Codec of video file?

How do I find out which codec is used by a video file? I did not create the file, and while I can view it in Premiere Pro, it does not play in WMP, Quicktime, etc. When I import the video into Premiere or Encoder, how do I inspect the video file details, especially which codec it requires?

Thank you, Mark! Just what I needed to know... I actually looked for a metadata tag like this in the Project panel, but I have CC 7.2.2 (my organization has not yet upgraded--I need to bug my folks about that) so didn't find it.
The MediaInfo application does give me just what I need, and I like the right-click menu option and button to go to the codec website. Awesome.

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Hello,
I have just purchased a camcorder, and can't open the video files that it creates. Final Cut Express tells me "Codec could not be opened". I'm not sure how to find and install the proper codec
Some background
- The files are AVI format
- Quicktime opens the files, but all it get is a blank screen playback with no sound
- The files play on my WindowsPC (but what good is that). The PC tells me that the file is H264, 1280x720, 30 frames/s, 681 kbits, 24 bit, AVC H264 format (FFDS compression).
- The camcorder is a Polariod HD camcorder DVC-00725F. Polariod is no help - they only support Windows (no wonder they have declared bankruptcy)
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- QuickTime 7.6.0
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Duration: 0:00:03
Data Size: 2.20 MB
Bit Rate: 5.60 Mbps
Video Tracks:
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Windows 7 Crashes/Freezes when playing ANY Video files

lets see can anyone get their head around this one as it is driving me round the bend.
So... I have a media centre PC connected to my HDTV by VGA cable. I ran the PC on XP for a long time but last December, I upgraded it to Windows 7
along with my laptop.
Cue 5 months of seamless media usage and network integration - it
worked like a dream and I played both HD and SD content with ease.
About two weeks ago, I was watching an HD '.mkv' file in Windows Media Centre and about 10 minutes into the video, the video file just Froze - both the video and the audio. I had to power down and restart the machine and started the video file again. About
5 minutes after re-starting the video file, it hung again (not at the same place in the video). I then went and watched the video on my laptop where
it worked fine.
A few days after this (first time I had used it again since it hung up) I began watching an SD '.avi' file. About 1 minute into the video the display lost it's signal (the little built in 'no signal' graphic came up) and after a further 15 seconds, the audio
cut out as well.
This latter behaviour is now happening every single time I try to watch any kind of SD or HD video of any file extention. This problem is also independant of what video player I use (windows media centre and windows media player classic) After a minute or so
the display cuts out and the audio quickly follows it.
Suffice to say, I was a little annoyed but knowing a good bit about computers I
decided to try and solve the problem taking the following steps.
1) I uninstalled all my codecs and reinstalled the latest version of the K-Lite Codec pack. The latest version has support for windows 7 so I doubt its a compatibility issue here. After doing this the problem still persisted, exactly the same as before.
2) I checked the date of the drivers for my video card (MSI nVidia 6200) and seen that they were dated sept 2009. I went onto the nVidia site and found the latest win7 drivers dated april 2010 - I installed these but still the problem is there.
3) I then thought, maybe its a problem with the actual video card hardware itself. When I built my machine the parts supplier accidentally
sent me two of the same video card so I swapped out the existing one for a brand spanking new version of the same card. The problem is still EXACTLY the same.
So yes -I am rather annoyed and frustrated at the moment as I have absolutely no idea what is wrong with the machine and how it went from working to not working almost overnight.
I'd like to add also that the display is perfect when doing anything else on the computer - I can surf, play youtube videos, listen to music etc and it is absolutely no problem.
Put on a video and it cuts out the display like I have explained.
halp.

Hello Tim,
I decided to do a clean install, a fresh new installation of windows and all its updates, I didn't get the option of
install SP1 yet.
After that I only installed Catalyst drivers: 11.5 and Realtek HD audio drivers, all downloaded on May 24 2011.
Then latest FFDShow and MPC-HC to test, both x64 versions Nothing else installed.
Only a fresh copy of windows with its updates and those mentioned drivers.
To my surprise, it happened a gain.
It still crashes after a while when playing MKV videos.
It's weird, because it doesn't happen with avi's or mp4's.
So, there must be something wrong with one of windows updates that creates this windows FREEZE.
Also there is no possibility to find out what error it is in "Event Viewer" as nothing gets recorded there. Anyone could
advise?
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My complaints and Questions MP4 M4V video files and other complaints

