Video Stuttering with VLC 2.0

[SLR2009]

Hi, I'm running Windows 7 64 bit, I have a Radeon 6900 Video Card. I just upgraded to VLC 2.0, I really enjoy the new features and functionality in VLC 2.0. Unfortunately I'm having an issue When playing MKV Movies. I'm getting stuttering which I never had with VLC 1.1. This is occurring with most of my movies that I play, This is really frustrating me. Does anyone else have this issue? Are there any setting which I could try to fix this issue? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[TypX]

Did you get your vlc from the official website or another source? These problems are supposed to be fixed in the official release... Can you share your verbose logs when you play a mkv? Tools->message set verbosity to 2 then start playback.

[lobster]

I have the same problem. The log shows a lot of "picture is too late to be displayed". I switched back to my old vlc.

CPU usage: old: 10-20, new: 60-70

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you share the logs?
What is your CPU?

[lobster]

The CPU is an elderly Athlon 64 1.8 Ghz. OS: XP/SP3 Log:

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main debug: adding item `Hundested.mkv' ( file:///G:/Hundested.mkv ) main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: processing request item: Hundested.mkv, node: null, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on Hundested.mkv main debug: Hundested.mkv is at 0 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'Hundested.mkv' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\ks\LOCALS~1\Temp' main debug: `file:///G:/Hundested.mkv' gives access `file' demux `' path `/G:/Hundested.mkv' main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/G:/Hundested.mkv' file='G:\Hundested.mkv' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.304 ms - Total 0.304 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.304 ms) main debug: creating access 'file' location='/G:/Hundested.mkv', path='G:\Hundested.mkv' main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `G:\Hundested.mkv' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.158 ms - Total 0.158 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.158 ms) main debug: Using stream method for AStream* main debug: starting pre-buffering main debug: received first data after 0 ms main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 15151 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.262 ms - Total 0.262 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.262 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.088 ms - Total 0.088 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.088 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/G:/Hundested.mkv' file='G:\Hundested.mkv' main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates mkv debug: | + Seek head mkv debug: | | + Seek mkv debug: | - info at 4151 mkv debug: | + Information mkv debug: | | + TimecodeScale=1000000 mkv debug: | | + Muxing Application=libebml v1.2.1 + libmatroska v1.1.1 mkv debug: | | + Writing Application=mkvmerge v4.9.1 ('Ich will') built on Jul 11 2011 23:53:15 mkv debug: | | + Duration=3134206 mkv debug: | | + Date=Tue Dec 20 18:47:44 2011 mkv debug: | | + UID=1610410910 mkv debug: | | + Seek mkv debug: | - tracks at 4300 mkv debug: | + Tracks mkv debug: | | + Track Entry mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=1 mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=1 mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=video mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0 mkv debug: | | | + Track MinCache=1 mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=40 mkv debug: | | | + Track Default Duration=40000000 mkv debug: | | | + Track Video mkv debug: | | | | + width=624 mkv debug: | | | | + height=352 mkv debug: | | | | + display width=624 mkv debug: | | | | + display height=352 mkv debug: | | + Track Entry mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=2 mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=1808785811 mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=audio mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=A_AAC mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=5 mkv debug: | | | + Track Default Duration=23219954 mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`und' mkv debug: | | | + Track Audio mkv debug: | | | | + afreq=44100 mkv debug: | | | | + achan=2 mkv debug: | | | | + aoutfreq=88200 mkv debug: | | + Seek mkv debug: | | + Unknown (N7libebml8EbmlVoidE) mkv debug: | - cues at 481051498 mkv debug: | + Cues mkv debug: | - loading cues done. mkv debug: | + Void mkv debug: | + Information mkv debug: | + Tracks mkv debug: | + Void mkv debug: | + Cluster mkv debug: found 2 es main debug: selecting program id=0 mkv debug: Starting the UI Hook main debug: using demux module "mkv" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 24.134 ms - Total 24.134 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 24.134 ms) main debug: looking for a subtitle file in G: main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x352400) avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering avcodec debug: allowing 1 thread(s) for decoding avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) started main debug: using decoder module "avcodec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 26.218 ms - Total 26.218 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 26.218 ms) qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: file:///G:/Hundested.mkv main debug: Creating an input for 'Hundested.mkv' main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates main debug: using decoder module "faad" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.408 ms - Total 0.408 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.408 ms) main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\ks\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.310 ms - Total 0.310 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.310 ms) main debug: `file:///G:/Hundested.mkv' successfully opened faad warning: decoded zero sample faad debug: AAC SBR (channels: 2, samplerate: 88200) main debug: creating audio output main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Stream buffering done (320 ms in 0 ms) main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates freetype debug: Using Verdana as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\verdana.TTF freetype debug: using fontsize: 2 main debug: using text renderer module "freetype" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 6.425 ms - Total 6.425 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 6.425 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 24.205 ms - Total 24.205 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 24.205 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.302 ms - Total 4.302 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.302 ms) main debug: Deinterlacing available main debug: deinterlace 0, mode discard, is_needed 0 main debug: Opening vout display wrapper main debug: looking for vout display module: 1 candidate directx debug: creating Vout EventThread qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input directx debug: DirectXCreateWindow main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module: 2 candidates qt4 debug: requesting video... qt4 debug: Title 1 qt4 debug: Chapter: 1 qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0 main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 144.049 ms - Total 144.049 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 144.049 ms) directx debug: created video sub-window directx debug: Vout EventThread running directx debug: directx-device: directx debug: screen dimensions (0x0,1920x1080) directx debug: DirectDraw Capabilities: overlay=1 yuvoverlay=1 can_deinterlace_overlay=1 colorkey=1 stretch=1 bltfourcc=1 directx debug: align_boundary_src=0,0 align_boundary_dest=1,1 align_size_src=0,0 align_size_dest=0,0 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 632x379 window directx debug: YUV overlay surface created successfully main debug: using vout display module "directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 200.692 ms - Total 200.692 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 200.692 ms) main debug: original format sz 624x352, of (0,0), vsz 624x352, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 624x352 window main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates freetype debug: Using Verdana as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\verdana.TTF freetype debug: using fontsize: 2 main debug: using text renderer module "freetype" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.211 ms - Total 1.211 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.211 ms) avcodec debug: using direct rendering aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver aout_directx debug: found device: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio main debug: End of video preroll main debug: Received first picture main debug: Post-processing available aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!) aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 412.121 ms - Total 412.121 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 412.121 ms) main debug: output 's16l' 88200 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: mixer 'f32l' 88200 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 88200 Hz->88200 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.257 ms - Total 4.257 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.257 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.371 ms - Total 0.371 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.371 ms) main debug: input 'f32l' 88200 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate scaletempo debug: format: 88200 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32 scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 2646.000 stride_in, 2646 stride_out, 2117 standing, 529 overlap, 1234 search, 4409 queue, fl32 mode main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.493 ms - Total 0.493 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.493 ms) main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 88200 Hz->88200 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 88200 Hz->88200 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 97020 Hz->88200 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.413 ms - Total 0.413 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.413 ms) main debug: conversion pipeline completed main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Decoder buffering done in 476 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (-32233), dropping buffer main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 1054 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 1014 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 974 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 934 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 894 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 854 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 814 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 774 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 734 ms) main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 694 ms)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Are you sure you are using the official version?

