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

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Control: reassign -1 libvdpau-va-gl1 0.3.6-1
Control: tags -1 - moreinfo

On 2016-04-14 13:03:30, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the update. Re-assigning to libvdpau-va-gl1. As 0.4.0 fixed some
libvpdau-va-gl issues related to vlc, this issue might be fixed as well.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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