VLC is constantly losing sound

[MarkCS]

Hi,

I'd like to play a local mp4 file but VLC is constantly losing sound.
I tried both versions, the snap and the deb, on Ubuntu 20.04.

This is the short log:

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VLC media player 3.0.9.2 Vetinari (revision 3.0.9.2-0-gd4c1aefe4d) [000056497a119690] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no qt5ct: D-Bus system tray: yes [000056497a1b7ae0] main playlist: playlist is empty libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_7 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [00007f0889429f20] avcodec decoder: Using Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 20.1.1 () for hardware decoding [h264 @ 0x7f08894b3ac0] get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0x7f08894b3ac0] thread_get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0x7f08894b3ac0] decode_slice_header error [h264 @ 0x7f08894b3ac0] no frame! [00007f0889509100] main decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented

This is the complete log (too long to include in this post):

https://1drv.ms/t/s!AqNeuIYFmgYzlGMM77r ... B?e=LhQDVZ

Could you please help me to fix this?

Thanks & regards,
Mark

[MarkCS]

I removed VLC and installed Totem.

[InTheWings]

see https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=150849

[MarkCS]

@InTheWings Thanks for the hint. I'll keep this in mind, if I need a more complex player in the future. For now, Totem is all I need.

[CO_Windler]

If sound stutters after jumping back/forward withhin a video, try to set the audio output to ALSA instead of the default.