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VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 20 Jun 2018 08:26
by TECH198
Installed VLC 3.0.3 and noting but trouble, when trying to play DVD i get beachballs and must force quit, until i delete all related preferences files in /Cache and /Library in home folder.
Usually this only works once after, then it happens again the second attempt.. I'm thinking of going back to 3.0.2. Is there a solution to this issue?
https://pastebin.com/TG4yqdyF
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 20 Jun 2018 09:30
by TECH198
Even VLC 3.0.2 has issues,,,, I traced it down to DVD's... not just the burnt dvd, but even commercial DVD's display black screen and beach ball
MP4's play fine however.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 21 Jun 2018 23:49
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
This is quite weird, to be honest. Can you disable hardware decoding in preferences?
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 22 Jun 2018 05:47
by TECH198
If I disable Video Output in VLC >> Preferences, and start playback, i get audio just fine, but flicking videi.
I solved the flicking by disabling the Video Track (Video >>Video Track >Disable), and in this case, playlist is not flicking, and audio plays fine. without video obviously. VLC doesn't beach-ball now at least
The next step would probably test under another user account,,, otherwise I was going to reinstall OS,s and play DVD with "no Apple updates" applied. to 10.12.6
I'm wondering if Apple updates could be the cause.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 30 Jun 2018 21:35
by TECH198
update: Not Apple updates. Installed OS X 10.12.6 from scratch. no security updates applies, just installed VLC 3.0.3 and got same issue when playing discs.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 01 Jul 2018 15:27
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
So only with DVDs?
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 01 Jul 2018 21:40
by TECH198
yes...
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 01 Jul 2018 22:06
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Can you disable hardware decoding, in preferences, pelase?
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 01 Jul 2018 23:42
by TECH198
disabling hardware decoding didn't work.
Dunno if this helps, but i get this error in console: This is AFTER disabling hardware decoding
https://pastebin.com/4WERAJ8Q
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 02 Jul 2018 18:52
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
We need the full stacktrace.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 02 Jul 2018 23:00
by TECH198
Can't do that...The application is completely frozen and beach balled, so cannot save message log. (Command-Shift-M)
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:15
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
When it crashes, the macOS dialog for crashes will give you a stacktrace.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:24
by TECH198
ok, I've tested this on new OS X install and seems isolated to verities DVD's which causes the crash...
https://imgur.com/1Ua3Cnm
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" and "A Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" caused VLC to "unexpectedly" quit with beach ball, with or without hardware decoding.
However "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" play just fine.
Apart from that, I cannot click when the issue does happen "Send Report" does not work, since its beachballs at that stage, therefore can't get stacktrace. I haven't tested others
At the moment, I'm trying to see what causes this with these two discs. Since they both play find in standard DVD player, and are retail discs.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 07 Jul 2018 18:57
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
ok, I've tested this on new OS X install and seems isolated to verities DVD's which causes the crash...
https://imgur.com/1Ua3Cnm
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" and "A Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" caused VLC to "unexpectedly" quit with beach ball, with or without hardware decoding.
However "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" play just fine.
Apart from that, I cannot click when the issue does happen "Send Report" does not work, since its beachballs at that stage, therefore can't get stacktrace. I haven't tested others
At the moment, I'm trying to see what causes this with these two discs. Since they both play find in standard DVD player, and are retail discs.
OK, that narrows it down quite a bit.
When does it happen, in those movies?
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 08 Jul 2018 00:43
by TECH198
For LOTR, A variety of issues when playing these discs.
Intermittent issues:
(1). just after "Play" button is clicked in VLC, (2). after the menu but sometimes before Dolby splash screen (3). or after the Dolby screen
In all cases, when you hit "Stop" in the VLC interface, VLC closes without any errors..
(a. A Girl with the Dragon tattoo: After "play" button is clicked beachballs
I could try making a copy of the DVD so see if the disc if the issue. ?
Update: Finally got stracktrace, but couldn't put it on pastebin due to over 512 on guest account, so URL link instead:- (LOTR Disc)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/triat129bxm9f ... g.zip?dl=0
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 15 Jul 2018 06:28
by TECH198
Resolved: Ripping both these DVD's, and playing VIDEO_TS folder from hard drive works fine.
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 15 Jul 2018 14:16
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Resolved: Ripping both these DVD's, and playing VIDEO_TS folder from hard drive works fine.
Without re-encoding?
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 15 Jul 2018 19:23
by TECH198
correct
Re: VLC 3.0.3 becahballs, Force quits etc..
Posted: 23 Jul 2018 12:02
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
That's very weird, tbh.