VLC 4.0.0 dev issues

[Lotesdelere]

Split from this thread:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=153807

First, I tried with vlc-3.0.11-win64-a3c218f1.zip but it didn't open any HEIC file.

Then I tried with vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-c98b8e88.7z, deleted the whole %APPDATA%\VLC folder, but it just doesn't run properly on my Windows 8.1 machine. I got an unusable small window (like Ctrl+H mode) without any menus nor controls which doesn't react to mouse right click either:

[InTheWings]

First, I tried with vlc-3.0.11-win64-a3c218f1.zip but it didn't open any HEIC file.

Then I tried with vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-c98b8e88.7z, deleted the whole %APPDATA%\VLC folder, but it just doesn't run properly on my Windows 8.1 machine. I got an unusable small window (like Ctrl+H mode) without any menus nor controls which doesn't react to mouse right click either:

Then there's a windows issue with decoder again.

4.0 only feature.

more samples
https://streams.videolan.org/samples/mov/HEIF/

[Lotesdelere]

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough, but I didn't even try to open any files because it's VLC which doesn't run properly on my Windows 8.1 machine. I just couldn't do anything at all.
I've just tried on my Windows 10 laptop and I got this strange window, I'm not sure if it's expected or not since it's the first time I'm using a v4.0.0 since march 2019:

[InTheWings]

4.0 is qtquick based and accelerated. I wouldn't be surprised it fails on some configs

[Lotesdelere]

Log for Windows 8.1:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 1402719273

BTW, all shares and discovery services are disabled by default on my computers, and I'm not using the Windows default folders for video and music storage.

And on Windows 10 it looks like after playing a file it always falls back to the media library. There is no way to open it as a "normal" player with an empty window like it was before ?

[Lotesdelere]

So I've checked these preferences:
Use Media Library is unticked
Docked Playlist is unticked

And the default view when running VLC still forces me to use this media browser.
I have deleted the ML folder in %APPDATA% but it's always recreated each time I run VLC.
Why is it doing this ?
How can I have a "passive" VLC not trying to browse anything when I run it ? Just like it has always been.

[Lotesdelere]

I have created ticket 24847 about the Windows 8.1 issue.

[chubinou]

Hi, thanks for the report

I don't have a win8 at home to test but I may have some ideas about what's going wrong.
can you try this build and give me the logs?

https://we.tl/t-i3LGr0z5DL

[Lotesdelere]

For some reason this build doesn't run on my computer, I'm getting a calloc entry point error

[chubinou]

Weird....

I made a build using gcc instead of clang, can you try this one?

https://we.tl/t-RkSokTRbc6

[Lotesdelere]

It doesn't run.
I see the window flashing quickly then it vanishes and I get a command prompt window telling me to use -I qt if the GUI is not working.
What I did, without any success. The process hangs and I have to kill it. It doesn't even have an icon in the task manager although it has one in Explorer.

Log without -I qt because with it I just got an empty log:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=75255552594072646795

[chubinou]

Ok thank you. that log is really helpful.

For your information:
We have issues on your OS (or driver / graphic card, I don't know) to create some specific direct3D surfaces.
and my fallback doesn't work as I expected

```
qt: failed to create texture with D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_SHARED_NTHANDLE
qt warning: failed to update shared texture: create shared texture (d3d), code 0x80070057
qt error: unable to create main interface
```

[Lotesdelere]

Yes, the GeForce GT 720 is a very basic graphics card which is about 5 years old in an office desktop computer which is as old as the card.
But it's rock solid and perfect for office work, and I know many people who have similar computers and who also are VLC users. Some of them even still have 10-12 years old computers. They don't care much, it's just for typing letters, retrieving mails, playing old games and watching some videos.
You will lose a LOT of users if 5 years old computers can't run VLC anymore so I hope you'll find a fix for this.

[Lotesdelere]

About the UI: one of the effects of having the main menu on the right side is to make the recents list unreadable therefore useless:




Also notice that in v3.x the "file:///" bit is not displayed which is saving some room for the item name.

