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  • a xine problem

    From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 11 08:19:41 2024



    Somewhat unbelievable symptoms
    Xine will sometimes play some,not all mp4 files and some only with sound

    Unfortunately the "junk" $USER plays back fine which suggest I have
    config file problems

    I have removed all xine entries in $HOME then uninstalled and
    reinstalled xine only for it to behave for a time before breaking down
    and becoming erratic again..

    It also plays well,for a time, immediately after returning from testing
    in "junk"

    Got me intrigued
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    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.18-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 11 15:08:54 2024
    On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:19:41 -0400, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    Somewhat unbelievable symptoms
    Xine will sometimes play some,not all mp4 files and some only with sound

    Unfortunately the "junk" $USER plays back fine which suggest I have
    config file problems

    I have removed all xine entries in $HOME then uninstalled and
    reinstalled xine only for it to behave for a time before breaking down
    and becoming erratic again..

    It also plays well,for a time, immediately after returning from testing
    in "junk"

    Got me intrigued

    Having some mp4 files play and not others is not that unusual, as mp4 is a container format, not an audio or video format.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4_file_format
    See the "Data Streams" part. Without the correct codec as used in the recording, the stream will not play.

    Having it work for one user, but not another does indicate a config problem. Having it work after testing it in the junk user, but only for some period
    of time, I'm inclined to think is more likely just from logging out/in rather then anything done while logged into the other account. That implies something is not being reinitialized properly after playing some files. Try another player such as kmplayer, gmplayer, etc.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 12 05:10:08 2024
    On 12/3/24 02:08, David W. Hodgins wrote:


    Having it work for one user, but not another does indicate a config
    problem.
    Having it work after testing it in the junk user, but only for some period
    of time, I'm inclined to think is more likely just from logging out/in rather
    then anything done while logged into the other account. That implies something
    is not being reinitialized properly after playing some files. Try another player such as kmplayer, gmplayer, etc.

    I have reluctantly arrived at the same thoughts concerning reinitialization

    I don't have km* or gm* player but vlc and kaffeinne play the same
    files flawlessly.



    PS
    I checked, no gmplayer but kmplayer works OK, can ever scrub video for
    quick search as with xine.

    vlc and kaffeinne don't scrub well



    Thanks Dave

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    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.18-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 12 13:47:25 2024
    On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:10:08 -0400, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 12/3/24 02:08, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    Having it work for one user, but not another does indicate a config
    problem.
    Having it work after testing it in the junk user, but only for some period >> of time, I'm inclined to think is more likely just from logging out/in
    rather
    then anything done while logged into the other account. That implies
    something
    is not being reinitialized properly after playing some files. Try another
    player such as kmplayer, gmplayer, etc.

    I have reluctantly arrived at the same thoughts concerning reinitialization

    I don't have km* or gm* player but vlc and kaffeinne play the same
    files flawlessly.

    Sorry, I should have checked. Looks like gmplayer (an alias for gnome-mplayer) was dropped from gnome starting in Mageia 7.

    Another version that is still present is smplayer.

    PS
    I checked, no gmplayer but kmplayer works OK, can ever scrub video for
    quick search as with xine.
    vlc and kaffeinne don't scrub well
    Thanks Dave

    You're welcome.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Wed Mar 13 03:14:21 2024
    On 13/3/24 00:47, David W. Hodgins wrote:

    PS
    I checked, no gmplayer but kmplayer works OK, can ever scrub video for
    quick search  as with xine.
      vlc and kaffeinne don't scrub well
    Thanks Dave

    You're welcome.



    As you suggested, it would seem to point to initialization error

    I pulled the "dot config" folder on $HOME and rebooted. a bit scorched
    earth approach

    I now find that after boot xine will not play the first attempt but is
    fine after.

    Maybe that will have to do

    regards

    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


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