[solved] Laggy Video

I don't understand why video is lagging again. It went away when I installed intel-dri a month or so ago. But after a full system upgrade it's all laggy again. According to pacman intel-dri & xf86-video-ati & ati-dri are all installed. What could the problem be? I'm on a older ibm thinkpad, it's not built for heavy duty graphics but low quality youtube videos should not be lagging either.
Last edited by adamlogan (2010-10-28 02:45:39)

Well in the past the Thinkpad has played 720p films fine in VLC. I usually do 320p for youtube just cuz bandwidth does not exceed 64kb/s here and I don't see that much of a difference. It did not lag in the past month or so, am wondering why it's lagging now all of a sudden. The gfx card is Radeon Mobility M7 LW AKA Radeon Mobility 7500 according to lspci | grep VGA. Using openbox, X-ORG without custom configs, Vesa drivers installed (forgot to mention that before). Youtube videos are all in flash right? I have adobe flash installed. Can Mplayer really handle that format well? What about VLC? hmm. Still I don't see what's wrong. In the past when the video was laggy all I had to do was install intel-dri and all of a sudden problem was solved. It's still installed so I'm scratching my head.
Last edited by adamlogan (2010-10-09 20:04:09)

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My Many Irritations (story) and a New Solved Problem (video playback)

This topic is just going to ramble through the many things that have irritated me about my iPod since the purchase only three weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, though, I still love the thing. For the most serious problems, check out Numbers 3 and 11.
Lets see... where to begin...
I originally had no interest in the iPod, but some time after the unveiling of the fifth generation's new capabilities a friend of mine started talking about it quite a lot. And so, some time in early November, my hype for the video iPod had grown greatly. I downloaded Videora iPod converter and started converting music videos like crazy.
By the time December rolled in I had successfully converted almost all of my 150 or so music videos and imported them into iTunes. With Christmas coming up I was wondering if I should just ask for it as a gift, but impatience set in and I bought it on the fifth of December, and have greatly enjoyed it since.
Sounds peachy, but there's a fair bit that I left out.
Number 1. I love viewing movie trailers on Apple's website. But with the recent update to the quicktime software, it was required to get the updated version. With that came iTunes, a program that was at the time unwanted and an irratation.
Number 2. Videora iPod Converter has it's fair share of bugs. While I successfully converted many a video with it, I found it would 100% of the time fail to convert files of the .wmv format (Windows Media). As well, I would later find a more serious problem.
Number 3. On the first day of using the iPod I had a serious error. I had been watching videos just fine all day, and the iPod was working perfectly. I then chose a video to play and inexplicably the iPod froze. These are the symptoms: black screen, backlight on, no responce from controls.
Tired, as it was the end of the day, I was unwilling to go to the computer room and attempt to find a solution online. And so, I gambled that the backlight would drain the battery and hoped that upon a recharge, everything would be fine. As the backlight was illuminating my bedroom, I put the iPod in it's sleeve to dim it a bit and went to sleep.
As you can imagine, this was kind of scary. I was afraid that I had bricked my iPod on it's first day.
In the morning, the battery had died and I was able to recharge it by syncing it with my computer. After charging, I tried a few videos and then tried the offending video. Again it froze, but this time I was confident that the backlight would drain the battery and it would be fine.
I then looked at the folder wherin I had saved the converted video. Among all my other videos was the offending one. I played it in Quicktime 7, and everything was fine until I realized the length of the video was double what it should be. After what should be the end of the music video came two minutes of a white screen. The file size was also abnormally large, compared to the other videos.
It turns out that Videora iPod Converter can sometimes produce corrupt files, and these corrupt files will not be detected by iTunes as corrupt. Such files can be trasferred to iTunes and to your iPod without any error or problem, but will lock up your iPod when played. Now, when converting batches of videos with Videora, I scan the file-sizes to see if any are abnormally large; after all, using the same settings on a batch of similar in length videos should produce files of similar size.
It occurs to me now that the method for resetting the iPod might have worked as an alternative to draining the battery.
Number 4. I should mention that the battery life on this thing was (for me) unexpectedly low when playing videos. I'm not saying that mine is defective or anything, but I just found that the battery runs down pretty quick when playing videos; quicker than I had thought it might. Not a big problem, though.
