Release : VLC media player 0.8.4-test1

[dionoea]

Dear VideoLAN users,

The VideoLAN team is happy to announce the first beta version of VLC 0.8.4
(Note: 0.8.3 was skipped because its technical improvements were too little)

Highlights from improvements include:
* Mac OS X interface:
- new dialogs (wizard, extended controls, bookmarks)
- drag and drop in playlist
* wxWidgets interface (default Windows / Linux interface):
- renamed from wxWindows
- VLC update checker (?)
* Skins interface:
- Partial support for tree playlist
* HTTP interface:
- CGI handling, you can now use external programs from VLC's web server
(like PHP for instance)
- Much richer controls
* Linux binary codecs loader. Now able to read WMV3 under Linux.
* UPnP service discovery
* Bonjour (Apple zeroconf protocol) service discovery
* Shoutcast output module to forward streams to icecast servers
* Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
* ActiveX plugin should now work outside IE as well
* New languages: Korean and Romanian
* Loads of bug fixes
(https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/query?sta ... .8.4-test1)

You can get a complete list by reading the release notes:
http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS

Binary packages are already available for Windows and MacOS X. You can
download those and the source code as well on:
http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... 8.4-test1/

Remember that this is a beta version. Please test it heavily and report
bugs. Known bugs are registered in the trac database:
http://developers.videolan.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/roadmap

For the VideoLAN team,

[liors111]

cant multicast to any port only 1234
why ttl only 1 and not 128 like in 0.8.2

reg.
lior

[The DJ]

Please read the forum rules about providing information when filing bugs ppl.

[Dandruff]

Portaudio still doesn't work (since version 0.8.2). Please remove the plugin (if you can't fix it), because it's useless!

main debug: adding playlist item `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav' ( D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav )
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main warning: drive letter D: found in source
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav' gives access `' demux `' path `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
main debug: thread 3632 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: creating access '' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.cue
access_file debug: opening file `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 400803 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav'
main debug: looking for demux2 module: 39 candidates
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`fmt ` size=16
wav debug: format: 0x0003, fourcc: aflt, channels: 2, freq: 48000 Hz, bitrate: 375Ko/s, blockalign: 8, bits/samples: 32, extra size: 0
wav debug: found IEEE Float audio audio format
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`data` size=140049216
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux2 module "wav"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\Tunes\
main debug: looking for decoder module: 27 candidates
araw debug: samplerate:48000Hz channels:2 bits/sample:32
main debug: using decoder module "araw"
main debug: thread 3696 (decoder) created at priority 2 (src/input/decoder.c:159)
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Why'.wav' successfully opened
main debug: no aout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for audio output module: 4 candidates
portaudio debug: Entering Open()
portaudio debug: number of devices = 1
portaudio debug: ------------------------------------- #0
portaudio debug: Name = ASIO Hammerfall DSP
portaudio debug: Max Inputs = 12, Max Outputs = 12
portaudio debug: -------------------------------------
portaudio debug: requested device is #0
portaudio debug: device supports 1 channel
portaudio debug: device supports 2 channels
portaudio debug: device supports 4 channels
portaudio debug: device supports 5 channels
portaudio debug: device supports 5.1 channels
main debug: thread 3884 (aout) created at priority 1 (portaudio.c:228)
portaudio debug: number of devices = 1
portaudio debug: ------------------------------------- #0
portaudio debug: Name = ASIO Hammerfall DSP
portaudio debug: Max Inputs = 12, Max Outputs = 12
portaudio debug: -------------------------------------
portaudio debug: requested device is #0
portaudio debug: nb_channels requested = 2
main debug: using audio output module "portaudio"
main debug: output 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: mixer 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: no need for any filter
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "linear_resampler"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: audio output is too slow (-264616), trashing 21333us
main debug: audio output is too slow (-285930), trashing 21333us
main debug: audio output is too slow (-285949), trashing 21333us
main debug: audio output is too slow (-307264), trashing 21334us


and so on ...

edit: fixed (removed) in the latest nightly build (vlc-0.8.5-svn-20051104-0000-win32)


________________
Windows XP SP2
RME HDSP 9632

[Dandruff]

