[vlc] Some MacOSX questions

Rafaël Carré funman at videolan.org
Thu Sep 20 16:02:22 CEST 2007


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nunyo bizness a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using the current version 0.8.6 on my intel iMac with 10.4.10 (or  
> whatever's newest) and I'm having some questions.
> 1. I remember it was once possible to set my external monitor to be  
> the default, but Preferences>Video>Output Modules>macosx doesn't  
> exist anymore, so I can't set that.
> 2. I'm told that I can't use the MacOSX interface as an extra  
> interface, and that I should see the README.MacOSX.txt file, except  
> it doesn't mention anything about using the Macosx interface, as an  
> extra interface, or otherwise. (But the problem doesn't prevent me  
> from using the macosx interface, or the ncurses interface)
> 3. When I run clivlc with the ncurses interface, I get the error  
> message:" Trace/BPT trap41:53.734 clivlc[14076] *** Uncaught  
> exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> *** -[NSPlaceholderDictionary  
> initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil value " and  
> then the program quits. I can run VLC with the ncurses interface, but  
> I *must* use the macosx interface as well, I can't run it command- 
> line only.
> 
> Any help would be super appreciated.
> 
> BTW, I did some researching, and version 0.8.4  was the most recent  
> that would let me run clivlc with no errors. It was also the most  
> recent version to have Preference > Video > Output Modules > macosx.

you can try install 0.8.6c (the last version) and use the script
included in the dmg to delete your preferences and cache.

that often helps when seeing strange behaviours.

about the video module, i think it has been renamed to opengl on mac

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Rafaël Carré
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