FireFox exits abruptly when trying to view a JumpTV.com channel

[Henry M. Anaya]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

The Firefox application exits abruptly when trying to view a live TV stream from the JumpTV.com website. I'm using the VLC mozilla plugin. This problem occurs with other Linux distributions (Mandriva One Spring 2008, PCLinuxOS, etc.).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 16 02:34:47 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Marcus Asshauer (mcas)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs, or upload (as an attachment) the crash report from /var/crash/.

Also, please answer these questions:
Is this crash reproducible? If so, which are the steps that lead to it?
Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which Firefox extensions do you have installed?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

[exactt (giesbert)]

here on latest hardy i386. i freshly installed mozilla-plugin-vlc as the totem plugin wasn't showing anything.

when i try to watch a video on http://sport.ard.de i get the following output in the terminal. maybe the original poster has similar output on the console?

argn=type, argv=application/x-mplayer2
argn=name, argv=MEDIAPLAYERCONTROL4372
argn=id, argv=MEDIAPLAYERCONTROL4372
argn=pluginspage, argv=http://www.microsoft.com/netshow/download/player.htm
argn=src, argv=http://gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx
argn=uimode, argv=full
argn=enablefullscreencontrols, argv=1
argn=showcontrols, argv=1
argn=showstatusbar, argv=1
argn=showpositioncontrols, argv=0
argn=showtracker, argv=0
argn=autostart, argv=1
argn=displaysize, argv=4
argn=width, argv=512
argn=border, argv=0
argn=height, argv=338
[00000001] main private debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main private debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main private debug: loading plugins cache file /home/max/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main private debug: module bank initialized, found 218 modules
[00000001] main private debug: opening config file /home/max/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main private debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main private debug: looking for memcpy module: 1 candidate
[00000001] main private debug: using memcpy module "memcpy"
[00000283] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000283] main playlist debug: thread 3023887248 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184)
[00000284] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000284] main private debug: thread 2923846544 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210)
[00000285] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000285] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000285] main interface debug: thread 2904664976 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000287] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000287] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver"
[00000287] main interface debug: thread 2896272272 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000283] main playlist debug: adding playlist item `http://gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx' ( http://gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx )
[00000283] main playlist debug: creating new input thread
[00000289] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000289] main input debug: `http://gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx' gives access `http' demux `' path `gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx'
[00000289] main input debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='gffstream.rd.llnwd.net/br/geo/asx/event_2.asx'
[00000290] main demuxer debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
[00000290] main demuxer warning: no access_demux module matched "http"
[00000289] main input debug: creating access 'http' path=...

[exactt (giesbert)]

ok. this will be getting hard to reproduce as will only last for 3 more hours and is probably not available outside germany. but here it is for completeness. the full url is: http://sport.ard.de/euro2008/euro_live/livestreams/medienteaser-livestreams.jsp

it does not crash anytime so maybe give it a second try...

[Craig73 (funrun73)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Craig73 (funrun73)]

(Cross referencing https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/212033 they are not experiencing crashes, but are experiencing issues playing video using mozilla-plugin-vlc under kubuntu. Not sure which pieces are related)

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Craig73 (funrun73)]

Martin - as per above, I had posted a comment for Henry and Exactt to confirm is this was still an issue (and I was just waiting back). Since I haven't heard back I will close this issue.

Henry, Exactt, if you haven't found the latest release of Ubuntu has resolved this issue, or you have current examples, can you please update the ticket and re-open it.

Thanks.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I saw that, Craig73, but I had the missgiving that your "cross referencing" could have been confusing (otherwise I would have closed it myself ;)). No offense meant.

[Craig73 (funrun73)]

No problem, was just more notes to myself on related issues but note again there was beta software involved. Most important is to respond to as many of the older issues as possible to ensure people are current and/or working.