Play URI disregards Priority

When pushing text to a phone and also using the Play: URI to activate a ringer, it appears that the Play: occurs as if the Priority is always 0, even if set otherwise.
Here's the execute:
<CiscoIPPhoneExecute>
<ExecuteItem Priority="1" URL="Play:Chime.raw"/>
<ExecuteItem Priority="1" URL="http://server/xmlpage"/>
</CiscoIPPhoneExecute>
Here's what happens:
If the phone is idle, the Chime is played and the xml page is displayed correctly.
If the phone is active, the Chime is played immediately, but the xml page is not displayed until the phone goes idle (correct behavior for the latter, but not the former).
I've seen the behavior on 7940/60/70.
Phone load P00307020200 for 7940/60.
Phone load TERM70.7-0-1-0s for 7970.
Have I missed something? A bug perhaps?
Thanks!
Craig

I am running into the same problem. I have tried various phone loads and found that "Priority" attribute is disregarded by Play and RTPTx URIs. I thought this was going to be fixed. I have tried loads as latest as 8.0.2. However, I have not tried 8.0.3 loads - which were released very recently.

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A couple of days ago, I wrote about a goal I need to achieve
in programming a rack for radar transponders:
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>
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Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539
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local/clutter-gst 2.0.12-1
GStreamer bindings for clutter
local/gnome-video-effects 0.4.1-1
A collection of GStreamer effects
local/gst-libav 1.4.1-1
Gstreamer libav Plugin
local/gst-plugins-bad 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base-libs 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugin libraries
local/gst-plugins-good 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins
local/gst-plugins-ugly 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins
local/gst-vaapi 0.5.9-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework VA Plugins
local/gstreamer 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/totem 3.12.1-2 (gnome)
GNOME3 movie player based on GStreamer
~ pacman -Qs libva
local/libva 1.3.1-2
Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux
local/libva-intel-driver 1.3.2-1
VA-API implementation for Intel G45 and HD Graphics family
Now, whenever I play h264 file with Totem, all I get is white screen:
and following output in terminal:
run/media/piotr/luggage totem 0001.mp4
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
/run/media/piotr/luggage
I can't see anything wrong here. The strange part is, that the same video plays correctly with gst-launch-1.0 playbin:
/run/media/piotr/luggage gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///run/media/piotr/luggage/0001.mp4
Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
Pipeline is PREROLLING ...
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
Got context from element 'vaapidecode0': gst.vaapi.Display=context, display=(GstVaapiDisplay)NULL;
Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
New clock: GstPulseSinkClock
How can I determine, where lays the problem?
Last edited by PiotrPyclik (2014-09-02 20:09:43)

