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I still see the issue with VLC 3.0.6 from http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/201 ... 16-04-ppa/. The only solution is to remove libxdg_screensaver_plugin.so.

Hi! With libvlc 2.2.4 it was possible to pass a --freetype-font and --freetype-fontsize options to libvlc_new() to set a font family/size for subtitles. However in libvlc 3.0.6 it complains --freetype-font is an invalid option or missing parameter. Could you please advice how to set a font family/si...

The trace only shows one thread, not enough to find where the problem is.

Meanwhile, here is the full stacktrace grabbed with "thread apply all bt": https://pastebin.com/yEJ1Mrxe

algrev Since you mentioned VLC 3.x, here is a possible way to install it: 1. Using VLC 3 under Ubuntu 16 or lower To do this, make use of PPA. Thanks for the recommendation. I installed VLC 3.x from the PPA. Unfortunately looks like it's not able to use HW acceleration for some reason. The error is...

The trace only shows one thread, not enough to find where the problem is.

What can I provide to better understand the issue? I'll do my best to grab the required information per your recommendations.

Hi, VLC developers! My system is: Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit with the standard Ubuntu repos, no third-party software installed VLC 2.2.4 Video source to play: a local mp4/h264 file How to reproduce the hang: 1. Open a local mp4/h264 file 2. Hit "Play" if it doesn't play automatically 3. Hit "...

Thanks. I've installed a new root CA of Hydrant, see https://hydrantid.com/support/repository/, but it still doesn't work with Hydrant certificates (libVLC 2.2.2). It says "Signer not found" in a shell output. If I add a root CA into the system db (/usr/local/share/ca-certificates) and run...

How can I achieve that with 3.0? Can you post a link to documentation with a new API allowing to do that? Thanks.

Hi everybody. I am able to play a video over HTTP using libVLC. However libvlc refuses to play a HTTPS video when the server's SSL certificate is self-signed and/or has an unknown issuer (common case for local web servers using self-signed certificates). Am I able to accept such a certificate with l...

Hi everybody. With libvlc 2.1.6 (Ubuntu 14.04) I was able to use an Intel hardware acceleration with --avcodec-hw=any. It used VAAPI and everything worked fine. With libvlc 2.2.2 (Ubuntu 16.04) --avcodec-hw=any doesn't work and --avcodec-hw=vaapi doesn't work too. However, --avcodec-hw=vaapi works f...

I removed --no-xlib and it didn't help. I can provide any information you need, apply patches or run diagnostic tools. How can I help you with debugging this?

Hi. I use the latest 2.2.0 version compiled from GIT under Ubuntu 14.04. I open the following URL in VLC: rtmp://flash.oit.duke.edu/vod/_definst_/test/Wildlife2.flv . Desktop VLC displays this URL correctly. But my own player based on libvlc shows a diagonal green line, see http://i64.fastpic.ru/big...

How to achieve that with VLC as a streaming server? I try the following as it written here https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/VLM/ : vlc --ttl 12 -vvv --color -I telnet --telnet-password videolan --rtsp-host 0.0.0.0 --rtsp-port 5000 telnet localhost 4212 new Test vod enabled set...

Hi. I use a Wowza demo VOD (video on demand) application to stream sample.mp4 (from Wowza distribution) on Windows and Ubuntu 14.04. VLC is able to play the stream, but speed control doesn't work. On Windows I use VLC 2.1.3, on Linux I use 2.2.0-rc2 from Ubuntu 14.10 (compiled for 14.04) and 2.2.0 f...

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Hi. There was a bug described here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765969 . In brief: There were green lines around the video picture in 2.2.0-rc2. It is closed with the following reason: "fixed-upstream, VLC 2.2.0-rc2-89-gfebaed2 works around this bug. ". But I didn't f...

Hi. I'd like to make the video window fullscreen in runtime. The VLC window is embedded into Qt widget (KUbuntu 13.04 and Qt 4.8.5) with libvlc_media_player_set_xwindow(<Qt widget's native id>). Everything works fine except switching to the fullscreen mode in runtime. I use libvlc_set_fullscreen(). ...