needing 2 media players open to play video

[wewe]

Binary package hint: vlc

1) Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
2) vlc:
  Installed: 0.9.4-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.9.4-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.4-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) I expected to open an avi file or mp4 or mpg file and have it play in vlc
4) Instead the video would not play and i would open 2 windows of the same video and it would play on the second window.

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

* this is not just a VLC issue, however, Kaffeine, Totem, KMplayer are also affected---chances are this is assigned to wrong package (gstreamer perhaps?).

Specifically, open vlc-tools-preferences-video-output
* options 'default' 'xvideo extension video' 'general graphics interface video output' all produce the same bug.
* options 'colour ascii' 'X11 video output' both <B>work fine</B>
* options 'OpenGL Video output' crash vlc and render vlc unable to open without deleting the vlc config directory

* gcc version 4.3.2 ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu10
* Qt4

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

Also; it doesn't matter *which* two media players are open, a kaffeine window and a vlc window will suffice, as will two vlc windows -- only the second will play video.

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

* Also, the sound WOULD play (which makes it seem like #134370 could be related), even when video wouldn't, but just a black screen would result for video.
* Video card in question ATI ES1000

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/134370">#134370</a> ?

[Hew (hew)]

Thanks for your report. Does the problem still occur with Ubuntu Karmic or Jaunty?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.