VLC not displaying video on Ubuntu 15.10

[behrangsa]

Please see this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1512993

I've also uploaded a couple of videos that show the problem: http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/very-unst ... -10/2302/1

Here's a video that you can download to reproduce the problem (the link expires in seven days): https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ox5i0qm3g3o9 ... g.mp4?dl=0

My system specs:

* CPU: Core i7 6700
* Graphics: Integrated Graphics
* Ubuntu 15.10
* Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 04:49:08 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
* Desktop: Unity
* VLC: 2.2.1

I have also installed Intel Graphics for Linux: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/ ... inux-1.2.1

If you need more details, please let me know.

Thanks,
Behrang

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Well if it affects not only VLC but also smplayer and Chrome, it's most likely a display driver issue. And in any case, it is not a problem with VLC, so we cannot really help here.

[behrangsa]

Hi Remi,

The SMPlayer issues got fixed by following the solution provided here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/731047/v ... 564#731564

However the solution provided for VLC didn't work.

I ran VLC in verbose mode and I got this in the output:

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VLC_VERBOSE=1 vlc VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [0000000001103148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007fe7c0c01928] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007fe7c0c01928] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007fe7c2801178] faad decoder warning: decoded zero sample Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_va_gl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [00000000011fe018] pulse audio output warning: starting late (-55388 us) [00000000011fe018] core audio output warning: playback too early (-72418): down-sampling [00007fe7b8252038] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 168 ms) [00007fe7b8252038] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 160 ms) [00007fe7b8252038] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 152 ms) [00007fe7b8252038] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 144 ms)

Based on this log output, can you think of a solution?

Thanks,
Behrang

[behrangsa]

Hi,

I installed libvdpau_va_gl and deleted ~/.config/vlc to reset VLC's config and now I am getting these errors in the log output:

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VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [000000000231b148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007f06ecc018d8] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007f06ecc018d8] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007f06ee8012e8] faad decoder warning: decoded zero sample libva info: VA-API version 0.38.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007f06ee812258] avcodec decoder: Using OpenGL/VAAPI/libswscale backend for VDPAU for hardware decoding. [h264 @ 0x7f06ee820640] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8acb80] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [0000000002415f68] pulse audio output warning: starting late (-55609 us) [0000000002415f68] core audio output warning: playback too early (-71985): down-sampling [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8f4460] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee93bd60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007f06bc001268] vdpau_display vout display error: video mixer surface width capabilities query failure: VDP_STATUS_NO_IMPLEMENTATION [VS] error (vdpVideoSurfaceGetBitsYCbCr): not implemented conversion VA FOURCC -> VDP_YCBCR_FORMAT_YV12 [00007f06bc5ff738] vdpau_chroma filter error: video surface export failure: VDP_STATUS_INVALID_Y_CB_CR_FORMAT [00007f06e0251e78] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 168 ms) [h264 @ 0x7f06ee820640] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007f06e0251e78] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 160 ms) [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8acb80] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007f06e0251e78] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 152 ms) [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8f4460] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007f06e0251e78] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 144 ms) [h264 @ 0x7f06ee93bd60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee820640] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8acb80] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8f4460] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee93bd60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee820640] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8acb80] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7f06ee8f4460] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007f06ee812258] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame

After After unchecking the hardware acceleration option I get a similar log in the output:

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$ VLC_VERBOSE=1 vlc VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [0000000000868148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread behrangsa@Tesla:~$ VLC_VERBOSE=1 vlc VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42) [0000000000a6d148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00007fb3ccc01938] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007fb3ccc01938] mp4 demux warning: STTS table of 1 entries [00007fb3ce01d558] faad decoder warning: decoded zero sample libva info: VA-API version 0.38.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_38 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder: Using OpenGL/VAAPI/libswscale backend for VDPAU for hardware decoding. [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [0000000000b67f68] pulse audio output warning: starting late (-55924 us) [0000000000b67f68] core audio output warning: playback too early (-71494): down-sampling [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce110880] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce158180] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3b4001268] vdpau_display vout display error: video mixer surface width capabilities query failure: VDP_STATUS_NO_IMPLEMENTATION [VS] error (vdpVideoSurfaceGetBitsYCbCr): not implemented conversion VA FOURCC -> VDP_YCBCR_FORMAT_YV12 [00007fb3b4621478] vdpau_chroma filter error: video surface export failure: VDP_STATUS_INVALID_Y_CB_CR_FORMAT [00007fb3c42417f8] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 168 ms) [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3c42417f8] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 160 ms) [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3c42417f8] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 152 ms) [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce110880] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3c42417f8] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 144 ms) [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce158180] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce110880] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce158180] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce110880] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce158180] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce110880] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce158180] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce03ca60] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder warning: More than 4 late frames, dropping frame [h264 @ 0x7fb3ce0c8fa0] hardware accelerator failed to decode picture [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?) [00007fb3ce02e688] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)

[reply0706]

Hi,
from OpenSuse forums: I found a work around: Tools-->Preferences-->Input/Codes -->Hardware-accelerated decoding: VA-API video decoder via X11.

this option is in different place now(I'm on Debian unstable), it's Input Codecs/Video/FFMPEG. There you select "hardware decoding" and its option "va api via X11", and I have set XVideo output module.