Video Stuttering on Linux Mint 21

[umair]

I am using linux mint 21 on Thinkpad t460s. i am facing video stuttering on both online videos like youtube and on downloaded videos as well. Using Kernal 5.19.0-28-generic. before this kernal i was on 5.15 and after updating it still didnt solve the problem

[ThaCrip]

Just to check the obvious.... is your internet line quick enough to stream without occasional pauses due to your internet line not being able to keep up with the video?

[umair]

Just to check the obvious.... is your internet line quick enough to stream without occasional pauses due to your internet line not being able to keep up with the video?

Yes it works very well and never faced this problem but the thing is it also happens on the downloaded offline videos too.

[ThaCrip]

Did you clean install to 21.1 or upgrade? ; if it was a upgrade I would try a clean install and see if the issue goes away.

when I play offline videos, like x264 720p/1080p I tend to use Celluloid paired with MPV (sudo apt install mpv) as then it uses hardware acceleration, assuming you can use that feature. see if that fairs any better. still, even if that works, and YouTube does not, I can see how this will be a problem as that would get quite annoying with obvious pauses every 5-6 seconds.

[umair]

I did the clean install. The problem started today. before that everything was fine. find alot of solutions but couldnt find anything,Updated my kernal still the issue remains.didnt install anything new.cpu usage CPU usage 16 to 20%when playing video on youtube. Ram usage 40%.

[spamegg]

Hello umair welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
→→→→ Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(Equivalently, you can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

[umair]

Hello umair welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
→→→→ Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(Equivalently, you can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.7 tk: GTK 3.24.33 info: plank wm: muffin vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20FAS1PV03 v: ThinkPad T460s
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20FAS1PV03 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: N1CET90W (1.58 ) date: 11/15/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 19.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 19.3/23.5 Wh (82.0%)
    volts: 12.8 min: 11.4 model: SMP 00HW023 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: Full
  ID-2: BAT1 charge: 18.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 18.4/26.3 Wh (70.0%)
    volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: SANYO 01AV405 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: Not charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 11.55 GiB used: 1.9 GiB (16.4%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-6600U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Skylake rev: 3 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 823 high: 891 min/max: 400/3400 cores: 1: 891 2: 800
    3: 801 4: 800 bogomips: 22399
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
    v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b596 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158
    size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-58-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:156f class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2 sub-v: 100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 12.75 GiB (5.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7
    size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1L2QEXD7 temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 54.7 GiB used: 12.04 GiB (22.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 486 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 174.53 GiB used: 718.7 MiB (0.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C pch: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2161 apt: 2149 flatpak: 12
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https://mirror.0x.sg/linuxmint vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://mirror.0x.sg/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://mirror.0x.sg/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://mirror.0x.sg/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 245 Uptime: 58m wakeups: 1868 Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
  Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

[MiZoG]

Out of your you inxi report:

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info: plank

Don't know what this is. I know Plank as a dock Linux application to pin programs on desktop. Not pre-installed on Cinnamon and definitely not needed.

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Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main

Do you run vscode in the background? Used to be very buggy and heavy on system resources on Linux.
Locally stored video files stutter on Celluloid too?

[umair]

Out of your you inxi report:

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info: plank

Don't know what this is. I know Plank as a dock Linux application to pin programs on desktop. Not pre-installed on Cinnamon and definitely not needed.

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Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main

Do you run vscode in the background? Used to be very buggy and heavy on system resources on Linux.
Locally stored video files stutter on Celluloid too?

yes installed some applications yesterday and yes local videos stutter on celluloid too. then i install vlc but still it didnt solved. videos stutter before vs and plank was installed. till today i install linux mint 3 times. the first time everything was okay. videos dont stutter but i did some customization which i didnt know how to restore them to default so i reinstall the mint. second time i install the stutter problem getting started and now i reinstalled it third time still it didnt solve the problem.

[MiZoG]

If you run a live session of MInt (boot from a USB media without installing), do y experience stuttering as well?

[ThaCrip]

Just a quick comment (which might not apply to OP)...