Number 5. In a search to find something to convert my .wmv videos to an iPod compatible format I found the ImToo converter. It works quite well, but the trial version is limited to videos of five minutes or less in length. I'm considering paying for the full version, but if someone knows of another reliable .wmv converter, I'd be glad to try that. For now, ImToo is good enough as most music videos are less than five minutes long, but I do have some other videos in the .wmv format that I would like to transcode.
Number 6. In mid December I went out of town for three days. Of course, I brought along my new favorite portable media player. Not surprisingly, the battery soon ran low and I was without my computer to recharge it. So I went out to a store and bought Apple's official USB Power Adapter. I thought it was kind of expensive, especially considering that they used to be BUNDLED with the older iPod models, but I was happy to find I would now be able to charge my iPod. Wrong. Something that was not made obvious to me by the package description (if it is even mentioned there) is that the darn thing needs the USB cable that came with the iPod. It does not come with one, and so if all you have is a wall socket, the USB Power Adapter, and an iPod, you're screwed. Unless it's the iPod shuffle, which apparantly is the only thing that works with the USB Power Adapter out of the box. As far as portability goes, I feel this hurts. I would have liked to keep my USB cable attached to my computer. After all, it is a pain to get to the back of my computer and keep plugging it in or unplugging it.
Number 7. I'm rather irritated with certain aspects of the iPod's interface considering music videos and regular song files. I spent a good amount of time adding artist and album tags to all of my music videos. These tags make sorting the videos in iTunes much easier.
First, the iPod's interface does not allow for the search of videos through album tags, but does through artist tags.
Second, going to Music>Albums> gives a long, cluttered list of Albums because of all of my music videos and one-hit songs that belong to only one album each.
I suppose there is a workaround.
Number 8. I recently bought another accessory for my iPod. The LOGiiX Amplified Fold-Up Speakers. A very attractive and portable set of speakers for the iPod. It comes with a little stand that holds the iPod in place, and works off of either 4 AAA Batteries or AC Power. Yet again, this is a product that DOES NOT come with the power adapter. Now, I think I MAY have one somewhere in my house... perhaps the power adapter that CAME WITH my SONY MD that is being replaced with the iPod will work....
Oh, and that little clip-on stand I mentioned? I expect it to be lost soon because when I fold up my portable speakers there is no way to clip the stand onto the outside of the speakers.
Now, as far as portability goes, I have to carry with me (at the most) seven things: the iPod, the headphones, the USB connector, the USB power adapter, the fold-up speakers, the little stand, and an AC power adapter.
Number 9. Minor irritation in my control of the clickwheel. After this long, I still accidentally select the wrong thing, and often take a fair time to get the highlight where I want. Meh, this one I'll figure out eventually.
Number 10. There was something irritating about entirely forgetting my login for my Apple ID and having to create this brand new one for today.
Number 11. Just today, I have come across a problem with the video not playing. I watched one video just fine, went to the Videos>Movies> tab and, as mentioned above, accidentally highlighted a video I did not wish to play and hit the Select button. Normally when this happens I wait until the video has loaded - when the screen goes black and the white Play symbol appears in the top left. But this time, I immediately hit the Menu button to go back to the Movies tab. The video's loading was interrupted and I went back to the Movies tab.
Now, when I select and play ANY video, after a noticable but short wait the screen goes black, another noticably longer wait and the play symbol appears, and then a black screen for a few seconds and the iPod skips ahead to the next video, which behaves in the exact same way.
I have powered down the iPod using the method of holding the pause button, but the problem persits.
My music videos can be played as songs by finding them under the Music tab, but no videos play as videos.
I am not at my home computer, and so running iPod updater or just trying to sync is not an option right now.
I will soon try to reset the iPod using the method described on Apple's support website.
EDIT Okay, the reset did the trick. Videos are playing fine now. I still want to share my iPod story, so I'll leave this here, but have changed it from being a question. Below are the instructions I followed for the reset.
RESETTING THE IPOD
1. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
2. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.

Nice Rant session:
"It turns out that Videora iPod Converter can sometimes produce corrupt files, and these corrupt files will not be detected by iTunes as corrupt. Such files can be trasferred to iTunes and to your iPod without any error or problem, but will lock up your iPod when played. Now, when converting batches of videos with Videora, I scan the file-sizes to see if any are abnormally large; after all, using the same settings on a batch of similar in length videos should produce files of similar size."
What did you expect for freeware? Nice effort but because it's free everyone thinks it's a gem. It's not. This web site has been flooded with questions that should be directed at the authors website. Video conversion and editing is not for the beginner. Sounds to me that you have a bunch of badly converted videos that are causing a lot of problems. Videora problems:
Known Bugs
Audio/Video sync
Problem - Output files can be out-of-sync. While no set pattern has been established, it seems to be more frequent with input files of 23.976 fps, non-DVD rips, and WMV/MPG filetypes.
Workaround solutions - Try the custom option '-async 1'. If the disconnect gradually increases over time, setting 29.97 fps sometimes gets rid of the problem regardless of the input fps. You can also use AviSynth to assume the FPS and have the audio sync to that. If it's a sudden disconnect, check your VOB Cell settings in DVD Decrypter settings per this thread. Otherwise, test with an AviSynth script per the DaProphecy's method in the FAQ. For non-DVD files, PSPVideo 9 may be a good short-term solution until the converter stabilizes some more or try something like AviDemux.
Audio track not getting picked up
Problem - The IFO stream rip is fine, but the converted file has no sound. The debug info showed to audio track getting picked up. The most obvious case with this is the Madagascar DVD.
Workaround solution ideas - Test with an AviSynth script per the DaProphecy's method in the FAQ (untested). Use a different DVD ripper.
Program doesn't start (.NET issue?)
Problem - Converter errors upon starting with an extended dump.
Solution ideas - Update .NET framework (in all languages you're using!) to most recent solution. Clean out registry. Neither of these have worked for some.
Progress meter incorrect
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Workaround - Figure out the length of your movie in seconds and compare that to the 'Processed' field. A 2-hour movie will not finish until Processed hits 7200 seconds.
Artifacts (bad video quality) in darker scenes
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Workaround ideas - Use a VBR setting (FQ->VBR, two-pass A->VBR) to improve video quality. The custom option '-mbd 2' might help.
Desktop icon
Problem - When installing, the desktop icon does not appear/stick when using lower color setups.
Workarounds - Select a 32-bit color scheme in your desktop settings, or change the icon in the shortcut.
Profile changes don't always stick
Problem - If you make a change to a profile, click apply, and immediately trancdoe with that profile, the transcode might not use the new settings.
Workarounds - Once you click apply, swtich to another profile and back again to make sure the change is still there. If that doesn't work, create a new profile.
Can only install/use with admin rights
Problem - There have been reports of non-admin users not being able to use the converter.
Workarounds - Separate installs or give all users admin rights.
Who in their right mind would use a program that has these many critical bugs to convert files for the IPOD. People who are cheap, kids with no money and people who are just plain gullably.
A little research and downloading a trial from this site would have solved your video problems early on;
http://www.divmm.com/
The 5th Gen IPOD was designed to support video content that was purchased on the ITunes web site. For everything else, you are on your own.

[Solved] No video in nvidia HDTV after HDMI switching

My HDTV client (Arch64bit,XFCE) goes through a Receiver which can switch HDMI inputs, then to a HD monitor. Until recently, I could switch and find the video still working when I switched back. Recently this changed. The HDTV client also dual boots Win7, which does allow switching. To wit:
HDTV client setup(dual boot,HDMI,nvidiaGT610):
‥Archlinux/nvidiaGT610 ->SwitchingReceiver->SamsungHDmonitor
‥Win7/nvidiaGT610 ->SwitchingReceiver->SamsungHDMonitor
Previous behavoir:
…switching away from HDTVclient then switching back - HDmonitor video works
Current Behavior:
…switching away from HDTVclientWin7 then switching back - HDmonitor video works as expected
…switching away from HDTVclientArchlinux then switching back - HDmonitor video blank (no signal) but Remote desktop works, shows X11 working (putty SSL, vnc Remote Desktop). Requires reboot to restore video with HDmonitor on and Receiver HDMI selected to HDTV Archlinux/nvidiaGT610.
Recently there has been an upgrade to xorg-server:
[2015-02-16 08:56] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.16.4-1 -> 1.17.1-1)
[2015-02-16 08:56] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server (1.16.4-1 -> 1.17.1-1)
[2015-02-16 08:56] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-devel (1.16.4-1 -> 1.17.1-1)
[2015-02-16 08:56] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-xephyr (1.16.4-1 -> 1.17.1-1)
and to the nvidia driver:
[2015-02-02 11:48] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (346.35-4 -> 346.35-5)
[2015-02-07 10:47] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-ck-k10 (346.35-3 -> 346.35-4)
[2015-02-08 05:25] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (346.35-5 -> 346.35-6)
[2015-02-28 09:15] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (346.35-2 -> 346.47-1)
[2015-02-28 09:15] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-libgl (346.35-2 -> 346.47-1)
[2015-02-28 09:16] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (346.35-6 -> 346.47-3)
[2015-02-28 09:16] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-ck-k10 (346.35-4 -> 346.47-3)
[2015-02-28 09:16] [ALPM] upgraded opencl-nvidia (346.35-2 -> 346.47-1)
I could use some suggestions for debugging this... .. .
Notes:
․xorg.conf points to EDID file recovered from Samsung using direct connection
․DPMS disabled in xorg.conf
․xscreensaver is not installed
․Power Manager / Display setting to never
․Per graysky's admonition, this also occurs with non-ck 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 kernel and nvidia's 346.47
xorg.conf http://pastebin.com/jhjHzT5X
Xorg.0.log http://pastebin.com/4LkNHrAM
Last edited by keepitsimpleengineer (2015-03-16 17:57:30)

Thanks to Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) the issue is solved and the Bug FS#44199 - No video in nvidia HDTV after HDMI switching is closed.
The bug...
In xfsettingsd 4.11.2 there appears to be a regression that when a TV hooked up to the computer via HDMI gets power cycled, it stops displaying anything.
It happens via a RANDR event being sent to all X clients when the TV gets turned off.
xfsettingsd thinks that it should switch to an internal output, but desktops don't have one. So when the TV comes back on the bus it seems like it's an extra monitor and xfsettingsd gets confused.
My new workaround...
Unwilling to do any testing on a remote HDTV client for domestic tranquility reasons, I did this…
Dug out an old monitor, searched through the parts drawer and found a DVI-to-DB-9 converter, plugged it in and tested that per description in XFCE Bug 11107 - xfsettingsd resets TV mode to NULL on power cycle.
The problem is (re)solved as video is restored after switching.

Laggy video after adding title...

So, I completed a mini wedding movie with sound effects and titles. However, when playing back the movie, the video footage with titles become very laggy. It seems like it's a bit choppy... Video footage with only added audio/sound effects seem to run smooth... Why is this? and is there a fix for this?

Just for an update, I just went ahead and exported the movie anyways... Guess what? It runs very smooth on QT and iTunes. I even burned a DVD and played on a regular DVD player, and it is also very smooth. So, I guess just because you have a laggy video in the iMovie preview, doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be like that after exporting... I am very happy!

Laggy video on Chrome.

Since the 11.4 update everytime i go to watch a video on any stream site i get laggy videos in full screen is there any update? I am running google chrome. And yes i have tried the turning enhanced thing off.

Run through this list of fixes and try to narrown down the issue, report back.
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[SOLVED]Xf86-video-intel 2.7.0-1 problem.

Iḿ using xf86-video-intel with xorg-server 1.6.1 and when i use a kms-enabled kernel my video gets all messed up. It' s like it can't find the correct sync with video.
no kms is ok, but as usual , i get no direct rendering with compiz.
does anyone is experiencing the same problem?
intel gm965 here
Last edited by lycaeum (2009-04-17 10:50:22)

Bogart wrote:
The problem is that tiling was enabled to solve the performance problems with KMS. So disabling it will have the performance problems again.
How does gtkperf run as compared with EXA when using KMS and tiling off? Could anyone test? (I'll test myself later when I have the chance).
Don't know how it compares, but here are the UXA/kms results with tiling off:
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Fri Apr 17 12:10:03 2009
GtkEntry - time: 0.00
GtkComboBox - time: 3.09
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 1.87
GtkSpinButton - time: 0.89
GtkProgressBar - time: 1.03
GtkToggleButton - time: 0.61
GtkCheckButton - time: 0.53
GtkRadioButton - time: 0.71
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 0.91
GtkTextView - Scroll - time: 0.88
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GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 2.37
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time: 0.27
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[SOLVED] xf86-video-intel (sna) 2.20.9 crashes during xrandr operation