My complaints and Questions MP4 M4V video files and other complaints
I have been scratching my head as to how to fix my problem and I found some answers and some questions along the way. First of all, I have a video that should be correctly formatted for my iPod. Its specs are:
Kind: MPEG-4 video file
Size: 19.4 MB
Bit Rate: 125 kbps
Date Modified: 8/18/2009 2:15 PM
Play Count: 1
Last played: 8/21/2009 12:25 PM
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
Total Bit Rate: 360 kbps
Video Dimensions: 352x264
Video Codec: H.264
F:\File\AnotherFile\A3rdFile\TheMovieFileInQuestion.mp4
Wow that was a chore. Apple! Let us drag copy and paste our info tabs information so we don’t have to type all this stuff when we are having trouble. **another problem and suggestion** right there.
Ok, back to the problem of the forum.
From what I can see from http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/specs.html this file falls in line of everything required in order to be able to play on my iPod. It plays in iTunes fine but will NOT sync with my iPod. I get an annoying message that states, “Some of the Songs and videos in your iTunes library, including “BlaBlaBlaiPondFixYourJunkBlaBlaBla”, were not copied to the iPod “My iPod” because they cannot be played on this iPod.” Why oh why can iTunes play this video file but my iPod cant. Especially when the specs on Apple’s website say it can.
So that was bugging me for a LONG time until I found my “Create iPod or iPhone version” option in the “Advanced” heading. Thank goodness this made my files playable on my iPod. Extremely LONG wait though. I know that other programs convert it in ½ the time. But times not to important as long as it gets done, (would be very convenient if it was faster though **Problem and suggestion**)
Ok, now that I have used the “Create iPod or iPhone version” option it has slowly but surly converted my video. Ok, here is my main problem, the new file which is the result of the conversions information is as follows:
Kind: MPEG-4 video file
Size: 35.4 MB
Bit Rate: 125 kbps
Date Modified: 8/18/2009 2:15 PM
Play Count: 1
Last played: 8/21/2009 1:28 PM
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
Total Bit Rate: 658 kbps
Video Dimensions: 352x264
Video Codec: H.264
C:\File\WhyIsThisNewFileInMyMusicFolder\TheMovieFileInQuestion.m4v
So basically it has made my file bigger *not a bonus in my book* greatly increased my Bit Rate *another interesting feature*, and I think the biggest change it has changed it from an .mp4 to an m4v.
Why does it need to be an .m4v I could have sworn some of my videos were or are in mp4 which shouldn’t matter anyway because I was under the impression that iPods could play mp4 files. So that’s my biggest complaint and question. Why can my 80GB classic iPod not play my MP4 files and why am I forced to convert them??
This conversion also creates 2 files in iTunes when I am done which is annoying because I have to go into my files info and look to see what file is the mp3 in order to remove it. Very annoying I can open my iPod options and see the files and some are faded (the ones it can not play) why can’t I remove them from that area.Suggestion Apple please make files that cannot be played on my iPod stand out some how for easier cleaning Suggestion. Thank you.
Speaking of cleaning iPods, when I moved my entire library to an external drive I was faced with a terrible problem. “This file could not be found, would you like to locate file”, I was faced with this annoying message at least 600 times. Now I am glad that iTunes has a little “!” mark to show dead links so that you do some minor cleaning, Good Job iTunes No compliant there. However iTunes has no way of selecting all the broken files for major cleaning (like in my case). Going through and deleting over 600 files 1 by 1 is extremely time consuming and annoying. **Suggestion Apple please add more cleaning features for organizing iTunes**.
