VLC blinking when playing video

When I am playing VLC, it is blinking. Impossible to watch.

What can be done?

Can't find disabling acceleration options, recommended in other answer.

Solution 1:

click tools --> preferences ---> video

first try changing output to opengl before disabling acceleration.

Solution 2:

Changing video input(not output) to VA-API over DRM working for me

Solution 3:

select video output to X11 works. for this Go to Tools -> preferences -> Video -> Output(Drop-down menu) select X11 video output. and it works

Solution 4:

this worked August-2018

tools > preferences > input/codecs >

hardware-accelerated decoding -- change from automatic to Disable