[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
[Expired for vlc (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
VLC just reads the directory the file is in, and a few sub-directories (Subtitles, subtitles, Subs and subs unless preferences were modified). It reads each directory once and uses quick sort to sort up to 128 candidate subtitles. None of that would account for 2 minutes delay unless the file server is really really slow. Without logs and without ways to reproduce the problem, this bug report cannot be investigated further. ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
First, VLC needs to scan the directory for potential subtitles (there is an option to disable it). Then in the case of MKV, VLC needs to probe all other MKV/MKA files in the directory to reconsitute the whole family. That is a feature of MKV... It might be possible to optimize the code a bit, but it will always be slow. But the bottom line is that you should not put many MKV files in the same directory. Especially on a networked file system. ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: New = Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
as i said i disabled the mkv search. the bug is in the subtitles search as if i disable it, vlc start playing videos correctly; even setting the search to 4 (exact match) doesn't help and i have no .srt files. this means that vlc tries to use all the .avi files as subtitles and then (after 2 minutes) understands there's no subtitle so it starts? this never happened in previous xubuntu releases and vlc 1.x.x (same pcs, same network, same nas) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
And 'ls -l' is fast in that same directory? I cannot see anything particular in VLC; it just lists the files in the directory. There is no way to avoid that other than to disable subtitle search. And that cannot be disabled by default, lest it piss a lot of users off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
there are 488 items (files + folders): ls -l -- about 2 seconds thunar -- about 5 seconds vlc 2 -- nearly 2 minutes! vlc 1.x.x started in some seconds (similar to thunar). anyway what vlc does is not a simple file listing as BEFORE playing a lot of network activity is visible (a quick peack of 700-1200 kilobyte/seconds in download and then 270-300 kilobyte/seconds in download and about 13 kilobyte/seconds in upload with no network activity related to other software). as i said before is not a cache issue as the same file moved to a subfolder, where there is no other file, starts in a couple of seconds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995696 Title: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/995696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 995696] Re: VLC: slow start if folder has lots of files
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