Comment 65 for bug 314038

Yesterday I had a crash from the PPA's vlc but no idea why. No problem.

2009/5/1 Savvas Radevic <email address hidden>

> > I installed the patched version from
> > http://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/ppa<http://launchpad.net/%7Emedigeek/+archive/ppa>and it works great for me.
> > No crashes yet (after using it for a day). No broken dependencies, at
> > least that I know of and the rest of the players (totem, kaffeine) work
> > fine too.
> >
> > Thank you very much!
>
> Good to know, thank you for your report :)
> Say, did anyone else step onto any crashes while using the package
> from my PPA (medigeek)? I think the crashes stopped with 0.9.9
> version.
>
> --
> Integrated video interface is broken in Jaunty
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314038
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> Status in Ubuntu PS3 Port: New
> Status in VLC media player: Fix Released
> Status in “vlc” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “vlc” source package in Debian: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: vlc
>
> This is same issue as in bug #282582 (was for intrepid). Patch described in
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/282582/comments/6was dropped during last merge, but it's still required for "Integrated
> video interface" with 0.9.8a.
>
> UPDATE: The problem will probably NOT be solved until a stable 1.0 is
> released.
> "The problem is solved upstream with *extensive* changes in the 1.0 branch,
> now past first Release Candidate. We (the VideoLAN project) will _not_
> backport the fix to the 0.9 series."
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/314038/comments/24
>
> SOLUTION (temporary): There is a package that contains a temporary patch
> which re-enables the integrated video interface, install vlc from this PPA:
> http://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/ppa<http://launchpad.net/%7Emedigeek/+archive/ppa>
>
> DOWNSIDE: Note that by using this patch, vlc probably might crash, that's
> normal and that's why this patch is not proposed as a fix for jaunty.
>
> ME-TOOs: If you only want to say that it happens to you as well, choose
> "Yes" here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/314038/+affectsmetoo
>