[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

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My computer won't play videos from site like the Daily Show and the CW, but they stopped working last week. I have the newest version of Adobe player. Anyone know why the full videos will not play?

I failed to mention that the sound does play on the videos that are not playing.

Hi, I uploaded some flv videos to my blog and can see it fine on my G5, my the videos will not play in Safari on my iPhone iOS4. Anyone know how to fix this?

Hi, I uploaded some flv videos to my blog and can see it fine on my G5, my the videos will not play in Safari on my iPhone iOS4. Anyone know how to fix this?

I've also tried m4v and avi files. Is there another file format that will work?

Why video does not play when embedded in a PDF when viewed in Windows 8?

I have a situation where video must be embedded within the PDF document and it was working for us using older versions of IE and on 32 bit machines and using acrobat X. When the same file was tested on Windows 8 it looks good and behaves well except the embedded video does not play. The same video (.mp4) will play on the new OS if it is not embedded in the PDF.
Is this because the PDF is looking for a 32 bit flash player? Am I doing something wrong and/or is there a fix for this situation?

Are you watching the pdf file from Adobe Reader?
Windows 8 by default has a diferent reader for pdf files that does not support rich media elements.

HELP....AVCHD / MPEG files not playing correctly!

I have been trying to download video that was shot with the new Sony FS100 camera that I'm told are AVCHD or MPEG files to my older Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 timeline, but they are not playing correctly. When I reverse the field dominance, the image plays better but the sound is strange (I was able to speed the sound to 450% and it worked better, but then the balance of the sound from the clip is lost somewhere.).
Any suggestions to make these files play and work correctly? I tried converting them to AVI files but that showed up completely black on the timeline! Anything I've tried either affects the video or audio negatively! I try either makes the image play or stutterThis was shot in regular SD format, NOT HD, so they should be able to play on a standard timeline. Can anyone suggest anything to help please? Much appreciated!

Thanks for your reply, I ran it through Media Info. Here are the results:
Container & general information:
MPEG-PS: 290 Mib 4min22s
1 Video stream: MPEG video
1 Audio stream: AC-3
First Video Stream:
8833 Kbps, 720*480 (4:3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG video (NTSC) (version 2) (Main@main) (Custom Matrix BVOP)
First Audio Stream:
256 Kpbs, 48.0 Khz, 16 bits, 2 channels, AC-3 (DVD-Video)
Please let me know where to go from here. Thanks so much!
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:50:15 -0700
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Subject: HELP....AVCHD / MPEG files not playing correctly!
    Re: HELP....AVCHD / MPEG files not playing correctly!
    created by Ann Bens in Premiere Pro CS4 & Earlier - View the full discussion
Welcome to the forum.A screendump of what these SD files exactly are would be very nice.Run them throught Media info.http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
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NMH 410 "Remote Access" - Videos Do Not Play

When accessing my Media Hub from a "remote" location the videos do not play (I only have videos on my Media Hub).
Instead, I get the following error message:
Error: Could not play the selected title
Windows Media: this media player was detected but is not responding.
The version, plug-in, or codec may be incorrect.
These same videos play without any problem on my home network using the same PC(Windows Vista), IE browser (8), and Media Player (11.0.5x).
Does anyone have any keys to success that they can offer?
My Network:
DSL with "bridged" modem
E4200 Linksys router
Ports forwarded 80, 443, 9000
Media Hub 410
Windows XP desktop (wired)
Windows Vista laptop (wireless)
MAC 10 laptop (wireless)
IE 8
Windows Media Player 11.0.5x
Video Files (all) .wmv format
Files imported to Hub through Media Importer
Files manually moved from Import Folder to Video Folder on Hub File Browser
All Video Thumbnails shown on Hub Homepage
As mentioned there is no problem playing these video files at home, nor is there a problem accessing the Media Hub "remotely". I just cannot get the files to play from a remote location.
Any ideas or recommendations?
dutch184

Hi Fhizoo8:
Thanks for that knowledge base listing. The items there only served to re-enforce those things that have already been attempted.
I have not tried your suggestion to uninstall and reinstall Windows Media Player. I'll do this on the laptop that I use while at remote locations, and on the desktop that I have wired to my home network. At this point I'll reach for any straw that might allow these videos to play (remotely).
To answer your question, yes I have all 3 ports forwarded on my router (80, 443, 9000) and married to the IP of the Media Hub. I also access the Media Hub through the HTTPS format, and through the DYNDNS format without any problem. I do not use the www.cicomediahub.com method of remote access. That route is never reliable, nor is it ever working and when it does work the videos are buffering every 3-5 seconds.
I will try the unistall and reinstall of the Windows Media Player. I will get back to let you know if it had any positive affect.
Thanks
dutch184

Video does not play in preview window.

I have recently upgraded to CS4 from CS3.
In any part of CS4 that uses video; Encore, Premeire and After Effects, video will not play in the preview window from a timeline when the play button is pressed. The playhead doesn't move, but the Play button toggles from Pause to Play when pressed. However, when I scrub the video, I can see it in the window. Video played fine in CS3.
My graphics card is a PNY nVidia Quadro FX 570 with the 178.26 driver. My computer is a Dell Precision 670.
I recently completed a project where I had to trim about 48 QuickTime video files created in Premiere 2.0, compressed with Sorensen 3.
The files were then added to Encore, and a DVD was created. The DVD worked fine. At no time could I preview video, unless I opened the edited video in QuickTime.
This has also happened with still and AVIs.
At no time do any of the CS4 programs freeze or crash the system.
Has anyone had this happen to them. Is it a graphics card issue.... I can't seem to find any info on a similar problem.
Thanks.
sSix

Try turning off (or lowering) Hardware Acceleration for your graphics card.
At the Windows Desktop, Right Click and select "Properties". Under the "Settings" Tab, select "Advanced". Select the "Troubleshoot" Tab and reduce the Hardware Acceleration. You will need to restart you computer to see if it worked. First, try it with no Acceleration. If it works, try increasing the Hardwar Accelearation one notch at a time - rebooting your computer each time. \
I obtained this procedure from the Adobe Technical Staff.
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