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VLC media player pixelated grey screen
Posted: 21 Sep 2017 12:51
by Quce
I have a problem with VLC media player.Whatever i watch i always get those pixelated gray screen every 10 to 15 minutes.Even every 5 minutes.
If someone can help i will appreciate it.
Re: VLC media player pixelated grey screen
Posted: 21 Sep 2017 13:20
by thesandvolcano
The underlying cause of this is a delayed or unfulfilled vlc read-request. The primary triggers are fine-grained power management (AHCI's HIPM/DIPM) enabled mechanical drives, and also your basic IO contention scenario's. I have made a few posts on pages 4 & 5 over on this thread (
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 9&start=60), that detail a few things you could try.
Re: VLC media player pixelated grey screen
Posted: 21 Sep 2017 13:41
by Quce
Hello i tried those things and it didn't worked.I guess i will download another player.
Re: VLC media player pixelated grey screen
Posted: 21 Sep 2017 19:49
by InTheWings
You can go to video codecs in advanced preferences and disable "Hurry Up" in ffmpeg.
If the playback gets painfully slow, that's speed issue.