Hello All!
I noticed a kind of serious problem the other day: running
xrandr --output HDMI2 --rotate inverted
will cause a seg fault and crash X. Here's the message that will be left in
your terminal:
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x560366]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x1640c9) [0x5640c9]
2: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f545be2e000+0xf170) [0x7f545be3d170]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f5458e05000+0xb5ff2) [0x7f5458ebaff2]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f5458e05000+0xbc92c) [0x7f5458ec192c]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f5458e05000+0x6b0d8) [0x7f5458e700d8]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f5458e05000+0x5cb27) [0x7f5458e61b27]
7: /usr/bin/X (BlockHandler+0x4a) [0x4382da]
8: /usr/bin/X (WaitForSomething+0x114) [0x55d714]
9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x34281) [0x434281]
10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x23615) [0x423615]
11: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f545acda725]
12: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x238ed) [0x4238ed]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
This happens to me on a lenovo X220T. I also have a lenovo U350 (not sandy
bridge), and that works fine. Can anyone else confirm this so I can get a bug
report started?
A few notes:
* Reverting to the 2.20.8 driver fixes the issue.
* It doesn't matter which screen I rotate, or if I have externals connected at
all. xrandr seems to always crash.
* My kernel is slightly outdated (3.4.9-1), due to some other X220T issues:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31384
Thanks!
*EDIT*: searching a little harder discovers this bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55602
Which I think is the same thing. I'll try to help them out...
*EDIT2*: Sorry for all the noise! I think this issue is resolved upstream:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55527
I'll mark this as solved.
Last edited by wes (2012-10-05 21:44:45)

Exact same problem.
Lenovo S12 (Intel Atom)
pacman.log...
[2014-06-15 06:41] [PACMAN] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.99.911-2 -> 2.99.912-1)
Xorg.0.log...
[ 1472.441] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 1472.441] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 1472.441] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 1472.443] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 1472.443] compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[ 1472.443] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 1472.443] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 1472.443] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 1472.443] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 1472.443] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[ 1472.444] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[ 1472.445] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri3
[ 1472.445] (II) UnloadModule: "dri3"
[ 1472.445] (II) Unloading dri3
[ 1472.445] (EE) intel: Failed to load module "dri3" (module does not exist, 0)
<--snip-->
[ 1472.513] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[ 1472.513] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i915
[ 1472.513] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 1472.515] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 1472.515] (EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)
[ 1472.515] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 1472.515] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 1472.515] (EE)
[ 1472.515] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 1472.539] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Edit: Bug filed https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40860 Monday, 16 June 2014, 22:46 GMT+8
Last edited by keepitsimpleengineer (2014-06-16 14:49:59)

[SOLVED]xf86-video-intel-2.13.0-2 - Black screen/windows

I've upgraded from xf86-video-intel-2.13.0-1 to release 2 and now every GL window is black, with no rendering.
For example, glxgears give-me a black empty window with no rendering, also the games stoped working.
I can confirm this issue on this igp:
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Q35
Mesa 7.9
Any more confirmations?
Downgrading to extra/xf86-video-intel solves the problem.
Last edited by TigTex (2010-10-13 23:50:53)

Ok... let's wait for a fix.
Thank you
edit: release -3 solves the problem.
Last edited by TigTex (2010-10-13 22:17:52)

[SOLVED] flashplugin video freezing while audio is fine

I saw a post about this on this forum, but I've been searching the forum for about 5 hours now and I can't find it, so I'll post a new topic.
When I do almost anything with adobe flash (in firefox or chromium) after about five seconds the visual freezes while the audio goes on. I hesitate to call it "video" because this happens with games and such, not just youtube-type videos. If I right click on the flash animation/video/whatever you want to call it, it starts working again, but only for a few seconds before the same thing happens again.
Also, if I make videos fullscreen, it's just a black screen the first time. I exit fullscreen and do it again and then it works. Sometimes the video for that freezes, too, but less often.
I've tried uncommenting EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1 in /etc/adobe/mms.cfg and that doesn't help. In fact, if I try a fullscreen video with that uncommented, the X server crashes when I try to exit fullscreen.
I've got an intel video card and I've tried playing with xorg.conf enabling EXA with greedy MigrationHeuristic, UXA, XAA, I've tried turning off tiling. Nothing works. And I'm not using compiz or anything like that. I've tried everything I know. Anybody have any other suggestions??? (Please...?)
Last edited by bluej774 (2011-05-05 03:26:10)

thinkpadx61 wrote:I have the same problem, but the answer doesn't solve it for me.
I'm using flashplugin (ver. 10.2.159.1-2) on a 32-bit system.
I am on i686 too. Mine is
"extra/flashplugin 10.2.159.1-2 [installed]"
when I search on my machine.

