Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

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Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

Postby dariyoosh » 25 Feb 2016 21:11

Hi,

I have an issue with VLC and I appreciate if you could kindly make some clarification.

I have converted the 1st track of an Audio CD (classical music) successfully to a FLAC file (Media > Save/Convert) which was created successfully with a very good quality. So everything worked as expected except one thing:

The timing pointer within the horizontal bar at the bottom of the VLC screen which allows you to choose with mouse (roughly) a specific interval is no more available. If I play the very same CD from which I created the FLAC file, no problem, the pointer is there but not while playing the FLAC file.

Is it normal? If not, what is the proper way to proceed to solve this issue?

Thanks in advance,

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Re: Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

Postby Lotesdelere » 26 Feb 2016 12:31

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback, and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com if it's too long.

Also upload a short sample of a problematic file to either http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to Zippyshare.com (200 MB max) or to EmbedUpload.com, the latter will upload the file for you to several other hosts (use the default ones) and then post the link to the file here.

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57724&p=193335#p193335
50 MB max should be enough.

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Re: Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

Postby dariyoosh » 26 Feb 2016 14:41

Hello.

Thanks for the reply.

Here is the complete log

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main debug: adding item `01.flac' ( file:///D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac ) qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: file:///D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac main debug: processing request item: 01.flac, node: Liste de lecture, skip: 0 main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 1 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: resyncing on 01.flac main debug: 01.flac is at 1 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for '01.flac' main debug: Creating an input for '01.flac' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'D:\UTILIS~1\dariyoosh\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `file:///D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac' gives access `file' demux `' path `/D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac' main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac' file='D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\Desktop\01.flac' main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 12 candidates main debug: no access_demux modules matched main debug: creating access 'file' location='/D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac', path='D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\Desktop\01.flac' main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 20 candidates filesystem debug: opening file `D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\Desktop\01.flac' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: Using stream method for AStream* main debug: starting pre-buffering main debug: received first data after 0 ms main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 6 candidates main debug: no stream_filter modules matched main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 6 candidates main debug: using stream_filter module "record" main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac' file='D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\Desktop\01.flac' main debug: looking for demux module matching "flac": 63 candidates main debug: looking for packetizer module matching "any": 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_flac" main debug: using demux module "flacsys" main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\Desktop\ main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in D:\Utilisateurs\dariyoosh\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac main debug: no meta reader modules matched main debug: `file:///D:/Utilisateurs/dariyoosh/Desktop/01.flac' successfully opened main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for decoder module matching "any": 39 candidates main debug: using decoder module "flac" main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Buffering 8% main debug: Buffering 17% main debug: Buffering 26% flac debug: decode STREAMINFO main debug: Buffering 34% flac debug: channels:2 samplerate:44100 bitspersamples:16 main debug: Buffering 43% flac debug: STREAMINFO decoded main debug: Buffering 52% main debug: Buffering 60% main debug: reusing audio output main debug: Buffering 69% main debug: Buffering 78% main debug: Buffering 87% directsound debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output main debug: Buffering 95% main debug: Stream buffering done (313 ms in 0 ms) qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input directsound debug: Windows speaker config: Stereo and stream has 2 channels, using 2 channels main debug: output 'f32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: looking for audio volume module matching "any": 2 candidates main debug: using audio volume module "float_mixer" main debug: input 's32l' 44100 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module matching "scaletempo": 14 candidates scaletempo debug: format: 44100 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32 scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1323.000 stride_in, 1323 stride_out, 1059 standing, 264 overlap, 617 search, 2204 queue, fl32 mode main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo" main debug: conversion: 's32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio converter module matching "any": 12 candidates audio_format debug: s32l->f32l, bits per sample: 32->32 main debug: using audio converter module "audio_format" main debug: conversion pipeline complete main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 44100 Hz->44100 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: conversion pipeline complete main debug: looking for audio resampler module matching "any": 3 candidates main debug: using audio resampler module "samplerate" main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Decoder buffering done in 10 ms main debug: inserting 396 zeroes main warning: playback too late (62526): up-sampling main debug: resampling stopped (drift: 6111 us) main debug: EOF reached main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty main debug: waiting decoder fifos to empty main debug: finished input main debug: removing module "flac" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `flac', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "samplerate" main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" directsound debug: closing audio device main debug: removing module "float_mixer" main debug: keeping audio output main debug: removing module "flacsys" main debug: removing module "packetizer_flac" main debug: removing module "record" main debug: removing module "filesystem" main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES main debug: dead input main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
As for the sample file I uploaded the file (named: 01.flac) via http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ yet it didn't provide any link. I'm going to try other servers you indicated and I'll post the link here.


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Dariyoosh


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Re: Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

Postby dariyoosh » 16 Mar 2016 14:35

No idea ?

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Re: Timing pointer not available on the VLC screen while playing a FLAC file

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 16 Mar 2016 17:10

Mediainfo does not give me the length, flac and avformat demuxer don't either. I'd say file borken.
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