VLC problem with autoplay

[Colin Law]

2009/9/2 Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com>:
> [snip]

> You could always try making a 'custom command' that would redirect all
> the output from VLC to a file that you can read later. To accomplish
> this, go (from Nautilus) to the "Edit > Preferences | Media" tab, then
> for the audio CD, click the drop-down, and select "Open with other
> application..." then on the bottom there, use the "Custom Command" and
> enter this:
>    vlc &> vlc_output.txt

That sounds like an excellent idea I thought so I tried it, though I
specified a full path for the output just in case.  It worked fine
when I ran it from a terminal but when it is run from the 'What do
want to run this CD with' window then no log file is generated, even
the first time when vlc works correctly.  Does the redirection only
work from a terminal?

Colin

>
> That will redirect stdout and stderr to a text file in your home
> directory for you to read. NOTE: This will empty the file if it already
> exists, and the bash redirector to redirect stderr and stdout + append
> doesn't work for some reason (i.e. using &>>), so you'll have to
> move/rename the file between launches of VLC if you want to keep it.
>
> I'd say, after you remove the cd and VLC closes the first time, save
> that log-file elsewhere, then compare to the one you get when the UI
> doesn't appear, so check for discrepancies.
>
> Just for reference, when I ran this on my computer, this was my output:
>
>        VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
>        [00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a
>        Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
>        [00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured
>        with ./configure  '--build=i486-linux-gnu'
>        '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr'
>        '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install'
>        '--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check'
>        '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar'
>        '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd'
>        '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc'
>        '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi'
>        '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin'
>        '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb'
>        '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis'
>        '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac'
>        '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2'
>        '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex'
>        '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2'
>        '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod'
>        '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav'
>        '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses'
>        '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour'
>        '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify'
>        '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi'
>        '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings'
>        '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass'
>        '--enable-libdca' '--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv'
>        '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2'
>        '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd'
>        '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2'
>        'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
>        [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.
>
>        ** (<unknown>:16612): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push:
>        assertion `tdata != NULL' failed
>
> Hope that helps :)
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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