Closed Captons in a h264 video file

I am using Premiere CS6. I know how to import a closed caption file onto the time line and output the video to tape with the closed caption imbedded, however, what I want is a h264 mp4 file with the closed captions imbedded. How can I do this?

Who said anything about copyrighted material. I am a video producer and author dvd's with surround sound at times. In an effort to quickly make H264 and Mpeg4 files I use elemental streams from my authoring dvd's rather than reconstructing video projects in Avid or Final Cut Pro.
So I'll ask the question again...

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Closed captioning not appearing in video files

I've been working on producing a number of videos intended to be used as content in an iPad app for a Self-Guided Museum Tour which is under development by a non-profit Museum I work for. Many of the videos are intended to have closed captions for the hearing impaired.
Videos are being produced with Adobe Premier CC and exported as Quicktime .mov files with embedded closed captioning. These files play in all instances but in most of them, including the current IOS and Mac OS systems, the closed captioning is not visible. Tests indicate:
Closed captioning IS visible when the .mov file is played on Quicktime Player 10.3 on a Mac running OS 10.8.5 in all instances.
Closed captioning IS visible when the .mov file is played on Quicktime Player 10.3 on a Mac running OS 10.9 as long as English subtitle is enabled.
Oddly, closed captioning IS visible the .mov file is played on an old copy of Quicktime Player 7 running OS 10.9.5 as long as "show closed captioning" is enabled.
Closed captioning IS NOT visible when the .mov file is played on Quicktime Player 10.3 (with subtitles either off or automatic) on a Mac running OS 10.9.5.
Closed captioning IS NOT visible when the .mov file is imported into an iPad Air running IOS 8.1.1 and played with Safari using the built-in IOS video player. This is my target destination for the project and is critical.
Since the .mov file does contain an embedded closed captioning track (verified as track 3), the problem does not appear to be with the file or how it was created. The problem appears to be with the video player supplied by Apple in the most current versions of both OSX and IOS. In light of Apple's long-standing priority for accessibility this result is surprising.
Need help if anyone can help figure out how to make closed captions work with the IOS video player.

Problem solved with a little help from a Senior Apple Tech Support person.
Essentially, what has to be done in the current versions of both OSX and IOS is to configure the playback device's accessibility settings beforehand:
IOS 8.1.1
Settings–General–Accessibility–Subtitles and Captioning–turn on "Closed Captions+SDH"
OSX 10.9.5 and OSX 10.10:
System Preferences–Accessibility–scroll down to Captions and click on "Prefer Closed Captions and SDH”
You can also change the font style for captioning from these menus.
Once done, a small caption icon that looks like a text bubble on the bottom of the screen when videos are loaded, now has a third option besides "Off" and "Automatic". If the video being played has captioning embedded it may read something like "English CC", as it does in the case of my Premier CC-generated, embedded closed captions. Once that is selected, the captions play properly. [Note that in IOS 8.1.1, the caption icon only appears when a video is played in full screen mode.]

Reaching any frame of a typical H264 video file

Take an typical MPEG4/H264 video with a keyframing of 24 to
48. Distribute it in progressive download (over http).
Is it possible with Flash, without any re-encoding, to access
any frame of the video (and of course a 40 ms precision will be
fine as well) ?
If it is the case, could anybody direct me to a demo ?
From what I've understood/seen so far, it is only possible to
reach I-frames of the video, meaning that in the case of a
GOP/keyframing of 48 and a video of 24fps you would only be able to
jump from image to image every 2 seconds !
A trick consist to re-encode the video with a keyframing of 1
(which is not really good for the bandwidth). This is not what I
want to do : I need to be able to use the video without re-encoding
If you are ready to access to some provoking thoughts you may
want to have a look at my blog where I say that QuickTime is better
than Flash (I told you it was provoking :-) and where I demonstrate
what can be done with QuickTime + Javascript to reach any frame of
an MPEG4 video :
http://blog.vrarchitect.net/post/2008/04/18/challenge-to-the-flash-community-Quicktime-is- better-than-Flash

Pascal,
> A trick consist to re-encode the video with a keyframing
of
> 1 (which is not really good for the bandwidth). This is
not
> what I want to do
That's your only bet with non-streaming video. Streaing
server
software, such as Flash Media Server, allows you to seek any
frame in the
video, but progressive download (aka http) allow allows you
to seek to video
keyframes.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Front Row plays audio but not video of MP4 H264 AAC files

SL 10.6.6
Here's the problem:
Take an MP4 movie file encoded with H264 and AAC thats plays with no problems in QT, iTunes, Front Row
Open this file in QT7Pro, add a mask using a GIF file then export as MP4 using video and audio pass through to avoid re-encoding
The new video file plays OK in QT and iTunes but only plays the audio track in Front Row - the video is just presented as a blank screen
This happens to every file i've tried it with.
I've tried trashing all front row caches/prefs/app support folders, installing/uninstalling/re-installing perian. i've tried changing the file extension to .mov .m4v .3gp - still the same problem the file plays perfectly except in Front Row
All the posts I can find on this topic seem to refer to subtitles causing a problem - these files have no subtitle track
Any suggestions?

