rjmoerland, Your issue is basically the same as what I've been experiencing.
Frankly, I'm surprised that more Ubuntu users are not reporting this issue on launchpad. Maybe it's because they don't even know about launchpad. I believe this problem is not caused by vlc 0.9.4 , but possibly from OS changes that occured between Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10. Why do I believe this? I've observed random stalling/skipping while audio continues while troubleshooting this issue in both Ubuntu packages vlc 0.8.6h and 0.9.4 Usually what happens is a reboot or system change will make the random skipping go away for a short period of time only to return shortly after. Some changes like unchecking vlc's disable screensaver option improved the visibility of random skipping the problem, but it still resides if you look hard enough. You can see in the forum threads below where I tried many different things hoping to find a workaround. I've tested the following configurations with no change. VLC: 0.8.6h/0.9.4 Compiz: On/Off Video Output Module: X11/XVideo VLC Disable Screensaver: On/Off Below are some threads of users reporting this issue (there may be more threads) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1000393 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=972696 http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=53160 http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=53415 One observation I've noted in my posts is that this random frame skipping always coincides with a CPU spike in Xorg as well as gnome- screensaver (when VLC disable screensaver option is enabled). This can be seen by opening a terminal window, running the top command, then starting a video in vlc. Wait for random skipping to occur in vlc, when it happens, look at top output and there should be a 10% spike in xorg right as it happens. I believe the observed effects of this bug may be related to a Xorg bug although I can not say if this is certain. All I know for sure is that this random frame skipping coincides with a CPU spike in Xorg. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/294972 -- vlc 0.9.4 slower than 0.8.6 - video freezes then resumes pixelated for a few seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308385 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
