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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: vlc
does 'REALLY old' include an ex-vista computer? I don't think so because I
had the same isue with my laptop which is only a couple of years old.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Michael Torres <>
wrote:

> libvlc and avcodec.....make sure these are updated to latest, also see if
> there are alternatives to these codecs for Ubuntu. I once had installed
> the "minimum" of codecs and ran into issues. The problem was resolved
> updating to a different codec. Id look into and see what these do, then
> look for alternative.....
>
> Or.....
>
> Maybe your PC is slow????? Is it "really" old? Shouldnt be too old as I
> assume your running the latest of Ubuntu, correct?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
>> eighth LINE (not frame). Is there a way to verify this?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>>
>>> vlc is playing audio just fine but the video plays a little, stops,
>>> jumps ahead a few frames to catch up with the audio then plays a little
>>> more, then repeats.
>>>
>>> To get the errors I ran vlc from the terminal:
>>>
>>> bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ vlc 00004.MTS
>>> VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
>>> [0x1971118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
>>> 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
>>> "sni-qt/6719" WARN 18:17:00.958 void
>>> StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> [0x7fbf14001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fbf2cc97000] illegal short term buffer state detected
>>> bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $
>>>
>>> and I noticed the third line so I ran that as well.
>>>
>>> bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ vlc 00004.MTS
>>> VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
>>> [0x165b118] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
>>> 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
>>> "sni-qt/6649" WARN 18:09:38.641 void
>>> StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> [0x7f1fc8001248] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
>>> [h264 @ 0x7f1fdcc96e20] illegal short term buffer state detected
>>> bmike1@c521 ~/Pictures/2013/Peru2013 $ cvlc 00004.MTS
>>> VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)
>>> [0x2398e18] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> [0x7fdb880020e8] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb78c97fc0] illegal short term buffer state detected
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
>>> [0x7fdb78c844b8] main vout display error: Failed to resize display
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] illegal short term buffer state detected
>>> [0x7fdb88c277e8] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late
>>> video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] reference picture missing during reorder
>>> [h264 @ 0x7fdb88c28120] Missing reference picture
>>>
>>> and I see the eighth frame from the bottom. It seems my computer is too
>>> slow?
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:04 PM, sean <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about you actually tell us what problem you are having? Errors?
>>>> On Jan 5, 2015 6:00 PM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My google search told me to:
>>>>>
>>>>>     sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

>>>>>
>>>>> which I did. However immediately after pressing 'enter' remembered
>>>>> (thinking I did) installing the extras after installing Mint so I
>>>>> <cntrl-c>ed. What should I do? Should I run that command? Why didn't the
>>>>> extras install after I first installed Mint?
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Michael Torres <>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Make sure all the codec are installed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do a search for your os and vlc codec and ypu should get the yum or
>>>>>> get-apt install commands
>>>>>> On Jan 5, 2015 5:20 PM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't run video successfully with vlc. Would someone who knows
>>>>>>> something about vlc take one of my home videos and help me set vlc up to
>>>>>>> run correctly?
>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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