I have faced the same problem exactly. Some seasons and one movie I have detected so far, do not show any video at all. If I open the same files in iTunes, they show ok. If I open the same files in QuickTime thought no video also. I guess it has something to do with QuickTime then. Try it yourselves in order to see if it is the same problms with you guys. If that is the case I will try to extract an older version of QuickTime from the installation package via Pacifist and see if that works.
Even if it doesn't work I am pretty sure they will come up with a new update fixing this, but the point is that Apple isn't used in making bugged updates, up until recent. What is wrong with them lately?
Anyway, as soon as I have news in the afternoon I will let you know

Lost video file from a flash drive using iMac

I played a video file that was saved on a flash drive on my iMac. After the video played, it was automatically deleted from the flash drive. I did not physically delete the file. When I closed the file, it simply vanished. Is there anyway to recover the file?

Thanks for your response. I didn't notice the file in the trash after this occurred. If it was there, it is long gone by now anyway since I've emptied the trash several times since the incident (unless someone has an answer for recovering files that have been deleted from trash?). If it happens again, I'll pay closer attention to what is in the trash and see if this works. Thanks again.

Problem exporting Premiere Pro CS5.5 projects with still photos and h264 video

I'm a longtime Final Cut Pro user and evaluating Premiere Pro for my workplace before making the switch. I have been running into several problems when I try to export raw h264 video from a Canon 5D combined with still images on a Macbook Pro. Either I receive an error in Premiere Pro saying, "Error compiling movie. Unknown error." or Adobe Media Encoder appears to continue exporting (the time elapsed bar continues to move) even though the time remaining stays frozen once it hits a photo it doesn't like. It's not always the same photo.
I've spent several days trying to troubleshoot the issue, including batch resizing all photos to 1920 wide (to match the video settings), and it hasn't work. The sequence is currently set to render in ProRes 422. I've also tried HDV 1080p30 and MPEG-4. I cannot find any consistency with the errors. Occasionally an export will work, but every couple still photos will look like green static. I've also tried batch converting the photos in Photoshop to PNG and GIF without any luck. I'd include my default export settings but I've pretty much tried it all. I'm just trying to figure out what's causing the error since the message is very vague.
Couple other notes:
There's plenty hard drive space available for export
I can export the DSLR video (h264, 1080p30) without still photos no problem
I can edit the same still photos and video in Final Cut with no problem
I have the same problem with auto-save on and off
I tried re-installing production premium, deleting the preference files and cleaning the media cache - no luck. I also tried exporting under a different user account and it wouldn't work.
This is driving absolutely crazy. I'm affraid to use PP on deadline because I don't see any issues until it's time to export. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
- McKenna

Thanks Todd. Your questions were actually very helpful. I'm using a Macbook Pro with an Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics card. I'm running OS 10.6.8 and have the latest updates installed.
When I disabled the GPU acceleration, I was able to render and export without a problem. The problem only occured when using the GPU acceleration and mixing h264 with still photos. It also affected both rendered previews and the final export. I'm assuming its a support issue with the graphics cards, but it would be great if you had any other ideas. I appreciate your help.

How can i get an MP4 video file to work in iMovie 08'?

I'm currently editing a wedding video i recorded on my Sony DV camcorder in iMovie 08' and want to splice a MP4 video file (from a mobile phone- make unknown) of the married couple on their first dance into the footage but can't
How do i go about acheiving this?

Autoplay is not universally supported by all devices. Many smatphone data plans can't handle the burden of preloaded and auto playing media. There's nothing you can do to change this b/c mobile devices simply ignore the parameter.   All that said, why are you still using player plugins? You don't need them with HTML5 video.
Copy & paste this code into a new, blank document. Change video files to your own.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML5 with Video</title>


</head>
<style>
video {
    max-width:100%;
    display:block;
    margin:0 auto;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use 3 File Types to support all browsers & mobile devices: MP4, WEBM and OGV.</h2>
<h3>Online Video Converter
http://video.online-convert.com/</h3>

<video controls poster="Your_poster_image.jpg">

<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.ogv" type="video/ogg">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4" type="video/mp4">
If you're seeing this, you're using an
outdated browser that doesn't support
the video tag. </video>

</body>
</html>
EDIT: I forgot to move the closing </head> tag in my original post.
Nancy O.

How do I get an MP4 video file to autoplay instead of download

I am using Dreamweaver CS5.5. I am trying to embed an .mp4 video on my website to autoplay. When I take it to "Live View" the file plays - if I use the "Play" function in Properties I get the following message - "Unable to find the plugin that handles this media type. Dreamweaver looks in both the "Configurations/Plugins" folder, and the plugins folder for each of your selected browsers." When I publish the page and go to my website to view, the video does not play - instead, the file downloads to my computer. What can I do to remedy this issue?

