Long delay starting playback

[alphageek]

VLC 2.2.1 running on Win8.1 x64

I RDC onto my server and try to play video files in VLC, the interface opens, it then tries to start playing the file I have either double-clicked or dropped on to the VLC window but it pauses for a very long time before the playback starts.

I have switched verbose logging on and see this -

This is written to the debug log just before the long wait for playback

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core debug: auto hiding mouse cursor

and then this is logged as the file starts to play

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core error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms) core error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called core warning: buffer too late (-54001334 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53980000 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53958667 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53937334 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53916000 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53895667 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53874334 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53853000 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53831667 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53810334 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53790000 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53768667 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53747334 us): dropped core warning: buffer too late (-53726000 us): dropped avcodec debug: available hardware decoder output format 61 (dxva2_vld) avcodec debug: available software decoder output format 0 (yuv420p) core debug: Buffering 0% core debug: looking for hw decoder module matching "none": 1 candidates core debug: no hw decoder modules matched core debug: Buffering 7% core debug: Buffering 8% core debug: Buffering 14%

I guess all of those core warning: buffer too late (-xxx us): dropped entries are the cause of the delay, but what is causing it?

This has been bothering me for a while but I have just go around to troubleshooting, point being that it was happening before the recent 2.2.1 release so it's not just a problem for me with the current release.

Also, I don't think it's flietype / codec specific as it happens with all kinds of files/containers/codecs.

[Giampy]

Yes, I also report this drawback.

Specifications for my case:
- the drawback happens with the last version of VLC only (2.2.1)
- I start VLC and movies from my PC directly. No remote connections
- I use Windows XP sp.3

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Is your plugins.dat correctly inserted?

[alphageek]

Is your plugins.dat correctly inserted?

I am not entirely sure what you mean, but in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\ there is a plugins.dat file - size 256 KB (262,682 bytes).

[Giampy]

in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\ there is a plugins.dat file - size 256 KB

Me too.
That file is updated every time I start a movie.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

That's not right (if it's updated every time).

[Giampy]

That file is updated every time I start a movie.

I was unclear: that file is updated when I open/start the program VLC, therefore once only, not each time I start a movie from inside VLC.

[Baz]

When I skip video several times in a short time, the audio start is delayed. This is the same problem? Perhaps the fact that I set the buffer in 3 seconds, but it still should not be.

[Giampy]

When I skip video several times in a short time, the audio start is delayed. This is the same problem?

I also report the same thing: delay (or a total block) occurs even when skipping the video in a certain time (short or long).

[Baz]

UP
New version 2.2.4 - again the sound freezing after scrolling (skipping).
So many versions.

core warning: playback way too early (-128583): playing silence
core debug: inserting 6171 zeroes
core warning: playback way too early (-277708): playing silence
core debug: inserting 13329 zeroes
core warning: playback way too early (-435000): playing silence
core debug: inserting 20880 zeroes
core warning: playback way too early (-582000): playing silence
core debug: inserting 27936 zeroes