vlc has stopped playing any files, still plays stdin

[johnclubvec]

My Slackware 10 system (vlc 0.8.6a) for some time now has simply stopped playing much of anything -- not dvds, nor audio or music files. No segmentation faults or obvious errors; I just don't get any useful output. Curiously, however, I can still pipe hdtv input from my tuner card to vlc with complete success. Then it works like a charm, just like I remember. Both xine and mplayer still work flawlessly with all inputs, and all libraries are up to date. Can anyone tell what's wrong? Here's a sample output from "vlc -vvv test.ts" (I stopped it immediately after it began its now-familiar "playing-without-playing anything"):

VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000001] main private debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main private debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main private debug: loading plugins cache file /home/john/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `/usr/local/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main private debug: module bank initialized, found 206 modules
[00000001] main private debug: opening config file /home/john/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main private debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main private debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates
[00000001] main private debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext"
[00000267] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000267] main playlist debug: thread 16386 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184)
[00000268] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000268] main private debug: thread 32771 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210)
[00000269] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000269] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000269] main interface debug: thread 49156 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000271] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000271] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver"
[00000271] main interface debug: thread 65541 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000267] main playlist debug: adding playlist item `test.ts' ( test.ts )
[00000273] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates
[00000273] main interface debug: using interface module "wxwidgets"
[00000273] main interface debug: thread 81926 (manager) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:216)
[00000273] wxwidgets interface debug: Using last windows config '(-1,0,0,1280,1024)(0,693,494,425,86)(6,0,0,-1,150)'
[00000273] wxwidgets interface debug: id=0 p=(693,494) s=(425,86)
[00000273] wxwidgets interface debug: id=6 p=(0,0) s=(-1,150)
[00000267] main playlist debug: nothing requested, starting
[00000267] main playlist debug: creating new input thread
[00000276] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000276] main input debug: thread 98311 (input) created at priority 0 (input/input.c:265)
[00000276] main input debug: creating statistics handler
[00000276] main input debug: `test.ts' gives access `' demux `' path `test.ts'
[00000276] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='test.ts'
[00000278] main demuxer debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
[00000276] main input debug: creating access '' path='test.ts'
[00000280] main access debug: looking for access2 module: 6 candidates
[00000280] vcd access debug: trying .cue file: /mnt/storage/john/malcolm.cue
[00000280] vcd access debug: could not find .cue file
[00000280] access_file access debug: opening file `test.ts'
[00000280] main access debug: using access2 module "access_file"
[00000285] main private debug: pre-buffering...
[00000285] main private debug: received first data for our buffer
[00000285] main private debug: pre-buffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 513034 kbytes/s
[00000276] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='test.ts'
[00000286] main demuxer debug: looking for demux2 module: 42 candidates
[00000286] main demuxer debug: using demux2 module "ts"
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 1 (nil)
[00000276] main input debug: `test.ts' successfully opened
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: pid[49] unknown
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: pid[52] unknown
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: PATCallBack called
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: new PAT ts_id=1365 version=0 current_next=1
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: * number=3 pid=48
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 0) for PID 48
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: PMTCallBack called
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: new PMT program number=3 version=6 pid_pcr=49
[00000286] ts demuxer warning: skipping program (not selected)
[00000286] ts demuxer warning: lost synchro
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 1692 bytes of garbage
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 1692 bytes of garbage
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 564 bytes of garbage
[00000286] ts demuxer warning: lost synchro
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 1692 bytes of garbage
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 1692 bytes of garbage
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: skipping 564 bytes of garbage
[00000276] main input debug: control type=0
[00000276] main input debug: control: stopping input
[00000276] main input debug: closing input
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: pid list:
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: - pid[0] seen
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: - pid[48] seen
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: - pid[49] seen
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: - pid[52] seen
[00000286] ts demuxer debug: - pid[8191] seen
[00000286] main demuxer debug: removing module "ts"
[00000280] main access debug: removing module "access_file"
[00000276] main input debug: thread 98311 joined (input/input.c:412)
[00000001] main private debug: removing all interfaces
[00000273] main interface debug: thread 81926 joined (interface/interface.c:258)
[00000273] main interface debug: removing module "wxwidgets"
[00000271] main interface debug: thread 65541 joined (interface/interface.c:258)
[00000271] main interface debug: removing module "screensaver"
[00000269] main interface debug: thread 49156 joined (interface/interface.c:258)
[00000269] main interface debug: removing module "hotkeys"
[00000001] main private debug: removing playlist handler
[00000268] main private debug: thread 32771 joined (playlist/playlist.c:247)
[00000267] main playlist debug: thread 16386 joined (playlist/playlist.c:248)
[00000267] main playlist: stopping playback
[00000267] main playlist debug: deleting playlist item `test.ts'
[00000001] main private debug: removing all video outputs
[00000001] main private debug: removing all audio outputs
[00000001] main private debug: removing module "memcpymmxext"
[00000001] main private debug: opening config file /home/john/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main private debug: saving plugins cache file /home/john/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

rm -rf ~/.vlc

[johnclubvec]

RESOLVED.

Hmm. Of course, one of the first things I had tried was the old standby of deleting the vlcrc file *within* ~/.vlc; that didn't work, but removing the entire directory (and letting vlc reconstitute it at startup) did work, instantly. Changed a few settings in the Preferences, and I'm now good to go.

Useful advice in the future, too.

Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

vlcrc is just your configuration, but your problems seemed more like a plugin cache problem that is why i said

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rm -rf ~/.vlc

and not

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rm -f ~/.vlc/vlcrc