Autoplay is not universally supported by all devices. Many smatphone data plans can't handle the burden of preloaded and auto playing media. There's nothing you can do to change this b/c mobile devices simply ignore the parameter.   All that said, why are you still using player plugins? You don't need them with HTML5 video.
Copy & paste this code into a new, blank document. Change video files to your own.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML5 with Video</title>


</head>
<style>
video {
    max-width:100%;
    display:block;
    margin:0 auto;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use 3 File Types to support all browsers & mobile devices: MP4, WEBM and OGV.</h2>
<h3>Online Video Converter
http://video.online-convert.com/</h3>

<video controls poster="Your_poster_image.jpg">

<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.ogv" type="video/ogg">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4" type="video/mp4">
If you're seeing this, you're using an
outdated browser that doesn't support
the video tag. </video>

</body>
</html>
EDIT: I forgot to move the closing </head> tag in my original post.
Nancy O.

Best software to recover video files on reformatted SD and CF Cards? Or worth seeking professional help?

Hi all,
The person I work for has mistakenly re-formatted a collection of SD and CF cards (incl. Sony F3, AJA Ki Pro Mini). He needs to recover video files.
Is it worth it to have the cards professionally recovered at a place like Tekserve, or is there a software program anybody here has had success with? There seems to be a lot of recovery software out there and it's hard to tell what's trustworthy. I should mention that the software doesn't have to be free, it just has to be effective and cheaper than a professional recovery.
A few other stray but important questions:
-What are the risks of running a recovery program that fails? In other words is it possible for software to damage the old data so that no other program has a chance of successfully recovering it?
-Most importantly: is it possible to recover at least some data from a card that has been reformatted and then recorded over a bit, but not all the way? I have read that if the whole card has been recorded over, the old data is irretrievable. But there's only a little bit of new material on this card.
Thanks!

Reformating storage devices usually involves deleting the catalog that tells the OS where files start and end. The files are still there unless you have chosen a secure erase where the systems writes zeros over the whole drive several times (sometimes known as a DoD format).
What this means is as long as you do not try to write to the media, the files are still there. Best practice would be to clone the media then work on the clone. This way you do not introduce any addiional changes.
The more important element of your question is "can I get these files that still exist off the the media?". The answer is a resounding "maybe".
I have used FileSalvage to try to recover material from a failing hard drive. It was pretty successful with small files (Word docs, Acrobat files, Adobe Illustrator images and the like) but considerably less successful with large video files. I believe it is because video is more sensitive to end of file (eof) markers and if those are not found, the whole file is useless.
If you have reused the card, the chances of getting anything go WAY down as the way files are written to storage devices is not that orderly. Bits get written all over the drive/ flash storage. When there is no catalog to tell the OS what memory locations have a purpose, new files can be written over multiple old files. Will this completely remove any chance to recover your material? Most likely, but if you are purchasing software anyway it will not cost you any additional cost to try on those cards. You might get lucky.
Also, in the locking the barn after the paddle is lost upstream, this is why I always create two copies of the contents of cards before I start editing. 1 copy goes on the on-line editing RAID and the other copy go to an archive drive. Then once a week, I'll back up the archive drives in the studio to a set off-site. This way I have 3 copies while I'm working and 2 copies once the project is closed out. Given the low price of hard drives, it's easy to create redundant backups.
Good luck,
x