I would try Xfce to see if the video stuttering goes away. because at least on two out of the three computers I have, Cinnamon (and even MATE(which I don't care for in general)) has video stutter issues with Celluloid+MPV (this setup engages hardware acceleration which takes load off CPU) on 720p/1080p x264(h264) video, but it works without issue on Xfce.

that might not exactly apply in your case (since you mentioned YouTube etc), but when it comes to general video playback, given my experience here, Xfce seems like a safer all-around choice over Cinnamon across a wider range of hardware to avoid video playback stutter. but even when I had these problems I never noticed any obvious issues playing back video in browser (but it was probably using CPU without the GPU in my case I think when it comes to YouTube).

so I would be curious just to see the OP try Xfce to see if the stutter issues are resolved by simply using Xfce over Cinnamon.

p.s. the stutter on my main PC was not as obvious, but still there, where as on the slowest CPU I have on laptop (AMD E-300) the stutter there was fairly major/obvious. on main PC the stutter I could fix temporarily by ALT+F2 and then press 'r' and enter, which restarts Cinnamon and things are smooth once again but the issue returns in probably 24 hours or so (as I leave my main PC on all of the time). but on Xfce it seems to be rock stable on Mint 21.1-Xfce as I currently have 42 days of uptime and playing back video files (movies) of 720p/1080p with Celluloid(using MPV, so it uses hardware acceleration) everything works as expected with no stutter.

[Tagasalog123]

Having the same issues. Replaced cinnamon with xface. That didn't do the trick.

All videos stutter. YouTube, Netflix, offline videos I.e. mpeg, avi, mp4 on celluloid and vlc. They all stutter and pause/skip every five seconds.

[gulliver49]

I have the same problem. I upgraded from Linux mint 17 which was doing fine to 21 and then the problem started. It doesn’t matter what website it is or what browser. I’ve tried Firefox and Chromium. If I have the the browser maximized on my main 1440p monitor, the video will have a low frame rate. Resolution of the video doesn’t matter. Even on the lowest resolution it still is a problem. There are several ways to fix the problem. 1) If I move the window to my other 1080P monitor it will be fine 2) If I don’t have the window maximized but have it smaller (I can stretch it to almost be full size) that works 3) If I run the XFCE or MATE desktop environment that works 4) If I turn down the resolution of my main monitor to 1080p that works

I thought it was just my graphics card being old and couldn’t keep up with cinnamon’s fancy settings so I just got a 4060ti and the issue is still persisting. For now I'm using MATE and XFCE and I'm getting by. I feel like this is a bug that should be reported?

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z270 Extreme4 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P2.20 date: 05/17/2017
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-7700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: 9 cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3928 high: 4193 min/max: 800/4200 cores: 1: 4151 2: 4093 3: 4100 4: 4193
    5: 4168 6: 4078 7: 3348 8: 3300 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    ports: active: none off: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2803
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: DP-4 pos: primary,left res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 diag: 685mm (27")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 dpi: 96 diag: 584mm (23")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA Graphics Device/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 530.41.03
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 8 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bd
  Device-3: Logitech H390 headset with microphone type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-4:6 chip-ID: 046d:0a8f
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 437.91 GiB (31.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3500413AS size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 437.88 GiB (47.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 31.1 MiB (32.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 2717 apt: 2702 flatpak: 15
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 282 Uptime: 58m Memory: 7.72 GiB used: 2.42 GiB (31.3%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 inxi: 3.3.13

[mintician]

Did anybody find a solution for Cinnamon? Same pattern in my case. Playing videos with hardware decoding works fine on Xfce, but stutters on Cinnamon.

[coolcow]

This exact issue is bothering me for a while too (on a Dell XPS15 9550). I observed that it would'nt happen just after reboot. Tried different kernels, but didn't help.

After reading this thread, i came to the conclusion that it should have something to do with cinnamon. So i restarted just cinnamon ([ALT]+[F2] r [ENTER]), and... the stuttering is gone ! (for now, will see how many minutes/hours this will last).

It's not a fix, but at least a temporary workaround.

[Hacko89]

Hello,

I've been have the same issues but somehow i managed to overcome them!

So at the Login screen where your username is there's a button that has two options - desktop environment. I changed it to default. And it worked for me!

So maybe you try the same. Good luck!