reopen 665732 Package: vlc Version: 2.0.1-4+b2 I reopened the bug because it's not just about a minimal latency or a long standing behavior. Under certain circumstances, the delay is in the range of 10th of seconds and this definitely wasn't the case with pre 2.0 vlc. I found a report[1] in the vlc forum which sounds like the same problem so we should try to find the culprit.
My observation so far: * I absolutely can not recognize any delay with ogg audio files. * volume change while playing wav or mp3 introduces a variable delay of multiple seconds - I even had the 30 second experience like in the linked forum thread. * This is not only related to the volume change but the whole GUI is stalled. No reaction on menu or button press actions. * With some other cpu load, the delay will vanish (or at least be minimized). E.g. playing another file in one instance and playing the delaying mp3 in another instance (no dbus invoked); or simple do a `cat /dev/zero > /dev/null` * If the system is idling again (apart from playing mp3), the delay is back again, too. * Doing some click-e-di-click on the desktop while waiting for the GUI and sound to respond causes the GUI to react and the volume to change. * No remarkable delay with the vlc web interface * and last but not least: Pause the song, change volume, resume playing. No delay except for the pause-play part. ;-) For me it looks like some event/timer stuff isn't working as it should be and maybe it's just only the Qt-interface? Regards, Dirk [1] http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=98180&p=327950#p327950 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages vlc depends on: ii libaa1 1.4p5-39 ii libavcodec53 6:0.8.2-1 ii libavutil51 6:0.8.2-1 ii libc6 2.13-32 ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1 ii libfribidi0 0.19.2-3 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.0-8 ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.2-2 ii libice6 2:1.0.8-2 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.1-1 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.1-1 ii libsdl-image1.2 1.2.12-2 ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15-3 ii libsm6 2:1.2.1-2 ii libstdc++6 4.7.0-8 ii libtar0 1.2.11-8 ii libva-x11-1 1.0.15-4 ii libva1 1.0.15-4 ii libvlccore5 2.0.1-4+b2 ii libx11-6 2:1.4.99.901-2 ii libxcb-composite0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.3.8-1 ii libxcb-randr0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-render0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-shape0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-shm0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-xfixes0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb-xv0 1.8.1-1 ii libxcb1 1.8.1-1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.2-1 ii libxpm4 1:3.5.10-1 ii ttf-freefont 20100919-1 ii vlc-nox 2.0.1-4+b2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-1 Versions of packages vlc recommends: ii vlc-plugin-notify <none> ii vlc-plugin-pulse <none> ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6 Versions of packages vlc suggests: pn videolan-doc <none> -- no debconf information _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers