[DVDnav-discuss] Strange DVD playback skip/freeze

[Roger Pack]

On 4/22/14, Tuomo Sipola <tuomo.sipola at iki.fi> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Summary: DVD playback freezes (or skips) on a physically OK disc. Is it
> a libdvd* problem?
>
> I have a DVD disc, Buffy 7th season R2 disc 6, which exhibits strange
> beahavior during the first episode, "Touched". I have tested with two
> different discs from different boxes. I have also checked the disc with
> dvdisaster, so it is not a physical problem. The same problem occurs
> with VLC, mplayer and totem.
>
> Video playback freezes at 32:08 and depending on the player freezes for
> a long time (VLC) or jumps to 33:15 with blocky things briefly on the
> screen (mplayer). If I go to 32:09, the playback continues normally.
> Rewinding back to 32:08 freezes playback again.

You may be able to get a stack trace while it is frozen by using gdb
and "ctrl+c" when it is frozen.