[vlc] Re: vlc wont work

[Jason Luka]

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I would recommend upgrading to 0.5.3, now available from the VLC Red Hat page.  
If there are any problems getting the RPM's to work, let me know.

Jason Luka
VLC Red Hat Maintainance

On Monday 14 April 2003 19:23, you wrote:
> I have RH V8.0 updated to latest. A PentIV w/512 meg mem and 40 gig hd 15%
> used.  I have a working xawtv with my AverTV card on my cable tv from Cox.
> That works fine.  I installed an rpm for vlc and when I run 'vlc' with the
> debug set to 2 I get the menu bar for vlc, on my KDE window.
>
> This menu bar has the icons for play rewind etc and when I select the
> network icon and on the open stream menu that comes up I have 'channel
> selector' hi-lited. Then I have address set to 'local host' and port set to
> '6010' the default values. And also set 'stream output' and click on play I
> get the same menu but with channel selector set to 3 (what my cable tv box
> puts out) All I get is a 'no channel' in the menu bar info line.
>
> I am including the output of the debug set to 2 below;
>
> Part of debug output.
>
> [00000000] main root warning: cannot open
> `/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libxvid_plugin.so' (libxvidcore.so: cannot open shared
> object file: No such file or directory)
> [00000000] main root warning: cannot open
> `/usr/lib/vlc/control/liblirc_plugin.so' (liblirc_client.so.0: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory)
> [00000000] main root warning: cannot open
> `/usr/lib/vlc/video_output/libxvideo_plugin.so' (libXv.so.1: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory)
> [00000000] main root warning: cannot open
> `/usr/lib/vlc/visualization/libxosd_plugin.so' (libxosd.so.2: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory)
> [00000000] main root debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
> [00000001] main vlc debug: module bank initialized, found 138 modules
> [00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/warren11/.vlc/vlcrc
> [00000001] main vlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE FPU
> [00000001] main vlc debug: looking for memcpy module
> [00000001] main vlc debug: probing 3 candidates
> [00000016] main module debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext"
> [00000001] main vlc debug: channels initialized
> [00000155] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
> [00000155] main playlist debug: thread 16386 (playlist) created at priority
> 0 (src/playlist/playlist.c:79)
> [00000156] main interface debug: looking for interface module
> [00000156] main interface debug: probing 3 candidates
> [00000156] main interface debug: looking for gtk_main module
> [00000156] main interface debug: probing 1 candidate
> [00000157] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
> [00000157] main private debug: thread 32771 (gtk_main) created at priority
> 0 (modules/misc/gtk_main.c:99)
> [00000109] main module debug: using gtk_main module "gnome_main"
> [00000107] main module debug: using interface module "gnome"
>
> ------------------ end
>
> Here is copy of my .vlc/vlcrc file ;
>
> ###
> ###  VLC media player - version 0.5.2 Natalya - (c) 1996-2003 VideoLAN
> ###
>
> [main] # main program
>
> # interface module (string)
> intf=
> # extra interface modules (string)
> extraintf=
> # verbosity (0,1,2) (integer)
> verbose=2
> # be quiet (boolean)
> quiet=0
> # color messages (boolean)
> color=0
> # show advanced options (boolean)
> advanced=1
> # interface default search path (string)
> search-path=
> # plugin search path (string)
> plugin-path=
> # audio output module (string)
> aout=
> # enable audio (boolean)
> audio=1
> # audio output volume (integer)
> volume=594
> # audio output saved volume (integer)
> saved-volume=256
> # audio output frequency (Hz) (integer)
> aout-rate=-1
> # compensate desynchronization of audio (in ms) (integer)
> desync=0
> # use the S/PDIF audio output when available (boolean)
> spdif=1
> # headphone virtual spatialization effect (boolean)
> headphone=0
> # characteristic dimension (integer)
> headphone-dim=5
> # video output module (string)
> vout=x11
