Problems with openSUSE 10.3

[a-----g]

I have updated VLC player from version 0.8.something to 0.9.4, using the standard YaST procedure.
Previously it worked perfectly well, now it doesn't work at all.
On some files it just crashes, and I see in /var/log/messages file a message: "vlc[4575]: segfault at 00002af000000013 rip 00002af0db7120b3 rsp 000000004700c9b0 error 6"
On other files I receive an error message:
"No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMV3". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

The "audio or video format" may change from file to file, but the result is always the same - doesn't work.

I like VLC very much, and am really sorry I cannot use it now.
I would appreciate any help and advice.

[dimstar]

that sounds odd,

can you post me the output of:

rpm -qA "vlc*" "libav*"

please?

[a-----g]

Well ... Apparently there is some mistake in rpm command line options.
But if we execute: rpm -q "vlc" "libav"
we get:
vlc-0.9.4-4.1
package libav is not installed

What libav package is ?
I thought YaST has to install whatever libraries are needed.

[a-----g]

In YaST I can see libavcodec52 is installed

[RedDwarf69]

Well ... Apparently there is some mistake in rpm command line options

rpm -qa "vlc*" "libav*"

[cheun9]

Hi,

I have the same problem (suse 10.3). Sometimes vlc just seg fault even when playing a clip that worked before. The crashes seem to be more frequent when it auto-loads any subtitle files but it also happens without subtitles.

My rpm command output:

libavc1394-0-0.5.3-64
libavformat52-0.4.9.15594svn-20081010.pm.2143
vlc-qt-0.9.4-0.pm.2
vlc-0.9.4-0.pm.2
libavcodec51-0.4.9svn-20080906.pm.0
libavutil49-0.4.9.15594svn-20081010.pm.2143
libavdevice52-0.4.9.15594svn-20081010.pm.2143
libavfilter0-0.4.9.15590-1.1
libavcodec52-0.4.9.15594svn-20081010.pm.2143
vlc-noX-0.9.4-0.pm.2

I got the packages from packman's repository.
I also managed to generated a core file, with the following backtrace:

(gdb) backtrace
#0 0x00002b27e5f24c36 in ?? () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x00002b27e5f24f76 in free () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x00002aaac3a3a566 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/vlc/misc/libfreetype_plugin.so
#3 0x00002aaac3a3c877 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/vlc/misc/libfreetype_plugin.so
#4 0x00002b27e4b773ce in spu_RenderSubpictures ()
from /usr/lib64/libvlccore.so.0
#5 0x00002b27e4b73322 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libvlccore.so.0
#6 0x00002b27e4b7122e in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libvlccore.so.0
#7 0x00002b27e4b9c136 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libvlccore.so.0
#8 0x00002b27e5848020 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#9 0x00002b27e5f79f8d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

Can this be a problem in libc ?
thanks
Simon

[newbie]

hi,my player do not work anymore.
console output is:
VLC media player 0.9.5 Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.5 Grishenko - (c) 1
996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--prefix=
/usr' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-gnomevfs'
'--enable-ncurses' '--enable-wxwidgets' '--disable-pda' '--disable-macosx' '--di
sable-qnx' '--enable-xosd' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-visual' '--disable-goom'
'--enable-slp' '--enable-lirc' '--disable-joystick' '--disable-corba' '--enable- dvdread' '--enable-dvdnav' '--disable-dshow' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--e nable-pvr' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-mkv' '-- enable-mod' '--enable-libcdio' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-cddax' '--enable-libcdd b' '--enable-x11' '--enable-xvideo' '--enable-glx' '--enable-fb' '--enable-mga' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-fribidi' '--disable-svg' '--disable-directx' '--di sable-wingdi' '--disable-glide' '--enable-aa' '--enable-caca' '--enable-oss' '-- disable-esd' '--enable-arts' '--enable-waveout' '--disable-coreaudio' '--disable -hd1000a' '--disable-hd1000v' '--enable-mad' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-faad' ' --enable-a52' '--enable-dca' '--enable-flac' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-vorbi s' '--enable-tremor' '--enable-speex' '--disable-tarkin' '--enable-theora' '--en able-cmml' '--enable-utf8' '--enable-pth' '--disable-st' '--disable-gprof' '--di sable-cprof' '--disable-testsuite' '--enable-optimizations' '--disable-altivec' '--disable-debug' '--enable-release' '--enable-sout' '--with-ffmpeg-faac' '--dis able-galaktos' '--enable-httpd' '--disable-jack' '--enable-mozilla' '--enable-al sa' '--enable-real' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree= /usr/lib64/live' '--enable-fast-install' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-dvb' '--ena ble-lua' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-asademux' '--enable-libproxy' '--enable-liba ss' '--enable-kate' '--enable-smb'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "en_GB"
[00000364] skins2 interface: skin: VLC 0.8.5 Default Skin author: aLtgLasS
*** glibc detected *** vlc: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00000000010cf250 ***
them never comes out.
any ideas welcome.
thanks.

[a-----g]

Hi, everyone !
Since it was me who started this thread, I shall post here the solution in hope it might be helpful for someone.
VLC stopped playing due to missing and outdated shared libraries. Apparently, SuSE YaST did not trace all the dependencies needed for VLC update.
Download VLC code, and try to compile it.
There are 2 steps to perform:
1) ./configure [try "vlc --help" in order to see all the flags one needs to put after the "./configure"]
2) make
This will not work immediately. At each failure, you will have to install missing (or outdated) shared libraries.
When everything is installed, and you have succeeded to compile VLC, you won't need to compile VLC any more (sound silly, but it is so).
The installed-from-the-internet VLC will work now, because you provided it with all the shared libraries it needs. So the compilation is only a way to see what is missing.
That's all.

[mimile]

Hello

Same problem with VLC 0.9.6

Uninstall VLC 0.9.nnn et install VLC 1.0.0-beta (and depedencies) on OS 10.3.

It works perfectly

friendly yours