I have a video file that will play in Windows VLC or SMPlayer, and even the portable app version of those in Linux, but won't play with default video player, VLC, or SMPlayer natively in linux mint. I can't get the file to open in a video editor as well in Linux Mint nor re-encode it with handbrake in Linux.
My work around would be to re-econde the file in Windows and then see if it will play in Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon but that seems a last step.
I want to figure out what I need to do to get it a usable file like the rest of my videos, which some are mp4 and mkv H264 encoded videos I've made with handbrake in Linux. I've never had a problem like this before.
More details on the file:
This information was obtained from a portable windows version of SMPlayer while in Linux.
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Tried the file and same issue. Rebooted > tried again > same issue.
Ideas?
also you should enable the debbug console to check what goes wrong
Recommended packages:
flashplugin-installer gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3
oxideqt-codecs-extra ttf-mscorefonts-installer libavcodec-extra-53
that's as far as my knowledge goes as I haven't had a single problem with video files over the last 3 years
This is silly, I tried those, didn't have all of them. Rebooted same issue. I even tried XBMC and it only played the audio. I can get the video to dispaly in AviDemux but I can't render it as anything.
well did you at least enable the debugging in VLC, it would give a clue on what is going on.
linux is open source and a lot of distros don't add propietary drivers or codecs so if you need them you have to add them.
it's just a licensing discussion . you'll find plenty of them on google.
I hadn't tried VLC logging yet, but I will try this next with the link you gave: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vlc- ... gging.html
I had run out of time waiting for everything to finish last night, reboot, etc ... I was also busy making cider.
I do love cider. I also make a good Mango Wine.
So I just used the message window...easier (this is what I get from the time I click play until the time I hit stop after 10 seconds:
main debug: processing request item: test.mp4, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on test.mp4
main debug: test.mp4 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'test.mp4'
main debug: selected subtitle language[0] en
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp'
main debug: `file:///home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4' gives access `file' demux `' path `/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4' file='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 20 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4', path='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4'
main debug: looking for access module matching "file": 25 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4'
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 - 37037 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 9 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter modules matched
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "record": 9 candidates
main debug: using stream_filter module "record"
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4' file='/home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/test.mp4'
main debug: looking for demux module matching "mp4": 63 candidates
mp4 warning: Unknown uuid type box
mp4 warning: unknown box type cpil (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type tmpo (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type mpod (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown handler type in stsd (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type hint (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type sdp (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type hinf (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown handler type in stsd (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type hint (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type sdp (incompletely loaded)
mp4 warning: unknown box type hinf (incompletely loaded)
mp4 debug: dumping root Box "root"
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mp4 debug: unrecognized major file specification (mp42).
mp4 debug: found 6 tracks
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] read 120741 chunk
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] read 120741 samples length:2575s
main debug: selecting program id=0
mp4 debug: adding track[Id 0x1] audio (enable) language undef
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] read 77186 chunk
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] read 77186 samples length:2575s
mp4 debug: adding track[Id 0x2] video (enable) language undef
mp4 debug: ignoring track[Id 0x3]
mp4 debug: ignoring track[Id 0x4]
mp4 debug: ignoring track[Id 0x5]
mp4 debug: ignoring track[Id 0x6]
main debug: using demux module "mp4"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in /home/money/Downloads/!1NewFilesSinceGuate/!1Other/LiveGianna/lgcgianna_michaels_full.mp4/
main debug: looking for decoder module matching "any": 40 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "faad"
main debug: looking for decoder module matching "any": 40 candidates
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: allowing 4 thread(s) for decoding
avcodec warning: threaded frame decoding is not compatible with avcodec-hw, disabled
avcodec debug: avcodec codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) started
avcodec debug: using slice thread mode with 4 threads
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/money/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
main debug: no meta reader modules matched
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mp4 debug: track[Id 0x1] does not provide Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: track[Id 0x2] using Sync Sample Box (stss)
mp4 debug: stts gives 0 --> 0 (sample number)
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: Buffering 33%
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (40624 bytes)
main debug: Buffering 66%
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faad warning: decoded zero sample
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (295 bytes)
main debug: Buffering 100%
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (754 bytes)
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main debug: reusing audio output
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pulse debug: using stereo channel map
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (8952 bytes)
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pulse debug: connected to sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
main debug: output 'f32l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
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main debug: using audio volume module "float_mixer"
main debug: input 'f32l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: looking for audio filter module matching "scaletempo": 14 candidates
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scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1440.000 stride_in, 1440 stride_out, 1152 standing, 288 overlap, 672 search, 2400 queue, fl32 mode
main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo"
main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline complete
main debug: looking for audio filter module matching "normvol": 14 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "normvol"
main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline complete
main debug: looking for audio filter module matching "headphone": 14 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "headphone_channel_mixer"
main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline complete
main debug: conversion: 'f32l'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
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pulse debug: deferring start (6886 us)
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (513 bytes)
pulse debug: started
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7166 bytes)
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7617 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7352 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7463 bytes)
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7099 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7128 bytes)
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avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (8320 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (8342 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (8028 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7544 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7428 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7793 bytes)
avcodec warning: cannot decode one frame (7916 bytes)
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: finished input
main debug: removing module "faad"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mp4a', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "samplerate"
main debug: removing module "scaletempo"
main debug: removing module "normvol"
main debug: removing module "headphone_channel_mixer"
main debug: removing module "float_mixer"
main debug: keeping audio output
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) stopped
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "mp4"
mp4 debug: freeing all memory
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
pulse debug: changing sink 0: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo (Built-in Audio Analog Stereo)
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
dbus debug: Getting property CanSeek
main debug: removing module "record"
main debug: removing module "filesystem"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: dead input
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
I'm sure it's not a VLC problem but a codec problem however as we started with VLC let's analyse what it needs to do the job correctly.
VLC portable brings its own set of codecs that could give a good indication of what's missing but let's not jump to conclusions.
The portable version isn't that different from the Windows installed version: http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable
I'm not 100% about the Linux version but the windows ones for sure have their own codecs.
Also noticed that linux version is not as updated as the windows one even if the versions says 2.1.3 the windows package seems to use it's own codecs but also the ones from the system
An easy try is to test VLC 2.2 in Linux (it won't break anything and it can easily be removed)
first thing I noticed running a differential on vlc linux and vlc portable (can only compare 2 files at the same time)
avcodec warning: threaded frame decoding is not compatible with avcodec-hw, disabled witch means that your linux installation probably is missing hw acceleration (happens with older hw and generic video drivers.)