CFT: vlc 2.0.3 - want to know where it works and where only partly

[Juergen Lock]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 07:48:01PM +0200, Matthieu Volat wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 01:48:58 +0200
> Juergen Lock <nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote:
> 
> > > Looks like I didn't actually enable the LIVEMEDIA knob when I `tested'
> > > it...  I tried to fix it (configure finds it now), tho I couldn't find
> > > an rtsp url that actually worked; I tested a few from here:
> > > 
> > > 	http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RTSP
> > > 
> > > And I also cleaned up some no longer supported knobs.  New patch here:
> > > 
> > > 	http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/tmp/vlc-2.0.3-003.patch
> > 
> > Fixed rtsp now:
> > 
> > 	http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/tmp/vlc-2.0.3-004.patch
> > 
> >  Enjoy, :)
> > 	Juergen
> 
> Still with the same configuration.
> 
> Indeed, my provider rtsp-streamed tv channels did not work either, with no helpful messages from vlc ("dead input"). I'll try poking around later with a (arch)linux installation on my laptop.
> 
Hm I tested rtsp with a second vlc instance setup to stream a local
file via rtsp, that worked with the latest version I posted:

	http://wiki.videolan.org/Streaming

 Maybe your tv channels are in fact not rtsp but multicast udp aka
`iptv'?

> I also noticed another error while starting from command line :
> [0x802055198] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
> [0x8021909d8] qt4 interface error: Unable to load extensions module
> [0x803c493d8] xcb_xv vout display error: shared memory allocation error: Cannot allocate memory
> 
 I don't get either of these two messages on 9.1 beta/amd64 with
nvidia gfx....

> Display still works, but that's not really a good error message still. I do have the "reasonable" shmem settings in my /boot/loader.conf :
> kern.ipc.shmmni=1024
> kern.ipc.shmseg=1024

 Mine are even lower, hmm.

 Cheers,
	Juergen