vlc movie player

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Please validate that the problem shows up only with your camera.
Or not...
ET 


Michael Havens writes: 

> Well, I rebooted and ran ONLY vlc but that didn't help any. So I loaded a
> live cd but again that didn't help any.
> So here is lspci: 
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root
> Complex
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250]
> 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
> 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
> 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller
> (rev 42)
> 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia
> (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0
> LPC host controller (rev 40)
> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI
> Bridge (rev 40)
> 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
> 00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900
> PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
> 00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900
> PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
> 00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB900 PCI to PCI
> bridge (PCIE port 3)
> 00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
> 00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 0 (rev 43)
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 1
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 2
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 3
> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 4
> 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 6
> 00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 5
> 00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor
> Function 7
> 02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209
> PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
> 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
> 07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe 
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:45 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com <
> kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Michael, I have seen this happening for (stupid) reasons as having a
>> browser running!
>> Try this:
>> Boot the box fresh and try to run VLC, preferable with known good video
>> file.
>> If you still have problems, then boot the box with a live CD, install VLC
>> and try again.
>> If that one fails too, please publish the output of 'lspci'.
>> ET 
>>
>> 
>>
>> Michael Havens writes: 
>>
>>> well, I upgraded from mint 13 to 14 in the hopes that would fix my video
>>> woes but that didn't help any. I also increased the cache for vlc (a
>>> possible solution) but that was not a help as well. So I have to choose
>>> between vlc, totem, and mplayer; vlc freezes at the first frame while
>>> audio
>>> continues normally; totem plays slowly and the audio stops after saying,
>>> 'Hello Michael' (the first sound on the video) but it doesn't seem to have
>>> any interlacing associated with the video; mplayer needs deinterlacing and
>>> the video is slow but the audio plays normally. So vlc has the least wrong
>>> with it:D Any ideas on what to do?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>
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