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

[Γιώργος Πάλλας]

On 12/04/16 22:59, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> 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?

As I wrote above, it happens with all video files of various types and 
codecs.

>
>> [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

You got it! After removing that package, vlc would not freeze anymore.

Regards,
Giorgos Pallas


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