> # enable video (boolean)
> video=1
> # video width (integer)
> width=-1
> # video height (integer)
> height=-1
> # zoom video (float)
> zoom=1.000000
> # grayscale video output (boolean)
> grayscale=0
> # fullscreen video output (boolean)
> fullscreen=1
> # overlay video output (boolean)
> overlay=1
> # force SPU position (integer)
> spumargin=-1
> # video filter module (string)
> filter=
> # source aspect ratio (string)
> aspect-ratio=
> # server port (integer)
> server-port=1234
> # enable network channel mode (boolean)
> network-channel=1
> # channel server address (string)
> channel-server=localhost
> # channel server port (integer)
> channel-port=6010
> # MTU of the network interface (integer)
> mtu=1500
> # network interface (string)
> iface=eth0
> # network interface address (string)
> iface-addr=
> # time to live (integer)
> ttl=1
> # choose program (SID) (integer)
> program=0
> # choose audio (integer)
> audio-type=-1
> # choose channel (integer)
> audio-channel=-1
> # choose subtitles (integer)
> spu-channel=-1
> # DVD device (string)
> dvd=/dev/dvd
> # VCD device (string)
> vcd=/dev/cdrom
> # force IPv6 (boolean)
> ipv6=0
> # force IPv4 (boolean)
> ipv4=1
> # choose preferred codec list (string)
> codec=
> # choose preferred video encoder list (string)
> video-encoder=
> # choose preferred audio encoder list (string)
> audio-encoder=
> # choose a stream output (string)
> sout=
> # enable audio stream output (boolean)
> sout-audio=1
> # enable video stream output (boolean)
> sout-video=1
> # audio encoding codec (string)
> sout-acodec=
> # video encoding codec (string)
> sout-vcodec=
> # choose preferred packetizer list (string)
> packetizer=
> # mux module (string)
> mux=
> # access output module (string)
> access_output=
> # enable CPU MMX support (boolean)
> mmx=1
> # enable CPU 3D Now! support (boolean)
> 3dn=1
> # enable CPU MMX EXT support (boolean)
> mmxext=1
> # enable CPU SSE support (boolean)
> sse=1
> # play files randomly forever (boolean)
> random=0
> # launch playlist on startup (boolean)
> playlist=1
> # enqueue items in playlist (boolean)
> enqueue=0
> # loop playlist on end (boolean)
> loop=0
> # memory copy module (string)
> memcpy=
> # access module (string)
> access=
> # demux module (string)
> demux=
>
> [mpeg_video] # MPEG I/II video decoder module
>
> # IDCT module (string)
> mpeg-idct=
> # motion compensation module (string)
> mpeg-motion=
> # use additional processors (integer)
> vdec-smp=0
> # force synchro algorithm {I|I+|IP|IP+|IPB} (string)
> vpar-synchro=
>
> [ffmpeg] # ffmpeg audio/video decoder((MS)MPEG4,SVQ1,H263,WMV,WMA)
>
> # direct rendering (boolean)
> ffmpeg-dr=0
> # error resilience (integer)
> ffmpeg-error-resilience=-1
> # workaround bugs (integer)
> ffmpeg-workaround-bugs=1
> # hurry up (boolean)
> ffmpeg-hurry-up=0
> # ffmpeg postprocessing module (string)
> ffmpeg-pp=
> # post processing quality (integer)
> ffmpeg-pp-q=0
> # auto-level Post processing quality (boolean)
> ffmpeg-pp-auto=0
> # force vertical luminance deblocking (boolean)
> ffmpeg-db-yv=0
> # force horizontal luminance deblocking (boolean)
> ffmpeg-db-yh=0
> # force vertical chrominance deblocking (boolean)
> ffmpeg-db-cv=0
> # force horizontal chrominance deblocking (boolean)
> ffmpeg-db-ch=0
> # force luminance deringing (boolean)
> ffmpeg-dr-y=0
> # force chrominance deringing (boolean)
> ffmpeg-dr-c=0
>
> [access_file] # Standard filesystem file reading
>
> # caching value in ms (integer)
> file-caching=300
>
> [access_ftp] # ftp access module
>
> # caching value in ms (integer)
> ftp-caching=600
> # ftp user name (string)
> ftp-user=anonymous
> # ftp password (string)
> ftp-pwd=anonymous at dummy.org
> # ftp account (string)
> ftp-account=anonymous
>
> [access_http] # HTTP access module
>
> # specify an HTTP proxy (string)
> http-proxy=
> # caching value in ms (integer)
> http-caching=1200
>
> [access_mms] # MMS access module
>
> # caching value in ms (integer)
> mms-caching=1200
> # force selection of all streams (boolean)
> mms-all=0
> # streams selection (string)
> mms-stream=
> # max bitrate (integer)
> mms-maxbitrate=0
>
> [access_udp] # raw UDP access module
>
> # caching value in ms (integer)
