Problem playing (old) VCD which MacVCD X can play

[davidhaberthuer]

I've got a fairly old VCD which I'd like to save as a video file with VCD, to save for posterity. I thought I can do that easily with VLC, but VLC refuses to open the disk.
I can play the VCD without problems with the (demo) version of MacVCD X.

Opening the VCD with VLC does not work though.

I tried
- "Advanced open file" (like so: http://cl.ly/ZspG)
- "Open Disk" (like so http://cl.ly/ZtIx)
- "Open Network" and added the > vcd:///dev/rdisk2s0
- Right click on DISK/MPEGAV/MUSIC01.DAT in the Finder and select "Open With..." > VLC (Default).

VLC simply cannot be coerced into playing the disk, while (as I said) MavVCD X plays it easily...

What can I do to save this video to a file with VLC?

I'm running VLC Version 2.1.5 Rincewind (Intel 64bit) on OS X 10.10.2 (14C109), btw.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

PLease share your logs.

[davidhaberthuer]

I don't know if that's correct, but this is the output from the "Messages" menu item (cmd+shift+m)

- Advanced open file: http://cl.ly/ZsnP
- Open disk: http://cl.ly/ZtLG
- Open Network: http://cl.ly/Zt2x

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you try vcdx:///dev/.. ?

[davidhaberthuer]

Doesn't seem to help, unfortunately: http://cl.ly/ZtER

[davidhaberthuer]

Does that mean that there's nothing I can do?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Except compiling it, I'm afraid not.

[davidhaberthuer]

The problem still persists with VLC Version 2.2.0 Weatherwax (Intel 64bit): http://cl.ly/a1Pq

And sorry, Jean-Baptiste, what do you mean by "compiling it"?
Do I have to compile VLC from source and set a certain flag?
I'm willing to do that, but I don't have any pointers on what to do...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The problem still persists with VLC Version 2.2.0 Weatherwax (Intel 64bit): http://cl.ly/a1Pq

And sorry, Jean-Baptiste, what do you mean by "compiling it"?
Do I have to compile VLC from source and set a certain flag?
I'm willing to do that, but I don't have any pointers on what to do...

Yes, compiling it and debug it...

[davidhaberthuer]

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cd Dev/ git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git cd vlc mkdir build cd build ../extras/package/macosx/build.sh > build_output.txt

does not finish for me.
I get this output http://cl.ly/a2u7

And - to be honest - I have no idea how I can debug this...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

weird, what is the error?

[davidhaberthuer]

The build log stops with

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*** Warning: Linking the shared library libx265_plugin.la against the *** static library /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/clang/4.2/lib/darwin/libclang_rt.osx.a is not portable!

[fkuehne]

Configure with --disable-x265 as a work-around. This is a known issue with the current binary contrib package we are distributing on OS X. I hope to solve this permanently this weekend.

[davidhaberthuer]

Well, I don't seem to be very lucky.
I pulled the git repository and tried to

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configure

the build.
It failed several times, always telling me what to disable in addition (see below).
After the last time it complains that the "sparkle" framework is missing.

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cd /Users/habi/Dev/vlc/ git pull rm -rf build/ ./configure --disable-x265 ./configure --disable-x265 --disable-avcodec ./configure --disable-x265 --disable-avcodec --disable-swscale ./configure --disable-x265 --disable-avcodec --disable-swscale --disable-a52

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configure: error: Sparkle framework is required and was not found in

.
Unfortunately http://sparkle-project.org and https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/wiki don't really help me, since these pages tell me to "Drag Sparkle.framework into the Frameworks folder of your Xcode project", which I don't have.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You really should read the wiki.

[davidhaberthuer]

I think I did read https://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile/ and do all the steps up to and including

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../extras/package/macosx/build.sh

until "Build VLC with a single command"
Your reply suggests I've overseen something, though.
Would you care to enlighten me?

[davidhaberthuer]

I continued the HowTo on the wiki page, going through the "Build steps".
The only thing I left out is "Build your own libraries (not for the faint-hearted)" because the section above advised me to "skip to [the] bootstrap section".

Once I do

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make -j4

I get quite a bit of output, but 'make' does not finish.
At the end of the output I get

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libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag' make[4]: *** [access/qtsound.lo] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2

.

The full output of

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make -j4

can be found here: http://f.cl.ly/items/2q14471S2p1E1g023k2f/output.txt

[davidhaberthuer]

Well, it seems I'm out of luck with this VCD and VLC...

[davidhaberthuer]

Sorry for bumping this old thread, but can no one help me at all?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

File a bugreport with the sample.

[davidhaberthuer]

With which sample, the video file or a copy of the log?
Sorry to sound stubborn, bit this is not clear for me...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The video file.