Updating VLC to "3.0.12 Vetinari" breaks functionality on 3.0.0-beta5 (v3_latest)

rummens1337 commented 3 years ago

Environment

Raspberry Pi OS Desktop (32 bit) 2021-01-11 VLC 3.0.12 Branch v3_latest Tag 3.0.0-beta5

Issue

Seems to have something to do with the mmal-layer that is missing from the vlc executable output (/usr/bin/vlc). Switching to vlc 3.0.11 Vetinari (revision 3.0.11-0-gdc0c5ced72) fixes the issue (removing the vlc install from install.sh was needed, otherwise it still updates to 3.0.12).

Screenshot of function that is failing

Output of sudo ./install.sh

Your version of vlc does not have the needed mmal options. Rpisurv needs those
Minimum tested vlc version for Rpisurv is (VLC media player 3.0.11 Vetinari (revision 3.0.11-0-gdc0c5ced72)
Aborting installation, upgrade to latest vlc player with mmal support

Output of vlc --version

VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
VLC version 3.0.12 Vetinari (3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
Compiled by buildd on bm-wb-02 (Jan 18 2021 16:35:27)
Compiler: gcc version 8.3.0 (Raspbian 8.3.0-6+rpi1)

Output of /usr/bin/vlc

VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
[017bee80] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[017376d0] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[017376d0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[017bee80] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
[017a3060] main playlist: playlist is empty
[017bee80] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
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Possible steps to reproduce

Install Raspberry Pi OS on a Rpi 4 (4gb ram) run sudo apt full-upgrade verify vlc version with vlc --version output should be similar to

VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
VLC version 3.0.12 Vetinari (3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
Compiled by buildd on bm-wb-02 (Jan 18 2021 16:35:27)
Compiler: gcc version 8.3.0 (Raspbian 8.3.0-6+rpi1)

git clone https://github.com/SvenVD/rpisurv.git git checkout v3_latest sudo ./install.sh (The following version will be installed: "3.0.0-beta5")

Loving the work you guys have done, keep it up!

SvenVD commented 3 years ago

Hi,

For me it is working with

root@raspberrypi:~# vlc --version
VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision 3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
VLC version 3.0.12 Vetinari (3.0.12-1-0-gd147bb5e7e)
Compiled by serge on arm-build.pitowers.org (Jan 18 2021 16:35:27)
Compiler: gcc version 8.3.0 (Raspbian 8.3.0-6+rpi1)
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.
root@raspberrypi:~# apt-cache madison vlc
       vlc | 3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1 | http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages
       vlc | 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 | http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages
root@raspberrypi:~# dpkg -l | grep vlc
ii  libvlc-bin:armhf                      3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        tools for VLC's base library
ii  libvlc5:armhf                         3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer library
rc  libvlccore8:armhf                     2.2.6-1~deb9u1+rpi1                       armhf        base library for VLC and its modules
ii  libvlccore9:armhf                     3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        base library for VLC and its modules
ii  vlc                                   3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-bin                               3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        binaries from VLC
ii  vlc-data                              3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     all          common data for VLC
ii  vlc-l10n                              3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     all          translations for VLC
rc  vlc-nox                               2.2.6-1~deb9u1+rpi1                       armhf        transitional dummy package
ii  vlc-plugin-base:armhf                 3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (base plugins)
ii  vlc-plugin-notify:armhf               3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        LibNotify plugin for VLC
ii  vlc-plugin-qt:armhf                   3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (Qt plugin)
ii  vlc-plugin-samba:armhf                3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        Samba plugin for VLC
ii  vlc-plugin-skins2:armhf               3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (Skins2 plugin)
ii  vlc-plugin-video-output:armhf         3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (video output plugins)
ii  vlc-plugin-video-splitter:armhf       3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (video splitter plugins)
ii  vlc-plugin-visualization:armhf        3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1                     armhf        multimedia player and streamer (visualization plugins)

Especially you need package 3.0.12-0+deb10u1+rpt1 and not the default 3.0.12-0+deb10u1 from (recompiled) debian, which does not include the mmal rpi specific patches.

rummens1337 commented 3 years ago

Weird that the vlc version without mmal rpi specific patches is installed when an update is executed. The update was fetched on a cleanly installed rpi. Anyway, kudo's for figuring it out :+1:

sborn commented 3 years ago

I know this is closed, but now I am having this exact problem. I have no idea what changed. Was there a new version this week? I was installing fresh installs last week and it was working and today I started over with fresh installs and they are all doing this (as is VLC). Could someone explain the problem above for someone a little less technical?

SvenVD commented 3 years ago

For reference https://github.com/SvenVD/rpisurv/issues/136. It seems sometimes updating the kernel breaks sometimes breaks the rpi fork of vlc. I guess it is up to the rpi vlc developers to make it compatible

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