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Hi.

When I use videolan (0.8.6d) on a vista computer to view .mov files, it keeps spawning new 'Direct3D output' windows. So after a while I have dozens of VLC windows open and this is very annoying. Does anyone know how to prevent videolan from spawning new windows continually?

Thx in advance for any suggestions, kind regards, Niek

Reset configuration and cache.

Reset configuration and cache.

Thanks, but where do I find these commands to reset the configuration and clear the cache exactly in the preferences?

Reset configuration and cache.

Oh, nevermind, I found it (in the start menu at the quick settings). But resetting VLC media player preferences and cache files doesn't seem to help.

OK. Does it happen with all the videos?

OK. Does it happen with all the videos?

No. Most other formats, like avi and wmv seem to play ok. Also, I have different issues with different kinds of mov files.
With one type of mov file I have playback where it constantly flickers between previous frames a couple of times every few seconds.
With another type of mov file I have the problem of VLC spawning Direct3D output windows.
Here I have some screenshots from a gSpot analysis of the offending mov files:
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/gspot1.jpg
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/gspot2.jpg
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/gspot3.jpg

The last one (gspot3.jpg) is from a mov file has the problem with flickering frames when I play it back in VLC on a Vista Dell laptop (Inspiron 640m), the other two are mov files that cause VLC to spawn Direct3D output windows for every separate movie in the playlist.

Can you give us samples ?

Can you give us samples ?

http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/samples.rar
(contains two example mov files that cause the aforementioned issues for me)

I got the exact same problem. I tried to change advanced settings, but it doesnt seem to help

Has anyone figured this problem out?

I'm using JVLC and have compiled 0.8.6d both for linux and windows and every video I play opens in a separate video window.

Anybody??

I'm having the same problem... I don't have a solution yet, but I find that the problem has to do with video track 2. For example when you open the file, if you right click over the video choose "Video Track" and select disable and then go back into the "Video Track" and select track 1 the output window doesn't show up and the video actually players in the media player... I don't know if that helps, but I'll post any solution I find.

hi all,
i'm having the same problem you mentioned but i've a really different configuration: i'm using vlc throung jvlc, windows vista, cygwin precompiled 0.86f src code.

i've discovered that if i toggle-pause two times after i've invoked the play method, the video is corrently rendered in my jpanel, otherwise it is rendered in a new directx window. i really wondering about that... maybe there are some synch problem with vista/directx?
any help is appreciate as well!

best,
angelo

The problem with this solution is that, once you again, you loose the control on the window
A stabile version is this one : http://phmorin.free.fr/jvlc-win32-060612.zip , but is an old one, and is missing a lot of features

yes, where can i download the newest version of jvlc?

Running JVLC ¶

At the command prompt:

java -Djna.library.path=/usr/local/lib jvlc-<release>.jar

I tried to run it but failed. Should i install vlc player whatever?

Are there any updates on this issue with mov-files spawning new vlc windows outside of the navigation window? I'm on vista business 32bit with vlc 0.8.6.i janus, default settings, ati graphics driver, dual monitors. It occurs when i use "Open directory" or select a couple of podcasts.

Have you tried nightly builds?
http://nightlies.videolan.org/

Here's what I found works: find Revo Uninstaller online and download. Do an advanced removal so that all the registry keys and files are reset and such. Then, just reinstall with whatever edition you want. I would remove all preferences too, but I know that advanced takes care of everything.

So good luck, but don't blame me if it doesn't work for you. I'm not in the mood to help, but I figure you smart cookies can deal with the rest of this.

I too have this problem - totally unpredictable - all extensions/codecs etc - the same video will sometimes open with 3d output and sometimes not.

Usually after 2-3-4 attempts at opening the same video will open in normal rather than 3d output mode....

Annette

Some video filess have multiple video tracks and VLC will by design play them all at the same time.

How do I change this setting so instead of playing them all at once, I can manually select which track I want to play from the "video" menu?

You have to use Video menu to disable video playback and then select the needed track from same menu. (not very user friendly)

You know how you can use the audio menu to select what track you want and only one plays at a time (and the same for subtitles)? Well I believe that there should only be one video track playing at a time (selectable from the video menu, just like you have a menu select for subs and audio), that will play in the main player window and no new windows will spawn. However there should be an option in the preferences dialog that would enable playing of all video streams simultaneously if one wanted that (and further options to let those be either in separate windows, or all playing in the same window arranged in a tiled pattern provided that the multiple streams have the same frame rate and image size). I would like to see such improvement to the software in one of the next released versions.

On a similar note, I'd to see on a future version, the option when installing to make it a portable install or a normal install (with portable meaning that you have no registry data, and no settings stored in ini files in %appdata%. everything instead just stored in ini files in the program's own folder).

Portable version like that isn't something that Videolan team does. There is a VLC portable for that (made by different people).
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable