[SOLVED]vlc 0.9.8a video does not integrate in the interface

[drseergio]

Basically, the subj. I cannot make vlc to play video in the same window as the controls - it always opens a new one even though I have set "Integrate video in interface" option on. I have searched on this topic but all of the discussions apply to much older versions. Here are my use flags for vlc:

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X a52 aac aalib alsa atmo cdda cddb cdio dbus dirac dts dvd ffmpeg flac gnome hal id3tag kate libcaca libgcrypt libnotify live matroska mmx mp3 mpeg musepack ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl png qt4 samba schroedinger sdl shout skins speex sse stream svg theora truetype twolame upnp v4l2 vlm vorbis win32codecs xinerama xml xv -altivec -arts -avahi -bidi -cddax -dc1394 -debug -directfb -dvb -esd -fbcon -fluidsynth -fontconfig -ggi -gnutls -httpd -jack -libass -libsysfs -libv4l2 -lirc -lua -modplug -optimisememory -oss -pda -pulseaudio -pvr -remoteosd -rtsp -run-as-root -sdl-image -seamonkey -svga -taglib -v4l -vcdinfo -vcdx -x264 -xosd -zvbi

Any ideas?

[yabbadabbadont]

Any ideas?

File an upstream bug with the VLC devs.

[keenblade]

Basically, the subj. I cannot make vlc to play video in the same window as the controls - it always opens a new one even though I have set "Integrate video in interface" option on.

Any ideas?

Did you try deleting profile folder for vlc?

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rm -r ~/.config/vlc

Because the default behavior is playing in the same window within the main gui. Setting "Integrate video in interface" does not work if you change some other options. (Don't ask me which ones, don't know).

[drseergio]

Tried. Does not help. What I have noticed though that in .config/vlc/vlcrc the following line always stays commented, even if I try to modify it myself:

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# boolean (Embedded video)
#embedded-video=1

[keenblade]

Tried. Does not help. What I have noticed though that in .config/vlc/vlcrc the following line always stays commented, even if I try to modify it myself:

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# boolean (Embedded video)
#embedded-video=1

Those lines are the same for me. But I have video integrated in to main gui. Could you try this from console?

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vlc -v --reset-config --reset-plugins-cache

[drseergio]

This is what I get:

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[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00000373] avi stream warning: unknown chunk (not loaded)
[00000377] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (9731), dropping buffer
[00000377] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-14130), dropping buffer
[00000377] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-15060), dropping buffer
[00000377] main audio output warning: PTS is out of range (-32325), dropping buffer
[00000378] message video output warning: message queue overflowed
[00000378] main video output warning: late picture skipped (715823)
[00000378] main video output warning: late picture skipped (675881)
[00000378] main video output warning: late picture skipped (675900)
[00000378] main video output warning: late picture skipped (635917)
[00000375] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)

The frame dropping took place because my machine was utilized. The video still plays in a separate window.

[keenblade]

My searches made me think, it is a known bug in 0.9.*, which fixed in 1.0. If you don't mind using a live ebuild, use the "media-video/vlc-)9999-r3"
from the overlay called gimpel
I use it and it works fine.

[onelove]

this is a known bug. read this post on the vlc forums.

regards,
onelove

[drseergio]

Thanks for the link, I thought I was going slightly mad!