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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [oS-en] Problem with VLC
From:       Felix Miata <mrmazda () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2024-03-27 22:09:31
Message-ID: 1abef7de-d368-ff00-552b-56a923185b9f () earthlink ! net
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Carlos E. R. composed on 2024-03-27 21:51 (UTC+0100):

> Carlos E. R. wrote:

>> Felix Miata wrote:

>>> Carlos E. R. composed on 2024-03-27 21:09 (UTC+0100):
>>> ...
>>>>       parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.21-150500.55.52-default
>>>>       root=UUID=0d457df1-b43d-4587-aa5a-6c919bcbedb8 showopts 
>>>> splash=verbose
>>>>       resume=/dev/disk/by-label/Swap verbose mitigations=auto

>>> Does booting with mitigations=off help?

>> Please explain. How would that help? I might expect the code to run 
>> faster, but not provide the missing or the non loading driver.

It was addressed to the 100% in FF issue, so was about running faster.

>> The machine is seldom booted, but if you really think that will solve 
>> the driver issue, I'll try.

>> The machine has one or two services exposed to internet, so I hesitate 
>> to remove mitigations.

> Expanding information:

> The problem I ask is not about Firefox being slow, but about VLC not 
> playing the video.

On mine, Pale Moon, Chromium and FF115ESR all run the CPU up over 100%, but play
your dlp-saved EN webm video fine. VLC only plays its audio.
> vlc wasItaFalseFlagOperation.webm
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b)
[000055d7044f6d50] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection
failure: Connection refused
[000055d70443de40] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc'
to use vlc without interface.
[00007f4cc0000c90] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007f4cd0c0fbf0] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[00007f4cc0000c90] main video output error: video output creation failed
[00007f4cd0c0fbf0] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[vp9 @ 0x7f4cd0c9f580] get_buffer() failed
[vp9 @ 0x7f4cd0c9f580] thread_get_buffer() failed
[vp9 @ 0x7f4cd0c90a80] Not all references are available


...
# inxi -CSGz
System:
  Kernel: 5.14.21-150500.55.52-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Console: pty pts/8 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.5
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-7100T bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3400 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 22.3.5
    renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
# zypper pa -ir PackmanE | wc -l
67
#
Looks rather like VLC needs support from something neither of us has installed.
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