regression in 1.1.7 -> 1.1.8 concerning pulseaudio

[abutanaev]

Hi all,

There seems to be regression in 1.1.7 -> 1.1.8 concerning pulseaudio: 1.1.7 works well but 1.1.8 causes pulseaudo to consume much more CPU and vlc eventually dies having eaten all memory. pulseaudio is 0.9.22, Archlinux.

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Mar 29 08:39:51 localhost kernel: Out of memory: Kill process 2104 (vlc) score 952 or sacrifice child Mar 29 08:39:51 localhost kernel: Killed process 2104 (vlc) total-vm:9186056kB, anon-rss:3808180kB, file-rss:12412kB

Anton

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

That's a known bug and it's been there ever since VLC has had PulseAudio. It should be fixed in VLC 1.2. In the mean time, you need to either disable PulseAudio, or use it through ALSA.

[dedanna1029]

However, I am routing pulseaudio through alsa, and still have the same problem in Arch Linux.

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pacman -Q vlc vlc 1.1.8-2

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pacman -Ss alsa extra/alsa-lib 1.0.24.1-1 [0.33 MB] [installed] An alternative implementation of Linux sound support extra/alsa-plugins 1.0.24-1 [0.04 MB] [installed] Extra alsa plugins extra/alsa-utils 1.0.24.2-1 [0.89 MB] [installed] An alternative implementation of Linux sound support extra/gnome-alsamixer 0.9.6-3 [0.02 MB] [installed] Gnome ALSA mixer extra/pulseaudio-alsa 1-2 [0.00 MB] (pulseaudio-gnome) [installed] ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio

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pacman -Q pulseaudio pulseaudio 0.9.22-2

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cat /etc/pulse/default.pa #!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF # # This file is part of PulseAudio. # # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. # This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user # (i.e. not in system mode) .nofail ### Load something into the sample cache #load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav #load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav #load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav #load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav .fail ### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices load-module module-device-restore load-module module-stream-restore load-module module-card-restore ### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files ### stored in /usr/share/application load-module module-augment-properties ### Load audio drivers statically (it's probably better to not load ### these drivers manually, but instead use module-hal-detect -- ### see below -- for doing this automatically) #load-module module-alsa-sink #load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0 #load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input #load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input #load-module module-null-sink #load-module module-pipe-sink ### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available .ifexists module-udev-detect.so load-module module-udev-detect .else ### Alternatively use the static hardware detection module (for systems that ### lack udev support) load-module module-detect .endif ### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif ### Load several protocols .ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so load-module module-esound-protocol-unix .endif load-module module-native-protocol-unix ### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented ### here if you plan to use paprefs) #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp #load-module module-native-protocol-tcp #load-module module-zeroconf-publish ### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see above) #load-module module-rtp-recv ### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above) #load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink" #load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor ### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool. ### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually ### loaded modules. .ifexists module-gconf.so .nofail load-module module-gconf .fail .endif ### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user during runtime load-module module-default-device-restore ### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are ### connected to dies, similar for sources load-module module-rescue-streams ### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink. load-module module-always-sink ### Honour intended role device property load-module module-intended-roles ### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long load-module module-suspend-on-idle ### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit ### when no local session needs us anymore. .nofail load-module module-console-kit .fail ### Enable positioned event sounds load-module module-position-event-sounds ### Cork music streams when a phone stream is active load-module module-cork-music-on-phone # X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon # can be shared by multiple sessions. ### Load X11 bell module #load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell-windowing-system ### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager #load-module module-x11-xsmp ### Publish connection data in the X11 root window #.ifexists module-x11-publish.so #.nofail #load-module module-x11-publish #.fail #.endif ### Make some devices default #set-default-sink output #set-default-source input

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cat /etc/rc.conf # # /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # LOCALIZATION # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result # in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization) # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo # KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps # CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US) # CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans # USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages # LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8" HARDWARECLOCK="UTC" TIMEZONE="America/Denver" KEYMAP="us" CONSOLEFONT= CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes" # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # HARDWARE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed # MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules # MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist. # # NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array. # MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" #MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated MODULES=() # Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM USELVM="no" # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NETWORKING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts # HOSTNAME="dedanna.rocks.net" # Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces. # # Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES # - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it # - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it # # DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp") # Wireless: See network profiles below # #Static IP example #eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" eth0="dhcp" INTERFACES=(eth0) # Routes to start at boot-up (in this order) # Declare each route then list in ROUTES # - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it # gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1" ROUTES=(!gateway) # Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown. # This is required if your root device is on NFS. NETWORK_PERSIST="no" # Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful # if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users) # - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required) # - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it # # Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d # # This now requires the netcfg package # #NETWORKS=(main) # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # DAEMONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order) # - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it # - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background # --------->DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs @crond hal sensors alsa postgresql polipo !fuse)

So, I guess I'll have to uninstall pulseaudio then? I've already had to reassociate my video files to mplayer or another video player because of this issue.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

This bug cannot happen if you route VLC to ALSA. Of course, if you route VLC (directly) to PulseAudio and PulseAudio to ALSA, that's when the bug is known to happen.