[SOLVED] OpenGL video playback slow on radeonhd

Hi,
My video playback is very slow when using OpenGL output, both in VLC and mplayer. When using the x11 driver, the playback is normal in VLC, but in mplayer there is a problem with the aspect: the picture does not scale.
I have a Radeon mobility X1600 and an up to date Arch64. glxinfo report direct rendering, and glxgears gives about 215 FPS at the default window size (if I make it smaller, then it boosts to about 700). I don't use fglrx, since I can't put the laptop in suspend to ram mode with it - rather, I can but then I can't wake it up
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Eduardo
Last edited by ezacaria (2008-12-22 13:45:49)

Hi,
Thanks for the link!
I realized that the offical Xorg ati driver also has support for my card. I just switched to it, and the mplayer problems are solved Incidentally, the glxgears count went up to about 1450. The suspend to ram also works, so I think I'll stick to this driver.
Thanks again!
Regards,
Eduardo

[SOLVED]suddenly video playback in youtube(and similar sites) playing

in fast mode, and with no sound at all.
i didn't change anything as far as i know, in my system, except from updating it from time to time(my system is up to date).
the problem occurres in firefox and chrome.
there is no problem with the sound and video, if i play a video in vlc(it plays well).
i tried to restart the computer, and the problem still exist.
i don't know what to do.
Last edited by andav (2015-03-16 20:55:20)

problem solved.
i went to settings -> sound (in gnome).
the output was changed to something else(don't know why), so i changed it to: line out - built-in audio, and now everything working :-)
Last edited by andav (2015-03-16 20:55:51)

[SOLVED] Air Video Server Error Message

Does anyone here have any experience with Air Video Server for Linux? I sure hope so...
I'm trying to install Air Video Server on my Arch box so I can watch movies on my iPad without using my mac or converting the video files. I got everything installed, and the server software was running. When I tried to start a video on my iPad, I got "unexpected error." So, I killed the process and started the server manually, and then tried to play a video. This is the output that I got. Maybe you can help?
/usr/share/air-video-server/avconv -ss 60.0 -i /home/media/completed/Contraband/Contraband.mp4 -vframes 1 -f mjpeg -
DEBUG: Thumbnail: >>
346E68693468737A697E347A7269366D727F7E7436687E696D7E69347A6D7874756D3B3668683B2D2B352B3B36723B347374767E34767E7F727A3478
74766B777E6F7E7F345874756F697A797A757F345874756F697A797A757F35766B2F3B366D7D697A767E683B2A3B367D3B76716B7E7C3B36
<<
===================================================================================================
DEBUG: Thumbnail: avconv version 0.8, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the Libav developers
DEBUG: Thumbnail: built on Dec 2 2012 10:17:40 with gcc 4.7.2
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/home/media/completed/Contraband/Contraband.mp4':
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: major_brand : isom
DEBUG: Thumbnail: minor_version : 1
DEBUG: Thumbnail: compatible_brands: isom
DEBUG: Thumbnail: creation_time : 2012-04-15 06:49:31
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Duration: 01:49:38.56, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1670 kb/s
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 506.256000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:00:00.000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.1: start 506.256000, end 886.260000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:08:26.256
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.2: start 886.260000, end 1152.860000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:14:46.260
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.3: start 1152.860000, end 1492.366000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:19:12.860
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.4: start 1492.366000, end 1752.626000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:24:52.366
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.5: start 1752.626000, end 2079.744000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:29:12.626
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.6: start 2079.744000, end 2336.376000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:34:39.744
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.7: start 2336.376000, end 2736.943000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:38:56.376
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.8: start 2736.943000, end 3137.760000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:45:36.943
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.9: start 3137.760000, end 3596.092000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:52:17.760
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.10: start 3596.092000, end 3931.344000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 00:59:56.092
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.11: start 3931.344000, end 4203.991000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:05:31.344
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.12: start 4203.991000, end 4575.112000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:10:03.991
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.13: start 4575.112000, end 4877.372000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:16:15.112
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.14: start 4877.372000, end 5134.046000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:21:17.372
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.15: start 5134.046000, end 5415.910000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:25:34.046
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.16: start 5415.910000, end 5726.888000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:30:15.910
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.17: start 5726.888000, end 5941.144000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:35:26.888
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.18: start 5941.144000, end 6272.099000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:39:01.144
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Chapter #0.19: start 6272.099000, end 6578.560000
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: title : 01:44:32.099
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Stream #0.0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x816 [PAR 40001:40000 DAR 2353:1000], 1597 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn, 47.95 tbc
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Target Framerate: 23.975
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: creation_time : 2012-04-15 00:12:59
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 70 kb/s
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:
DEBUG: Thumbnail: creation_time : 2012-04-15 06:56:52
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Output #0, mjpeg, to 'pipe:':
DEBUG: Thumbnail: Metadata:java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit
at com.inmethod.air.connect.service.ServiceRegistry$ServiceWrapper.invoke(ServiceRegistry.java:231)
at com.inmethod.air.connect.service.ServiceRegistry.invokeMethod(ServiceRegistry.java:48)
at com.inmethod.air.connect.service.ServiceRegistry.invokeMethod(ServiceRegistry.java:37)
at com.inmethod.air.connect.filter.ServiceFilter.doFilter(ServiceFilter.java:82)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1084)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:360)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:712)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:313)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:506)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:844)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:644)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:205)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:381)
at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:227)
at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:442)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:274)
at com.inmethod.common.util.ImageUtil$CreateThumbnail.<init>(ImageUtil.java:55)
at com.inmethod.common.util.ImageUtil.resizeImageAsJPG(ImageUtil.java:24)
at com.inmethod.air.video.common.thumbnail.ThumbnailParser.resize(ThumbnailParser.java:84)
at com.inmethod.air.video.common.thumbnail.ThumbnailParser.parseThumbnail(ThumbnailParser.java:73)
at com.inmethod.air.video.common.thumbnail.ThumbnailParser.parseThumbnailInternal(ThumbnailParser.java:104)
at com.inmethod.air.video.common.thumbnail.ThumbnailParser.parseThumbnail(ThumbnailParser.java:139)
at com.inmethod.air.video.v0240.info.MediaInfoParser.parseMediaInfo(MediaInfoParser.java:80)
at com.inmethod.air.video.v0240.model.fs.FileSystemVideoItem.loadDetail(FileSystemVideoItem.java:59)
at com.inmethod.air.video.v0240.model.BrowseService.getNestedItem(BrowseService.java:354)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.inmethod.air.connect.service.ServiceRegistry$ServiceWrapper.invoke(ServiceRegistry.java:221)
... 15 more
^C[root@arch ~]#
It seems to me that there's a problem with creating a thumbnail. Any ideas?
Last edited by discipulus (2012-12-03 04:07:27)

