Issues with current Release on Windows

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

There are a few issues on Windows that we are AWARE of. So stop making new threads:

• Media Button are 'eaten' by VLC
• Some MetaData are not shown, especially for live streams
• SSA Subs using external police are broken

You cannot do anything about it, wait for the next release or use 0.8.6.

[Darklord666]

For the first view, the new release seems o.k. to me.
But I want to report a minor bug. I The problem is, when I select "choose file" and I select "show all", then not all files are shown. So I have to manually add an appropriate extension to the file I want to save.
That's not so great.

[pseudo555]

All theses bug appears when the option Integrate video in interface is disable (not checked) :
- windows don't resize to previous setting after full-screen used : play a movie, use full screen, go back to "windows" size : it use the screen resolution, not the previous one.
- interface->main interface->qt show a controller in full screen (activated) and show playing name in windows title (desactivated) don't seems to have an effect :
first one never appear.
second one still appear like a subtitle at the start of the movie.

Great release anyway,
Have a nice day

[arwa]

when i click media -> network i get blue screen and system restart

[MadlyMad]

- interface->main interface->qt show a controller in full screen (activated) and show playing name in windows title (desactivated) don't seems to have an effect :
1) first one never appear.
2) second one still appear like a subtitle at the start of the movie.

Hi,

1) if you're using not embbeded / separated interface, yes, this is a bug,
2) you're using the bad option, this is for showing the video title on top of windows, in windows title actually.
to disable the thing you want, go in Advanced\Video : the option default value is 5000 ms

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

when i click media -> network i get blue screen and system restart

Duh... Your computer/drivers are damaged...

[silekonn]

the mouse volume control is cool, but it doesnt match the meter in the control panel depending on the speed/timing you roll the wheel you can get it to 200 with the volume meter not picking up part of it.

[Pepi]

It seems the same old bug from 0.8.6i has returned: In version 0.9.4 I can't create a screen capture. VLC simply crashes. Windows XP. Does anybody else have the same problem?

EDIT:
BTW, before I uninstalled 0.9.4 I noticed that there was no remedy for the annoyance that also exists in 0.9.2: it hooks and makes the special keyboard keys which allow me to alter volume level, turn volume on/off etc., pretty useless. Unless you remember to run VLC in fullscreen mode, in which case they will work. Annoying, but can be lived with until resolved. This behaviour does not exist in version 0.8.6h. (I skipped the "i" version due to screen capture bug above.) Anybody else experiencing the same odd behaviour?
Note: The special keyboard keys I'm talking about, are probably not available on most keyboards. I've got an HP multimedia system with a multimedia keyboard.

[radchick]

Hi

So far the only issue i have is that while watching a something, it will randomly stop and go, sometimes when i first load it up to start watching it will freeze up my whole computer temporarily for about 30 seconds, then the video will begin, but after that at random times throughout watching, it will freeze then unfreeze. Not sure why, i don't believe its my computer as i have rebooted. I didn''t have this problem with the previous version. I am considering going to the previous version because it is distracting and annoying, thank you.

edit: i downloaded the newest, which i wasn't aware of until i actually went to the site, as i got the other version probably right before this new one came out. i loaded a dvd and i had no freeze ups or anything, i have yet to play a full feature film to see if it freezes up, but given that this didn't freeze up on load it leads me to believe it won't freeze up during play. if i have further problems of the same nature i'll do another edit, thank you

[VLC_help]

EDIT:
BTW, before I uninstalled 0.9.4 I noticed that there was no remedy for the annoyance that also exists in 0.9.2: it hooks and makes the special keyboard keys which allow me to alter volume level, turn volume on/off etc., pretty useless. Unless you remember to run VLC in fullscreen mode, in which case they will work. Annoying, but can be lived with until resolved. This behaviour does not exist in version 0.8.6h. (I skipped the "i" version due to screen capture bug above.) Anybody else experiencing the same odd behaviour?
Note: The special keyboard keys I'm talking about, are probably not available on most keyboards. I've got an HP multimedia system with a multimedia keyboard.

As j-b said, Media Button are 'eaten' by VLC.
1.0.0 should fix this.

radchick: you reseted VLC settings and tried different video and audio output modules?

[Harl]

I also noticed VLC is unable to open/play DVD folder stored on hard drive. Can someone confirm this? It works with 0.8.6 version.

Log says:
main error: no access module matched "dvd"
main error: open of `dvd://D:\Video\_workspace\dvd' failed: could not create access: no access module matched "dvd"

main error: no access module matched "dvdsimple"
main error: open of `dvdsimple://D:\Video\_workspace\dvd' failed: could not create access: no access module matched "dvdsimple"

[rogge]

Hi

I have just installed 094 on my new laptop that has Vista installed and I am not able to play any DVDs , they start noo picture is shown, just some scatterd pixels.

[blinding]

I think the hide in taskbar option is very cool! One thing that would make it even better is if it worked

When a movie finishes playing in full screen mode I wind up with an empty window about the size of the default player. By empty
I mean that there is the usual window frame but inside it is black, no control buttons. If I right click in the taskbar icon
and cycle through "show ..." and then "Hide ..." it will correct this. (OS is XP Pro SP3.) Anyone else seeing this?

