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Hello !

Device :

• HTC Wildfire S
• Stock ROM (Android 2.3.5 with HTC Sense)
• Qualcomm MSM7227
• CPU Instruction Set : ARMv6
• GPU : Adreno 200

VLC Android :

• Build #137 (11/07/2012)
• VLC-ARMv6-FPU.apk

VLC crashes on startup. All the ARMv6 FPU builds are affected.

Here is logcat : I can provide more informations if you need it.
Thanks !

jb ? XilasZ ? edwardw ?

I made a new logcat with build #144 (17/07/2012). This time, I tried the ARMv6-NO-FPU build.
Always crashed at startup : Tell me what can I do to help you fix it.

You are welcome to try using ndk-gdb; however be advised that it will probably require a bit of work You need the Android NDK as well as USB debugging enabled.
When it crashes, hit "bt", then pastebin the trace provided.

I will be glad to do it ! I just need some help. My OS is Windows.

I installed :

• Cygwin
• Android NDK (to get ndk-gdb) : http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/androi ... 86.tar.bz2
• SDK Platform-Tools (to get adb) : http://dl.google.com/android/repository ... -linux.zip

Where is the "vlc-android dir" ?

And I tried to launch ndk-gdb but it couldn't find adb.
I add the parameter "--adb=/cygdrive/d/platform-tools" (for D:\platform-tools\adb) : same problem.
I add "/cygdrive/d/platform-tools" in the PATH : same problem.

I guess you won't be able to do it then, since you need Linux (Cygwin support is buggy and doesn't usually work). Try installing Ubuntu or Mint in VirtualBox and then trying NDK-GDB.

EDIT (19h15) : I don't know what you meant by "vlc-android dir".
Must I get the files from here : http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc-ports/an ... id;hb=HEAD ?
I don't know how git works. How can I download an archive of these files ?

Original post (17h40) :
- EDIT : removed some useless infos -

Here is my /proc/cpuinfo :

You get the "vlc-android dir" by

Thanks !

I got that : Why do I get this error ? Is this because "The application process was terminated" or "The installed package does not match your current manifest" ?
I didn't modify any files. I just used "ndk-build NDK_DEBUG=1" because I had to.
(I saw this here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8674 ... android-os)

Indeed, the application crashed just at "## COMMAND: adb_cmd shell sleep 2".
Build #145 ARMv6-FPU is on my phone. Any idea ?

Probably "The installed package does not match your current manifest". As I said before, please get yourself a copy of Linux in VirtualBox if you want to do this properly.

I think it crashes too soon to get a proper debugging.

Second time I launched it :

Can you add this code in <VLC android dir>/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/LibVLC.java after line 98 (after sInstance = new LibVLC(); ):
The it should then look like this: This will give the debugger enough time to attach to the process.

I made the changes. But it doesn't affect at all the starting of the software.
I made a quick video to show you : http://youtu.be/5xRZ2obQC8Q?hd=1
You'll see that VLC crashes in the "sleep 2" step.

Sometimes, the screen is black for more than two seconds and I have the same output as two posts above this one. When it's quicker, i have this : May the problem be before "sInstance = new LibVLC();" ?

How did you build VLC? Did you "export ANDROID_ABI=armeabi"? Otherwise if you install an ARMv7 build of course it will crash.

Ewww... I don't follow you.
I have to rebuild VLC after I made the changes to the LibVLC.java file ?
I'm still running an ARMv6-FPU on my phone (build #145 I think).
Can you tell me step by step what I have to do, please ? I'm a bit lost right now.

You'll have to compile VLC, yes: http://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile

You can skip the git clone part since you already have git cloned the "vlc-android dir". When you get to the "Devices" part, you must .

Then follow the instructions as posted. Eclipse is not required.

Once it's built, you can run to run VLC, then use NDK-GDB once it's installed.

It doesn't build properly.

Try with the ndk-r8 (no b) or ndk-r7c, I think something changed in ndk-r8b

It works better with ndk-r7c.

I have this now : What's the problem ?

I installed "SDK Platform Android 4.0, API 14" like it said in the Wiki page. Should I get the version 15 too ?

I installed "SDK Platform Android 4.0, API 14" like it said in the Wiki page. Should I get the version 15 too ?

Yes.

Finally made it.
I hope it's useful.
Thanks for you patience edwardw.

Hey !

I've got some news about my problem. I tried the last nightly (14/08/2012) which launch the interface in the "audio panel"... and it didn't crash !
But... When I switch to the "video panel", it crashs when trying to make the miniature of the first video.
=> http://pastebin.com/49xxUYKz

Then I tried to play an audio file, VLC restarts :
=> http://pastebin.com/7sYEVJPZ

The crash are always happening after "main decoder looking for decoder module: 26 candidates".
I'm still running the ARMv6-FPU build.

I don't know if it's related but the "main libvlc configured with" line doesn't seem complete in the logcat :

Seems to be the same problem as usual, a media file is causing VLC for Android to crash for some reason. Moreover, it's crashing in an extremely weird and unusual place.

The configure line is irrelevant to this problem.

I forgot to say that I copy at every fresh install the VLC data to the SD card otherwise there is an instant crash (I don't even see the interface loading).
What happened with VLC data on the phone : I don't think it's a "not enough free space" problem (10MB free is enough, right ?). Maybe it's Gingerbread related ?

Seems to be the same problem as usual, a media file is causing VLC for Android to crash for some reason.

I really don't think so. It happens with all my MP3 files.

I think I found where it crashes : Looks like a FFmpeg buffer problem when building the miniature.

I don't know if these links are useful :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1073 ... 1#11244741
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/a ... rlTWqopZAJ


EDIT :

Hey !

Sorry to dig up this old thread. I just tried the latest nightly and it just won't start too.

I/ActivityManager( 120): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10100000 cmp=org.videolan.vlc/.gui.MainActivity } from pid 205
I/ActivityManager( 120): Start proc org.videolan.vlc for activity org.videolan.vlc/.gui.MainActivity: pid=9520 uid=10072 gids={3003, 1007, 1015}
W/VLC/LibVLC( 9520): Unable to load the iomx library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load iomx-gingerbread: findLibrary returned null
E/VLC/LibVLC( 9520): Can't load vlcjni library: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Couldn't load vlcjni: findLibrary returned null
I/ActivityManager( 120): Process org.videolan.vlc (pid 9520) has died.
E/ActivityManager( 120): fail to set top app changed!

I have a new theory : I think the program can't find the libiomx-gingerbread.so and the libvlcjni.so files.
I'm low on memory but the VLC installation never fails. I'm still running HTC Stock ROM (Android 2.3.5).