate volume, but that might be normal for this >new machine - in other usage, parole tends to be quiet but works >adequately. > >So, trying to watch a DVD, I've gone back to vlc. I have a history >in this - my previous fast machines were AMD and vlc always >stuttered on videos (play for a few seconds, then pause). I've >asked here before, and on the vlc forum (ISTR I just got "works for >me" there), but I'm now using an intel haswell i7 with its >integrated graphics - I had assumed that ought to be "adequate". > >All these trials were on my DVD of "A Fistful of Dollars" because it >happened to be handy and is worth watching IMHO. Initially, it >played for perhaps 2 or 3 seconds, paused while loading its buffer, >repeated. > >I found suggestions to increase the Stream Output cache in >Tools -> Preferences (need to show All to get to this) from the >default to something larger. I tried 15000mS (15 seconds) - it will >play for about 12 seconds, then pause for a second or four whilst the >buffer refills (orange line on the bottom of the window). > >I've also dropped the caching to 0 but that did not help. > >Then I found a suggestion to *disable* hardware acceleration - that >is in the main part of Tools -> Preferences under Input / Codecs : >the default is 'Automatic', that was a bad idea. Of the options >there VDPAU on this machine is the best, but only gives me bursts of >12 or 13 seconds - some of the others such as 'Disable' are unusable. > >So - is anyone able to play normal (encoded) DVDs in vlc on a >machine with recent intel graphics ? If so, what changes did you >make to the preferences (or did it "just work" ? - if so, which >version of LFS/BLFS and which particular hardware ?) > I got it to work without any special stuff two months ago. LFS 7.9-systemd with the latest SVN at the time (not sure off the top of my head, but I know it had GCC6). 3.2GHz Intel Core i5-2400 with integrated hardware, 4G of RAM. Machine is a Dell Optiplex 990 SFF, can share the service tag with you later if you want.
>If I didn't need to use this stuff, I would be sorely tempted to give >up at this point. > >ĸen >-- > War is Peace > Freedom is Slavery > Ignorance is Strength >-- >http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html >Unsubscribe: See the above information page Douglas R. Reno --LFS/BLFS systemd maintainer Sent from my cell phone. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