[lobster]

It says: VLC media player 2.0.0 Twoflower

[VLC_help]

Does Direct3D or OpenGL video output module work any better?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-2.0 ... _output.3F

[yep3000]

Hello,

Same problem for me, the previous version was working perfectly fine.
On MKV 720p with this one I can see in statistics that it is loosing 2 or 3 images per second (and sometime during few sec 20~30 /sec)

I noticed that this VLC is more CPU intensive (~30% during playback / ~20% with previous version) about GPU with both version Video engine load is around 30%

My config : a laptop with Win7 32 bits , Core2duo T7300 (2Ghz , cache 4MB) , video card Geforce 8400MGS (128MB , 16 calculating units).

My vlc seems official (downloaded from http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/pr ... -win32.exe)

Let me know if you want I do some test, I would be happy to help

Here is a sample of what VLC messages:

main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 13 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 65 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 23 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 13 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 15 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 21 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 4 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 3 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 9 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 9 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 15 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 1 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 18 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 9 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 15 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 5 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 22 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 9 ms)
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 18 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 6 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 64 ms)

[lobster]

Does Direct3D or OpenGL video output module work any better?

No, the result is just as bad

[TypX]

Can you increase the file-caching value ? Default is 300 ms but 500 or 600 should solve most problems until a better and more definitive fix is found. For lobster though try to increase it even more like 1000-1500 or even 2000

[lobster]

A value of 2000 makes it a lot better

[yep3000]

Thks for your help TypX ,

I increased file caching to 600ms and problem almost disappeared.

Thanks

[mmaker]

For me with VLC 2.0 my avi files stutters like hell. Fraps avi recorded from games. Others file works fine without any stuttering. I tried open same avi with windows media player and i have no stuttering there. Also how does the logfile work? I enable it to a file i made in c:\vlc.log but nothing is in there after i tested the avi file.

[ephilk]

Pardon my ignorance, but can you direct me to the location to change the "file-caching value" Thanks and much appreciated. Sounds like I am having similar problems to the other users posting here.