Snapshots saved as PNG don't work (all created files are 0 bytes). JPG works.

main debug: looking for encoder module: 10 candidates
ffmpeg debug: libavcodec already initialized
ffmpeg error: cannot find encoder PNG Image
main error: no suitable encoder module for fourcc `png '.
VLC probably does not support this image format.
main error: could not create snapshot D:\/vlcsnap-105514.png


edit: fixed in version 0.8.4-test1a


________________
Windows XP SP2
Matrox P650

[Dandruff]

With disabled 'Resize to video' (wxWidgets) there are (sometimes) artifacts (black squares and lines) produced in the picture when resizing the window! The artifacts are not visible in a taken snapshot. With enabled 'Resize to video' there a no problems (artifacts produced)!

This problem (introduced in version 0.8.2) only occurs when using DirectX-Output, not when using GDI- or OpenGL-output.

________________
Windows XP SP2
Matrox P650

[Dandruff]

Just tested an 'Audio CD' which also contains a Data-Track (Pascal FEOS - From The Essence Of Minimalistic Sound). I think this format is called 'CD Extra'.

Opening it via Volume -> Audio-CD, VLC then lists 13 Tracks/Titles, although there are only 12 Audio-Tracks on it. So it seems VLC also lists the last (Data) Track, which it shouldn't:


main debug: adding playlist item `cdda://E:' ( cdda://E: )
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main debug: `cdda://E:' gives access `cdda' demux `' path `E:'
main debug: creating demux: access='cdda' demux='' path='E:'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: thread 3608 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:230)
main warning: no access_demux module matched "cdda"
main debug: creating access 'cdda' path='E:'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
cdda debug: using winNT/2K/XP ioctl layer
cdda debug: p_sectors: 0, 0
cdda debug: p_sectors: 1, 26724
cdda debug: p_sectors: 2, 48654
cdda debug: p_sectors: 3, 73057
cdda debug: p_sectors: 4, 99625
cdda debug: p_sectors: 5, 123197
cdda debug: p_sectors: 6, 148263
cdda debug: p_sectors: 7, 172266
cdda debug: p_sectors: 8, 197616
cdda debug: p_sectors: 9, 227100
cdda debug: p_sectors: 10, 254548
cdda debug: p_sectors: 11, 280692
cdda debug: p_sectors: 12, 314303
cdda debug: p_sectors: 13, 331335
cdda debug: title[0] start=0
cdda debug: title[0] end=26724
cdda debug: title[1] start=26724
cdda debug: title[1] end=48654
cdda debug: title[2] start=48654
cdda debug: title[2] end=73057
cdda debug: title[3] start=73057
cdda debug: title[3] end=99625
cdda debug: title[4] start=99625
cdda debug: title[4] end=123197
cdda debug: title[5] start=123197
cdda debug: title[5] end=148263
cdda debug: title[6] start=148263
cdda debug: title[6] end=172266
cdda debug: title[7] start=172266
cdda debug: title[7] end=197616
cdda debug: title[8] start=197616
cdda debug: title[8] end=227100
cdda debug: title[9] start=227100
cdda debug: title[9] end=254548
cdda debug: title[10] start=254548
cdda debug: title[10] end=280692
cdda debug: title[11] start=280692
cdda debug: title[11] end=314303
cdda debug: title[12] start=314303
cdda debug: title[12] end=331335
main debug: using access2 module "cdda"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 47084 bytes in 0s - 240 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='cdda' demux='' path='E:'
main debug: looking for demux2 module: 39 candidates
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`fmt ` size=16
wav debug: format: 0x0001, fourcc: araw, channels: 2, freq: 44100 Hz, bitrate: 172Ko/s, blockalign: 4, bits/samples: 16, extra size: 0
wav debug: found Raw audio audio format
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`data` size=0
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux2 module "wav"
main debug: looking for decoder module: 27 candidates
araw debug: samplerate:44100Hz channels:2 bits/sample:16
main debug: using decoder module "araw"
main debug: thread 3672 (decoder) created at priority 2 (src/input/decoder.c:159)
main debug: meta information:
main debug: - 'Titel' = 'Audio CD - Titel 1'
main debug: `cdda://E:' successfully opened
main debug: no aout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates
waveout warning: waveOutOpen failed WAVERR_BADFORMAT
waveout debug: device supports 2 channels
waveout warning: waveOutOpen failed WAVERR_BADFORMAT
waveout debug: device supports 1 channel
main debug: meta information:
main debug: - 'Titel' = 'Audio CD - Titel 1'
main debug: thread 3768 (waveOut Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (waveout.c:326)
main debug: using audio output module "waveout"
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "float32tos16"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 's16l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 's16l'->'fl32' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "s16tofloat32"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "linear_resampler"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion



Trying to access Track 13 then (of course) gives errors:

cdda error: cannot read sector 314303
cdda error: cannot read sector 314304
cdda error: cannot read sector 314305


and so on ...


___________________
Windows XP SP2

[Dandruff]

Everytime I press Play or Pause, the Volume-Slider and the Speaker-Icon are moving some pixels to the right.

edit: fixed in the latest nightly build (vlc-0.8.4-test1-20051007-1508-win32)

[The DJ]

Could you please read the known issues in trac before reporting all these things?

1: portaudio: added to trac now
2: snapshots: already in trac
3: resize artifacts: known issue with wxwidgets
4: cd extra: not supported
5: volume bar: already in trac

[Dandruff]

sorry!

[Dandruff]

3: resize artifacts: known issue with wxwidgets

This seems to be an issue of the DirectX-video-output module only, because there are no problems (with 'Resize to video' disabled) when using GDI or OpenGL output!

________________
Windows XP SP2
Matrox P650

[Dandruff]

With GDI video-output an error occurs, when you close VLC during video-playback (or paused video-playback). Doesn't happen with DirectX- or OpenGL-output.

edit: fixed in the latest nightly build (vlc-0.8.5-svn-20051101-0000-win32)

________________
Windows XP SP2
Matrox P650

[Guest]

when I play a video it stays in a dark screen and plays with no sound.
and while is playing it skips minutes or seconds
its a downloaded file

[fkuehne]

@ Dandruff: The German error messages says that an request in a certain memory block links to a another memory block and writing to the latter block fails. It was probably deallocated, but VLC still tries to use it.

Dandruff: Are you sure that your RAM does not have any errors or unwritable blocks? Do you experience random crashes sometimes?


@ Guest: without mentioning your OS, your graphic card, your DirectX version, your kind of movie and the used codecs, your kind of soundcard, etc. pp. your posting is useless.

[Dandruff]

Dandruff: Are you sure that your RAM does not have any errors or unwritable blocks? Do you experience random crashes sometimes?

RAM (Kingston RDRAM with ECC) is ok. No random crashes!

I've edited the error-description a bit:
It (always!) happens when closing VLC during VIDEO-playback (or paused VIDEO-playback) in GDI-Mode. 100% reproducable here.

The error doesn't occur when using DirectX- or OpenGL-output or when stopping the video-playback before closing VLC (in GDI-Mode)!

[Dandruff]

4: cd extra: not supported

ok, but shouldn't the cdda-module not only 'see' the audio-tracks (like a normal cd-player) then!?

foobar2000, realplayer and mediaplayer all only list the audio-tracks for example ... why does vlc lists 13 tracks when there are actually only 12 audio-tracks on it?

[fkuehne]

4: cd extra: not supported

ok, but shouldn't the cdda-module not only 'see' the audio-tracks (like a normal cd-player) then!?

foobar2000, realplayer and mediaplayer all only list the audio-tracks for example ... why does vlc lists 13 tracks when there are actually only 12 audio-tracks on it?

Because VLC (more accuratelly, the library we are using to access audio-cds) cannot differentiate between audio and data tracks. I agree that it should do that, but since it isn't implemented, it doesn't work. I'll create a ticket for that in our tracker so this isn't forgotten, but do not expect that to be fixed soon.

[Dandruff]

alright. thank you, felix!

[Dandruff]

can someone please disable GUEST postings!?

[fkuehne]

can someone please disable GUEST postings!?

