No video, only audio!

[pablobw]

So i've downloaded and install the VLC player to play dvd cause i don't have a tv or any other way to watch movies than my computer.... and the apple dvd player doesn't work (don't know why, i've tryed ir all.... but i just can't get the vlc to work..... i can hear everything, and move back and forth ant all that stuff.... but i have no image.... i've enabled and disabled video, i've changed all settings and still no good.... so please help me... what can or should i do....!!!!?!?!?!?

[ajmas]

First off, please consider a better subject line. Everyone in this forum is asking for help, so having this subject on all posts would render the subject line useless.

Now to what you are asking. Please could you provide some additional information:
- MacOS X version
- VLC version
- Mac model
- DVD you are trying to play and its region
- Does the DVD play anywhere else and do other DVDs play on your system?

[pablobw]

MacOSx version 10.5.6 intell core duo and it's a desktop iMac
VLC version 0.9.9a (i think it's the latest)

I've tried with several DVDs alternating between 3 regions and it's all the same, I only get to hear the music but not see the movie... And all the DVDs play properly in any othe computer and regular dvd players...

Sorry if i was a bit desperate but i'm in film school and i need to watch tons of movies...

[ajmas]

Thanks for updating the title.

What video output module is currently selected, in the preferences? Could you try OpenGL and see if it changes anything? If it doesn't could you see if the latest nightly changes anything: http://nightlies.videolan.org . Note: nightlies should be treated as pre-release software.

[pablobw]

No problem for the title...

So... nothing happend with the OpenGL setting...
And tried the nightly change and it was worst, cause with it, i didn't even have the video window... With the version i had the vidio window opened but there simply was no video... but now it was just the sound, as if i only asked to play a song....

is there any other way...?
Do you think i'll ever get to play a movie in this computer...?

[ajmas]

Have you installed anything on your OS that changes its behaviour. Haxies, for example? Could you attach what you see in VLC's message window?

[pablobw]

Mmmm... no, i havn't installed anything like it...

this is what the message windows shows.... there realy is a problem, i didn't know of this window but it doesn't look good:

main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: dying input
main debug: control type=0
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: dying input
main debug: removing module "libmpeg2"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: [0] 4 0
main debug: [1] 2 0
main debug: [2] 2 0
main debug: [3] 2 0
main debug: [4] 1 1
main debug: [5] 2 0
main debug: [6] 2 1
main debug: [7] 2 0
main debug: [8] 2 0
main debug: [9] 1 1
main debug: [10] 2 0
main debug: [11] 1 1
main debug: [12] 4 0
main debug: [13] 4 0
main debug: [14] 4 0
main debug: [15] 4 0
main debug: saving a free vout
macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface
main debug: removing module "a52"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `a52 ', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "a52tofloat32"
main debug: removing module "scaletempo"
main debug: removing module "bandlimited_resampler"
opengl warning: could not lock OpenGL provider
opengl warning: could not lock OpenGL provider
main debug: removing module "auhal"
main debug: removing module "float32_mixer"
main debug: releasing aout
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: removing module "dvdread"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: Destroying the input for 'Dulce Porvenir'
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'Dulce Porvenir' : 707.342 ms - Total 707.342 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 707.342 ms)
main debug: destroying useless vout
opengl warning: could not lock OpenGL provider
main debug: removing module "i420_yuy2_mmx"
opengl warning: could not lock OpenGL provider
macosx debug: Closing
main debug: removing module "macosx"
main debug: removing module "opengl"
main debug: removing module "blend"
main debug: removing module "quartztext"
main debug: removing module "yuvp"
main debug: removing module "swscale"

[djkakoc]

Same problem for me, though not for dvd, but for all video files.

I've got the latest version of VLC and it used to work, but a couple of days ago it just suddenly stopped playing video.
I've updated flip4mac to the latest version.
and the video output in VLC is set to default.

The interesting thing is that, I still can make snapshots with VLC and play exactly the same files with quicktime.

my conf:
Mac Book Pro
Mac OS X: 10.5.7
2.16 intel core duo
2gb ram

[nen]

hello,

i have the exact same probleme with avis, this problem startetd today.
I never had problems with vlc, using vlc fpr 2 years now. I watched the same avi yesterday but today every seconds or minutes the video stops but the audio continues.

because planed for a long time I reinstalled macosx and everything (including the latest version of vlc) but the problem remains.

imac white 17"
mac osx 10.5.7
2.0 intel core duo
2gb ram

[ajmas]

Without having the machines in question in front of me, I am a little lost at what could be the issue. The best I can do is suggest some options and see if they make a difference:
- stop VLC, clear the preferences, restart VLC
- establish whether you have drivers that might be effecting video behaviour
- are there any external screens

[pablobw]

this is so unreal...

i've done what you asked, and there is no change... i don't have any drivers that affect video behavior (at least i think so, how can i be sure??) and there are no external screens...

