Bug#602708: Video output is X-compressed to 25% and colors are off

Ulrich Eckhardt doomster at knuut.de
Sun Nov 7 13:05:14 UTC 2010


Package: vlc
Version: 1.1.3-1

Greetings!

Any video I try to play is reduced in size and only on the left quarter of the
video area, the rest of the video area is black. Further, the colors in the
video are off, you can still recognize the content though. Lastly, there are
horizontal stripes, somehow like interlacing gone wrong.

When I just run vlc, I get this:
| uli at fruitbox:~$ vlc
| VLC media player 1.1.3 The Luggage (revision exported)
| Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
| Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
| Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1)
| [0x10103918] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
| Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
| Blocked: call to sigaction(17, 0x484dda48, 0x484ddad4)
| Warning: call to rand()
| Warning: call to rand()
| Warning: call to rand()
| Warning: call to rand()
| Warning: call to rand()

When I drag'n'drop a video onto the window, I get this:
| swScaler: pal8 is not supported as output pixel format
| [0x103aaf58] swscale scale error: could not init SwScaler and/or allocate memory
| [0x103bb5d8] xcb_xv generic error: no available XVideo adaptor
| object not accessible
| [swscaler @ 0x1042cf30] No accelerated colorspace conversion found from yuv420p to rgb4.
| object not accessible

The first three lines of this are in red, I'm not sure what this means.
In any any case, VLC itself doesn't display any error, this is only on
the commandline.

About the system, it's an old MacMini G4, a big-endian CPU, using a
Radeon graphic chip. I've also attached the output of xvidinfo in case
this gives some insight.

Cheers!

Uli


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                  1.4p5-38         ascii art library
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-7         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfreetype6            2.4.2-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0             0.19.2-1         Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.5-4        GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.7.1-4          A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libqtcore4              4:4.6.3-4        Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4               4:4.6.3-4        Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl-image1.2         1.2.10-2+b1      image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian         1.2.14-6.1       Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.5-4          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                  1.2.11-6         C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libvlccore4             1.1.3-1          base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-3        X11 client-side library
ii  libx11-xcb1             2:1.3.3-3        Xlib/XCB interface library
ii  libxcb-keysyms1         0.3.6-1          utility libraries for X C Binding 
ii  libxcb-randr0           1.6-1            X C Binding, randr extension
ii  libxcb-shm0             1.6-1            X C Binding, shm extension
ii  libxcb-xv0              1.6-1            X C Binding, xv extension
ii  libxcb1                 1.6-1            X C Binding
ii  libxext6                2:1.1.2-1        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  ttf-freefont            20090104-7       Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  vlc-nox                 1.1.3-1          multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages vlc recommends:
ii  vlc-plugin-notify             1.1.3-1    LibNotify plugin for VLC
ii  vlc-plugin-pulse              1.1.3-1    PulseAudio plugin for VLC

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlc            <none>     (no description available)
pn  videolan-doc                  <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0.7.4       0.7.4-14              library for decoding ATSC A/52 str
ii  libasound2         1.0.23-2.1            shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libass4            0.9.9-1               library for SSA/ASS subtitles rend
ii  libavahi-client3   0.6.27-2              Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3   0.6.27-2              Avahi common library
ii  libavc1394-0       0.5.3-1+b2            control IEEE 1394 audio/video devi
ii  libavcodec52       5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libavformat52      5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49        4:0.5.2-6             ffmpeg utility library
ii  libc6              2.11.2-7              Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcaca0           0.99.beta17-1         colour ASCII art library
ii  libcddb2           1.3.2-2               library to access CDDB data - runt
ii  libcdio10          0.81-4                library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-3        1.2.24-3              simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdc1394-22       2.1.2-3               high level programming interface f
ii  libdca0            0.0.5-3               decoding library for DTS Coherent 
ii  libdirac-encoder0  1.0.2-3               open and royalty free high quality
ii  libdvbpsi6         0.1.7-1               library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI ta
ii  libdvdnav4         4.1.3-7               DVD navigation library
ii  libdvdread4        4.1.3-10              library for reading DVDs
ii  libebml0           0.7.7-3.1             access library for the EBML format
ii  libfaad2           2.7-4                 freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - 
ii  libflac8           1.2.1-2               Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libfontconfig1     2.8.0-2.1             generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6       2.4.2-1               FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0        0.19.2-1              Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1            1:4.4.5-4             GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt11        1.4.5-2               LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26        2.8.6-1               the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0      1.6-1                 library for common error values an
ii  libkate1           0.3.7-3               Kate is a codec for karaoke and te
ii  liblircclient0     0.8.3-5               infra-red remote control support -
ii  liblua5.1-0        5.1.4-5               Simple, extensible, embeddable pro
ii  libmad0            0.15.1b-5             MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmatroska0       0.8.1-1.1             extensible open standard audio/vid
ii  libmodplug1        1:0.8.8.1-1           shared libraries for mod music bas
ii  libmpcdec6         2:0.1~r459-1          MusePack decoder - library
ii  libmpeg2-4         0.4.1-3               MPEG1 and MPEG2 video decoder libr
ii  libmtp8            1.0.3-1               Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) libr
ii  libncursesw5       5.7+20100313-4        shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libogg0            1.2.0~dfsg-1          Ogg bitstream library
ii  libpng12-0         1.2.44-1              PNG library - runtime
ii  libpostproc51      5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 postproc shared libraries
ii  libproxy0          0.3.1-2               automatic proxy configuration mana
ii  libraw1394-11      2.0.5-2               library for direct access to IEEE 
ii  libschroedinger-1. 1.0.9-2               library for encoding/decoding of D
ii  libshout3          2.2.2-5+b1            MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming
ii  libsmbclient       2:3.5.6~dfsg-1        shared library for communication w
ii  libspeex1          1.2~rc1-1             The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libstdc++6         4.4.5-4               The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libswscale0        5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 ffmpeg video scaling library
ii  libtag1c2a         1.6.3-1               TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library
ii  libtheora0         1.1.1+dfsg.1-3        The Theora Video Compression Codec
ii  libtwolame0        0.3.12-1              MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding librar
ii  libudev0           163-2                 libudev shared library
ii  libupnp3           1:1.6.6-5             Portable SDK for UPnP Devices, ver
ii  libv4l-0           0.8.0-1               Collection of video4linux support 
ii  libvcdinfo0        0.7.23-4+b1           library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc5            1.1.3-1               multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libvlccore4        1.1.3-1               base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libvorbis0a        1.3.1-1               The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2      1.3.1-1               The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libxml2            2.7.7.dfsg-4          GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g             1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3      compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-7   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libvlccore4                   1.1.3-1    base library for VLC and its modul