[WORKED-AROUND]video files not playing

Hi archers,
upgraded my system today & now it refuses to play video files in vlc I get the following output:
VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-49-gdab6cb5)
[0x8541f8] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x7f0db4001248] xcb_xv vout display error: no available XVideo adaptor
[0x7f0db4001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
intel_do_flush_locked failed: Invalid argument
here is the pacman log snippet of what got upgraded:
[2014-08-14 12:02] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2014-08-14 12:02] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
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[2014-08-14 12:09] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.3.018-3 -> 4.3.022-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (36.0.1985.125-1 -> 36.0.1985.143-1)
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded libmariadbclient (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.16.0-2-ARCH
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.16.0-2-ARCH
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.16.0-2-ARCH
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
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[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.15.8-1 -> 3.16-2)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-75 -> 1:0.9.0-76)
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[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-sax-expat (0.51-1)
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[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Your vim install doesn't seem to support Python 3.
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] If that's the case you should install the python2 and python2-jedi packages.
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[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded xfsprogs (3.2.0-1 -> 3.2.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2014.08.05-1 -> 2014.08.10-1)
I decided to try mplyer to see if that would play the file:
mplayer "/media/USB-HDD/Tv Shows/Game of Thrones/S03/Game.of.Thrones.S03E05.HDTV.x264-2HD.mp4"
MPlayer SVN-r37224 (C) 2000-2014 MPlayer Team
210 audio & 441 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing /media/USB-HDD/Tv Shows/Game of Thrones/S03/Game.of.Thrones.S03E05.HDTV.x264-2HD.mp4.
libavformat version 55.33.100 (internal)
libavformat file format detected.
[lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
[lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und
VIDEO: [H264] 720x402 24bpp 23.976 fps 836.9 kbps (102.2 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
major_brand: isom
minor_version: 1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
creation_time: 2013-04-29 02:00:59
Load subtitles in /media/USB-HDD/Tv Shows/Game of Thrones/S03/
Could not find a UTF-8 locale,
character keys beyond Latin-1 will not be handled.
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_i965.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
[VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
[VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read
[VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!
[VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.
[VO_XV] Try -vo x11.
[gl] using extended formats. Use -vo gl:nomanyfmts if playback fails.
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 55.52.102 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 124.0 kbit/4.04% (ratio: 15499->384000)
Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [gl_nosw] 720x402 => 720x402 Planar YV12
intel_do_flush_locked failed: Invalid argument
I tried to run xvinfo but it corrected to vainfo:
vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_35
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 0.35 (libva 1.3.1)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) GM45 Express Chipset - 1.3.2
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
I installed & ran xvinfo
xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present
I thought perhaps it was a driver issue (never had one previously so I thought I would check & install relevant parts:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
checked & realised I did not have all the intel parts for my graphics & installed the following:
[2014-08-14 23:44] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S community/libvdpau-va-gl'
[2014-08-14 23:44] [PACMAN] installed libvdpau-va-gl (0.3.4-1)
[2014-08-14 23:45] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S extra/libva-vdpau-driver'
[2014-08-14 23:45] [PACMAN] installed libva-vdpau-driver (0.7.4-1)
[2014-08-14 23:48] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S extra/libva-intel-driver'
[2014-08-14 23:48] [PACMAN] installed libva-intel-driver (1.3.2-1)
[2014-08-14 23:50] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S multilib/lib32-intel-dri'
[2014-08-14 23:50] [PACMAN] installed lib32-libtxc_dxtn (1.0.1-5)
[2014-08-14 23:50] [PACMAN] installed lib32-intel-dri (10.2.5-1)
Same problem & still getting both vlc & mplayer errors as above.
None of this was happening yesterday so I decided to pick through the upgrades & downgrade the ones affecting just vlc/video:
[2014-08-15 00:05] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libx264-1:142.20140311-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-15 00:05] [PACMAN] downgraded libx264 (1:142.20140311-6 -> 1:142.20140311-4)
[2014-08-15 00:06] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins-0.10.19-11-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-15 00:06] [PACMAN] downgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.19-12 -> 0.10.19-11)
[2014-08-15 00:08] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gstreamer0.10-ugly-0.10.19-11-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-15 00:08] [PACMAN] downgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.19-12 -> 0.10.19-11)
[2014-08-15 00:10] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/transcode-1.1.7-14-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-15 00:10] [PACMAN] downgraded transcode (1.1.7-15 -> 1.1.7-14)
[2014-08-15 00:10] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/mplayer-37224-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-15 00:10] [PACMAN] downgraded mplayer (37224-2 -> 37224-1)
the only other thing I think might be causing this is the kernel upgrade but I don't really want to downgrade that because potentially that would mean doing it for all the upgrades!
can any of you archers see what might have caused this as the video file & others have been working fine & I can't see any other bugs or reports of this happening elsewhere.
thanks in advance for you help
EDITS: (possible useful info)
here is a grep of lsmod for intel:
lsmod | grep intel
snd_hda_intel 26327 5
snd_hda_controller 26727 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 108552 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_pcm 88487 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd 69340 18 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
intel_agp 17432 0
intel_gtt 17848 3 i915,intel_agp
Last edited by t0m5k1 (2014-09-06 13:38:19)

this is all that pacman upgraded:
[2014-09-09 12:49] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2014-09-09 12:49] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2014-09-09 12:49] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-09-09 12:50] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2014-09-09 12:50] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2014-09-09 12:50] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded boost-libs (1.55.0-6 -> 1.56.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded akonadi (1.13.0-1 -> 1.13.0-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded glib2 (2.40.0-1 -> 2.40.0-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libsystemd (216-1 -> 216-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] :: Coredumps are handled by systemd by default. Collection behavior can be
[2014-09-09 12:54] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] tuned in /etc/systemd/coredump.conf.
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (216-1 -> 216-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded colord (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.109-2 -> 2.02.111-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded cryptsetup (1.6.5-2 -> 1.6.6-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded dirmngr (1.1.1-2 -> 1.1.1-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded doxygen (1.8.7-1 -> 1.8.8-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded dzen2 (0.9.5git-2 -> 0.9.5git-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded wxgtk (3.0.1-2 -> 3.0.1-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded filezilla (3.9.0.3-1 -> 3.9.0.5-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded firefox (31.0-1 -> 32.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded icedtea-web (1.5.1-2 -> 1.5.1-3)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded llvm-libs (3.4.2-1 -> 3.5.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded intel-dri (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded inxi (2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.3-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Please make sure JAVA_HOME is set to /usr/lib/jvm/default
[2014-09-09 12:54] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] If not, you may have to logout and login again to set it according to /etc/profile.d/jre.sh
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded java-common (1-5 -> 1-8)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-llvm-libs (3.4.2-1 -> 3.5.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-intel-dri (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libmikmod (3.3.6-1 -> 3.3.7-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libnm-glib (0.9.10.0-2 -> 0.9.10.0-4)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libtar (1.2.20-1 -> 1.2.20-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libtorrent-rasterbar (1:0.16.17-1 -> 1:0.16.17-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded libwbclient (4.1.11-1 -> 4.1.12-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20140603.a4f3bc0-1 -> 20140828.13eb208-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded mkinitcpio (18-1 -> 18-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
<snip>
[2014-09-09 12:55] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.16.1-1 -> 3.16.2-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded lua-lgi (0.7.2-1 -> 0.8.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.109-2 -> 2.02.111-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded lz4 (120-1 -> 122-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded mkvtoolnix-cli (7.1.0-3 -> 7.1.0-4)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded mkvtoolnix-gtk (7.1.0-3 -> 7.1.0-4)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded ncmpcpp (0.5.10-5 -> 0.6beta2-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [ALPM] warning: /etc/ntp.conf installed as /etc/ntp.conf.pacnew
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded ntp (4.2.7.p465-1 -> 4.2.7.p465-2)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded phonon-qt4-gstreamer (4.7.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded phonon-qt4 (4.7.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded phonon-qt5-gstreamer (4.7.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-google-api-python-client (1.2-1 -> 1.2-2)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-pytz (2014.4-1 -> 2014.7-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-requests (2.3.0-1 -> 2.4.0-2)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded smbclient (4.1.11-1 -> 4.1.12-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded samba (4.1.11-1 -> 4.1.12-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (216-1 -> 216-3)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded tcpdump (4.6.1-1 -> 4.6.2-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [ALPM] warning: /etc/UPower/UPower.conf installed as /etc/UPower/UPower.conf.pacnew
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded upower (0.99.0-2 -> 0.99.0-3)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded vnstat (1.11-7 -> 1.12-1)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2014.08.29-1 -> 2014.09.06-1)
the only ones I think may have fixed this for me are:
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded intel-dri (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-intel-dri (10.2.6-1 -> 10.2.7-2)
[2014-09-09 12:55] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.16.1-1 -> 3.16.2-1)
[2014-09-09 12:54] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20140603.a4f3bc0-1 -> 20140828.13eb208-1)
at the time of my problems I was receiving the same errors other were so I am lost as to what has fixed it.
this is my current /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
scat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
[sudo] password for t0m5k1:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
#Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
here is the telling boot history:
┌─(t0m5k1@l4pt0p)-(1826/pts/0)-(08:52pm:09/09/14)
└─>(%:~)
└─>> journalctl | grep drm | grep error
<snip>
Aug 12 10:41:05 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 13 09:26:00 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 13 09:26:00 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 14 09:03:43 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 14 09:03:43 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 14 12:19:27 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 14 12:19:28 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 14 12:19:28 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 14 23:24:14 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 14 23:24:15 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 14 23:24:15 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 14 23:29:01 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 14 23:29:02 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 14 23:29:02 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 14 23:51:17 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 14 23:51:18 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 14 23:51:18 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 15 00:53:57 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 15 00:53:57 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 15 09:21:02 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 15 09:21:02 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 16 10:36:55 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 16 10:36:55 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 17 09:30:38 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 17 09:30:38 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 19 21:27:46 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 19 21:27:46 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 20 10:02:24 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 20 10:02:26 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 20 10:02:26 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 20 13:55:36 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 20 13:55:37 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 21 18:15:27 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 21 18:15:29 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 21 18:15:29 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 22 09:27:37 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 22 09:27:38 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 22 09:27:38 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 18:23:38 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 23 18:23:39 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 18:23:39 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 18:47:25 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 23 18:47:27 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 18:47:27 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 18:53:58 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 23 18:53:59 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 18:53:59 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 18:58:55 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 23 18:58:57 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 18:58:57 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 19:01:08 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 23 19:01:09 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 19:01:10 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 19:09:49 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 19:09:49 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 23 19:45:34 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 23 19:45:34 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 24 18:23:06 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 24 18:23:07 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 24 18:23:07 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 24 21:03:54 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 24 21:03:54 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 25 18:07:45 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 25 18:07:46 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 25 18:07:46 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 25 21:31:57 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 25 21:31:57 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 26 09:20:33 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 26 09:20:34 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 26 09:20:34 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 26 19:38:53 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 26 19:38:54 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 26 19:38:54 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 27 16:17:39 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 27 16:17:40 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 27 16:17:40 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 28 14:54:11 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 28 14:54:12 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 28 14:54:12 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 29 16:16:11 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 29 16:16:12 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 29 16:16:12 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 30 08:48:56 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 30 08:48:57 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 30 08:48:57 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 30 14:02:17 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 30 14:02:17 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 31 13:27:37 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 31 13:27:38 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 31 13:27:39 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Aug 31 14:16:25 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Aug 31 14:16:26 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Aug 31 14:16:26 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 01 08:02:22 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 01 08:02:23 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 01 08:02:24 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 02 09:29:30 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 02 09:29:30 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 03 11:30:30 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 03 11:30:31 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 03 11:30:31 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 04 08:24:32 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 04 08:24:33 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 04 08:24:33 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 04 12:13:53 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 04 12:13:54 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 04 12:13:54 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 04 12:34:21 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 04 12:34:22 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 04 12:34:22 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 04 12:38:30 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 04 12:38:31 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 04 12:38:31 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 05 14:55:22 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 05 14:55:23 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 05 14:55:23 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 06 14:34:19 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 06 14:34:19 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 07 14:44:23 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 07 14:44:25 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 07 14:44:25 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 08 15:13:21 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 08 15:13:22 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 08 15:13:22 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 09 12:42:00 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 09 12:42:00 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 09 13:21:05 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 09 13:21:06 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 09 13:21:06 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 09 16:18:30 l4pt0p kernel: [drm:i915_gem_init] *ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged
Sep 09 16:18:31 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 09 16:18:31 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
Sep 09 16:21:46 l4pt0p kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
Sep 09 16:21:46 l4pt0p kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
so ...odd stuff for sure but I wonder how long this works for & why the above is so blatantly intermittent
I wonder if I could write a script that would check dmesg or a log file for the presence of "*ERROR* Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged" & if found to load a config to enable uxa lol

Lightroom 4 freezes due to video files

I just installed Lightroom 4 Upgrade on a Mac running Lion. Everything went well until I created a Smart Collection with a file type of video. As soon as I click "Done" on the Smart Collection setup, Lightroom froze. I have to force quit the program and within a couple of seconds of starting the program up it freezes again so I don't even have time to try to delete the Smart Collection I made for videos.
How do I fix this? If I need to uninstall LR4, how do I do that since there is no uninstaller in the downloaded .dmg file. Due to the elaborate nature of Adobe software I'm reluctant to just drag the app into the trash or use the AppCleaner app I have.
This is NOT a very good start and I'M NOT HAPPY!!!!!
UPDATE:
Now Lightroom 4 won't even fininsh starting up before it freezes.
ANOTHER UPDATE:
I couldn't wait for a response so I used AppCleaner to uninstall LR4 and all its associated files and folders; then re-installed it using the .dmg. It installed as it did originally and seems to work fine.
EXCEPT: being re-installed the Smart Collection I made for videos is gone now. However, I went to the folder, while in the Library pane, which contains my iPhone photos and videos (which are the only videos I have in my LR catalog), clicked on the folder containing the videos, and LR FROZE AGAIN. BUT, at least now, after force quiting and restarting, LR seems to work OK. Stay away from video files.
Yet Another Update:
Wrong again. I closed LR4, re-opened it and guess what? IT FROZE ON STARTUP BEFORE IT EVEN FINISHED LOADING AGAIN.
Clearly from my experience and the multitude of postings on this forum, LR4 is not ready for prime time and should still be in beta.
Still Another Update:
The problem seems to revolve around video files and conversion to the 2012 process. I reinstalled LR4 and before updating to the 2012 process and without going near any video file or folders, everything worked fine, including quiting and restarting the program. I then upgraded all my photos to the 2012 process and when I quit and restarted LR it froze again. I did the whole un-install/re-install routine but before I did I moved my video files out of the folder in the catalog and after doing everything as before, LR finally quit and restarted without freezing. So stay away from video files for the time being.

mrbofus wrote:
I can't imagine that we're alone in this; perhaps we're the only ones that care enough to post about it. =)
It's not that we don't care, it's that the root cause of how exactly our iPads fail and have error's pop up are so numerous and complex that deciphering them all (along with their causes) would be a full time job! And I'm busy enough with my real one, there's bills to be paid! lol
In response to the actual topic at hand, I did notice deleting my videos made my syncs faster, thank you very much for that suggestion. I mean, I did have to delete ALL my videos to get a noticeable effect, but still, at least now I'm not scared I'm going to burn out my Pad's core every time I add a new song. lol

Data below black level 0 in h264 mp4 files.

I'm a little confused about black and white levels in video.
I have two questions. If you bare with me for a second I can demonstrate what I mean.
I created gradient with values from 0,0,0 to 255,255,255 in Photoshop and saved it as sRGB jpg file.
I imported the file to Premiere and added Fast Color Corrector to the file and changed black input level from 0,0 to 16,0
So now everything below value 16 is cutted to black.
I exported the edited gradient as h264 mp4 videofile.
Now things got interesting.
I imported the edited videofile back to Premiere, added Fast Color Corrector to videofile and changed black output level from 0,0 to 16,0
The information that I thought was lost is there!
I tried to to the same thing for the same video file with Photoshop and I'm not able to get the lost information back.
Why is there information below 0? And how am I able to rescue it with Premiere, but not with Photoshop?
Does this have something to do with YCbCr black and white levels that are 16-235?
This whole question came up when I calibrated my Samsung lcd-tv. I used AVS HD 709 mp4-calibration videos.
There are black level calibration videofile. Which is exactly like my gradient video file where there are black values below 0.
If you lift your tv's brightness below certain levels you are able to see the black values that are below 0.
I'm able to see these "blacker than black" values with tv's own videoplayer and with xbox videoplayer.
However, if I try to see these values with my macbook pro which is connected to tv I can't get them visible.
It doesn't matter if I play the video with quicktime, vlc or premiere.
So the second question is why the macbook pro does not send any "below black" information to tv?
PS. I'm using latest premiere CC.
Thank you in advance!
In this image you can see from Premiere Scopes what is happening.

