Mandriva: Q & A thread

[Slobber]

WMV? Dood stay off the pr0n.

Will dig out a WMV and give it a try, but I'd be suprised if VLC wouldn't play it. Was it over the network, or local?

 

[MyWorld]

It's not that VLC doesn't want to play it, he states that it crashes short after loading.

Start VLC from the command line and post the error message here when it crashes again.

 

[web]

I downloaded VLC. I tried playing WMV files, but it just closes without playing.

Try disabling desktop effects, and then try again, make sure you log out before retrying. Let me know did this with my laptop as well.

 

[AirWolf]

WMV? Dood stay off the pr0n.

Will dig out a WMV and give it a try, but I'd be suprised if VLC wouldn't play it. Was it over the network, or local?

Some Top Billing Videos actually.

It's not that VLC doesn't want to play it, he states that it crashes short after loading.

Start VLC from the command line and post the error message here when it crashes again.

QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
[????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 141.19 failed with error code 11:
 BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  141 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  85
  Current serial number in output stream:  86

Try disabling desktop effects, and then try again, make sure you log out before retrying. Let me know did this with my laptop as well.

Desktop effects were not enabled to begin with. So I enabled it and tried, then disabled and tried again. Still the same.

 

[AirWolf]

Try disabling desktop effects, and then try again, make sure you log out before retrying. Let me know did this with my laptop as well.

Ok, you were right. I only checked the "Desktop Effects" option under "Configure your desktop" which was already off anyway. When I disabled "3D Desktop Effects" ie. "Compiz Fusion" in the "Control Centre", VLC was able to play the WMV files.

 

[web]

Ok, you were right. I only checked the "Desktop Effects" option under "Configure your desktop" which was already off anyway. When I disabled "3D Desktop Effects" ie. "Compiz Fusion" in the "Control Centre", VLC was able to play the WMV files.

If you lucky and now re-enable desktop effects your video might still work, doesn't on my wifes laptop does on mine, go figure.