Alright, I have figured it out after much working! After doing some searching and realizing that no one had encountered this problem with Arch Linux before, I decided to search specifically by the error that Java was giving, instead of trying to relate it to Air Video Server. I had to edit the script that launched the daemon (/usr/bin/air-video-server) to add the option -Djava.awt.headless=true and then I needed to install an additional library (that wasn't on the dependencies list, ironically enough) fontconfig. I guess fontconfig is standard with X11, which is why it wasn't listed as a dependency. It's also why I needed to add the headless option to the launch script, because I don't use a GUI, just a CLI. This is solved, and I'll leave it up for others that may encounter similar problems.

[SOLVED] No video thumbnails in 'Nemo' after update 1.8.5-1 2.0.*

Some week ago Nemo was update from 1.8.5-1 to 2.0.0-2, and after that Nemo could not create new video thumbnails.
I downgrade Nemo to 1.8.5-1 (and gnome-desktop 1:3.10.1-1 to 1:3.8.4-1) and then video thumbnails work again. I have tried every new Nemo version since, but it's the same.
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I found a hint here that pointed me in the right direction: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p … 95#p737221
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SiD wrote:
ah, ok.
p.s.
do you mean the "ERR: SCR moves backwards, remultiplex input." error?
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[2011-01-30 18:59] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.9.2-2 -> 1.9.3.901-1)
[2011-01-30 18:59] upgraded xorg-server (1.9.2-2 -> 1.9.3.901-1)
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Last edited by ataraxia (2011-02-07 04:55:32)

I had this trouble when I upgraded to
xf86-video-nouveau-git (20110206-1)
and had to upgrade to
libdrm (2.4.23-1)
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xf86-video-nouveau (0.0.16_git20100819-1)
libdrm (2.4.21-1)
I'm running the very latest Nouveau git kernel modules, but going back several versions made no difference.
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