Ok, speaking of organization now, another problem that appeared when converting my video files was that it put my new videos into the location where I have all my songs (my external hard drive) why can’t it put the new files in the locations of the original file? I have my computer highly organized and my original files were in that drive in that folder for a reason. If I could open my original file and skip the conversion, my iTunes would go to that specific folder to access the file which is fine. But now these new conversion files are elsewhere taking up space and disorganizing my computer. True I can go into the new location and move the files to where I want them (original location) but I don’t think I should have to hunt them down, copy, move, delete ect etc for all these files over and over. Very annoying, time consuming and should be unnecessary. **Suggestion Make file creation and location more customizable, and user friendly, your customers will love you for it**.
Well since I have gotten into Apples iTunes and iPod problems that I have had to face I might as well bring up one or two more problems and suggestions. About a month after purchasing my iPod a sibling bought one as well. His however is way more convenient then mine. I suppose he has a 5th gen. so here is my question: why does he have a search option and I don’t!!!! Why does he get more features every so often and I don’t?! Why can’t Apple write some software for us classic guys which got the iPods going! It’s very annoying when I have to spend more time looking for the song then I spend actually listening to it, when he can pull his up in like 3-6 seconds? I highly doubt the hardware between our iPods is that dissimilar and even if they are why cant software be written for us. **Suggestion treat all your customers good not just the newer ones, and make some more features for the classics like me and my iPod.” We will be grateful for it I promise.
Ok, I am almost done. Let me just recap my questions, I know my post is kind of lengthy.
#1. Why can’t my iPod play MP3 video files? And why do I have to convert to almost all the same settings except changing it from an mp4 to an m4v. according to Apples own site I should be able to play .m4v .mp4 and .mov files!! Note: remember iTunes plays them fine but my iPod will not.
#2. Would be much more convenient to be able to copy the information from the windows in iTunes so that problems and trouble shooting would be much easier. A little check on off options in iTunes advanced settings would be terrific.
#3. Why is the conversion so slow? Please speed it, you have the power. Convenience is the thing that sells products.
#4. Files that cannot be played on the current iPod need to be easier recognized for simpler cleaning.
#5. Also make an easier way to select all dead link files for faster cleaning, deleting, etc. This one is important.
#6. Make a user friendly way to change where my files are going to end up once I convert them for iPod more options and better customizable settings are need.
#7. One of the most important is ADD A SEARCH OPTION. I and we classics will LOVE Apple for it.
For you readers, I apologize for the long post, and any grammatical errors you might find throughout it. These are problems that I have faced with these programs and hardware and I wanted to make sure they got acknowledged and hopefully addressed. Any information about why I cannot play MP4 Video files on my iPod would be the best. If anything in my post gets answered that’s the one I want most. Will save me a lot of hassle.
Thank you all and I look forward to your suggestions and comments. All are welcome and appreciated.
Sincerely,
Bond, James

