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WMV Opens With No Xv Output
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED

Comments

Description coldreactive 2009-11-30 23:21:32 CET
Totem opens the WMV File fine in XFCE DE, but not parole.
Comment 1 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-11-30 23:23:17 CET
More details probably?
Comment 2 coldreactive 2009-12-01 00:59:21 CET
What would you like to know?

Is there a log that parole creates?

All I did was open a WMV file and a pop-up error said that there was no appropriate Xv to output to.

Yes, I have WMV Support enabled, because totem can play them fine.
Comment 3 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 07:39:52 CET
(In reply to comment #2)
> What would you like to know?
> 
> Is there a log that parole creates?
> 
> All I did was open a WMV file and a pop-up error said that there was no
> appropriate Xv to output to.
> 
> Yes, I have WMV Support enabled, because totem can play them fine.

Are you able to play other video files format with Parole? do you have compiz fusion enabled? what is the CPU usage percentage when playing video in Totem?
Comment 4 coldreactive 2009-12-01 13:01:53 CET
(In reply to comment #3)
> 
> Are you able to play other video files format with Parole? do you have compiz
> fusion enabled? what is the CPU usage percentage when playing video in Totem?

1. Yes, I am able to play at least OGG/V, I have not tried AVI, MPG, MP4, MKV, etc.

2. I do not even have propietary drivers enabled because I no longer use compiz, no need for that eye-candy.

3. I no longer have a WMV to test it on, sorry. So I cannot test the CPU Usage anymore.
Comment 5 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 13:04:10 CET
(In reply to comment #4)
> 
> 3. I no longer have a WMV to test it on, sorry. So I cannot test the CPU Usage
> anymore.

I wanted to see if the rendering are done in the CPU and not in the VGA, anyway please tell me your setups (distro, version, ...) so i can try to reproduce it here, since i'm able to play wmv without problems.

Thanks.
Comment 6 coldreactive 2009-12-01 13:32:47 CET
(In reply to comment #5)
> 
> I wanted to see if the rendering are done in the CPU and not in the VGA, anyway
> please tell me your setups (distro, version, ...) so i can try to reproduce it
> here, since i'm able to play wmv without problems.
> 
> Thanks.

Ubuntu 9.10, using xfce4 metapackage, no propietary video card drivers, using medibuntu codecs: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

32-bit / x86 version of ubuntu.
Comment 7 coldreactive 2009-12-01 13:34:21 CET
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > 
> > I wanted to see if the rendering are done in the CPU and not in the VGA, anyway
> > please tell me your setups (distro, version, ...) so i can try to reproduce it
> > here, since i'm able to play wmv without problems.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Ubuntu 9.10, using xfce4 metapackage, no propietary video card drivers, using
> medibuntu codecs: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683
> 
> 32-bit / x86 version of ubuntu.

Use xubuntu lines for installing. Use mini.iso for base install of ubuntu before installing xfce4 metapackage.
Comment 8 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 13:37:04 CET
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > (In reply to comment #5)
> > > 
> > > I wanted to see if the rendering are done in the CPU and not in the VGA, anyway
> > > please tell me your setups (distro, version, ...) so i can try to reproduce it
> > > here, since i'm able to play wmv without problems.
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > Ubuntu 9.10, using xfce4 metapackage, no propietary video card drivers, using
> > medibuntu codecs: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683
> > 
> > 32-bit / x86 version of ubuntu.
> 
> Use xubuntu lines for installing. Use mini.iso for base install of ubuntu
> before installing xfce4 metapackage.


Do you have gstreamer0.10-x installed? make sure with your synaptic package manager.
Comment 9 coldreactive 2009-12-01 13:46:20 CET
(In reply to comment #8)
> 
> 
> Do you have gstreamer0.10-x installed? make sure with your synaptic package
> manager.

Yes, it is/was installed.
Comment 10 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 13:48:00 CET
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > 
> > 
> > Do you have gstreamer0.10-x installed? make sure with your synaptic package
> > manager.
> 
> Yes, it is/was installed.

The i really don't understand, i have the same setup as you! 

Drop me a message here please if it happens that you got an wmv file.
Comment 11 coldreactive 2009-12-01 13:54:04 CET
(In reply to comment #10)
> 
> The i really don't understand, i have the same setup as you! 
> 
> Drop me a message here please if it happens that you got an wmv file.

I have a WMV file now, got it from searching google.

