[Solved] [Pi5] Videos in EmulationStation "freeze" for about 1-2 seconds when stopping

roslof

The Pi5 is not officially supported, so this isn't intended to distract the RetroPie developers, rather to see if the community is experiencing a similar issue with a fresh, manual installation of RetroPie on Pi5 hardware.

Specific Symptom: (New manual build). Any video playing in EmulationStation renders fine, but there is a 1-2 second delay when stopping any video. This is new behavior. This includes video snaps and screensaver videos. This makes navigating games tedious. Also, if sound is playing when stopping, it "hangs" annoyingly for the duration.

Required Details:

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 5
Power Supply used: Argon PWR Gan USB-C PD 27W
RetroPie Version Used: 4.8.8 (18c2b430)
Built From: Manual RetroPie Installation instructions (Bookworm Lite)
USB Devices connected: Keyboard, Gamepad
Controller used: Sony DualShock 4
Guide used: Manual RetroPie Installation instructions (Bookworm Lite)
Issue occurs with either ES or ES-dev, and I don't suspect the problem is here

Additional Details:
I have manually installed RetroPie multiple times in the past on a Pi 5 with official case and MicroSD without issue. Here are the unique differences with this specific build:

Case: Argon v3 NVME
Storage: 1TB NVME (no MicroSD)
OS firmware: Linux ssd 6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.47-1+rpt1 (2024-09-02) aarch64 GNU/Linux

Speculation:
Suspect something changed with either libvlc-dev or libvlccore-dev vlc but not certain. Odd that it's only the videos that hang longer than on my previous systems/builds.

Wondering if anybody has recently, manually installed RetroPie for the Pi5 and is seeing this issue. Also, any suggestions on how to troubleshoot would be helpful.

Cheers,
-ros

ExarKunIv

@roslof https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/35717/emulationstation-video-previews-on-raspberry-pi-5/22?_=1726283299547

Yes it has something to deal with that version of VLC.
So a downgrade is needed

roslof

@ExarKunIv said in [Pi5] Videos in EmulationStation "freeze" for about 1-2 seconds when stopping:

@roslof https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/35717/emulationstation-video-previews-on-raspberry-pi-5/22?_=1726283299547

Yes it has something to deal with that version of VLC.
So a downgrade is needed

Awesome! The details in that link did the trick. Ty @ExarKunIv