Was playing with iTunes and thought of another suggestion! Let us play files in iTunes from an iPod! A friend or sibling should be able to plug his iPod into my computer open iTunes and play any of the files there. Many times I have wanted to show a movie clip or video to a friend, and I have the dock so I can do it on my T.V. but play it on their computer in their iTunes forget it. That would be a very nice feature as well so we can watch our movies at maximum size or listen to music on a better sound system, just another suggestion that would be nice. Thanks

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I'm not sure if the culprit is today's update, but I am having problems importing video files in Kdenlive and OpenShot. When I try to import .MTS / .MKV / .MP4 video files, both programs immediately cease to work.
For example - Mediainfo:
.mts file
Video 16.2 Mbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), at 25.000 fps, AVC ([email protected]) (CABAC / 2 Ref Frames)
Audio 448 Kbps, 48 Khz, 16 bits, 6 channels, AC-3
.mkv file
Video 1 399 Kbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), at 25 000 fps, AVC (High 4:4:4 [email protected]) (CABAC / 4 Ref Frames)
.mp4 file
Video 14,9 Mbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), at 30 000 fps, MPEG-4 Visual (Simple@L1)
AUdio 192 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels, MPEG Audio (version 1) (Layer 3) (Joint stero / MS Stereo)
Kdenlive:
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Slimtype_DVD_A__DS8A8SH_3208583_6A6224402423" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "DeviceNumber" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "Device" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "DeviceNumber" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "Device" does not exist
kdenlive(3364) KSambaSharePrivate::findSmbConf: KSambaShare: Could not find smb.conf!
KCrash: Application 'kdenlive' crashing...
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit
sock_file=/home/cappuccino.kde4/socket-asus-arch/kdeinit4__0
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 7 and type 'Read', disabling...
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 13 and type 'Read', disabling...
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 19 and type 'Exception', disabling...
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 24 and type 'Read', disabling...
kdenlive: Fatal IO error: client killed
[1]+ Stopped kdenlive
Openshot:
------------------------- ERROR 1 ------------------------------
Failed to import 'from openshot import main'
Error Message: cannot import name main
OpenShot (version 1.4.3)
Process no longer exists: 11615. Creating new pid lock file.
Detecting formats, codecs, and filters...
---snip---
state saved
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Pacman log:
Running 'pacman -Syyu'
synchronizing package lists
starting full system upgrade
removed kdesdk-kioslave (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-kmtrace (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-kpartloader (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-kprofilemethod (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-kstartperf (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-kuiviewer (4.10.0-2)
removed kdesdk-scripts (4.10.0-2)
upgraded chromium-bsu (0.9.15-3 -> 0.9.15-4)
upgraded file (5.11-2 -> 5.13-1)
upgraded gambas3-runtime (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-devel (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-compress (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-dbus (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-image (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-desktop (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-form (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-form-dialog (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-form-mdi (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-form-stock (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-net (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-net-curl (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-qt4 (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-qt4-ext (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-settings (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-signal (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-web (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
upgraded gambas3-gb-xml (3.4.0-3 -> 3.4.0-4)
installed kdesdk-kioslaves (4.10.1-1)
installed kdesdk-dev-utils (4.10.1-1)
installed kdesdk-dev-scripts (4.10.1-1)
upgraded networkmanager (0.9.6.4-2 -> 0.9.8.0-1)
upgraded ntfs-3g (2013.1.13-1 -> 2013.1.13-2)
upgraded sip (4.14.3-1 -> 4.14.4-1)
upgraded python-sip (4.14.3-1 -> 4.14.4-1)
upgraded pyqt-common (4.9.6-2 -> 4.10-1)
upgraded pyqt (4.9.6-2 -> 4.10-1)
upgraded python2-sip (4.14.3-1 -> 4.14.4-1)
upgraded python2-pyqt (4.9.6-2 -> 4.10-1)
upgraded qscintilla (2.7-2 -> 2.7.1-1)
My system:
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GK107 [GeForce GT 650M]
Drives: 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SSD_830 size: 128.0GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: Hitachi_HTS72757 size: 750.2GB
Memory: 15939.5MB
X.Org: 1.13.2.901
Mesa: 9.1-2
Kernel: 3.7.10-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: KDE 4.10.1
openshot: 1.4.3-1
kdenlive: 0.9.4-1
ffmpeg: 1:1.1.3-1
mlt: 0.8.8-3
mlt-python-bindings: 0.8.8-3
frei0r-plugins: 1.3-6
I do not use Compiz, Kwin
3 days ago I didn't have this problem. Any ideas?
Last edited by cappuccino (2013-03-10 16:30:08)

(gdb):
Kdenlive:
Starting program: /usr/bin/kdenlive
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.3-gdb.py", line 9, in <module>
from gobject import register
File "/usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb/gobject.py", line 3, in <module>
import gdb.backtrace
ImportError: No module named backtrace
[New Thread 0x7fffced3f700 (LWP 1961)]
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
[New Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 1969)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 1970)]
[New Thread 0x7fffbe8ef700 (LWP 1992)]
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD5000BEVT_80A0RT0_WD_WXA1C20F2908" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Slimtype_DVD_A__DS8A8SH_3208583_6A6224402423" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "Drive" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "DeviceNumber" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HMD0LE" : property "Device" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "DeviceNumber" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series_S0Z3NEAC826732" : property "Device" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD5000BEVT_80A0RT0_WD_WXA1C20F2908" : property "DeviceNumber" does not exist
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD5000BEVT_80A0RT0_WD_WXA1C20F2908" : property "Device" does not exist
[New Thread 0x7fffbe0ee700 (LWP 2004)]
[Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 1969) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 1970) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffcc9c2700 (LWP 2005)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcd1c3700 (LWP 2006)]
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffbe0ee700 (LWP 2004)]
0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
OpenShot:
Starting program: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openshot/openshot.py
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openshot/openshot.py", line 29
print "Error: You must have GTK 2.18 or greater to run OpenShot. Exiting..."
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[Inferior 1 (process 3557) exited with code 01]
I found this. It looks like a similar problem

My avi video files are no longer supported in PRE9? Help!