When i play the dvd i get a black screen and the sound, but if i take a snapshot i do see the correct image... as if it is actually playing!!

as i said from the beginning neither the apple dvd player nor VLC seem to work, i've tried like 10 other softwares and still nothing... but i just recently downloaded "ultimate dvd player" and that one WORKS!!! the only bad thing is that it quits every 10 minutes and i can't afford to buy it...

-So why any other works?
-Why in the messege window it sais "could not lock opengl provider"??

[ajmas]

I'll have to see with my computer whether the message is normal, or whether it is an indication of anything. Does running as a different user change anything?

[4evermaat]

I have the same problem, but not all the time. Most avi's and mts files play okay. .mov files seem to be an issue. never seemed to be an issue in earlier versions. Anyhow, here are the specs from the quicktime inspector:

Video: Apple Intermediate Codec, 960 x 540, Millions
Audio 16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz

quicktime 7.6 plays them just fine.

0.9.9a
macbook 2.2ghz core 2 duo, 4gb ram
osx 10.5.7

I am looking at an error and I get the following:

No Suitable Decoder Module
VLC Player does not support the audio or video format "icod"
Unfortunately, there is no way for you to fix this.

So what happens now?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

No, you haven't the same problem, you have the 'icod' problem. No solution for this problem exist.

[farcrafter]

I was having a similar problem, at least similar enough to look for this post. Video was not playing, for videos that used to play. After reading this post, I checked the preferences and found that video was disabled. Checking the box fixed everything, and made me feel a bit dumb for not that such a setting existed. But it is not a setting I had ever seen, and I had never turned it off. Some videos would play with the checkbox unchecked, and others would not. Might I suggest that when video is disabled and a video is opened, especially when vlc is first launching, a dialog come up confirming that no video should play. Or if there is some situation where this setting is automatically turned off, it be automatically turned back on. Or choosing a video track in the video menu turn it on.

Actually, I now realize that I did turn it off by using it as a command line tool. Little did I realize that I would be changing permanent settings with command line switches. Still, it would be nice if explicitly choosing a video track in the video menu would either enable this setting or offer some explanation as to why it does not work. While this is a powerful and robust program, most people do not use it that way and there are a lot of settings that allow novice users like me to break things we do not understand. Anyway, excellent and once again functional program. Thanks for being my cardboard engineer.

[JFM]

I experience the same problem. I on a Mac PowerPC G4 (Digital Audio), with 1,2 Mb ram and 433 kHz processor, and I run Tiger (10.4.11). I just installed 0.9.9.a, and then I also tried 0.9.8a and 0.9.6. So far, I've tried playing some 20-ish MP4 files and a handful FLV files. I open VLC, and then I open the file via "Open" int he menue. I get a black box with no image, but with sound full sound. Snapshots also seem to work.

The console says this after opening VLC:

[[32;1m00000001[0m] main libvlc debug: [0mVLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team[0m
[[32;1m00000001[0m] main libvlc debug: [0mlibvlc was configured with ./configure '--enable-release' '--disable-debug' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk'[0m
[[32;1m00000001[0m] main libvlc debug: [0mtranslation test: code is "C"[0m
[[32;1m00000001[0m] main libvlc: [0;1mRunning vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.[0m

And this after closing it:

VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eeb608: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edb820: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eec648: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eea1b8: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eeba18: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6ee0d70: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edf100: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eee2b8: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edb410: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edf920: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edbe38: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edd8a0: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6eeead8: Non-aligned pointer being freed
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error for object 0x6edcc70: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
VLC(402,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug

When I play the MP4 file, the VLC message window says this:

main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread 27295744 (input) created at priority 22 (input/input.c:370)
main debug: `/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4' gives access `' demux `' path `/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 2 candidates
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 38.393 ms - Total 38.393 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 38.393 ms)
main debug: creating access '' path='/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: looking for access module: 8 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: /path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file debug: opening file `/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: using access module "access_file"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 12.128 ms - Total 12.128 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 12.128 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre-buffering...
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: pre-buffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 13600 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/path_deleted/dcs_0200titles.mp4'
main debug: looking for demux module: 59 candidates
mp4 debug: found Box: ftyp size 28
mp4 debug: found Box: moov size 49032
mp4 debug: found Box: mvhd size 108
mp4 debug: read box: "mvhd" creation 733009d-58h:12m:46s modification 733009d-58h:12m:46s time scale 600 duration 694977d-48h:00m:01s rate 1.000000 volume 1.000000 next track id 3
mp4 debug: found Box: iods size 21
mp4 warning: unknown box type iods (incompletely loaded)
mp4 debug: found Box: trak size 25081
mp4 debug: found Box: tkhd size 92
mp4 debug: read box: "tkhd" creation 733009d-58h:12m:46s modification 733009d-58h:12m:46s duration 694977d-48h:00m:00s track ID 1 layer 0 volume 1.000000 width 0.000000 height 0.000000
mp4 debug: found Box: mdia size 24981
mp4 debug: found Box: mdhd size 32
mp4 debug: read box: "mdhd" creation 733009d-58h:12m:46s modification 733009d-58h:12m:46s time scale 44100 duration 695046d-37h:58m:24s language und
mp4 debug: found Box: hdlr size 66
mp4 debug: read box: "hdlr" handler type soun name (C) 2007 Google Inc. v06.24.2007.
mp4 debug: found Box: minf size 24875
mp4 debug: found Box: smhd size 16
mp4 debug: read box: "smhd" balance 0.000000
mp4 debug: found Box: dinf size 36
mp4 debug: found Box: dref size 28
mp4 debug: found Box: url size 12
mp4 debug: read box: "url" url: (null)
mp4 debug: read box: "dref" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stbl size 24815
mp4 debug: found Box: stsd size 91
mp4 debug: found Box: mp4a size 75
mp4 debug: read box: "soun" mp4 or qt1/2 (rest=39)
mp4 debug: found Box: esds size 39
mp4 debug: found esds MPEG4ESDescr (25Bytes)
mp4 debug: found esds MP4DecConfigDescr (17Bytes)
mp4 debug: found esds MP4DecSpecificDescr (2Bytes)
mp4 debug: read box: "soun" in stsd channel 2 sample size 16 sample rate 44100.000000
mp4 debug: read box: "stsd" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stts size 24
mp4 debug: read box: "stts" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stsc size 52
mp4 debug: read box: "stsc" entry-count 3
mp4 debug: found Box: stsz size 23504
mp4 debug: read box: "stsz" sample-size 0 sample-count 5871
mp4 debug: found Box: stco size 1136
mp4 debug: read box: "co64" entry-count 280
mp4 debug: found Box: trak size 21671
mp4 debug: found Box: tkhd size 92
mp4 debug: read box: "tkhd" creation 733009d-58h:12m:46s modification 733009d-58h:12m:46s duration 694977d-48h:00m:00s track ID 2 layer 0 volume 0.000000 width 352.000000 height 264.000000
mp4 debug: found Box: mdia size 21571
mp4 debug: found Box: mdhd size 32
mp4 debug: read box: "mdhd" creation 733009d-58h:12m:46s modification 733009d-58h:12m:46s time scale 30000 duration 695024d-44h:23m:20s language und
mp4 debug: found Box: hdlr size 66
mp4 debug: read box: "hdlr" handler type vide name (C) 2007 Google Inc. v06.24.2007.
mp4 debug: found Box: minf size 21465
mp4 debug: found Box: vmhd size 20
mp4 debug: read box: "vmhd" graphics-mode 0 opcolor (0, 0, 0)
mp4 debug: found Box: dinf size 36
mp4 debug: found Box: dref size 28
mp4 debug: found Box: url size 12
mp4 debug: read box: "url" url: (null)
mp4 debug: read box: "dref" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stbl size 21401
mp4 debug: found Box: stsd size 161
mp4 debug: found Box: avc1 size 145
mp4 debug: found Box: avcC size 39
mp4 debug: read box: "avcC" version=1 profile=0x42 level=0xb length size=2 sps=1 pps=1
mp4 debug: - sps[0] length=15
mp4 debug: - pps[0] length=5
mp4 debug: found Box: btrt size 20
mp4 warning: unknown box type btrt (incompletely loaded)
mp4 debug: read box: "vide" in stsd 352x264 depth 24
mp4 debug: read box: "stsd" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stts size 24
mp4 debug: read box: "stts" entry-count 1
mp4 debug: found Box: stss size 1164
mp4 debug: read box: "stss" entry-count 287
mp4 debug: found Box: stsc size 2524
mp4 debug: read box: "stsc" entry-count 209
mp4 debug: found Box: stsz size 16384
mp4 debug: read box: "stsz" sample-size 0 sample-count 4091
mp4 debug: found Box: stco size 1136
mp4 debug: read box: "co64" entry-count 280
mp4 debug: found Box: udta size 2143
mp4 debug: found Box: meta size 2135
mp4 debug: found Box: hdlr size 34
mp4 debug: read box: "hdlr" handler type mdir name
mp4 debug: found Box: free size 2048
mp4 debug: skip box: "free"
mp4 debug: found Box: ilst size 41
mp4 debug: found Box: cART size 33
mp4 debug: read box: "cART" text=`Film & TV'
mp4 debug: found Box: mdat size 7055082
mp4 debug: skip box: "mdat"
