Hey Jerry, I'd look in the kernel log to see what's up. Perhaps the GPU hangs? Cheers, -ilia On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:42 AM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with VLC... normally the box boots up runs an plays videos just fien with about 20% usage for VLC (celeron and or intel Atom hardware). > After some time - day or two of playing videos. Something happens. > The CPU usage jumps way up like 120% kind of usage. Like the vdpau stuff is no longer working. > > Is this a know issue ? > What should I look for ? > What can I provide to help ? > > Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2) > > Thanks > > Jerry