0.8.0 or 0.8.1 crashes WinXP ...

[target]

... when I use DirectShow source (Philips SAA7130-based tvtuner in my case), but vlc 0.7.2 works properly. Can I switch on any debugging to find out wtf?

[markfm]

OPen View -- Messages before trying to open the device.

Alternately, you can get VLC to open a separate debugger/log window. Open a command prompt in the directory with vlc. Run:

vlc --extraintf="logger" -vvv

What kind of crash? Blue screen? Video goes to a weird state?

[derekli]

my case is blue screen, and restart XP. my webcam is PC380 from Emprex .

[derekli]

I got the answer

Both version 0.8.1 and 0.8.0 work well after I set the video size as 640 x 480. I checked the website of the webcam company, and got to know the camera supports 640 x 480.

One tricky thing is that we have to leave a space character between the two numbers. VLC crashes my windows XP if there is no space, or the video size is not set at all.

[markfm]

Sounds like an oddity of your vendor's driver, as both my USB and framegrabber video works without a space. Ahh, well, as long as you know what works.

You can store the dshow size, using Settings -- Preferences. Click Advanced options, then go to Modules -- access2 -- dshow. You can also permanently set the particular camera input as your default , in Preferences. Do a Save after inputting size and/or selecting the device as your default, to make the settings persistent.

[derekli]

I once thought it's VLC's bug

By the way, do you know how to generate sdp file, so I can use VLC to broadcast live stream to Darwin Stream Server?

Thanks a lot.
Derek