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Video players exit before play starts

Asked by Ingolemo

Whenever I try to open a video file in Totem, it opens up for a few seconds, resizes the window to the size of the video, and then exits without any error message.

I was able to play the same file without a hitch when I first installed Ubuntu a couple of weeks ago, so I have a feeling I've managed to break it through my tinkering.

A similar thing happens when I try to do the same thing in VLC and MPlayer.

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Dean Sas (dsas) said : 		#1

Do you get any output on the terminal if you run totem from that. You can access the terminal by going to applications -> accessories -> terminal

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Ingolemo (ingolemo) said : 		#2

This is what I got after opening one of my MPEG files:
The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 73 error_code 11 request_code 140 minor_code 19)

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Best Dean Sas (dsas) said : 		#3

Hi, this is probably related to one of the two bugs I've linked. Do you know what video resolution the video is at and the size of the video memory?

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Ingolemo (ingolemo) said : 		#4

I looked at the other bugs and they do seem to decribe my situation. I found that the fix of changing the video output to "no xv" made most videos work.

I have an nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 though I'm currently using the nv driver (can seem to get the proper one working).

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Ingolemo (ingolemo) said : 		#5

*can't

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Lee McKusick (leemck) said : 		#6

When trying to run mplayer from the command line, In LTS 6.10 Ubuntu upgraded from the ubgrade window: Just playing generic camera mpg video files on hard disk. Worked in Breezy:

"mplayer filename.mpg" - draws window and exits.

Error message (selected part):

"X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 2 0

MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen."

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Ingolemo (ingolemo) said : 		#7

Thanks Dean Sas, that solved my question.