> udp-caching=300
>
> [dvd] # DVD input module, uses libdvdcss
>
> # method to use by libdvdcss for key decryption (string)
> dvdcss-method=
>
> [a52tofloat32] # ATSC A/52 aka AC-3 audio decoder module
>
> # A/52 dynamic range compression (boolean)
> a52-dynrng=1
>
> [aout_file] # file audio output module
>
> # output format (string)
> audiofile-format=s16
> # path of the output file (string)
> audiofile-path=audiofile.wav
> # add wave header (boolean)
> audiofile-wav=1
>
> [alsa] # ALSA audio module
>
> # ALSA device name (string)
> alsadev=default
>
> [oss] # Linux OSS /dev/dsp module
>
> # OSS dsp device (string)
> dspdev=/dev/dsp
> # try to work around buggy OSS drivers (boolean)
> oss-buggy=0
>
> [spudec] # subtitles decoder module
>
> # font used by the text subtitler (string)
> spudec-font=share/font-eutopiabold36.rle
>
> [gestures] # mouse gestures control module
>
> # Motion threshold (integer)
> gestures-threshold=30
> # Mouse button (string)
> gestures-button=right
>
> [rc] # remote control interface module
>
> # show stream position (boolean)
> rc-show-pos=0
> # fake TTY (boolean)
> fake-tty=0
>
> [demuxdump] # Dump Demux input
>
> # dump file name (string)
> demuxdump-file=
>
> [avi] # avi demuxer
>
> # force interleaved method (boolean)
> avi-interleaved=0
> # force index creation (boolean)
> avi-index=0
>
> [demuxsub] # text subtitle demux
>
> # subtitle file name (string)
> sub-file=
> # override frames per second (float)
> sub-fps=0.000000
> # delay subtitles (in 1/10s) (integer)
> sub-delay=0
> # subtitle type (string)
> sub-type=
>
> [ts_dvbpsi] # ISO 13818-1 MPEG Transport Stream input (libdvbpsi)
>
> # compatibility with pre-0.4 VLS (boolean)
> vls-backwards-compat=0
> # buggy PSI (boolean)
> buggy-psi=0
>
> [ts] # ISO 13818-1 MPEG Transport Stream input
>
> # compatibility with pre-0.4 VLS (boolean)
> vls-backwards-compat=0
> # buggy PSI (boolean)
> buggy-psi=0
>
> [gnome] # GNOME interface module
>
> # show tooltips (boolean)
> gnome-tooltips=1
> # show text on toolbar buttons (boolean)
> gnome-toolbartext=1
> # maximum height for the configuration windows (integer)
> gnome-prefs-maxh=480
>
> [gtk] # Gtk+ interface module
>
> # show tooltips (boolean)
> gtk-tooltips=1
> # maximum height for the configuration windows (integer)
> gtk-prefs-maxh=480
>
> [dummy] # dummy functions module
>
> # dummy image chroma format (string)
> dummy-chroma=
>
> [logger] # file logging interface module
>
> # log filename (string)
> logfile=
> # log format (string)
> logmode=
>
> [sap] # SAP interface module
>
> # SAP multicast address (string)
> sap-addr=
>
> [deinterlace] # deinterlacing module
>
> # deinterlace mode (string)
> deinterlace-mode=discard
>
> [adjust] # contrast/hue/saturation/brightness filter
>
> # set image contrast (float)
> contrast=1.000000
> # set image brightness (float)
> brightness=1.000000
> # set image hue (integer)
> hue=0
> # set image saturation (float)
> saturation=1.000000
>
> [clone] # image clone video module
>
> # number of clones (integer)
> clone-count=2
>
> [crop] # image crop video module
>
> # crop geometry (string)
> crop-geometry=
> # automatic cropping (boolean)
> autocrop=0
>
> [distort] # miscellaneous video effects module
>
> # distort mode (string)
> distort-mode=wave
>
> [motionblur] # Motion blur filter
>
> # blur factor (integer)
> blur-factor=80
>
> [transform] # image transformation module
>
> # transform type (string)
> transform-type=90
>
> [wall] # image wall video module
>
> # number of columns (integer)
> wall-cols=3
> # number of rows (integer)
> wall-rows=3
> # active windows (string)
> wall-active=
>
> [fb] # Linux console framebuffer module
>
> # framebuffer device (string)
> fbdev=/dev/fb0
>
> [x11] # X11 module
>
> # X11 display name (string)
> x11-display=
> # alternate fullscreen method (boolean)
> x11-altfullscreen=0
> # use shared memory (boolean)
> x11-shm=1
>
> ------------------- end
>
> Now if anyone can help with this I would appreciate mailing me direct to
> 'warren11 at cox.net'.  I also would like to get any other files needed and
> some gpeg files for video streaming. I have none to test on.
>
> --
> Warren
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