Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

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Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby fulldecent » 02 Nov 2013 06:01

I have WMV files that are playing with

Version 1.1.10 The Luggage (Intel 64bit)
Compiled by fpk with llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.6)

but will not play with the latest version

Version 2.1.0 Rincewind (Intel 64bit)
Compiled by fpk with clang 4.2 (clang-425.0.28)

I am running both on Mac 10.9.0.

Has anyone else seen this problem?

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby fkuehne » 04 Nov 2013 18:40

This issue will be resolved in version 2.1.1 very soon from now. Sorry for any inconvenience. For the meantime, please continue to use version 2.0.8 or 2.0.9 (the latter being released very soon this week).
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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby akahige » 20 Nov 2013 21:27

I have a similar problem on 10.6.8, but VLC 2.1.1 did not resolve it. The files will not play on anything more recent than 2.0.8.

Is there anything I can do to help troubleshoot this issue?

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby fkuehne » 20 Nov 2013 21:59

Hey,

Could you share a sample with us on our private sample server http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ and give the file name here?

Thanks!
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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby akahige » 21 Nov 2013 00:03

File named "Voting_Machine.wmv" uploaded.

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby fkuehne » 22 Nov 2013 17:09

hmm, Duration: 1:08, actual playback time: less than a second.

Nice. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby akahige » 22 Nov 2013 19:25

Just to clarify:
• Actual playback time on VLC >2.0.8: less than a second.
• Actual playback time on 2.0.8: 1:08.

On >2.0.8, if there are multiple files in the playlist, it's just skipped entirely. If it's the only thing in the list and repeat is on, VLC thrashes away, but seems to play a second or two.

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 26 Nov 2013 10:00

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby akahige » 11 Dec 2013 22:03

Testing the WMV fixes in 2.1.2 (referenced in the changelog on MacUpdate, and in the above ticket). Still can't play certain WMV's, including the one submitted for testing and reference in the ticket.

Am I getting ahead of myself? Did those fixes not make it into verion 2.1.2?

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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 12 Dec 2013 00:10

It's fixed for 2.2.0 :)
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Re: Can't play WMV, not corrupted, reproducible

Postby akahige » 12 Dec 2013 01:46

Thanks! I'll keep an eye out!


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