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Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 08 May 2024 20:56

For some reason mini bar vanishes on full screen (currently) and also quite often after changing aspect ratio to fit to screen (video is 16:10 and tv only 16:9) and also no right click menus on full screen and to get menus back I need to exit full screen and after returning to full screen menus vanish again and no minibar either.

Don't exactly need either since can pause/play video so it's just annoyance.

VLC clean installation is quite fresh (from december).

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby Lotesdelere » 09 May 2024 14:59

First, reboot your computer, then reset the preferences and cache (the manual way) and try again:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:ResetPrefs

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 18 May 2024 03:58

First, reboot your computer, then reset the preferences and cache (the manual way) and try again:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:ResetPrefs
Well that solved that problem (and brought few more which I could solve (history, separate player for all multimedia, max sound, sound reset) except 1).

Now when output is set on automatic part of video (near half a screen) is greened and that green vanishes when switches output to something else like DX9.

No green before resetting prefs and clearing cache.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby Lotesdelere » 18 May 2024 13:16

On Windows 7 and above, the best video output module should be Direct3D 11:

Tools -> Preferences -> Video
Output = Direct3D11
Tools -> Preferences -> Input/Codecs
Hardware accelerated decoding = D3D11 Video Acceleration

Check also this:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Video:Color_nVidia
You can also try to enable or disable some video options such as Overlay and/or Hardware YUV -> RGB conversions.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 18 May 2024 18:40

On Windows 7 and above, the best video output module should be Direct3D 11:

Tools -> Preferences -> Video
Output = Direct3D11
Tools -> Preferences -> Input/Codecs
Hardware accelerated decoding = D3D11 Video Acceleration

Check also this:
https://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Video:Color_nVidia
You can also try to enable or disable some video options such as Overlay and/or Hardware YUV -> RGB conversions.
Should and should but still isn't, now VLC throws purple and green on screen but not on all vids and before like I said no green or purple so something went wrong wrong on reset and cache clearing. I'd prefer no minibar etc and no purple and green than minibar etc and green and purple on some vids. Maybe I try uninstall and reinstall later.

Disabling YUV HWA didn't change anything.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby Lotesdelere » 19 May 2024 00:10

What is your OS ?
Which VLC version are you using ?
What is your hardware, especially CPU and GPU ?

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback, and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com or on Justpaste.it if it's too long.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 20 May 2024 18:50

OS: Windows 10 2H22
VLC: Vetinari 3.0.20
CPU: Intel Core I7 4770
GPU: Radeon R290x

(yes both above are old)

Only changes to settings were those mentioned above.

Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/4RF8UabS

On old "VLC" (originally VLC 2.0.5) video plays fine.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby Lotesdelere » 21 May 2024 09:58

Please upload a short sample of your original problematic file to WeTransfer.com or Disroot.org and then post the link to the file here.
https://wetransfer.com
https://upload.disroot.org

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 35#p193335
200 MB max should be enough but a full complete short file is better.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 22 May 2024 00:07

Please upload a short sample of your original problematic file to WeTransfer.com or Disroot.org and then post the link to the file here.
https://wetransfer.com
https://upload.disroot.org

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 35#p193335
200 MB max should be enough but a full complete short file is better.
Well ................... here's of-file 3MB split https://upload.disroot.org/r/rbus0zGE#Q ... NCB7E7AgQ= if you need longer then has to change file (1 of other affected files is just under 7.5MB).

Many vids suffer from same no matter type, even FLVs, MKVs, not just MP4s which have worked in past fine (different versions of VLCs (actual not other ports)).

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby Lotesdelere » 22 May 2024 13:13

No playback problem for me with your sample file using D3D11, no green screen at all.
It might have something to do with your Radeon graphics card, there are other reports about this brand:
https://forum.videolan.org/search.php?keywords=radeon

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 25 May 2024 00:34

No playback problem for me with your sample file using D3D11, no green screen at all.
It might have something to do with your Radeon graphics card, there are other reports about this brand:
https://forum.videolan.org/search.php?keywords=radeon
Well it has issues but why everything besides minis worked fine before resetting everything?

I'll do clean install someday and try again.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 26 May 2024 21:09

Well uninstalled and re-installed VLC and no change (clsred caches etc twince since could uninstall VLC even 1 instance was open) so go figure what went "right" on december installation and what went "wrong" on reseting cache and prefs. With opengl output all works as before.

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Re: Minibar and other menus

Postby vlcftw » 22 Jun 2024 21:28

Either there are no minibar on OpenGl output or VLC bugs (or hates my computer) when new video is opened on same window as previous video ended.


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