This exact thing seems to also happen for VLC 3.0.6, Windows 7 64-bit. I suspect its the same underlying issue still, this is a local 1080p/60fps H264 file from my Motorola G5+ camera:
[h264 @ 0000000002902d00] get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0000000002902d00] thread_get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0000000002902d00] decode_slice_header error [h264 @ 0000000002902d00] no frame! [00000000056d8330] avcodec decoder error: hardware acceleration picture allocati on failed [h264 @ 0000000002902460] get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0000000002902460] thread_get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 0000000002902460] decode_slice_header error [h264 @ 0000000002902460] no frame! [00000000056d8330] avcodec decoder error: hardware acceleration picture allocati on failed [h264 @ 00000000029035a0] get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 00000000029035a0] thread_get_buffer() failed [h264 @ 00000000029035a0] decode_slice_header error [h264 @ 00000000029035a0] no frame! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581425 Title: Stepping through individual frames only works for a short period To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vlc/+bug/581425/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs