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error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

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error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#1 Post by 4joeyirosh1 »

Hi!I am running Debian 9.5 Stretch 64 bit.

I have noticed that whenever I am watching a video on VLC with full screen then a youtube video popup alert notification appears,the Debian hangs when I try to close the popup.

I am forced to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to recover my screen.

When I check /var/log/messages I get message below

org.gnome.Nautilus[1069]: [h264 @ 0x7f5dd0ca1d20] error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5

Kindly assist.

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Re: error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#2 Post by debiman »

4joeyirosh1 wrote:watching a video on VLC with full screen then a youtube video popup alert notification appears
i don't understand.
are you watching youtube videos through VLC?
what is issuing the notification?

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#3 Post by 4joeyirosh1 »

debiman wrote:
4joeyirosh1 wrote:watching a video on VLC with full screen then a youtube video popup alert notification appears
i don't understand.
are you watching youtube videos through VLC?
what is issuing the notification?
I am not watching youtube videos on VLC.What I meant is that while playing eg an mp4 file on VLC,I have my chrome browser running in the background and since I have subscribed to some youtube sites,their popup notifications appear when these youtube sites release a new video.When I try to close the popup thats when debian hangs.

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Re: error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#4 Post by debiman »

try enabling or disabling hardware accelaration in chrome.
try playing with vlc's video output settings, too.
you can also try disabling chrome notifications.

it does, however, look like a bug in graphic driver, and would be good to investigate further.
let's start with

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lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
uname -rv

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Re: error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#5 Post by 4joeyirosh1 »

debiman wrote:try enabling or disabling hardware accelaration in chrome.
try playing with vlc's video output settings, too.
you can also try disabling chrome notifications.

it does, however, look like a bug in graphic driver, and would be good to investigate further.
let's start with

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lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
uname -rv
Please find the output of the 2 commands below

# lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5916 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8215
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Skylake Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Skylake Processor Thermal Subsystem

# uname -rv
4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u2 (2018-08-13)

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Re: error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Have you installed firmware-misc-nonfree?
deadbang

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#7 Post by 4joeyirosh1 »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Have you installed firmware-misc-nonfree?
Yes newest version firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-3 is installed.

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Re: error while decoding MB 36 17, bytestream -5 VLC

#8 Post by debiman »

thanks for faithfully providing the output i asked for.
next time please use code tags.

now this:
debiman wrote:try enabling or disabling hardware accelaration in chrome.
try playing with vlc's video output settings, too.
you can also try disabling chrome notifications.
full troubleshooting and progress documentation please.

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