Bug#820822: vlc consumes all RAM within seconds and system swaps and freezes

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

On 2016-04-12 22:36:30, Giorgos Pallas wrote:
> Package: src:vlc
> Version: 2.2.2-5+b2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Whatever video I will try to play, vlc consumes within seconds all 4GB of RAM and makes the system swap
> and eventually freeze, requiring a reboot. This started after upgrading to debian testing
> (vlc 2.2.2-5), and continues even after I upgraded vlc to unstable (vlc 2.2.2-5+b2).
> 
> Below is vlc -vvv log:
> 
>  $ vlc -vvv dvgrab-078.dv 

Does it happen only with this file or any file?

> [00007feca0001268] vdpau_display vout display debug: using back-end OpenGL/VAAPI/libswscale backend for VDPAU
> [00007feca0001268] vdpau_display vout display debug: using RGBA format 2
> [00007feca0001268] vdpau_display vout display debug: using X11 window 0x04800001
...
> [00007feca4000958] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 79 ms)
> [00007feca4000958] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 39 ms)
> [00007feca4000958] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 95 ms)
> [00007feca4000958] core video output warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 56 ms)

This reminds me of libvdpau-va-gl1 bugs. Is it any better if you remove
libvdpau-va-gl1?

Regards
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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