I created a movie in premiere elements 9 several months ago. My video was imported from avi files on my computer. The avi files were originally downloaded from my camera. Everything was fine and I even burned a near finished copy of my project on a DVD. Now, several months later, I open up the project to put my final touches on it and notice that all the avi video files are red in the timeline. On the organizer tab for my project under media type, it says, "offline". So, I clicked on the avi file and it asks me to find it. I find it (the files have not moved) and click on it and I get this error, "Error Message. This type of file is not supported, or the required codec is not installed." This is very strange. Do you have any ideas? My operating system is Windows 7.

I kind of suspected MJPEG (just a hunch, as two other CODEC's, commonly wrapped in an AVI, DivX and Xvid, seldom every play correctly to start with).
Now, there are many "flavors" of MJPEG. It is an older CODEC (or really type of CODEC, as there are so many versions), that was ressurected for use in mostly (then) stills cameras, with video capabilities added. It is not a bad CODEC, but each camera mfgr. has tweaked it for their purposes. This can create issues. MJPEG is not the "universal," that say DV-AVI Type II is. Canon will have a version, Nikon another and Panasonic yet another. They all show as MJPEG, but will be a bit different. A similar analogy can be drawn with Camer RAW files - Canon's differ from Nikon's, which differ from Panasonic's, though they are all Camera RAW. Also, Nikon, for instance, is constantly changing what is in their NEF (Camera RAW) files, so that the newest will require the latest release of Adobe Camer RAW (ACR), to be processed in Photoshop. MJPEG is similar to that, with fewer variations - but still individual variations.
Now, there could well be reasons that things have changed. The first one to strike me would be that you installed the software that came with that camera, and included its specific version of the MJPEG CODEC, then later removed say the camera's utility, taking that specific version of MJPEG away. You might well have others, but PrE is having a hard time matching them up.
In that article I linked to on MJPEG, I mention two popular MJPEG CODEC's, Morgan and MainConcept. Both are rather generic MJPEG CODEC's, and when MJPEG resurfaced, they worked fine for most such files. However, as time has elapsed, and camera mfgrs. tweaked and tweaked, they are less likely to work 100%. Once, they were the "silver bullet" for MJPEG - but not so much any more.We began seeing more users, with either, or even both, still having issues with newer MJPEG CODEC's. As most camera mfgrs. ship a copy of their specific version, somewhere along with the camera, it became common practice to recommend installing that specific version from the specific camera's utility disc. Unfortunately, that was not always easy to do. Some included their version of MJPEG as a separate installation (best way, IMHO), but many incorporated it into the camera's driver installation (still good), and then there are those instances, where the specific version of the MJPEG CODEC is installed along with other utilities on the disc, such as maybe a little editing program, or a file cataloging utility. Scant mention is ever made of the specific MJPEG CODEC, and how it is installed on one's system. The latter method seems to be the most common now. I have the full utilities, including the camera's own editing programs, installed for my Canon, my Nikon and my wife's Panasonic. That means that I have at least five (think that the total count is eight on my workstation) MJPEG CODEC's: one for Canon, one for Nikon, one for Panny, one Morgan and one MainConcept.
What camera produced those MJPEG AVI files?
Do you have that camera's editing and cataloging utility installed?
Do you have the utility disc for that camera?
Have you removed any such editing, or cataloging utility, between the time that the files worked, and when they did not?
I do not believe that any version of PrE actually installs any version of MJPEG (could be wrong here), though they work with, and include various other MainConcept (mostly MPEG) CODEC's. That means that one will need to install an MJPEG CODEC, and the one specific to that camera, might be required.
You obviously do have an MJPEG CODEC (or more), installed in your OS. As there is a vast difference between playback of an AV file, and editing that same file, it could be that PrE is just not able to use the installed version, with those files. As it once was able to edit them, I am guessing that something has changed, and it could be as simple as cleaning out one of the supplied utilities for the camera, that also removed its specific version of the MJPEG CODEC.
As PrE does not install the specific version of the MJPEG CODEC, many recommend not trying to edit such material. I am not of that mindset, but do allow that one might have to do some extra work (and work that is NEVER outlined in the camera mfgr's literature - unfortunately), to get things to work. I had to install a bunch of programs, that I will never directly use, just to be able to edit the MJPEG AVI's from my family's cameras, in both PrE and PrPro. I hate having to do that, as it fills up my HDD with stuff, that will otherwise never be used - but I need the specific CODEC, and it's only available to be installed WITH other software - all too common nowadays, and a mistake on the part of the camera mfgrs. IMO.
Good luck, and I hope that with the specific MJPEG CODEC, you will be back up and editing your footage, as you were once able to do.
Hunt
PS - sorry for writing an entire encyclopedia there, but MJPEG is not as simple as it could be.

