[arch-general] no audio in VLC after seek in video playback

[Nelson Marambio]

Hi, Arch'ers,

again I've a problem with audio/video in GNOME and again I hope you can
give me a hint to solve it. I trust in you ! :)

I realized it yesterday that there is a problem with VLC and playing
MP4-files (might concern other formats too). The audio mutes if I
forward / rewind during the playback. This also happens if I pause the
playback before I forward.

Google finds a lot of stuff to this description, most of them with an
earlier version of VLC and also most of them in context of (K)Ubuntu.
Some threads suggested to install a package 'vlc-plugin-pulse' but I
think that does not fit to Archlinux.

Starting VLC by 'vlc -vvv' naturally produces a lot of debug output but
apart from the pasted lines below there was'nt something useful to read
there.

First I thought it might be related to my bluetooth headset and bluez
again but the problem also occurs if I use the interal audio speakers of
my laptop or analog audio headset.

I don't even know where to focus on: pulseaudio or VLC ? I guess on VLC,
with GNOME MPlayer video playback works fine (but fullscreen mode does
not run smoothly).

Kind regards,
Nelson.

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[0x8ed1d80] pulse audio output debug: underflow
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 8%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 16%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 25%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 33%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 41%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 50%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 58%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 66%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 75%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 83%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 91%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Buffering 100%
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Stream buffering done (325 ms in 27 ms)
[0xb050c228] main decoder debug: End of video preroll
[0xb050c228] main decoder debug: Received first picture
[0xb05115c0] main input debug: Decoder buffering done in 73 ms