SMplayer not playing video

[michel]

Greetings,

SMplayer is my default video player and now it will not show the video anymore, just the audio. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Michel

[SteveRiley]

Presumably it did previously? What have you changed between then and now?

[Rog132]

Logs ?

The SMPlayer is a front end for the Mplayer/Mplayer2.


What are the logs telling ?

SMplayer > Options > View logs...





Do you see the video if you start the play directly with the mplayer/mplayer2

~$ mplayer --help
Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
...

[michel]

I did nothing special aside from regular updates. it was working last time I tried a week or so ago.

This is the log:

/usr/bin/mplayer -noquiet -nofs -nomouseinput -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo gl2 -ao pulse -nokeepaspect -framedrop -nodr -double -input conf=/usr/share/smplayer/input.conf -stop-xscreensaver -wid 81789029 -monitorpixelaspect 1 -ass -embeddedfonts -ass-line-spacing 0 -ass-font-scale 1 -ass-styles /home/michel/.config/smplayer/styles.ass -fontconfig -font Arial -subfont-autoscale 0 -subfont-osd-scale 20 -subfont-text-scale 20 -subcp ISO-8859-1 -vid 0 -aid 1 -subpos 100 -nocache -osdlevel 0 -vf-add screenshot -slices -channels 2 -af equalizer=0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 -softvol -softvol-max 110 /media/truecrypt1/Video/NID-20131006-00012.MP4

MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.6 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Terminal type `unknown' is not defined.

Playing /media/truecrypt1/Video/NID-20131006-00012.MP4.
libavformat version 53.21.1 (external)
Mismatching header version 53.19.0
AVI file format detected.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=1
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [H264] 640x480 24bpp 29.997 fps 3510.3 kbps (428.5 kbyte/s)
Load subtitles in /media/truecrypt1/Video/
ID_FILENAME=/media/truecrypt1/Video/NID-20131006-00012.MP4
ID_DEMUXER=avi
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=H264
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=3510272
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=640
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.997
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=255
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=100128
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_START_TIME=0.00
ID_LENGTH=298.10
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
[gl2] no GLX support present
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
libavcodec version 53.35.0 (external)
Mismatching header version 53.32.2
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
[aac @ 0x7f196c37d3c0]channel element 0.0 is not allocated
Unknown/missing audio format -> no sound
ADecoder init failed
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
AUDIO: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 16000->128000)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=128000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=32000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
================================================== ========================
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
AO: [pulse] 32000Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
[equalizer] Limiting the number of filters to 9 due to low sample rate.
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=faad
Video: no video
Starting playback...
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Channel coupling not yet implemented
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Channel coupling not yet implemented
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Channel coupling not yet implemented
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Channel coupling not yet implemented
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Unexpected channel configuration change
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: PCE shall be the first element in a frame
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: First SBR frame is not the same as first AAC frame
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: First SBR frame is not the same as first AAC frame
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: First SBR frame is not the same as first AAC frame
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: First SBR frame is not the same as first AAC frame
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Bitstream value not allowed by specification



Exiting... (End of file)
ID_EXIT=EOF


MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: exit_player
ID_SIGNAL=11
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.
[ This binary of MPlayer in Debian is currently compiled with
'--enable-debug'; the debugging symbols are in the package
'mplayer-dbg'.]

[Rog132]

Video out ?

Your log has:

X11 error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
[gl2] no GLX support present
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

What video out settings are you using ?
By the log - gl2 - Is that what you want ?
Should your hardware/driver support this ?

SMPlayer > Options > Preferences > General > Video



If you try other options for the video output - any change ?


Is your Xorg log clean ?

Log: /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Just errors:

grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Warnings:

grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log

...and you could look what the glxinfo is telling:

glxinfo

[michel]

Thanks for your sugestions.

1- my video settings are silimar to yours. I use xv I tried other settings but with the same results

2- videos play on vlc without any issues

3- xorg errors:

michel@michel-Satellite-L650:~$ grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 27.159] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 27.296] (EE) No supported AMD display adapters were found
[ 27.318] (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
[ 27.915] (EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed
[ 27.943] (EE) GLX error: Can not get required symbols.

michel@michel-Satellite-L650:~$ grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 27.132] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[ 27.185] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 27.296] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 27.296] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 27.319] (WW) RADEON(0): LVDS Info:
[ 27.915] (WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled

michel@michel-Satellite-L650:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12

[Rog132]

This seems same kind of problem: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17574...such-operation

[woodsmoke]

I thought I'd hang back a while, but SMplayer, although it "plays" something, does not have "a controle GUI" at the bottom of it, it did some short while ago.

This on Saucy

woodsmoke

[michel]

Some more information on the state of my system.

1- I just found out that my ATI proprietary driver was not listed nor obviously active when looking at "Additional Drivers"
2- Open GL in Kinfocenter results in a empty page and an error message.
3- the AMD Catalyst utility tells me I do not have an AMD card!
4- My virtual box asked me to remove the check I had in the Video tab of settings relating to 3D

So I obviously had something bomb my video driver without me noticing. Any clues?

Thanks,

Michel