Dims Asked: 2017-06-22 01:05:22 +0800 CST2017-06-22 01:05:22 +0800 CST 2017-06-22 01:05:22 +0800 CST VLC blinking when playing video 772 When I am playing VLC, it is blinking. Impossible to watch. What can be done? Can't find disabling acceleration options, recommended in other answer. 16.04 5 Answers Voted ravery 2017-06-22T01:24:06+08:002017-06-22T01:24:06+08:00 click tools --> preferences ---> video first try changing output to opengl before disabling acceleration. mist 2017-12-15T11:48:54+08:002017-12-15T11:48:54+08:00 Changing video input(not output) to VA-API over DRM working for me Manoj Sharma 2018-10-14T22:25:48+08:002018-10-14T22:25:48+08:00 select video output to X11 works. for this Go to Tools -> preferences -> Video -> Output(Drop-down menu) select X11 video output. and it works sridar 2018-08-25T20:02:27+08:002018-08-25T20:02:27+08:00 this worked August-2018 tools > preferences > input/codecs > hardware-accelerated decoding -- change from automatic to Disable poopoopeepee 2019-05-18T10:29:05+08:002019-05-18T10:29:05+08:00 I had a similar problem what fixed my problem was that i had the preload mkv's in the same directory option enabled in video/codec settings. It would make it blink at first then crash vlc entirely. it had no problem preloading in a directory with 474gb worth of 500mb tv shows. But on certain 12gb folder of mkv files that were a bit over 800mb it would crash.
click tools --> preferences ---> video
first try changing output to opengl before disabling acceleration.
Changing video input(not output) to VA-API over DRM working for me
select video output to X11 works. for this Go to Tools -> preferences -> Video -> Output(Drop-down menu) select X11 video output. and it works
this worked August-2018
tools > preferences > input/codecs >
hardware-accelerated decoding -- change from automatic to Disable
I had a similar problem what fixed my problem was that i had the preload mkv's in the same directory option enabled in video/codec settings.
It would make it blink at first then crash vlc entirely. it had no problem preloading in a directory with 474gb worth of 500mb tv shows.
But on certain 12gb folder of mkv files that were a bit over 800mb it would crash.