Video files exported with QuickTime Pro 7.2 can't be transferred to iPod

If I use the default Export to iPod export choice in QuickTime Pro 7.2 to export video files and add them to my iTunes 7.3 library, when I try to sync them to my 5th generation iPod with video (November, 2005), I just get the "can't be played on this iPod" message. I can create, transfer, and play video files on my iPod if I create them a different way (by using iSquint, ffmpegX, or No Frills DVD2iPod, for example). Exporting to mpeg4 using h.264 results in the same problem, even though I've used settings I know worked before. The export to iPod export choice does not offer any customization of settings. Although this problem is new, I can't be sure the immediately previous version of QuickTime Pro didn't also have the problem, but I know I have successfully used QuickTime 7 to create videos that could be transferred and played on my iPod in the past. How can I use QuickTime Pro 7.2 to create video files that will be compatible with my iPod? Thanks.
Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I can also verify this (QT Pro 7.2 exporting to .mp4 not compatible
with video iPod [firmware 1.2.1 on both 5G/5.5G units]).
This results in the unusual situation where custom H.264 output
is operable on the iPhone but not the iPod.
Example: your iPhone should play
http://homepage.mac.com/retiarius/sample.elements.mp4
but it won't transfer to a video iPod.
Yes, the workaround is to 'export for iPod' or do the conversion
within 'iTunes', but this in many circumstances will generate
larger files.
The closest description of this situation is:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-September/015930.html
Perhaps Apple will release a video iPod firmware update soon
to get the 'uuid' atoms and whatever watermarking they are
using these days straightened out.
I'm surprised this hasn't been noticed more by video podcasters
who dutifully use Apple's own QT Pro encoding tool to optimize
filesizes via the tunable H.264/.mp4 codec settings.

Windows Media Player Doesn't play video files or DVDs (Windows 7 Home Premium)

Hello,
I recently purchased a new hard drive and installed Windows 7 Home Premium on it. Since then, Windows Media Player has not been able to play any kind of video files or DVDs. I have tried using the Fixit tool and turning the WMP off and on with the Windows
Features menu, but it has not solved the problem. I have also made sure that my video and audio drivers are up to date.
The errors that come up say:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or a required codec might not be installed on your computer.
and
Windows Media Player cannot play DVD video. You might need to adjust your Windows display settings. Open display settings in Control Panel, and then try lowering your screen resolution and color quality settings.
Any help with this would be great, because I like using WMP better than other media players.

Hi,
Firstly, please try to use the Video example in C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos if it could play normally.
Secondly, try to reinstall Graphic Card driver for test.
If problem persists, try to remove WMP in Windows feature and add it again for test.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Elements 12 Organizer unable to preview .mts video files

I am using Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. I have the newest version of Apple QuickTime (7.7.6) installed.
I import .mts video files from my Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 for organizing along my still photos. I am absolutely certain that previewing the video files in Elements Organizer used to work fine at least before I upgraded from Elements 11 to 12. Maybe it also has been working in Elements 12, but I cannot tell for sure. Now, instead of a preview, I get the error 'The selected file cannot be played because your system does not have the required compressor/decompressor (codec) installed'. If I add one of these files to an Premiere Elements video project, however, the file plays nicely from the Premiere timeline.
I have tried downgrading my Quick Time versions all the way down to 7.3, with no result.
Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong?

I am using Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. I have the newest version of Apple QuickTime (7.7.6) installed.
I import .mts video files from my Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 for organizing along my still photos. I am absolutely certain that previewing the video files in Elements Organizer used to work fine at least before I upgraded from Elements 11 to 12. Maybe it also has been working in Elements 12, but I cannot tell for sure. Now, instead of a preview, I get the error 'The selected file cannot be played because your system does not have the required compressor/decompressor (codec) installed'. If I add one of these files to an Premiere Elements video project, however, the file plays nicely from the Premiere timeline.
I have tried downgrading my Quick Time versions all the way down to 7.3, with no result.
Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong?