mp4 debug: dumping root Box "root"
mp4 debug: | + ftyp size 28
mp4 debug: | + moov size 49032
mp4 debug: | | + mvhd size 108
mp4 debug: | | + iods size 21
mp4 debug: | | + trak size 25081
mp4 debug: | | | + tkhd size 92
mp4 debug: | | | + mdia size 24981
mp4 debug: | | | | + mdhd size 32
mp4 debug: | | | | + hdlr size 66
mp4 debug: | | | | + minf size 24875
mp4 debug: | | | | | + smhd size 16
mp4 debug: | | | | | + dinf size 36
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + dref size 28
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | + url size 12
mp4 debug: | | | | | + stbl size 24815
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsd size 91
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | + mp4a size 75
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | | + esds size 39
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stts size 24
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsc size 52
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsz size 23504
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stco size 1136
mp4 debug: | | + trak size 21671
mp4 debug: | | | + tkhd size 92
mp4 debug: | | | + mdia size 21571
mp4 debug: | | | | + mdhd size 32
mp4 debug: | | | | + hdlr size 66
mp4 debug: | | | | + minf size 21465
mp4 debug: | | | | | + vmhd size 20
mp4 debug: | | | | | + dinf size 36
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + dref size 28
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | + url size 12
mp4 debug: | | | | | + stbl size 21401
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsd size 161
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | + avc1 size 145
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | | + avcC size 39
mp4 debug: | | | | | | | | + btrt size 20
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stts size 24
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stss size 1164
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsc size 2524
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stsz size 16384
mp4 debug: | | | | | | + stco size 1136
mp4 debug: | | + udta size 2143
mp4 debug: | | | + meta size 2135
mp4 debug: | | | | + hdlr size 34
mp4 debug: | | | | + free size 2048
mp4 debug: | | | | + ilst size 41
mp4 debug: | | | | | + cART size 33
mp4 debug: | + mdat size 7055082
mp4 debug: unrecognized major file specification (mp42).
mp4 debug: found 2 tracks
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] read 280 chunk
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] read 5871 samples length:136s
main debug: selecting program id=0
mp4 debug: adding track[Id 0x1] audio (enable) language undef
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] read 280 chunk
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] read 4091 samples length:136s
mp4 debug: adding track[Id 0x2] video (enable) language undef
main debug: using demux module "mp4"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 13.595 ms - Total 13.595 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 13.595 ms)
mp4 warning: DEMUX_GET_FPS unimplemented !!
mp4 warning: DEMUX_GET_FPS unimplemented !!
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in /path_deleted/
main debug: looking for decoder module: 30 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "faad"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 24.730 ms - Total 24.730 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 24.730 ms)
main debug: thread 27727872 (decoder) created at priority 22 (input/decoder.c:217)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 30 candidates
main debug: thread started
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 3413760 )
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 113.211 ms - Total 113.211 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 113.211 ms)
main debug: thread started
message warning: message queue overflowed
main warning: late picture skipped (1221)
main warning: late picture skipped (8664)
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (42136)
main warning: buffer is 42134 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: late picture skipped (16850)
main warning: late picture skipped (13157)
main warning: late picture skipped (2713)
main warning: late picture skipped (3172)
main warning: resampling stopped after 9304433 usec (drift: 315)
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (41185)
main warning: buffer is 41052 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: late picture skipped (2933)
main debug: control type=1

All the files I've tried so far (c.20-ish) perform the same way. They all play nicely in both iTunes and QT, but not VLC.

I've tried playing around with the preferences, but most of that is a bit beyond me, so no luck so far. Any help and pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[jpspereira]

Hello.

I'm having a similar problem, I have audio but i don't have video in a TVStreaming (DVB - EyeTV Hybrid) with a Remote Control interface.

I'm using MAC OSX and I downgrade from VLC 1.0.2 to 0.9.2 (but I have the same problem in both).

To invoke VLC I'm using the command:
/Aplications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --video-on-top --no-video-deco --intf=rc --rc-host=10.0.0.251:12345 --extraintf=telnet --width=800 --height=600 --video-x=50 --video-y=10

and after in another machine:
telnet 10.0.0.251 12345
add eyetv:// :eyetv-channel=1

If I manually open VLC -> File -> Capture Device etc etc... the VLC lauch EyeTV and I could see TV without any problem.

Anyone have any idea or could help me, please?

Thx

[amitshah511]

Just reinstall vlc. Worked for me