Well, I use mpv With GST_DEBUG=1 /run/media/piotr/luggage libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() libva info: Trying libva info: Found libva info: va_openDriver() 0:00:01.191829975 And with GST_DEBUG=3:
/run/media/piotr/luggage 0:00:00.778999773 2446 0:00:00.779146545 2446 0:00:00.835112343 2446 0:00:00.835241110 2446 0:00:00.867064804 2446 0:00:00.868267302 2446 0:00:00.868667831 2446 0:00:00.868723978 2446 0:00:00.871518146 2446 0:00:00.872650718 2446 0:00:00.937628693 0:00:00.938205614 0:00:00.938253232 0:00:00.938696437 libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() libva info: Trying libva info: Found libva info: va_openDriver() 0:00:01.041873965 2446 0:00:01.041954877 2446 0:00:01.053938639 2446 0:00:01.054114550 2446 0:00:01.054859181 2446 0:00:01.054918181 2446 0:00:01.055540992 2446 0:00:01.055597791 2446 0:00:01.148430809 0:00:01.246108505 0:00:01.296521994 2446 0:00:01.296674163 2446 0:00:01.296741011 2446 0:00:01.296784167 2446 0:00:01.296819473 2446 0:00:01.297095664 2446 /run/media/piotr/luggage
On higher levels and it's great. But beacuse Totem integrates with GNOME so nicely, I thought, I would use it from time to time.
and gst-vaapi installed, there is something informative:
totem 0001.mp4
returns 0
to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
init function __vaDriverInit_0_35
returns 0
2225 0x7f7b700a9b20 ERROR vaapidecode ../../../gstreamer-vaapi-0.5.9/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c:397:gst_vaapidecode_push_decoded_frame: video sink rejected the video buffer (error -1)
totem 0001.mp4
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 WARN basesrc gstbasesrc.c:3460:gst_base_src_start_complete:<source> pad not activated yet
0x16920f0 WARN basesrc gstbasesrc.c:3460:gst_base_src_start_complete:<source> pad not activated yet
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
2446 0x7f014c0dd230 WARN qtdemux qtdemux_types.c:200:qtdemux_type_get: unknown QuickTime node type TIM
2446 0x7f014c0dd230 WARN qtdemux qtdemux_types.c:200:qtdemux_type_get: unknown QuickTime node type TSC
2446 0x7f014c0dd230 WARN qtdemux qtdemux_types.c:200:qtdemux_type_get: unknown QuickTime node type TSZ
2446 0x7f014c0dd230 WARN qtdemux qtdemux.c:8243:qtdemux_parse_trak:<qtdemux0> unknown version 00000000
returns 0
to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
init function __vaDriverInit_0_35
returns 0
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
2446 0x7f0148070a80 WARN GST_PADS gstpad.c:3742:gst_pad_peer_query:<sink:proxypad10> could not send sticky events
2446 0x7f01480a9b20 ERROR vaapidecode ../../../gstreamer-vaapi-0.5.9/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c:397:gst_vaapidecode_push_decoded_frame: video sink rejected the video buffer (error -1)
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
0x16920f0 FIXME bin gstbin.c:4023:gst_bin_query: implement duration caching in GstBin again
output gets really long and I don't know, if it useful.

Mplayer doesn't play video in text console

I am trying to use mplayer in my text-based console/terminal without the X window system. When I play a video, the sound is fine but the video output just shows a few text characters moving and that's it, no video. Is there something I must type after the mplayer command or set a certain preference for graphics/video?
My xorg.conf file has:
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller"
And the output for mplayer -vo help is:
MPlayer SVN-r30526-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
Available video output drivers:
vdpau VDPAU with X11
xv X11/Xv
x11 X11 ( XImage/Shm )
xover General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
gl X11 (OpenGL)
gl2 X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
matrixview MatrixView (OpenGL)
dga DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
fbdev Framebuffer Device
fbdev2 Framebuffer Device
aa AAlib
caca libcaca
v4l2 V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
xvidix X11 (VIDIX)
cvidix console VIDIX
null Null video output
xvmc XVideo Motion Compensation
mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card
yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
png PNG file
jpeg JPEG file
gif89a animated GIF output
tga Targa output
pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
md5sum md5sum of each frame
142 audio & 332 video codecs
Does anyone know what I should do?
Last edited by ih23 (2010-02-13 17:39:38)

