[Nouveau] Ubuntu 20.04 and vlc

[Ilia Mirkin]

Hey Jerry,

I'd look in the kernel log to see what's up. Perhaps the GPU hangs?

Cheers,

  -ilia

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:42 AM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with VLC... normally the box boots up runs an plays videos just fien with about 20% usage for VLC (celeron and or intel Atom hardware).
> After some time - day or two of playing videos. Something happens.
> The CPU usage jumps way up like 120% kind of usage.  Like the vdpau stuff is no longer working.
>
> Is this a know issue ?
> What should I look for  ?
> What can I provide to help ?
>
>  Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525   @ 1.80GHz
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2)
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry