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Hi all,

Is it possible to limit VLC be run on single core if PC is multiple core platform?
because I see some messages that describe VLC can not decode H.264 Video live stream if PC is multipl core.

And I got the problem on VLC 2.1.0-rc2 .
the log is "than 5 seconds of late video" then dropping data.
And the video is freezes.

thanks!

look for threads in the preferences.

Hi,

In default, the thread is "0".
Does it mean VLC run in single CPU core?

In default, the thread is "0".
Does it mean VLC run in single CPU core?

No, it means it's using all of the available cores.
Set it to 1 for using only one core.

It means automatic, aka 1.5x number of cores, until 4 cores.