Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mplayer-nogui
BUG DESCRIPTION: after upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 sometimes mplayer stops playing audio and video files from the internet, independently on a file type (mp3, mp4, avi, flv, ... etc.): e.g. after starting in terminal: mplayer http://somesite.hello/02_01_09.mp3 it plays 10-20 secs., then freezes and only Ctrl+C helps to get normal terminal's commandline back. mplayer also always reports following error on starting to play any internet URL-ed file (report is marked by red color in a terminal): E: socket-client.c: socket(): Address family not supported by protocol SOLUTION: This problem was resolved by just rebuilding this package: sudo apt-build --reinstall install mplayer-nogui now, mplayer takes also less CPU time ("sudo dpkg-reconfigure apt-build" with Optimization level:Strong ) and no error report is displayed anymore ** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- mplayer stops playing and reports error on playing network audio and network video streams https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314561 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
