Re: AMD GPU + HDMI + vlc = lockup

[Kamil Jońca <kjonca@poczta.onet.pl>]

Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> writes:

> Kamil Jońca composed on 2021-02-04 07:14 (UTC+0100):
>
>> Felix Miata writes:
>
>>> How quickly after video start does this happen, right away, or only after a while?
>
>> when I launch vlc with list of movie files. vlc "waits" (and then there
>> 
>> [....]
> 									
> There what?

vlc hangs. And then theres is GPU reset and vlc is functionable again,
can play movies. When I turn off vlc and then start it again - story
repeats.


> 										
> I suppose the hang could be from CPU initializing VLC before the video actually

TBH I doubt, but I'll try.

> starts running. Have you tried watching top as you start VLC? How powerful is your
> CPU?

cat /proc/cpuinfo|head -n 30
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5345  @ 2.33GHz
stepping        : 11
microcode       : 0xbc
cpu MHz         : 2327.594
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca lahf_lm pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority vpid dtherm
vmx flags       : vnmi flexpriority tsc_offset vtpr vapic
bugs            : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips        : 4655.18
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


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>
> When I have trouble with VLC, I often find trouble absent using SMplayer.

KJ

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