I am also wondering if this my be an interaction with the "always on top" option.

[VLC_help]

Harl, does it work any better if you start DVD playback from commandline?

blinding, could you provide screenshot?

[roms712]

I've just noticed a problem with the playlist.
Fresh install (0.9.4) -> add the "artist" column -> close VLC -> open VLC -> no more popup menu when I right-click on the header (ID, Artist, Title, etc) so I can't add/remove one of the columns...
also the Artist column sorts the string, not the number (playlist M3U, EXTINF tag)
for example, "#EXTINF:0,145 - Poker Channel" and 145 is in the Artist column.

[hfswjyr]

I've just noticed a problem with the playlist.
Fresh install (0.9.4) -> add the "artist" column -> close VLC -> open VLC -> no more popup menu when I right-click on the header (ID, Artist, Title, etc) so I can't add/remove one of the columns...
also the Artist column sorts the string, not the number (playlist M3U, EXTINF tag)
for example, "#EXTINF:0,145 - Poker Channel" and 145 is in the Artist column.

I can confirm that.

[Der Jurist]

when i click media -> network i get blue screen and system restart

The same problem here.

[minhtri_595]

I also have a proplem
when i play file .mkv, it seems lag but play with media player classic is ok
when i use mediainfo in K-litecodepack, it shows
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
i think it is problem, because when i try player another mkv with ReFrames 4 or 8 or else, VLC plays normal

[eggshell]

Ive noticed some freezes when playing a lan stream . Once the freezes begin they dont disappear until passing to another stream and going back to the first .
086 didnt behave that way ( playing the same stream for 2 years ) . reinstalled 086 after 094 and then again 094 , so this is specific to 094 . I suppose the buffer size in 094 is different ( smaller ?) . is there a way to manually set the buffer ?

Another issue - am I missing something or the "save playlist" button is no more in the playlist window ?

[VLC_help]

minhtri_595: that is HD clip?

Der Jurist: Problem is in your device drivers or in your hardware. You can check the fault error from that blue screen message.

eggshell: You can change cache value, if you think it is the reason for the problems. Save playlist is in main interface now (I don't know why).

[Pepi]

As j-b said, Media Button are 'eaten' by VLC.
1.0.0 should fix this.

radchick: you reseted VLC settings and tried different video and audio output modules?

I've got several "media buttons" (plural) so I never made the connection between "media button" (singular) and what I see before me. Besides, "media button" doesn't really tell me anything. "Media button" where? On the program? Under the Start menu? It wasn't clear to me that "media button" refered to several keyboard keys, since "media buttons" has sometimes been used to name the buttons on a media toolbar on the GUI of software, like, e.g., a media player.

As for version. I've gone back to 0.8.6h. Far too many annoying issues with the newer releases. To name a few issues I've found:
* screen capture crash revisited (reusing old library from 0.8.6i?) [this only for version on main page on site, not nightly from Oct. 6, which is the last tested by me]
* "media buttons" problem [all 0.9 versions]
* shaky DVD support, cannot change audio device when DVD is playing (hangs VLC), results in frozen menus, frozen image, but the sound plays on [only tested with the version on main page of the site]
* extremely slow startup (get the feeling it's because of .NET issues) [all 0.9 versions]
* image refresh is shaky, black screen, frozen image, pixellation of screen image, are common problems, especially when using Shift or Ctrl and right or left arrows to move around in the movie [all 0.9 versions, although the Oct. 6 nightly version seems a tad better in this regard].

If the version on the main page of the site and the Oct. 6 nightly version are one and the same version, this I haven't checked, the problems I've encountered must be random. None of the issues are to be found in version 0.8.6h, however.

[navysealltblue]

I am having two main issues so far.
first of which is when I am playing a video in fullscreen, and it goes to the next item in the playlist, it stays windowed instead of reverting back to fullscreen.
secondly, when I am accessing preferences, it brings the video up over the preferences window when mouseover of an option to determine meaning occurs.


edit:
I've tried skinnable, qt, and default interfaces without fixing the problem, also as side note, since someone suggested it as fix, "Interface ineraction" is indeed checked, and no fix.

[clcradiogm]

Hi

I have just installed 094 on my new laptop that has Vista installed and I am not able to play any DVDs , they start noo picture is shown, just some scatterd pixels.

We get scatterred pixels on most stream startups now, as well, they last about a whole minute, wheras with .8.6 h would last about 1/4 of a second or less upon starting video stream. WinXP SP3

[navysealltblue]

Hi

I have just installed 094 on my new laptop that has Vista installed and I am not able to play any DVDs , they start noo picture is shown, just some scatterd pixels.

We get scatterred pixels on most stream startups now, as well, they last about a whole minute, wheras with .8.6 h would last about 1/4 of a second or less upon starting video stream. WinXP SP3

same with win xp sp2

[minhtri_595]

minhtri_595: that is HD clip?

that's right
but VLC can play another HD clip if
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 or 4 frames
if it is 16 frames, VLC will lag.