We actually thought about that, but if you want to ask just a single question on a forum, you usually don't want to register and leave your mail-address there. That's why Guest-postings are still allowed. AFAIK, we will stick to that.

[Dandruff]

lets see if you stick with it after my next 100 guest posts containing silly quotes

[josh]

VLC crashed while I was watching an H264 encoded mkv file. I'm running an Apple G4 533 dual processor, 768MB memory (still a peppy machine, even by todays fast standards). I got full audio in the file, but the video froze right off the bat. Will VLC ver 0.8.4 be fully H264 compatable by the time it leaves beta stage? Anyways, here's my crash report:

Command: VLC
Path: /Users/*******/Desktop/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
Version: 0.8.4-test1 (0.8.4-test1)
PID: 441
Thread: 10

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000010

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900078b8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007438 mach_msg + 0x38
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c15e8 __CFRunLoopRun + 0x350
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c5d74 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 0x148
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92886e10 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 0xac
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9288d53c ReceiveNextEventCommon + 0x17c
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x928af638 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 0x60
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x92e822ac _DPSNextEvent + 0x180
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x92e98d2c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 0x74
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ead0ac -[NSApplication run] + 0x21c
10 org.videolan.vlc 0x000b8160 Run + 0x94 (intf.m:109)
11 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000ca14 RunInterface + 0x2c0 (interface.c:377)
12 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000c6b4 intf_RunThread + 0x124 (interface.c:172)
13 org.videolan.vlc 0x00009744 VLC_AddIntf + 0x140 (libvlc.c:854)
14 org.videolan.vlc 0x000035f0 main + 0xd0 (vlc.c:105)
15 org.videolan.vlc 0x00003250 _start + 0x17c (crt.c:267)
16 org.videolan.vlc 0x000030d0 start + 0x30

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000e298 RunThread + 0x580 (playlist.c:730)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000e798 RunPreparse + 0x248 (playlist.c:832)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 libhotkeys_plugin.dylib 0x020605e4 Run + 0x2e8 (hotkeys.c:256)
4 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000ca14 RunInterface + 0x2c0 (interface.c:377)
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000cdc8 Manager + 0x40 (interface.c:290)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900127f8 syscall_thread_switch + 0x8
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a33330 +[NSThread sleepUntilDate:] + 0x98
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x000b5080 -[VLCMain manage] + 0x330 (intf.m:875)
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a6a510 forkThreadForFunction + 0x6c
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900078b8 mach_msg_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007438 mach_msg + 0x38
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c15e8 __CFRunLoopRun + 0x350
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x901c5d74 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 0x148
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x907054b8 _ZN10HALRunLoop9OwnThreadEPv + 0x104
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x907052ec _ZN9CAPThread5EntryEPS_ + 0x30
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90017238 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ea1c _pthread_cond_wait + 0x270
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a7c5f0 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 0x44
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x92e7a14c -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 0x190
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x90a6a510 forkThreadForFunction + 0x6c
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a6b0 mwait + 0xc4 (mtime.c:281)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x0001c588 EsOutControl + 0x5f0 (es_out.c:1288)
4 org.videolan.vlc 0x0008c928 es_out_Control + 0x34 (vlc_es_out.h:124)
5 org.videolan.vlc 0x000819f8 _Z5DemuxP7demux_t + 0x530 (mkv.cpp:3253)
6 org.videolan.vlc 0x0001ed14 Run + 0xec (input.c:436)
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x000803d4 _ZN11demux_sys_t11EventThreadEP12vlc_object_t + 0x1560 (mkv.cpp:2715)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 10 Crashed:
0 org.videolan.vlc 0x0033be50 put_pixels16_altivec + 0x44 (dsputil_altivec.c:703)
1 org.videolan.vlc 0x002d1c80 mc_dir_part + 0x1bc (h264.c:2599)
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x002d1ea4 mc_part_weighted + 0x110 (h264.c:2679)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x002cb5b4 hl_motion + 0x8ac (h264.c:2729)
4 org.videolan.vlc 0x002c4134 hl_decode_mb + 0x670 (h264.c:3371)
5 org.videolan.vlc 0x002cece4 decode_slice + 0x1c8 (h264.c:6707)
6 org.videolan.vlc 0x002c4e8c decode_nal_units + 0x5cc (h264.c:7379)
7 org.videolan.vlc 0x002c24cc decode_frame + 0x1fc (h264.c:7519)
8 org.videolan.vlc 0x00195754 avcodec_decode_video + 0xdc (utils.c:910)
9 org.videolan.vlc 0x0009d0b8 DecodeVideo__ffmpeg + 0x34c (video.c:507)
10 org.videolan.vlc 0x00018ea0 DecoderDecode + 0x6a8 (decoder.c:721)
11 org.videolan.vlc 0x00019c7c DecoderThread + 0x54 (decoder.c:488)
12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 11:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a6b0 mwait + 0xc4 (mtime.c:281)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x000354dc aout_DecPlay + 0x380 (dec.c:350)
4 org.videolan.vlc 0x00018c90 DecoderDecode + 0x498 (decoder.c:656)
5 org.videolan.vlc 0x00019c7c DecoderThread + 0x54 (decoder.c:488)
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 12:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90017238 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ea1c _pthread_cond_wait + 0x270
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004b160 block_FifoGet + 0x114 (vlc_threads_funcs.h:506)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x00019c60 DecoderThread + 0x38 (decoder.c:483)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 13:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90012808 clock_sleep_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000d9f8 nanosleep + 0x78
2 org.videolan.vlc 0x0004a728 msleep + 0x64 (mtime.c:309)
3 org.videolan.vlc 0x0002c1e0 RunThread + 0x908 (vlc_threads_funcs.h:111)
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