[Lotesdelere]

A major annoyance about the UI: after playing a video, the VLC window keeps the size used for the playback of the video, it does not return to its original size like v3 does.
Very very very annoying, especially with a window taking the whole screen.

Another issue, this sample crashes VLC:
https://www18.zippyshare.com/v/qxnEsVoC/file.html

Runtime error:


Same result with the Intel HD 630 and the Nvidia GTX 1050. Same result with OpenGL. Same result if I disable hardware acceleration.
It's playing fine with other players including FFplay, MPC-HC is even playing it with hardware acceleration.

Notice that this file is a sample, a binary cut. Other HEVC 10-bit files are playing fine.
Or is it because of the audio ? :

Code: Select all

Audio #1 ID : 2 Format : MLP FBA 16-ch Format/Info : Meridian Lossless Packing FBA with 16-channel presentation Commercial name : Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos Codec ID : A_TRUEHD Duration : 2 h 0 min Bit rate mode : Variable Maximum bit rate : 8 412 kb/s Channel(s) : 8 channels Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 1 200.000 FPS (40 SPF) Compression mode : Lossless Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Number of dynamic objects : 11 Bed channel count : 1 channel Bed channel configuration : LFE Duration_Source : General_Duration Audio #2 ID : 3 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Commercial name : Dolby Digital Codec ID : A_AC3 Duration : 2 h 0 min Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : 23 ms Stream size : 331 MiB Language : English Service kind : Complete Main Default : No Forced : No Duration_Source : General_Duration

EDIT:
With VLC 3 it doesn't crash but I'm getting a black screen when D3D11 is used. It's playing fine with D3D9 and OpenGL.

[chubinou]

Hi,

Regarding the win8 issue, I've have some locals fixes regarding this, but I'm not sure whether it actually fixes the issue in your case. It's a bit hard to access Win8 hardware right now.

Regarding the menu, this is a known issue. There is some ongoing work on the menus (we'll probably switch back to native menus). this should be fixed along with it.

Regarding the resize policy, I didn't noticed the regression, thanks for the report, this shouldn't be too hard to fix.

Regarding your assertion, this looks like an issue with the matroska library. can you open a bug report?

[Lotesdelere]

Regarding your assertion, this looks like an issue with the matroska library. can you open a bug report?

I have created ticket 24888.

[bourloto]

Hey there. I want to report and please try to fix this annoying bug.

First of all 4.0.0 is superior in playback than 3.0 version. Especially for HDR content. I cannot go back to slugggish v3. v4 is great.

When I open the app, it is OK. But, when I play a video, whether app closed or running it always gives me the same error.

[InTheWings]

Hey there. I want to report and please try to fix this annoying bug.

First of all 4.0.0 is superior in playback than 3.0 version. Especially for HDR content. I cannot go back to slugggish v3. v4 is great.

When I open the app, it is OK. But, when I play a video, whether app closed or running it always gives me the same error.

medialibrary issue

[MauriceSnell]

I tried using the V4 64-bit Windows nightly build, (vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-82b51438.msi), but get this error during installation:

http://www.snell.org.uk/vlc/V4_installer_issue.png
http://www.snell.org.uk/vlc/V4_installer_issue.png

I then tried using the EXE installer, (vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-82b51438.exe, rather than MSI installer), and this does install correctly.

[Hitchhiker]

I tried using the V4 64-bit Windows nightly build, (vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-82b51438.msi), but get this error during installation:

http://www.snell.org.uk/vlc/V4_installer_issue.png
http://www.snell.org.uk/vlc/V4_installer_issue.png

I then tried using the EXE installer, (vlc-4.0.0-dev-win64-82b51438.exe, rather than MSI installer), and this does install correctly.

Would you mind uploading those images to this image hosting site instead: https://postimages.org/

The one you've used snell.org doesn't have an SSL certificate and data can be read in transit by third parties.