Bug#807604: Video stream makes PC hang

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Package: vlc
Version: 2.2.1-5+b1
Severity: normal

Hi! If I point VLC at

  rtsp://stream.tn.com.ar/live/tnmovil3

Or whatever live stream [0] proposes at a certain time (the browser asks for
permission to launch an external app and VLC is used) I consistently
suffer from PC hangs. Sometimes a few minutes are displayed but at some point
the PC hangs, leaving no possibility to use neither keyboard nor mouse.

I have tried running it in both KDE's Plasma 5 and fluxbox with the same
end result.

I have also tried it in two machines, both amd64 running sid, one with an ATi
video card and the other with an Intel one.

I have not tried to ssh to the machine while this happens.

[0] <http://m.tn.com.ar/envivo/24hs>

As a different issue, the video quality is far from ideal, the problem
happening both on my machines and my android-based phone.

If in my phone I use something else than VLC the quality is far superior.


Kinds regards, Lisandro.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  fonts-freefont-ttf          20120503-4
ii  libaa1                      1.4p5-44
ii  libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56   7:2.8.3-1
ii  libavutil-ffmpeg54          7:2.8.3-1
ii  libc6                       2.21-3
ii  libcaca0                    0.99.beta19-2+b1
ii  libcairo2                   1.14.4-1
ii  libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11]  11.0.6-1
ii  libfreerdp-client1.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5+b1
ii  libfreerdp-core1.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5+b1
ii  libfreerdp-gdi1.1           1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5+b1
ii  libfreetype6                2.6.1-0.1
ii  libfribidi0                 0.19.7-1
ii  libgcc1                     1:5.3.1-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]    11.0.6-1
ii  libgles1-mesa [libgles1]    11.0.6-1
ii  libgles2-mesa [libgles2]    11.0.6-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.46.2-1
ii  libpulse0                   7.1-2
ii  libqt5core5a                5.5.1+dfsg-8
ii  libqt5gui5                  5.5.1+dfsg-8
ii  libqt5widgets5              5.5.1+dfsg-8
ii  libqt5x11extras5            5.5.1-3
ii  librsvg2-2                  2.40.12-1
ii  libsdl-image1.2             1.2.12-5+b5
ii  libsdl1.2debian             1.2.15-12
ii  libstdc++6                  5.3.1-1
ii  libva-drm1                  1.6.1-1
ii  libva-x11-1                 1.6.1-1
ii  libva1                      1.6.1-1
ii  libvlccore8                 2.2.1-5+b1
ii  libvncclient1               0.9.10+dfsg-3
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxcb-composite0           1.11.1-1
ii  libxcb-keysyms1             0.4.0-1
ii  libxcb-randr0               1.11.1-1
ii  libxcb-shm0                 1.11.1-1
ii  libxcb-xv0                  1.11.1-1
ii  libxcb1                     1.11.1-1
ii  libxext6                    2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxi6                      2:1.7.5-1
ii  libxinerama1                2:1.1.3-1+b1
ii  libxpm4                     1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii  vlc-nox                     2.2.1-5+b1
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages vlc recommends:
pn  vlc-plugin-notify  <none>
ii  vlc-plugin-samba   2.2.1-5+b1
ii  xdg-utils          1.1.1-1

vlc suggests no packages.

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