Can't open Sony PXW-X70 (.mxf) video files for Final Cut Pro X or iMovie, please help!

Hi there--
Just got the Sony PXW-X70 and I can't seem to open the .mxf or even successfully transcode the video files into something that can be read on the mac. (Running 10.9.5)
I downloaded Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac and the Ackrock Video Converters and neither of them work. They just are able to import the audio but not the video portion.
Very frustrated here, any advice? Thanks!

The clips from the X70 are not XAVC-S, but XAVC (sometimes called XAVC-L) and the plugin from Sony linked above is not compatible with them. I also don't recommend those sketchy third party conversion options. Still, as of mid-December, the best options for getting Sony X70 XAVC clips into FCPX are:
1. Use the free Sony Catalyst Browse to convert them (one at a time, although you can queue up multiple files without waiting for the previous one to finish)
2. Use the $200 Sony Catalyst Prepare software
3. Shoot AVCHD until there is a solution from Sony - supposedly Sony is at work on a plugin for FCPX to allow native ingest/editing of these clips. I've read that it should arrive very soon, but we'll see.
I'm using option 1 - $200 is ridiculous, and I didn't buy a camera with 10-bit 4:2:2 and a strong codec to shoot in AVCHD
If it's any consolation, Avid and even Sony Vegas will not import them either.

[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
[2014-08-14 12:02] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[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)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded cmake (3.0.0-3 -> 3.0.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded convertlit (1.8-6 -> 1.8-7)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded cracklib (2.9.0-2 -> 2.9.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded fakeroot (1.20-1 -> 1.20.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded flashplugin (11.2.202.394-1 -> 11.2.202.400-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded gpgme (1.5.0-1 -> 1.5.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.19-11 -> 0.10.19-12)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded libx264 (1:142.20140311-4 -> 1:142.20140311-6)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.19-11 -> 0.10.19-12)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded handbrake (0.9.9-6 -> 0.9.9-7)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded inxi (2.1.28-1 -> 2.1.29-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded kbd (2.0.1-1 -> 2.0.2-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded krb5 (1.12.1-1 -> 1.12.1-2)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded kdelibs (4.13.3-2 -> 4.13.3-3)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded xcb-proto (1.10-2 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded libxcb (1.10-3 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libxcb (1.10-3 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded openssl (1.0.1.h-1 -> 1.0.1.i-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-openssl (1.0.1.h-1 -> 1.0.1.i-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-util-linux (2.24.2-1 -> 2.25-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded libidn (1.28-2 -> 1.29-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded libmariadbclient (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[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
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[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]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[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]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[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)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc (1:0.9.0-75 -> 1:0.9.0-76)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb-clients (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded mencoder (37224-1 -> 37224-2)
[2014-08-14 12:10] [PACMAN] upgraded menu-cache (0.5.1-2 -> 0.6.0-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded mplayer (37224-1 -> 37224-2)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded netctl (1.8-1 -> 1.9-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-sax-expat (0.51-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-xml-simple (2.20-2 -> 2.20-3)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded python-setuptools (1:5.4.2-1 -> 1:5.5.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-babel (1.3-4 -> 1.3-5)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-cryptography (0.5.2-1 -> 0.5.3-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-setuptools (1:5.4.2-1 -> 1:5.5.1-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded screenfetch (3.2.2-1 -> 3.6.0-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded serf (1.3.6-1 -> 1.3.7-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded transcode (1.1.7-14 -> 1.1.7-15)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded unrar (1:5.1.6-1 -> 1:5.1.7-1)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] > Updating module dependencies...
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded vhba-module (20140629-5 -> 20140629-6)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Updating vim help tags...done
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -----------------------------------------------------
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ESC[1mWarning:ESC[m
[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.
[2014-08-14 12:11] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -----------------------------------------------------
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded vim-jedi (0.7.0-4 -> 0.7.0-5)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded wxgtk2.8 (2.8.12.1-1 -> 2.8.12.1-2)
[2014-08-14 12:11] [PACMAN] upgraded x264 (1:142.20140311-4 -> 1:142.20140311-6)
[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

Codec of video file?

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