Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce:
1. download a free MPlayer test file, like http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/MPEG-4/video.mp4 and move it into /tmp/a or similar 2. replicate it by running (requires a few GB of free space depending on the deduplication facilities of your filesystem) ``` import shutil for i in range(0,1000): shutil.copy("/tmp/a/video.mp4", "/tmp/a/video-%d.mp4" % (i,)) ``` 3. open /tmp/a in nautilus, select all files and open them with VLC media player through the context menu Instead of putting all files in the VLC queue like Ubuntu 17.04's nautilus did, an ~"opening in progress" dialog is opened blocking the UI for almost a minute while consuming 100% of all CPU cores. If the above is done during high memory consumption of another process hundreds of VLC processes are started and the display manager crashes (but that's another issues). If random playback is configured in VLC, it's ignored and always the last video is played first. The is no apparent reason why multiple files cannot be opened like in 17.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.26.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Fri Dec 22 01:06:27 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (740 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (63 days ago) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful third-party-packages ** Description changed: Steps to reproduce: 1. download a free MPlayer test file, like http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/MPEG-4/video.mp4 and move it into /tmp/a or similar - 2. replicate it by running + 2. replicate it by running (requires a few GB of free space depending on the deduplication facilities of your filesystem) ``` import shutil for i in range(0,1000): shutil.copy("/tmp/a/video.mp4", "/tmp/a/video-%d.mp4" % (i,)) ``` 3. open /tmp/a in nautilus, select all files and open them with VLC media player through the context menu Instead of putting all files in the VLC queue like Ubuntu 17.04's nautilus did, an ~"opening in progress" dialog is opened blocking the UI for almost a minute while consuming 100% of all CPU cores. If the above is done during high memory consumption of another process hundreds of VLC processes are started and the display manager crashes (but that's another issues). If random playback is configured in VLC, it's ignored and always the last video is played first. The is no apparent reason why multiple files cannot be opened like in 17.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.26.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Fri Dec 22 01:06:27 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (740 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (63 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1739699 Title: opening a large number of videos with vlc causes delay and unresponsive vlc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1739699/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
