SDL 1.12.13 needs upgrading to version 1.2.14

[TandJ]

It seems that according to developers of melt/Kdenlive that there are incompatibilities between SDL 1.12.13 in Ubuntu 9.10 and X server drivers. Updating to version 1.2.14 has confirmed that this problem is fixed.

see:

http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/help-ubuntu-910-fresh-install-ffplay-and-melt-crash

comment #16: ddennedy

"TandJ, the version of SDL in Ubuntu 9.10 is incompatible with some X server drivers or X itself and a particular feature of SDL that MLT uses. I confirmed this is fixed in the latest version of SDL I built from source tarball, but I do not know when it will appear in Debian or Ubuntu. Looks like we need to start a campaign to request that upgrade if it has not already started. I will look around or file a ticket somewhere."

and Debian bug report (and fix):

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557711

Many thanks,

Tom

[Dan Dennedy (dan-dennedy)]

Also affects OpenShot. I think it when using the SDL_ClipRect feature. I could reproduce the problem in VirtualBox with both packaged as well as 1.2.13 source tarball. Problem no longer exists - at least in VirtualBox - after compiling and using SDL 1.2.14 from source tarball.

[TandJ (tandjcronin)]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for adding your comment to the Ubuntu bug tracker.

I am interested in your compiling SDL 1.2.14 from the tarball package. I
downloaded the tarball from the SDL website, expanded it and compiled it
(following the general instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/install-file.html [https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/install-file.html]
). However, I get a "Failed to initialize SDL: No available video device"
when I try to use MLT.

If you have the time, could you just go through the sequence of
installing from the source tarball so that I can have the satisfaction of
repeating your experiment?

Cheers,

Tom

----- Original meddelelse -----

> Fra: Dan Dennedy <email address hidden>
> Til: <email address hidden>
> Dato: Tir, 08. dec 2009 05:54
> Emne: [Bug 491335] Re: SDL 1.12.13 needs upgrading to version 1.2.14
>
> Also affects OpenShot. I think it when using the SDL_ClipRect
> feature. I
> could reproduce the problem in VirtualBox with both packaged as well
> as
> 1.2.13 source tarball. Problem no longer exists - at least in
> VirtualBox
> - after compiling and using SDL 1.2.14 from source tarball.
>
> --
> SDL 1.12.13 needs upgrading to version 1.2.14
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491335
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in ?libsdl1.2? package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> It seems that according to developers of melt/Kdenlive that there are
> incompatibilities between SDL 1.12.13 in Ubuntu 9.10 and X server
> drivers. Updating to version 1.2.14 has confirmed that this problem
> is fixed.
>
> see:
>
> http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/help-ubuntu-910-fresh-install-ffplay-and-melt-crash
>
> comment #16: ddennedy
>
> "TandJ, the version of SDL in Ubuntu 9.10 is incompatible with some X
> server drivers or X itself and a particular feature of SDL that MLT
> uses. I confirmed this is fixed in the latest version of SDL I built
> from source tarball, but I do not know when it will appear in Debian
> or Ubuntu. Looks like we need to start a campaign to request that
> upgrade if it has not already started. I will look around or file a
> ticket somewhere."
>
> and Debian bug report (and fix):
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557711
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tom
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
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[bojo42 (bojo42)]

version 1.2.14 is available in lucid, you can use prevu to backport it ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Prevu ) beside that there are already some ppas which contain a 1.2.14 package for karmic. for trying to get a actual backport of the version see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages

[TandJ (tandjcronin)]

I installed the SDL version 1.2.14 from a ppa and also libsdl1.2debian-pulsaudio, as advised on some of the Kdenlive forum posts. All works fine now. Many thanks.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Marking this fixed as we have 1.2.14-1ubuntu2 in lucid.