Versions of packages libvlccore4 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-7   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.24-3   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  vlc-data                      1.1.3-1    Common data for VLC

Versions of packages vlc is related to:
ii  libavutil50        5:0.6~svn20100726-0.1 avutil shared libraries - runtime 
pn  libavutil51        <none>                (no description available)

-- no debconf information

uli at fruitbox:~$ xvinfo 
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
  Adaptor #0: "ATI Radeon Video Overlay"
    number of ports: 1
    port base: 63
    operations supported: PutImage 
    supported visuals:
      depth 16, visualID 0x21
      depth 16, visualID 0x22
    number of attributes: 22
      "XV_DEVICE_ID" (range 0 to -1)
              client gettable attribute (current value is 104)
      "XV_LOCATION_ID" (range 0 to -1)
              client gettable attribute (current value is 105)
      "XV_INSTANCE_ID" (range 0 to -1)
              client gettable attribute (current value is 106)
      "XV_DUMP_STATUS" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
      "XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
      "XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to -1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 30)
      "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_OVERLAY_ALPHA" (range 0 to 255)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 255)
      "XV_GRAPHICS_ALPHA" (range 0 to 255)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 255)
      "XV_ALPHA_MODE" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CRTC" (range -1 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is -1)
      "XV_GAMMA" (range 100 to 10000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1000)
      "XV_COLORSPACE" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
    maximum XvImage size: 2048 x 2048
    Number of image formats: 8
      id: 0x41424752 (RGBA)
        guid: 52474241-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 32
        number of planes: 1
        type: RGB (packed)
        depth: 32
        red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
      id: 0x54424752 (RGBT)
        guid: 52474254-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: RGB (packed)
        depth: 16
        red, green, blue masks: 0x7c00, 0x3e0, 0x1f
      id: 0x32424752 (RGB2)
        guid: 52474200-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: RGB (packed)
        depth: 16
        red, green, blue masks: 0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f
      id: 0x0
        guid: 52474200-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 24
        number of planes: 1
        type: RGB (packed)
        depth: 24
        red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
      id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
        guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
        guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
        guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
      id: 0x30323449 (I420)
        guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
  Adaptor #1: "Radeon Textured Video"
    number of ports: 16
    port base: 64
    operations supported: PutImage 
    supported visuals:
      depth 16, visualID 0x21
    number of attributes: 7
      "XV_VSYNC" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
      "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_COLORSPACE" (range 0 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
      "XV_CRTC" (range -1 to 1)
              client settable attribute
              client gettable attribute (current value is -1)
    maximum XvImage size: 2048 x 2048
    Number of image formats: 4
      id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
        guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)
      id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
        guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
      id: 0x30323449 (I420)
        guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 12
        number of planes: 3
        type: YUV (planar)
      id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
        guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
        bits per pixel: 16
        number of planes: 1
        type: YUV (packed)






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