What do you want me to do if parole produces no log file?
Comment 12 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 13:55:35 CET
(In reply to comment #11)
> (In reply to comment #10)
> > 
> > The i really don't understand, i have the same setup as you! 
> > 
> > Drop me a message here please if it happens that you got an wmv file.
> 
> I have a WMV file now, got it from searching google.
> 
> What do you want me to do if parole produces no log file?

Compile the play with the following options.

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-debug=full

the run parole from the Terminal.

and attach here everything you see from its output please.
Comment 13 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 13:56:06 CET
> 
> Compile the play with the following options.
> 
Compile the player.
Comment 14 coldreactive 2009-12-01 14:00:58 CET
(In reply to comment #13)
> > 
> > Compile the play with the following options.
> > 
> Compile the player.

Sorry, but do you have a pre-compiled deb that is parole-dbg? I am not willing to reinstall all the developer depends again on this new install.
Comment 15 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 14:03:11 CET
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #13)
> > > 
> > > Compile the play with the following options.
> > > 
> > Compile the player.
> 
> Sorry, but do you have a pre-compiled deb that is parole-dbg? I am not willing
> to reinstall all the developer depends again on this new install.

I understand that, i will try to provide you a dbg package as soon as i can, or today or tomorrow.

Thanks.
Comment 16 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 14:10:30 CET
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #13)
> > > 
> > > Compile the play with the following options.
> > > 
> > Compile the player.
> 
> Sorry, but do you have a pre-compiled deb that is parole-dbg? I am not willing
> to reinstall all the developer depends again on this new install.

Okay download it from here

http://aliov.org/files/parole-dbg_0.1.99-1_i386.deb

Remove the previous installation that you have before installing, after you finish debugging you can remove parole-dbg and install the normal package.

Waiting your feedback...
Comment 17 coldreactive 2009-12-01 14:25:50 CET
Created attachment 2708 
Parole Debug Log

Parole Debug Log for when opening the test wmv.
Comment 18 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 14:34:21 CET
(In reply to comment #17)
> Created an attachment (id=2708) [details]
> Parole Debug Log
> 
> Parole Debug Log for when opening the test wmv.

Okay thanks, what amazed me is that you said it works with totem? do you have totem-gstreamer to totem-xine? but anyway this is already something.
Comment 19 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-01 14:37:01 CET
VGA card? and attach the output of lspci -v.
Comment 20 coldreactive 2009-12-01 14:47:11 CET
Created attachment 2709 
lspci-verbose

(In reply to comment #18)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > Created an attachment (id=2708) [details] [details]
> > Parole Debug Log
> > 
> > Parole Debug Log for when opening the test wmv.
> 
> Okay thanks, what amazed me is that you said it works with totem? do you have
> totem-gstreamer to totem-xine? but anyway this is already something.

I have regular totem.

(In reply to comment #19)
> VGA card? and attach the output of lspci -v.

attached.
Comment 21 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-02 10:04:48 CET
Player try this version which will not use Xv.

http://aliov.org/files/parole-dbg-ximagesink_0.1.99-1_i386.deb

Waiting your feedback...
Comment 22 coldreactive 2009-12-02 13:07:04 CET
(In reply to comment #21)
> Player try this version which will not use Xv.
> 
> http://aliov.org/files/parole-dbg-ximagesink_0.1.99-1_i386.deb
> 
> Waiting your feedback...

Thank you! It works now.
Comment 23 Ali Abdallah editbugs 2009-12-03 11:40:35 CET
(In reply to comment #22)
> (In reply to comment #21)
> > Player try this version which will not use Xv.
> > 
> > http://aliov.org/files/parole-dbg-ximagesink_0.1.99-1_i386.deb
> > 
> > Waiting your feedback...
> 
> Thank you! It works now.

Okay, for the 0.2 stable release there will be a command line to use to disable xv support.

parole --xv=false

and then it should work for people with not xvideo support.
Comment 24 Vincent Schumaker 2010-02-12 06:23:24 CET
*** Bug 6227 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug #6044

Reported by:
coldreactive
Reported on: 2009-11-30
Last modified on: 2010-02-12
Duplicates (1):
  • 6227 Unable to playback video due to Xv driver missing.

People

Assignee:
Ali Abdallah
CC List:
1 user

Version

Version:
0.1.98

Attachments

Parole Debug Log (3.82 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-01 14:25 CET , coldreactive
no flags
lspci-verbose (7.24 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-01 14:47 CET , coldreactive
no flags

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