[lobster]

preferences > show settings all > input/codecs

[ephilk]

Thanks all. I have played with the cache, from 300 to 600, to 1200, to 2000, to 3000. While there was marginal improvement, I still have stuttering. The following is the log.
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 54 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 42 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 1 ms)
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (32502), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (32502), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (32623), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (623), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (32711), clearing out
main warning: PTS is out of range (-31289), dropping buffer
main warning: computed PTS is out of range (32800), clearing out
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 67 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms)
main debug: audio output is too slow (7425 us): trashing 50000 us
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (207399 us)
main warning: not synchronized (207403 us), resampling
main warning: buffer way too late (207403), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer too late (175403), up-sampling
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 82 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 46 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 5 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 14 ms)
main warning: PTS is out of range (-35597), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer too late (143361), up-sampling
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 76 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 35 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 16 ms)
main warning: PTS is out of range (-5593), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-37441), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer too late (79340), up-sampling
main warning: PTS is out of range (-28911), dropping buffer
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 99 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 122 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 80 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 103 ms)
main debug: audio output is too slow (213339 us): trashing 50000 us
main debug: audio output is too slow (163339 us): trashing 50000 us
main debug: audio output is too slow (113339 us): trashing 50000 us
main debug: audio output is too slow (63339 us): trashing 50000 us
main debug: audio output is too slow (13339 us): trashing 50000 us
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (203311 us)
main warning: not synchronized (203321 us), resampling
main warning: buffer way too late (250661), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer way too late (218661), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer way too late (186661), dropping buffer
main warning: buffer too late (154661), up-sampling
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 193 ms)
direct3d debug: Created 963x52 texture for OSD

[TypX]

First of all did you restart vlc after having changed the preferences?
Did you try to enable GPU decoding? Did this file was played correctly by vlc 1.1? What kind codecs does it use and what is your configuration?

[dilbert1]

I have the same stuttering problem. Changing the file caching did not help and enabling GPU decoding also did not help. I did NOT have the stuttering before version 2.0.0.

[ephilk]

First of all did you restart vlc after having changed the preferences?
Did you try to enable GPU decoding? Did this file was played correctly by vlc 1.1? What kind codecs does it use and what is your configuration?

Yes, I restart every time I make a change and check to see if the changes were applied. I have enabled GPU decoding. This was also fully functional with 1.1.


I use an Intel Atom D525 @ 1.8 GHz, 2 gigs ram, NVidia ion2, Windows 7 64bit.

I didn't make any adjustments to the codecs from the stock setup.

[VLC_help]

Does it help if you rename libsamplerate.dll to libsamplerate.dll2 ?

[ephilk]

Does it help if you rename libsamplerate.dll to libsamplerate.dll2 ?

Nope, sorry, still choppy...

[superstring]

Hello,

just registered to share my own experience with VLC 2.0. As other users have already pointed out, the new VLC version shows important stuttering when playing videos. This stuttering is apparent in most videos, but it's specially noticeable in hi-def ones. For example, the debug log I get when playing the Guild Wars 2 trailer "Epic Struggle" (WMV, 1080p, no GPU acceleration activated in VLC) is similar to this:

main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 40 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 23 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms) .....................

In my particular case, if I activate the GPU acceleration options in VLC, the stuttering gets MUCH worse. Making file cache bigger and renaming "libsamplerate_plugin.dll" didn't help at all.

My computer specs:

- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- Intel Core i7 940 @ 3GHz
- 9GB RAM
- NVidia GTX 580

In the same conditions, VLC 1.1.11 presents none of this problems.

Regards

[Jeebs24]

Hello,

just registered to share my own experience with VLC 2.0. As other users have already pointed out, the new VLC version shows important stuttering when playing videos. This stuttering is apparent in most videos, but it's specially noticeable in hi-def ones. For example, the debug log I get when playing the Guild Wars 2 trailer "Epic Struggle" (WMV, 1080p, no GPU acceleration activated in VLC) is similar to this:

main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 40 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 23 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms) .....................

In my particular case, if I activate the GPU acceleration options in VLC, the stuttering gets MUCH worse. Making file cache bigger and renaming "libsamplerate_plugin.dll" didn't help at all.

My computer specs:

- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- Intel Core i7 940 @ 3GHz
- 9GB RAM
- NVidia GTX 580

In the same conditions, VLC 1.1.11 presents none of this problems.

Regards

With your specs you can play Battlefield 3 in Ultra settings easily but you can't play a video without stuttering. I'm having the same problem.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello,

just registered to share my own experience with VLC 2.0. As other users have already pointed out, the new VLC version shows important stuttering when playing videos. This stuttering is apparent in most videos, but it's specially noticeable in hi-def ones. For example, the debug log I get when playing the Guild Wars 2 trailer "Epic Struggle" (WMV, 1080p, no GPU acceleration activated in VLC) is similar to this:

main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 40 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 23 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 57 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 24 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 7 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 8 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 0 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 58 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 41 ms)
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 25 ms) .....................

In my particular case, if I activate the GPU acceleration options in VLC, the stuttering gets MUCH worse. Making file cache bigger and renaming "libsamplerate_plugin.dll" didn't help at all.

My computer specs:

- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- Intel Core i7 940 @ 3GHz
- 9GB RAM
- NVidia GTX 580

In the same conditions, VLC 1.1.11 presents none of this problems.

Regards

With your specs you can play Battlefield 3 in Ultra settings easily but you can't play a video without stuttering. I'm having the same problem.

Ok, the issue for both of you is the number of threads. Reduce it to 4, it should work (this will be the default in 2.0.1)