Jerky video playback

[Volker Wysk]

Am Donnerstag, dem 15.06.2023 um 00:28 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
> On 14/6/23 21:01, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have a problem with my machine. When I play a video, it often occurs that
> > the playback is jerky. It's hard to reproduce. When I stop it for a few
> > seconds, it runs smoothly for a while. The same happens when I "cat" it to
> > /dev/null.
> > 
> > I'm using SMPlayer most of the time. When I tried VLC with a jerky video
> > lately, the video track became smooth. But the audio track became jerky
> > instead.
> > 
> 
> When you get the jerkiness in SMPlayer, what are the video resolution 
> and frame speed?
> 
> Also, what is the file extension? Does it happen for .webm files and 
> .mp4 files?
> 
> What desktop environment are you using? If you have access to System 
> Monitor, what are the system load average and memory usage like, when 
> you are getting these problems?

I'm using Gnome, gnome-shell has version 42.5. I'm used to the system
monitor. 

I've tried two videos, which caused problems before, but they played
smoothly. I'll post again, when I have more data. Like I said, it's hard to
reproduce.

> 
> Also, out of curiosity, because you have not referred (above) to using 
> it, have you tried viewing the problematic videos with Celluloid, and, 
> if so, do you get similar problems?

I haven't tried celluloid yet. I'll try when it happens again.

Cheers,
Volker
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