Thread 14:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90018e78 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 0x8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ea14 _pthread_cond_wait + 0x268
2 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x90707ef8 _ZN7CAGuard7WaitForEy + 0xdc
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x90707df8 _ZN7CAGuard9WaitUntilEy + 0x130
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x90722cec _ZN10HPIOThread8WorkLoopEv + 0x358
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x90723894 _ZN10HPIOThread11ThreadEntryEPS_ + 0x1c
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x907052ec _ZN9CAPThread5EntryEPS_ + 0x30
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x0033be50 srr1: 0x0200f030 vrsave: 0xc1fc0000
cr: 0x44048284 xer: 0x00000004 lr: 0x002d1c80 ctr: 0x00000004
r0: 0x00000000 r1: 0xf03e6830 r2: 0x000008a0 r3: 0x08e90e10
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000002e0 r6: 0x00000010 r7: 0x000002f0
r8: 0x000005d0 r9: 0x000005c0 r10: 0x000008b0 r11: 0x00000b80
r12: 0x0033f5e8 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x08e90e10 r21: 0x063acd6c r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000210
r28: 0x000002c0 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x000002e0 r31: 0x063ac000

[AlienTiger]

Im playing this h264 video found here
http://revision3.com/twit/2005-09-25/media
its a legal download so dont worry
anyway on playback it crashed at around 26mins
i restarted from about the same point and it crashed again at 41mins
sorry this is my first report, dont kno exactally hwo to get the information you might need other than that

[The DJ]

VLC crashed while I was watching an H264 encoded mkv file. I'm running an Apple G4 533 dual processor, 768MB memory (still a peppy machine, even by todays fast standards). I got full audio in the file, but the video froze right off the bat. Will VLC ver 0.8.4 be fully H264 compatable by the time it leaves beta stage? Anyways, here's my crash report:

Thank you for your report. Even though that machine is "peppy", i already have trouble decoding some mkv H264 samples with my G4 1.2Ghz, so don't be so sure

It shouldn't crash of course, but things like that simply DO happen once in a while. The codec is VERY new, in development by the ffmpeg team for less then a year now, while Apple has been developing their codec for over 3 years before it was even introduced. the ffmpeg team is also developing the codec for ALL platforms at once, and for all fileformats at once as well. This by defenition will mean it will take a time to mature.

Can you repeat this issue consistently? If that is the case we would very much like to get our hands on this sample. You could try to upload it to ftp://samples.videolan.org/incoming

Just be patient

[Trefex]

Since 0.8.2 I am looking for an alternative. VLC crashed everytime something on my computer works, MSN, ICQ, TS, whatever.