hey.... I found the system monitor. you were correct; the cpu runs at about 50% until I start running a video. At that point usage spikes to 100%. I guess I will need to get a video card with gpu. Can anyone recommend a low-profile card (I think that is what I need). :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > yeah? I remember uploading a video that was jumpy to youtube and it played > normally. Does that bit of information narrow the problem? > what is the command to get the monitor up? 'apropos monitor' isn't much > help. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Joseph Sinclair > wrote: > >> Mike, >> There are a few probable sources of the behavior you're experiencing: >> 1) You may have a video chip that doesn't have good support in Linux, or >> at least not good enough with respect to video display to handle AVCHD >> video. >> 2) Your computer main CPU may not be up to the task of decoding the video >> in realtime. >> 3) Your disk may not be able to read fast enough to keep the video buffer >> full. >> >> All three possibilities would cause frame drops and skips. >> The Audio playing clean suggests it's not a disk speed issue, rather the >> AVCHD decoder isn't able to keep up on your system. (or, as others have >> suggested, libavcodec might be buggy and need to be updated). >> >> The next thing you might check is that you're running the best available >> video driver for your hardware, as video playback is very heavily dependent >> on good support of the GPU hardware. >> >> You might also try running the system monitor while you play a video, and >> see what ends up taking the most CPU and/or RAM (and which of those >> resources is most heavily loaded). >> If VLC is maxing out your CPU, then it's probably the system unable to >> keep up or a buggy version of libavcodec. If X is maxing out the CPU, then >> it's probably inadequate support for the GPU (X is falling back to swrender >> too much), and looking for better drivers might help. >> >> Whatever the cause, you might be able to play the video on your current >> setup if you first transcode it to something easier for your system to >> handle, perhaps MPEG2 or MPEG4 at 720p. AVCHD is a pretty dense codec, so >> it can be difficult for older systems to play at full framerate. >> >> >> On 01/05/2015 06:21 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> > vlc is playing audio just fine but the video plays a little, stops, >> jumps >> > ahead a few frames to catch up with the audio then plays a little more, >> > then repeats. >> > >> > To get the errors I ran vlc from the terminal: >> > >> > bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ vlc 00004.MTS >> > VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be) >> > [0x1971118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use >> 'cvlc' >> > to use vlc without interface. >> > "sni-qt/6719" WARN 18:17:00.958 void >> > StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to >> SNW_SERVICE >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > [0x7fbf14001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display >> > [h264 @ 0x7fbf2cc97000] illegal short term buffer state detected >> > bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ >> > >> > and I noticed the third line so I ran that as well. >> > >> > bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ vlc 00004.MTS >> > VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be) >> > [0x165b118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use >> 'cvlc' >> > to use vlc without interface. >> > "sni-qt/6649" WARN 18:09:38.641 void >> > StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to >> SNW_SERVICE >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > [0x7f1fc8001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display >> > [h264 @ 0x7f1fdcc96e20] illegal short term buffer state detected >> > bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ cvlc 00004.MTS >> > VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be) >> > [0x2398e18] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module... >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > [0x7fdb880020e8] main vout display error: Failed to resize display >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb78c97fc0] illegal short term buffer state detected >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0" >> > [0x7fdb78c844b8] main vout display error: Failed to resize display >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] illegal short term buffer state detected >> > [0x7fdb88c277e8] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late >> video >> > -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?) >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder >> > [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture >> > >> > and I see the eighth frame from the bottom. It seems my computer is too >> > slow? >> > >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:04 PM, sean wrote: >> > >> >> How about you actually tell us what problem you are having? Errors? >> >> On Jan 5, 2015 6:00 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: >> >> >> >>> My google search told me to: >> >>> >> >>> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras >> >>> >> >>> which I did. However immediately after pressing 'enter' remembered >> >>> (thinking I did) installing the extras after installing Mint so I >> >>> ed. What should I do? Should I run that command? Why didn't >> the >> >>> extras install after I first installed Mint? >> >>> >> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Michael Torres > > >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Make sure all the codec are installed >> >>>> >> >>>> Do a search for your os and vlc codec and ypu should get the yum or >> >>>> get-apt install commands >> >>>> On Jan 5, 2015 5:20 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> I can't run video successfully with vlc. Would someone who knows >> >>>>> something about vlc take one of my home videos and help me set vlc >> up to >> >>>>> run correctly? >> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >