Further to my previous post, I notice this thread on the vlc forum: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=49896 which may be related. If so, then this is a vlc bug. In that thread they note the bug should be fixed in the 0.9-bugfix branch.
Thanks for your efforts in packaging vlc. Lee (aka oldcpu) Lee Matheson wrote: > I discovered a choppy behaviour with the packman packaged vlc (v.0.9.1) > when handling vob and .mpeg files (but not with .avi h264 and xvid that > were used to create the .mpeg and .vob). By choppy I mean the video > froze for 5 seconds or so, and the sound stopped. Then it resumed about > 5 seconds into the track, missing 5 seconds worth of video. > > Hence on my openSUSE-10.3 32-bit PC, I rolled back my packman version of > vlc from vlc-0.9.1-0.pm.2.i586 29.08.2008 to vlc-0.8.6i-0.pm.2.i586 > 29.07.2008 and the choppiness went away. ie The play back with the > older vlc was back to normal. > > That leads me to believe this is a problem with the new 0.9.1 vlc. > > Please, should I be chasing this up on the vlc site, or passing it to > you the packager? Some more details follow below .... > > Lee (aka oldcpu) > ------------ > > Details of the .mpeg and vob that give problems (choppy audio and video). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> file spain2004_ntsc01.mpg > spain2004_ntsc01.mpg: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex > > and from idvid of same .mpg file: > ========================================================= > File: spain2004_ntsc01.mpg > Width: 720 pixels > Height: 480 pixels > Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 > Frames: 18818 > Duration: 00:10:27 hours/mins/secs > Framerate: 29.970 frames per second > Video format: MPEG2 > Video bitrate: 3396000 bits per second > --------------------------- > Audio track 1 (Stream 0.1, AID 128): > --------------------------- > Codec: liba52 > Bitrate: 224000 bits per second > Sampling rate: 48000 Hz > ========================================================= > ========================================================= > > And the vob file: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/data/kdenlive/dvd/VIDEO_TS> file VTS_01_1.VOB > VTS_01_1.VOB: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex > > and idvid output of same VOB file: > ========================================================= > File: VTS_01_1.VOB > Width: 720 pixels > Height: 480 pixels > Aspect ratio: 1.77:1 > Frames: 44669 > Duration: 00:24:50 hours/mins/secs > Framerate: 29.970 frames per second > Video format: MPEG2 > Video bitrate: 5400000 bits per second > --------------------------- > Audio track 1 (Stream 0.1, AID 128): > --------------------------- > Codec: liba52 > Bitrate: 224000 bits per second > Sampling rate: 48000 Hz > ========================================================= > ========================================================= > > Some information on my PC: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -q vlc w32codec-all & rpm -qa | grep mpeg > [1] 23909 > vlc-0.8.6i-0.pm.2 > w32codec-all-20071007-0.pm.1 > gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg-0.10.5-42.pm.1 > libmpeg2_0-0.5.1-0.pm.1 > ffmpeg2theora-0.21-0.pm.1 > ffmpeg-0.4.9svn-20080906.pm.0 > mpeg4ip-1.5.0.1-10.pm.0 > libffmpeg0-0.4.9svn-20080906.pm.0 > encode2mpeg-0.6.4-0.pm.1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> uname -a > Linux athlon 2.6.22.18-0.2-default #1 SMP 2008-06-09 13:53:20 +0200 i686 > athlon i386 GNU/Linux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> kded -v > Qt: 3.3.8 > KDE: 3.5.7 "release 72.9" > KDE Daemon: $Id: kded.cpp 634204 2007-02-16 16:12:23Z lunakl $ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release > openSUSE 10.3 (i586) > VERSION = 10.3 > > > > _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://212.112.227.138/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
