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Reyfer Kawanishi

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Join date: 2 Nov 2007

Posts: 51

02-16-2009 14:19

Sorry to bother, but I would like to know how to solve this.
I am using the stable release. I was on Kubuntu 8.04 and videos played correctly for me. But ever since I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10, I have not been able to play videos iin SL. I have all the codecs (or at least I think so) so please tell me what the problem may be?
I have the video button enabled, and when I hit play, it makes as if it will start, but after a moment it just stops without showing any video.

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Katheryne Helendale

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Join date: 5 Jun 2008

Posts: 2,187

02-16-2009 16:25

Have you had a look within ~/.secondlife/logs/secondlife.log ? Look for any instances of GStreamer failures, codec failures, or failure to access the video's URL.

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the KDE side of the house to be able to offer much more help on this.

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Tofu Linden

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Join date: 29 Aug 2006

Posts: 471

02-17-2009 03:46

I have a pile of fixes for GStreamer problems queued up with QA, hopefully yours is amongst them. They will hit the viewer in 1.23RC0 (due early April).

Lance Corrimal

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Join date: 9 Jun 2006

Posts: 877

03-28-2009 02:23

is one of them related to video not playing anymore on my machine?
audio streams play, the audio part of videos play, just not the actual video.
and nothing in the logfile at all, not even a message about trying to set the video stream url...
and it used to work fine until recently, might be since 1.22 became "stable".

Opensource Obscure

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Posts: 115

03-29-2009 06:26

I think testing of these features is even more difficult because video streams are different, uncorrect, bad-formed, sometimes unstable in time.

We need an inworld testing area with 10-20 permanent different streams that are known to working on both mediaplayers and SL well-configured viewers - so that I can try to play them, and if they don't work in the viewer, I'm assured that it's the viewer's fault (or something missing/broken in my system).

Bug Island has some parcels devoted to MediaStreaming testing but IIRC there aren't many different kinds of video streams.

Streaming video playback
Reyfer Kawanishi Registered User Join date: 2 Nov 2007 Posts: 51	02-16-2009 14:19 Sorry to bother, but I would like to know how to solve this. I am using the stable release. I was on Kubuntu 8.04 and videos played correctly for me. But ever since I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10, I have not been able to play videos iin SL. I have all the codecs (or at least I think so) so please tell me what the problem may be? I have the video button enabled, and when I hit play, it makes as if it will start, but after a moment it just stops without showing any video. _____________________
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	02-16-2009 16:25 Have you had a look within ~/.secondlife/logs/secondlife.log ? Look for any instances of GStreamer failures, codec failures, or failure to access the video's URL. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the KDE side of the house to be able to offer much more help on this. _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
Tofu Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 471	02-17-2009 03:46 I have a pile of fixes for GStreamer problems queued up with QA, hopefully yours is amongst them. They will hit the viewer in 1.23RC0 (due early April).
Lance Corrimal I don't do stupid. Join date: 9 Jun 2006 Posts: 877	03-28-2009 02:23 is one of them related to video not playing anymore on my machine? audio streams play, the audio part of videos play, just not the actual video. and nothing in the logfile at all, not even a message about trying to set the video stream url... and it used to work fine until recently, might be since 1.22 became "stable".
Opensource Obscure Hide UI Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 115	03-29-2009 06:26 I think testing of these features is even more difficult because video streams are different, uncorrect, bad-formed, sometimes unstable in time. We need an inworld testing area with 10-20 permanent different streams that are known to working on both mediaplayers and SL well-configured viewers - so that I can try to play them, and if they don't work in the viewer, I'm assured that it's the viewer's fault (or something missing/broken in my system). Bug Island has some parcels devoted to MediaStreaming testing but IIRC there aren't many different kinds of video streams.

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