Here is the output for "mplayer -v -vo fbdev":
CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 2
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1400MHz (Family: 6, Model: 11, Stepping: 1)
extended cpuid-level: 4
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
Testing OS support for SSE... yes.
Tests of OS support for SSE passed.
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 SSSE3: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/isaias/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/isaias/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 142 audio & 332 video codecs
Configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-runtime-cpudetection --disable-gui --disable-arts --disable-liblzo --disable-speex --disable-openal --disable-fribidi --disable-libdv --disable-musepack --disable-esd --disable-mga --enable-xvmc --language=all --confdir=/etc/mplayer --extra-cflags=-fno-strict-aliasing
CommandLine: '-v' '-vo' 'fbdev' 'Gods and Generals CD 01 of 02.avi'
init_freetype
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/isaias/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 90 binds
Setting up LIRC support...
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.
get_path('Gods and Generals CD 01 of 02.avi.conf') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/Gods and Generals CD 01 of 02.avi.conf'
Playing Gods and Generals CD 01 of 02.avi.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 1342103508 bytes
STREAM: [file] Gods and Generals CD 01 of 02.avi
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
LAVF_check: AVI format
AVI file format detected.
list_end=0x228A
======= AVI Header =======
us/frame: 33366 (fps=29.971)
max bytes/sec: 0
padding: 0
MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (2320) HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED TRUST_CKTYPE
frames total: 202520 initial: 0
streams: 2
Suggested BufferSize: 1048576
Size: 640 x 360
==========================
list_end=0x10F0
==> Found video stream: 0
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
====== STREAM Header =====
Type: vids FCC: XVID (44495658)
Flags: 0
Priority: 0 Language: 0
InitialFrames: 0
Rate: 30000/1001 = 29.970
Start: 0 Len: 202520
Suggested BufferSize: 1048576
Quality -1
Sample size: 0
==========================
Found 'bih', 40 bytes of 40
======= VIDEO Format ======
biSize 40
biWidth 640
biHeight 360
biPlanes 1
biBitCount 24
biCompression 1145656920='XVID'
biSizeImage 691200
===========================
Regenerating keyframe table for MPEG-4 video.
list_end=0x217E
==> Found audio stream: 1
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
====== STREAM Header =====
Type: auds FCC: (1)
Flags: 0
Priority: 0 Language: 0
InitialFrames: 0
Rate: 1225/32 = 38.281
Start: 0 Len: 258684
Suggested BufferSize: 12288
Quality -1
Sample size: 0
==========================
Found 'wf', 30 bytes of 18
======= WAVE Format =======
Format Tag: 85 (0x55)
Channels: 2
Samplerate: 44100
avg byte/sec: 16000
Block align: 1152
bits/sample: 0
cbSize: 12
mp3.wID=1
mp3.fdwFlags=0x2
mp3.nBlockSize=1152
mp3.nFramesPerBlock=1
mp3.nCodecDelay=1393
==========================================================================
list_end=0x4F8E468C
Found movie at 0x2296 - 0x4F8E468C
Reading INDEX block, 461204 chunks for 202520 frames (fpos=1334724244).
AVI index offset: 0x2292 (movi=0x2296 idx0=0x4 idx1=0xA22)
Auto-selected AVI video ID = 0
Auto-selected AVI audio ID = 1
AVI: Searching for audio stream (id:1)
XXX initial v_pts=0.100 a_pos=0 (0.000)
AVI video size=1222794219 (202520) audio size=108119353 (258684)
VIDEO: [XVID] 640x360 24bpp 29.970 fps 1447.6 kbps (176.7 kbyte/s)
Auto-selected AVI audio ID = 1
[V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x44495658 size:640x360 fps:29.970 ftime:=0.0334
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/isaias/.mplayer/sub/'
using /dev/fb0
Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
dec_audio: Allocating 4608 + 65536 = 70144 bytes for output buffer.
mp3lib: using SSE optimized decore!
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
MPEG 1.0, Layer III, 44100 Hz 128 kbit Joint-Stereo, BPF: 417
Channels: 2, copyright: No, original: Yes, CRC: No, emphasis: 0
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
Trying every known audio driver...
ao2: 44100 Hz 2 chans s16le
audio_setup: using '/dev/dsp' dsp device
audio_setup: using '/dev/mixer' mixer device
audio_setup: using 'pcm' mixer device
audio_setup: sample format: s16le (requested: s16le)
audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2)
audio_setup: using 44100 Hz samplerate (requested: 44100)
audio_setup: frags: 16/16 (4096 bytes/frag) free: 65536
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: OSS/ioctl audio output
AO: Author: A'rpi
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
Video: no video
Freeing 3 unused video chunks.
Starting playback...
Increasing filtered audio buffer size from 0 to 65536
Uninit audio filters...9.7 (23:10:19.7) 1.0%
[libaf] Removing filter dummy
Uninit audio: mp3lib
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not initialized..

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