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VLC player hangs after a few minutes of playing DVB stream (usb tuner)

I have Fedora 25 64 bit with latest updates. VLC player hangs after a few minutes (3-10) of playing DVB stream from usb dvb tuner. Audio exists, but video stops during playing.

$ uname -a Linux futsu.domain.com 4.8.14-300.fc25.x86_64 #1 (closed) SMP Mon Dec 12 16:31:04 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ rpm -qi vlc Name : vlc Version : 3.0.0 Release : 0.12.fc25 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Fri 16 Dec 2016 03:58:33 PM CET Group : Applications/Multimedia Size : 5278907 License : GPLv2+ Signature : RSA/SHA1, Mon 12 Dec 2016 07:45:58 PM CET, Key ID a1e54a0f6806a9cb Source RPM : vlc-3.0.0-0.12.fc25.src.rpm Build Date : Mon 12 Dec 2016 06:03:29 PM CET Build Host : buildvm-01.online.rpmfusion.net ...

$ lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 007: ID 048d:9006 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT9135 BDA Afatech DVB-T HDTV Dongle ...

$ lsmod |grep vid video 40960 1 nouveau

$ lsmod |grep dvb dvb_usb_af9035 40960 11 dvb_usb_v2 40960 1 dvb_usb_af9035 dvb_core 122880 1 dvb_usb_v2 rc_core 28672 4 dvb_usb_af9035,rc_it913x_v1,dvb_usb_v2

$ lspci ... 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [Quadro NVS 290] (rev a1) ...

$ ps axu |grep -i way gdm 1226 0.0 0.1 341184 11068 tty1 Ssl+ 16:55 0:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart gdm 1397 0.0 0.4 249080 40256 tty1 Sl+ 16:55 0:00 /usr/bin/Xwayland :1024 -rootless -noreset -listen 4 -listen 5 -displayfd 6

$ ps axu |grep -i xorg zyga 1671 3.9 1.0 351236 88108 tty2 Sl+ 16:56 1:49 /usr/libexec/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -nolisten tcp -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3

With Fedora 24 was all OK.

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