Freezing throughout the video

[IkoIko]

Hi everyone! Please help me. I've never had any problems with VLC until I updated it a few weeks ago. Now all of my videos freeze and it's driving me bananas. What can I do? Thanks!

[seanymega]

I am having the same issues. Look at my log, can anyone help;

main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 181 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 38 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-35679), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 28238 --> 28111 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 156 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 39 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-35669), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-65248), playing silence
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-42027 us)
main warning: not synchronized (-42027 us), resampling
main warning: buffer too early (-42028), down-sampling
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 51 ms)
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 10 ms)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 27754 --> 27746 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 16 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 10 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-22406), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-48919), playing silence
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 19 ms)
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 28766 --> 28766 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 26 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 21 ms
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 29481 --> 29452 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 39 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-36762), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-57610), playing silence
main warning: can't get output picture
avcodec warning: disabling direct rendering
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 30185 --> 30160 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 54 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 13 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-28900), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 31208 --> 31073 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 143 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 23 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-12719), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 34354 --> 34351 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 20 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 17 ms
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 36125 --> 35915 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 42 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 96 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-21473), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-48186), playing silence
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 36829 --> 36768 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 136 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 37533 --> 37516 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 17 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 31 ms
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 38556 --> 38552 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 22 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 23 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-27917), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-51069), playing silence
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 39260 --> 39253 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 17 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 28 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-15728), dropping buffer
main warning: can't get output picture
avcodec warning: disabling direct rendering
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 39964 --> 39954 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 14 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 37 ms
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 39 ms)
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 40987 --> 40971 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 22 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 29 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-30287), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-60076), playing silence
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 14 ms)
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 41702 --> 41481 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 266 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-22322), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
main debug: audio output is starving (-51420), playing silence
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 41702 --> 41481 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 67 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 79 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-22333), dropping buffer
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 41031 --> 40971 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 28 ms)
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 19 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-30345), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-59729), playing silence
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 27 ms)
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 42054 --> 41979 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 154 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 8 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-13834), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-43387), playing silence
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 42758 --> 42725 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1099 ms in 25 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 29 ms
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 43473 --> 43429 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 36 ms)
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 6 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-36680), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-55784), playing silence
main debug: picture might be displayed late (missing 12 ms)
main warning: early picture skipped
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 43473 --> 43429 (sample number)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 9%
main debug: Buffering 19%
main debug: Buffering 29%
main debug: Buffering 39%
main debug: Buffering 49%
main debug: Buffering 59%
main debug: Buffering 69%
main debug: Buffering 79%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 89%
main debug: Buffering 99%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1098 ms in 147 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-40005 us)
main warning: not synchronized (-40004 us), resampling
main warning: buffer too early (-40005), down-sampling
main warning: resampling stopped after 13397566 usec (drift: -766)
macosx debug: releasing sleep blocker (7675)
macosx debug: prevented sleep through IOKit (8120)
macosx debug: releasing sleep blocker (8120)
main warning: PTS is out of range (30807391), dropping buffer
macosx debug: prevented sleep through IOKit (8232)
main warning: PTS is out of range (30767891), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (30727989), dropping buffer
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1000 ms)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 10%
main debug: Buffering 20%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 30%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 40%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: Buffering 70%
main debug: Buffering 80%
main debug: Buffering 90%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1100 ms in 12 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 6 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-38298), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-59373), playing silence
macosx debug: releasing sleep blocker (8232)
main warning: PTS is out of range (30763061), dropping buffer
macosx debug: prevented sleep through IOKit (8462)
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 30898 ms ignored)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 10%
main debug: Buffering 20%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Buffering 30%
main debug: Buffering 40%
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: Buffering 70%
main debug: Buffering 80%
main debug: Buffering 90%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1100 ms in 9 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 5 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-10295), dropping buffer
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 30903 ms ignored)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main warning: early picture skipped
main warning: received buffer in the future
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Buffering 10%
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 20%
main debug: Buffering 30%
main debug: Buffering 40%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: Buffering 70%
main debug: Buffering 80%
main debug: Buffering 90%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1100 ms in 16 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 2 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-28973), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-58594), playing silence
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 30898 ms ignored)
main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called
main warning: received buffer in the future
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 10%
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: Buffering 20%
main debug: Buffering 30%
main debug: Buffering 40%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 60%
main debug: Buffering 70%
main debug: Buffering 80%
main debug: Buffering 90%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1100 ms in 399 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-34312), dropping buffer
main debug: audio output is starving (-63499), playing silence
main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (-40280 us)
main warning: not synchronized (-40279 us), resampling
main warning: buffer too early (-40279), down-sampling
main warning: resampling stopped after 12587137 usec (drift: -491)
macosx debug: releasing sleep blocker (8462)

[fkuehne]

OS version? VLC version?

[plasmacutter]

I'm seeing this as well.

osX 10.8.2
vlc 2.0.5

2.2ghz intel core i7 16 gigs ram and swap running off an SSD.

when I see the trace like the one above, my cpu is not even hitting 10%

if it helps, the videos which do this tend to be mpg4 avi files (as opposed to matroska or mp4) - though the behavior is inconsistent from file to file, maybe something to do with certain settings such as b-frames?

Note: these same videos were smooth as silk prior to the 1.x to 2.x transition.. some change in there is a culprit?

[JackDoe]

Looks like I have a similar problem with playback working for 3 seconds at a time and buffering for 30 seconds for another 3 second run?

Would be nice to have a place to go for answers.

[fkuehne]

Can one of you guys upload a sample to http://streams.videolan.org/upload and give the file name here? This is an internal server, so your sample won't be leaked to the public internet.