in-line :- On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Benjamin Drung <bdr...@debian.org> wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 23.10.2012, 21:40 +0530 schrieb shirish शिरीष: >> >Which sound API do you use (pulseaudio, >> > alsa)? >> >> I dunno, this is what I get when I look for packages which have >> pulseaudio and alsa in their names. > > You can check if pulseaudio is running: > ps -C pulseaudio
Thank you for answering quickly back. The above command does generate a PID, I do know it's a 'server' so it's always running. $ ps -C pulseaudio PID TTY TIME CMD 4002 ? 00:03:36 pulseaudio >> >Can you try VLC 2.0.4 or >> > upstreams master branch? >> >> I have not yet tried VLC 2.0.4, dunno if vlc-plugin-pulse (I think >> this plugin is/was required to interface with pulseaudio) is required >> or no longer required. > > You need vlc-plugin-pulse if you want to use pulseaudio as sound output. > >> $ sudo aptitude install vlc=2.0.4-1 vlc-nox=2.0.4-1 vlc-plugin-svg=2.0.4-1 >> [...] >> Those two packages are removed if I try to install the update from >> unstable/sid. > > Just add "vlc-plugin-pulse=2.0.4-1" to your aptitude command. > >> >Can you run vlc with -vvv? >> >> Yup, did, this is the result :- >> >> $ vlc -vvv >> VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547) > > Are you really using version 2.0.3-2, because VLC claims to be in > version 2.0.1? umm... this is where it is getting weird for me too. I just purged vlc and it's other related packages from the system. Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n open: 357; closed: 1977; defer: 278; conflict: 396 .The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Install the following packages: 1) phonon-backend-null [4:4.6.0.0-2 (now, testing, unstable)] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 2) advene recommends vlc-plugin-svg 3) task-xfce-desktop recommends vlc Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following NEW packages will be installed: phonon-backend-null{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: phonon-backend-vlc{p} phonon-backend-vlc-dbg{p} vlc{p} vlc-nox{p} vlc-plugin-notify{p} vlc-plugin-pulse{p} vlc-plugin-svg{p} 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/16.3 kB of archives. After unpacking 16.9 MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Preconfiguring packages ... 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Package phonon-backend is not installed. Package phonon-backend-null:amd64 which provides phonon-backend is not installed. Package phonon-backend-vlc which provides phonon-backend is to be removed. phonon:amd64 depends on phonon-backend-vlc | phonon-backend; however: Package phonon-backend-vlc is to be removed. Package phonon-backend is not installed. Package phonon-backend-null:amd64 which provides phonon-backend is not installed. Package phonon-backend-vlc which provides phonon-backend is to be removed. Removing phonon-backend-vlc ... 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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for menu ... As can be seen it is suppose to purge all the configuration files. Then I installed from the scratch :- $ sudo aptitude install vlc=2.0.4-1 vlc-nox=2.0.4-1 vlc-plugin-pulse=2.0.4-1 vlc-plugin-notify=2.0.4-1 vlc-plugin-svg=2.0.4-1 phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-vlc-dbg The following NEW packages will be installed: phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-vlc-dbg vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse vlc-plugin-svg 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/4,243 kB of archives. After unpacking 17.0 MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: phonon-backend-null : Conflicts: phonon-backend which is a virtual package. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) phonon-backend-null Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following NEW packages will be installed: phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-vlc-dbg vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse vlc-plugin-svg The following packages will be REMOVED: phonon-backend-null{a} 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/4,243 kB of archives. After unpacking 16.9 MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Selecting previously unselected package vlc-nox. (Reading database ... 501705 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vlc-nox (from .../vlc-nox_2.0.4-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Processing triggers for man-db ... 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Package phonon-backend is not installed. Package phonon-backend-null:amd64 which provides phonon-backend is to be removed. (Reading database ... 502116 files and directories currently installed.) Removing phonon-backend-null:amd64 ... D000001: removal_bulk package phonon-backend-null:amd64 D000001: removal_bulk cleaning info directory D000001: removal_bulk purging? foundpostrm=1 D000001: removal done Selecting previously unselected package phonon-backend-vlc. (Reading database ... 502113 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking phonon-backend-vlc (from .../phonon-backend-vlc_0.6.0-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Setting up vlc-nox (2.0.4-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Setting up phonon-backend-vlc (0.6.0-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Selecting previously unselected package vlc. (Reading database ... 502120 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vlc (from .../archives/vlc_2.0.4-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-notify. Unpacking vlc-plugin-notify (from .../vlc-plugin-notify_2.0.4-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-pulse. Unpacking vlc-plugin-pulse (from .../vlc-plugin-pulse_2.0.4-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-svg. Unpacking vlc-plugin-svg (from .../vlc-plugin-svg_2.0.4-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Selecting previously unselected package phonon-backend-vlc-dbg. Unpacking phonon-backend-vlc-dbg (from .../phonon-backend-vlc-dbg_0.6.0-1_amd64.deb) ... D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed D000001: process_archive updating info directory D000001: generating infodb hashfile Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for mime-support ... Processing triggers for vlc-nox ... Setting up vlc (2.0.4-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Setting up vlc-plugin-notify (2.0.4-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Setting up vlc-plugin-pulse (2.0.4-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Setting up vlc-plugin-svg (2.0.4-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Setting up phonon-backend-vlc-dbg (0.6.0-1) ... D000001: deferred_configure updating conffiles Processing triggers for menu ... But still when I ran the vlc -vvv I get the same output :- $ vlc -vvv VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547) [0x1707108] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.0.1 Twoflower [0x1707108] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2012 VLC authors and VideoLAN [0x1707108] main libvlc debug: revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547 So no idea why it's not showing vlc-2.0.4 and claiming to be vlc-2.0.1 Any and all ideas welcome. >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: not synchronized (190364 us), >> resampling >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: buffer way too late (190364), >> dropping buffer >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: buffer too late (169030), up-sampling >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: not synchronized (359399 us), >> resampling >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: buffer way too late (528263), >> dropping buffer >> [0x224b408] main audio output warning: buffer way too late (506929), >>[...] >> As can be seen it says something about buffer being too late and >> starts dropping it. I don't know what is happening here but do know >> that VLC doesn't have audio after the video is paused and then >> unpaused. > > The asynchronism between the audio and video is probably the reason for > your missing audio after unpause. Upstream fixes some synchronization > issues in 2.0.4 and after that. So I recommend to test 2.0.4. If 2.0.4 > is still affected, I suggest to test their latest commit from their > stable git branch [1]. If this version is still affected, I recommend to > report a bug upstream. > > [1] You could grab the Debian source package from > https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/stable-daily and build it on > Debian. I think till the time I can't get to the bottom as to why it seems I have vlc 2.0.1 when dpkg shows otherwise :- $ dpkg -l vlc Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=======================-================-================-=================================================== ii vlc 2.0.4-1 amd64 multimedia player and streamer Looking forward to some more answers. > -- > Benjamin Drung > Debian & Ubuntu Developer > -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers