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Just started using VLC MP (0.9.6) to view dvd hard disc images I have created (WinXP Pro SP3):
> MiniDV captured as avi.
> Scenalyzer splits large avi into a bunch of smaller ones based on timecode.
> TmpgEnc Plus 2.5 encodes all small avi's tp mpeg-2 (no deinterlace).
> All mpeg-2's authored to dvd (not burnt) with DVD Author 3 (multi page dvd menu shows brief clip of each chapter - the feature I am after).
> DVD's burnt if required (for family members without PC) or...
> DVD iso file viewed (by me ) in VLC (across wireless 54mb LAN) with deinterlace=linear - beautiful....

BUT

...after an indeterminant period of time the video starts to 'break up' and finally freezes with audio burbling on quite happily. I find if I disable then enable the video track it comes good again...

Does it happen with all deinterlacing modes?

Just tested it - yes.

It comes good if I select deinterlace=disable.

Memory related ? Discovered the box has 512mb ram...

I have this problem as well - my box is 3.47GHz Intel CPU with 2GB RAM and ATI Radeon video 256MB. I did not have this issue with earlier releases of VLC.

Fill a bug.

Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2) before playback, does this give you any messages when problems start?

Tools->-Messages->-2 yields this...

Video was playing fine up until all the 'decoder is leaking pictures' messages:

main debug: decoded 99/104 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (-9862)
main warning: late picture skipped (-26642)
main debug: decoded 97/104 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (1026)
main warning: late picture skipped (19558)
main warning: late picture skipped (16776)
main warning: late picture skipped (10091)
main warning: late picture skipped (119658)
main warning: late picture skipped (119917)
main warning: late picture skipped (-62)
main warning: late picture skipped (89212)
main warning: late picture skipped (89246)
main warning: late picture skipped (31738)
main warning: late picture skipped (47807)
main debug: decoded 93/104 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (27479)
main warning: late picture skipped (57730)
main warning: late picture skipped (-15283)
main warning: late picture skipped (-5419)
main warning: late picture skipped (142206)
main warning: late picture skipped (142237)
main warning: late picture skipped (57339)
main warning: late picture skipped (37374)
main warning: late picture skipped (-9440)
main debug: decoded 93/104 pictures
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (71714)
main warning: buffer is 71714 late, triggering upsampling
main debug: decoded 103/104 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (-1002)
main warning: late picture skipped (-17394)
main warning: late picture skipped (15843)
main warning: late picture skipped (26406)
main warning: late picture skipped (-3337)
main warning: late picture skipped (-25779)
main warning: late picture skipped (41838)
main warning: late picture skipped (21874)
main warning: late picture skipped (43166)
main warning: late picture skipped (43202)
main warning: late picture skipped (7138)
main warning: late picture skipped (15256)
main warning: PTS is out of range (-30647), dropping buffer
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (46940)
main debug: decoded 85/104 pictures
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D95088 has invalid status 6
main error: picture to display 07D95088 has invalid status 6
main warning: late picture skipped (-2285)
main warning: PTS is out of range (-34145), dropping buffer
main warning: late picture skipped (1698)
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (51266)
main warning: buffer is 43503 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: late picture skipped (-2767)
main warning: late picture skipped (4068)
main warning: late picture skipped (2139)
main warning: late picture skipped (1220)
main warning: late picture skipped (96730)
main warning: late picture skipped (96754)
main warning: late picture skipped (-869)
main warning: late picture skipped (-3744)
main debug: decoded 93/104 pictures
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D94F60 has invalid status 6
main error: picture to display 07D94F60 has invalid status 6
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D94AC0 has invalid status 6
main error: picture to display 07D94AC0 has invalid status 6
main debug: decoded 103/104 pictures
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (52351)
main warning: late picture skipped (-16837)
main warning: resampling stopped after 11533364 usec (drift: -52229)
main warning: buffer is 52396 late, triggering upsampling
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D94AC0 has invalid status 6
main error: picture to display 07D94AC0 has invalid status 6
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D94BE8 has invalid status 6
main error: picture to display 07D94BE8 has invalid status 6
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: picture to date 07D94998 has invalid status 4
main error: picture to display 07D94998 has invalid status 4
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (21562)
main warning: late picture skipped (21669)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (142488)
main warning: late picture skipped (142503)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (225985)
main warning: late picture skipped (236314)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (353339)
main warning: late picture skipped (353370)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (462711)
main warning: late picture skipped (462850)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (576018)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (576054)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (669817)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main warning: late picture skipped (669917)
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
main error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap
...
etc

Seems like decoder error. Have you tested playback with 1.0.0?

...umm...nup.

How / where do I get it ?

nvm...found and loaded 1.0.0-git-20081123 Goldeneye...

Same sort of problem PLUS:
> Sometimes video would just disappear.
> Interface changes not an improvement imo.
> Sometimes hovering over slider bar advanced video.

Too hard - I am looking for something that just works...Im pulling the plug on VLC.

I may check back in a few months - Thanks for the help to this point.

I got the same error over and over like the other user while watching a normal DVD.

[00000523] main decoder error: decoder is leaking pictures, resetting the heap

You have some sample file you could share us that shows this issue?