Does this have something to do with YCbCr black and white levels that are 16-235?
No and yes.
When you manipulate levels values within 0-255 (0.0-1.0) range, you don't clip existing data, you simply compress/decompress contrast, while information is still there (to some extent). By the way, data outside 16-235 range, but inside 0-255 are not super-blacks or super-whites (underdarks or ovebrights), they are just broadcast safe values. Super-blacks or underdarks are values below 0.0, while super-whites or overbrights are values above 1.0. The nature of YCbCr does allow to store some real super-blacks and super-whites even while encoding to 8-bit codec.
Why only some codecs are able to preserve this "illegal" values?
MOV container is... um-m-m... quirky. For example, exactly the same data encoded to e.g. mp4 and MOV with exactly the same codec (e.g. H.264), may be decoded/interpretted differently. So as to have some fun, create a copy of an mp4 clip, which contains some super-whites, rename file extension of one copy to MOV, import both mp4 and fake MOV footages into After Effects, set your project to 32-bit, sRGB or Rec.709 and linearise working space in order to get precise result while blending layers. Then drop both clips into the same composition and set blending mode to Difference. Enjoy!
Why I'm only able to access these values inside Premiere and not with Photoshop. Is Photoshop unable to access these illegal below 0 values?
Try setting Photoshop to 32-bit first. If that doesn't help, then yes, Photoshop clips values outside 0-255 (0.0-1.0) range on importing. Similarly you won't be able to get super-whites or super-blacks back in PrPro with 8-bit effects.
When i export with codecs that can preserve superblacks should I still get rid of them with videolimiter. Do they cause any problems in youtube or broadcast environments?
No. Moreover, you should take care of broadcast legal range in case of delivering to a broadcaster only, YouTube 'broadcasts' on the web and targets regular computer monitors, which operate on sRGB 0-255 range.
why the macbook pro does not send any "below black" information to tv?
That has probably something to do with Apple colour management workflow. Since I'm not on a Mac, I can't comment this on

MSI Mega Player 536 VIDEO FILES...

Hi allllz....
i have the new MSI Mega Player 536 and i have some QUISTIONS plez help me to fix it....
1- WHY in the product menu in MULTIMEDIA we found an Video folder ?? is it really that MSI Mega Player 536 able to play VIDEO files ???
2- IF YES !!! so,what type of files that can be played on the MSI Mega Player 536 ?
3- how can i but/convert some Video files i own in my PC in the MSI Mega Player 536 to play it ? (what program and codec to use)
4- i tryd the camtasia movie converter to make a movie to play on the MSI PLAYER put i only saw a BLACK SCREEN flashing and closed again !! why ?
and thats the MOVIE PROPERTIES :
Video Codec:   MJPG_MainConcept Video V3.2.4
Colors:      True Color (24-bit)
Frame Rate:   15
Size:      320x240
Audio Codec:   PCM (uncompressed audio)
Audio Format:   22050Hz, 16 Bit, Mono, 44KB/s
i wish u can help me... i just want an easy way to PLAY VIDEOS on my player 536...
thnx...
waiting replyz...

5536 and 5540 can playback avi and .mov video files, but these files codec must be M-JPEG format!!
Please attention: 5536 didn’t playback MP4 or WMV video formats, and also couldn’t reveal these files!!
“Quick Time7 Pro” and ““Canopus ProCoder Demo v1.25” converting software can support 5536/5540 video format (M-JPEG) to playback, but “QuickTime7 Pro” isn’t free, you have to purchase it, and “Canopus ProCoder Demo v1.25” is free, but only can use 30 days. Please go to below website to download it and you have to register and login!!
(http://www.canopus.com/products/demos/index.php)
When you download “Canopus ProCoder Demo v1.25”, please modify file name to “ProCoderDemo_1_25.exe”, then this file just can become execution file, after installation you have to check video and audio codec, have a little trouble, I will explain how do set M-JPEG codec!!
When you perform “Canopus ProCoder” software, you will find out “Source”, “Target” and “Convert” selection, please go to “Source” and add which video you want to convert, next please go to “Target” and choose “Add” selection, then choose “QuickTime file” in the basic, after that, you will detect “Target Parameters” on the right, please according to below codec format to set, finally, please go to “Convert” selection to begin converting!!
Video setting:
Width: 320
Height: 240
Frame Rate(fps): 10.000
Interlacing: Non-Interlaced
Aspect Ratio: Video: [4:3], Pixel: [1:1]
Encoder: Apple Photo JPEG or Apple Motion JPEG A
Codec options: Click for Codec Properties
Audio setting:
Channels: Stereo
Sample Rate(kHz): 11.025
Bits / Sample: 16
Encoder: 16-bit Big Endian
Codec options: Click for Codec Properties
By the way, You can select another sample rate parameter on the audio setting, but you can only choose 10.000 frame rate (fps) on the video setting, this value will influence whether can playback after converting video, so this setting is very importantly!!
Please try again!!

