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Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby theone256 » 16 Mar 2008 20:25

Hi,

I have been trying vlc 0.9 nightlies for a few weeks, and it hangs (without taking 100% processor) every time I try to play a movie with a subtitle.

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby VLC_help » 17 Mar 2008 16:58

Internal or external subtitles? Happens with all the files?

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby theone256 » 17 Mar 2008 19:22

With external subtitles, and yes, it happens with all the files I tested.
I just discovered that it only happens when I set the subtitles in the open dialog. If the subtitle is automatically detected by vlc (when it has the same name as the movie), it plays fine.

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 17 Mar 2008 22:13

Interesting, please fill a bug.
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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby atmo » 18 Mar 2008 11:52

Let me guess -- is it the "policy bug" if set to "Prompt"?

theone256:
can you try the following goto settings, in advanced, full view, and click on the tree [Advanced/Extended] (just below audio), and go to the right side [Security Options]
"Policy for handling unsafe options" and set this to "Allow"

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby theone256 » 18 Mar 2008 18:55

goto settings, in advanced, full view, and click on the tree [Advanced/Extended] (just below audio), and go to the right side [Security Options]
"Policy for handling unsafe options" and set this to "Allow"
When I do this, I get the following error in the Errors window:

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File reading failed: VLC could not open the file "C:/Documents".
and the movie starts playing without subtitles.

This lead me to think that the subtitle filename was not getting properly parsed.

I checked, and the "open file" dialog shows (in the "customize" textbox when "Show more options" is checked) that the filepath following "sub-file=" is not quoted (contrary to the movie file name), which causes subtitle paths containing spaces to be incorrectly interpreted.

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby atmo » 18 Mar 2008 21:14

@theone256:
thats a real problem - could you try to write the Filename in " " - I think this is missing if you choose the subtitles file manually - if you are registered for "error ticketing?" file an error report for this issue - I think could be fixed easily.

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby theone256 » 19 Mar 2008 18:45

I added a ticket yesterday and I see the issue was corrected today on git.
Kudos to VLC developers!

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Re: Nightlies hang when using subtitles

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 19 Mar 2008 19:05

U r welcome.

Well explained bugs are easier to fix than others.
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