NO video playback working

[armoth]

No matter what form of video playback I use, .avi, .mpeg, .mp4, .wmv and other, I can't get my video to respond. With some players I can get the sound to work, like kaffiene and mplayer, but all the others just seem to crash when I try to play the files. I've downloaded all the codecs I could find, kubuntu restricted packages etc, I even manually installed win32 codecs, but I can't figure it out. Any ideas?

[Rog131]

Re: NO video playback working

What is the feedback/error message if you start the video through the konsole ?

vlc /path/to/video.avi

or

mplayer /path/to/video.mpg

or

kaffeine /path/to/video.wmv

etc...


If you are using the SMPlayer: Options > View logs (any errors ?)


Many media player applications have the video out (vo) /1/ settings. Have you tried different settings ?

VLC: Tools > Preferences > Video > Output (Default/X11/OpenGL/XVideo...)

Mplayer: Preferences > Video > Available drivers (xv/x11/gl/dl2/...)

SMPlayer: Options > Preferences > General > Video > Output driver (xv/x11/gl/dl2/...)

Kaffeine (0.87- KDE 3.5): Settings > Xine Engine Parameters > Video > Beginner Options > Driver (auto/xv...)


What kind of hardware do you have (GPU) ?


Earlier > Topic: video problems



/1/ SMPlayer FAQ

[marcopl]

Re: NO video playback working

armoth, when i run vlc by the command line ...this is what i get , u can use this for comparison...

$ vlc PerfectCrime-SmartDog.wmv

VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.

Get vlc to work first and then u can try the rest.

[Calgarian]

Re: NO video playback working

I am encountering an identical problem. Here is my hardware list:

Motherboard - 8I865GME-775 - Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BIOS - Award Software International, Inc. - F2 (02/21/2006)
CPU - Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz - Socket 775
System Memory - size: 2031MiB
VGA compatible controller - Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller

I also have a Logitech 9000Pro webcam installed by USB and my monitor is an Acer P223w. I use Skype it works well. I use luvcview to set my camera and it works well. Everything else appears to run well - GIMP, GWENVIEW, etc. Firefox will show video as well.

I am running Kubuntu 9.04 at the most recent upgrades. I just did a clean reinstall to try and clear this problem and that did not work.

If I run Dragon from the terminal I get:

ME@ME-desktop:~$ dragon A.wmv
dragonplayer(6274) Phonon::KdePlatformPlugin::createBackend: using backend: "Xine"
dragonplayer(6274): Attempt to use QAction "aspect_ratio_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory!
dragonplayer(6274): Attempt to use QAction "audio_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory!
dragonplayer(6274): Attempt to use QAction "subtitle_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory!

I get a blue screen with audio only. The same thing happens with mpeg files as well. This started a couple of months ago and I've been struggling with it. Before that everything worked great.

TIA for the help

[Rog131]

Re: NO video playback working

Have you tried other media players ? VLC/Kaffeine (Xine) /MPlayer ?

If other players are working then this could be a Dragonplayer/Xine problem.

If you get the blue screen with all players then this could be a Intel Video driver/setting problem. There is > Topic: Intel Video troubleshooting/performance improvement link

[Calgarian]

Re: NO video playback working

I've tried Dragon, gxine, kaffeine, vlc, and mplayer with this. Some give a blue screen and some just fail. gxine has all kinds of problems with missing gnome stuff (I'm KDE) and kaffeine shows no abnormal messages at all. I tried the Intel graphics fix and it didn't help. Now I have to manually execute a script every time I start and the monitor is refreshing much slower and seems really jerky. It was taking several seconds to change from one window to another. I think I'll back all that out now. I did set it back and it is now working normally.

Here is the vlc output - it fails:

VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[??] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 11:
BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
Serial number of failed request: 81
Current serial number in output stream: 82
Segmentation fault

[Rog131]

Re: NO video playback working

Note !
I don't have the Intel GPU, these may or may not help.


When seraching with the "ubuntu Intel 82865G X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)" there are severals hits, few picks:

> [i945gm] all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz, Xv) if Virtual width > 2048.
> upgraded to 9.04 tote&VLC crash on open video (without error)

A solution > Reverting the Jaunty Xorg intel driver to 2.4

[Calgarian]

Re: NO video playback working

Thanks Rog131 - the process to revert to driver version 2.4 worked like a charm. I guess I didn't use the right words in my search as I didn't find this post before. All fixed for now.