H264 video published with FP11 to FMS4.5 not playing anywhere else

I have created an swf where I can record the webcam picture as H264 video to a FMS 4.5 (I am using the developer version).
My code is looking like this:
var h264Settings = new H264VideoStreamSettings();
h264Settings.setProfileLevel("baseline", "1.2");
stream.videoStreamSettings = h264Settings;
stream.publish("mp4:mystream.f4v, "record");
I can then replay the video from FMS just fine, but if I try to copy the video from the FMS application directory into a local project and try to play the video with the FLVPlayback component, or with the Adobe Media Player, it is not playing at all.
Is this to be expected? Can't I record a webcam video with FMS in H264 and use that video later without FMS?

This migth be expected. H.264 files recorded on FMS might default not play in other players - they would be need some post processing. You can download the tool ADOBE F4V POST PROCESSOR from here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/ . Once you process the file using this tool - it should be playable.

Best Format for Archiving Video Files

I am importing old VHS and 8mm family videos for my cousin, to both burn them to DVD, and to archive the movies in case he wants to edit them later.
I am planning on purchasing for him, a "write once," external HDD, probably firewire, (though I am open to suggestions), to put both the backup Video TS folders on, as well as the Quicktime movies themselves.
My guess is, the best format for the QT movies would be their original DV-NTSC, but at around 13GB an hour, this can add up pretty fast.
The h264 .mov codec looks great, takes forever to render, and it seems the file size difference to DV-NTSC is nominal at best.
Obviously the future is some kind of HD, so these movies will never look great years from now, but I want them to be preserved for him at the best quality possible, at the smallest file size, if it will not compromise the quality too much.
I know I can render them significantly smaller as h264 .mp4 files, or as DIVX, (which also takes a long time), but I imagine they are of significantly reduced quality that would be visible in future video editing he might do.
If DV-NTSC is the only way to go, so be it. But if not, then any suggestions for what other format I could use to save these QT files, without visible loss of quality is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all the advice. And I mean everyone.
Here is my latest dilemma.
Though 15 years old, the original Vhs's play beautifully. Aside from some (expected) glitches in the beginning or end of some of the shots, the video has not degraded appreciably. This is great news, as my cousin wanted to make back ups before degradation begins.
First, I captured the Vhs movies and corrected some bad color, mostly due to poor white balancing, and on the computer, they looked great in comparison. I burned DVD's and they looked terrible in comparison with the originals. Now I know I am going to lose some resolution when going to DVD, but it seemed harsh, so I ran some tests.
I burned a DVD of the original capture, with no color correction, just the raw footage and the DVD did not look much better, so it wasn't the color correction.
Not satisfied, I made a copy from the FCP timeline straight to Vhs, (I should note, through the ADVC-110.) This looked significantly degraded as well.
Finally, I made a straight dub from Vhs to DVCam, figuring that had to look good, and that also looked significantly degraded, compared to the, (now looking pristine), Vhs original.
As the original Vhs looks so good, what good would a TBC do? Or a proc amp?
Is there some secret to capturing and exporting Vhs that I am missing? Or, will it always look significantly degraded, even straight to DVCam?
+David Murray wrote: There is an industrial way to get good VhS copies but it is extremely expensive+
I don't know what this is, but I am sure it is clearly out of our league, but David M., if you are still following this thread, I'm curious, would this ultra expensive method actually result in a dub that looks like the original? I am actually really shocked at how bad the straight DVCam dub looks. It really does not look much better than the color corrected, computer exported version.
The Vhs tapes of my cousins daughter are as precious to him as anything he has.
As they date back 15 years, he is concerned about the longevity of the tapes.
As there are over forty hours of them, he wants them to be in an editable format, so later he or his daughter can make a highlight reel, or whatever. So thus the QT movie archive/backup on HD.
Whether as Finalcutter said, that this drive, even if unused, and put in a cool dry safe, might not function years down the line, makes it iffy, but what other choice is there for editable versions, unless I break the QT movies up into 20 minute chunks and archive them to over a hundred DVD's instead. Perhaps that is the safest solution, though certainly time consuming.
As failure of the HDD somewhere in the future is likely, though not certain, I am still not sure that the HDD holding all his QT movies for future editing is the wrong way to go.
As it is a digital version, and not an analog copy, I get that a DVCam backup of the originals is the best option. I will suggest to him that we do this as well, even though he does not have DVCam himself. But again, is there something I am missing here? Why does the Vhs to DVCam copy look so degraded? Is there anything I can do to keep the original quality, or will it die with his original Vhs as it slowly degrades over time?

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