Some *vlc not stopped by 'close window' button

I tried to play 'Experience ubuntu.ogg' from the examples. If I click on the close button, VLC closes and _stops_ playing sound. I use Ubuntu Dapper Drake.

I have the same behaviour here with the ogg theora example files. Could you try it with a DVD?

Did the sound stop with the ogg theora example, after you had closed VLC?

Sorry, sloppy language, I have the same behaviour as you when playing ogg theora files. The sound does stop as expected.

I seem to only have continuing sound with DVD, but I haven't tried VCD and I think I've had this with mpeg files too, but I can't reproduce that now.

The bug happens when I play a directory containing MPEGs or WMVs (at least). With a directory containing MPEGs, even a video window pops up having "VLC (XVideo output)" in the title bar when wxvlc is playing the last video in the directory; closing the window does not kill wxvlc. The VLC version I am using is 0.8.4.

Actually it seems to me that there is no way to quit VLC naturally (so that wxvlc gets killed) after you have opened the "Open Directory..." dialog.

I can no longer reproduce this bug. What about you Jarno?

Yes I can Duncan. The command "ps -C wxvlc" shows the wxvlc there, even if I have closed the player (after using the "Open Directory..." dialog).

I assume you're using ubuntu 6.06? I can't reproduce it in 6.10 so if you're planning to upgrade to edgy when it's out you can try it again then.

Cool, I will upgrade. Thanks.

--ian--

On 10/15/06, Duncan Lithgow <email address hidden> wrote:
> I assume you're using ubuntu 6.06? I can't reproduce it in 6.10 so if
> you're planning to upgrade to edgy when it's out you can try it again
> then.
>
> --
> wxvlc not stopped by 'close window' button
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/54630
>

Yes, I am using 6.06. I don't know how to upgrade to 6.10. Is it impossible to fix the bug in 6.06? I would like to know, how the bug was fixed in 6.10.

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:31:36 -0400
Source: vlc
Binary: wxvlc vlc-plugin-sdl vlc-plugin-ggi vlc-plugin-alsa vlc-plugin-glide vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc vlc libvlc0 vlc-plugin-arts vlc-nox vlc-plugin-svgalib libvlc0-dev
Architecture: source
Version: 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-1ubuntu1
Distribution: edgy
Urgency: high
Maintainer: MOTU Media Team <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Daniel T Chen <email address hidden>
Description:
 libvlc0 - multimedia player and streamer library
 libvlc0-dev - development files for VLC
 mozilla-plugin-vlc - multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
 vlc - multimedia player and streamer
 vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
 vlc-plugin-alsa - dummy transitional package
 vlc-plugin-arts - aRts audio output plugin for VLC
 vlc-plugin-esd - Esound audio output plugin for VLC
 vlc-plugin-ggi - GGI video output plugin for VLC
 vlc-plugin-glide - Glide video output plugin for VLC
 vlc-plugin-sdl - SDL video and audio output plugin for VLC
 vlc-plugin-svgalib - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC
 wxvlc - dummy transitional package
Closes: 365239 388332 391308 391739 392207
Changes:
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-1ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low
 .
   * Merge from Debian unstable, remaining Ubuntu changes:
     - debian/control: Don't build-depend on libtwolame-dev, a newer
       version of libcaca-dev, or linux-kernel-headers (Ubuntu Edgy
       does not have them),
     - debian/patches/001_1008snap.{fixes,translations}.diff: Remove,
       this is a new upstream version, fixes FTBFS on translations,
     - debian/rules: Use Ubuntu-specific configure options (firefox).
   * New upstream snapshot fixes wxvlc not stopping when 'close
     button' is clicked (Closes Ubuntu: #54630).
   * New upstream snapshot has more robust x264 support
     (Closes: Ubuntu #62217).
   * Segfault when using HTTP interface was fixed in
     0.8.6-svn20060918.debian-1ubuntu4 (Closes Ubuntu: #63833).
   * New upstream snapshot should resolve issues with skins2/wxw
     interfaces (Closes: Ubuntu #64975).
 .
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
   * Upstream fixed the BadWindow request issue (Closes: #392207).
 .
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061008.debian-1) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * New upstream SVN snapshot. Fixes a heap smashing bug.
   * debian/control:
     + Build-depend on libgtk2.0-dev to work around #388521 (Closes: #391739).
     + Replace XS-X-Vcs-Svn with -XS-Vcs-Svn.
 .
   * debian/patches/020_notify.diff:
     + Fix notify support. Thanks to Christophe Mutricy.
 .
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061001.debian-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Build-depend on libnotify and explicitly activate the libnotify plugin
     (Closes: #391308).
   * Re-enable DV support. libraw1394 is not waiting for us anyway.
 .
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061001.debian-2) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Temporarily disable DV support because the libraw1394 transition does
     not look like it will happen soon.
 .
 vlc (0.8.6-svn20061001.debian-1) uns...

Sorry, I still don't know how to fix the bug in Xubuntu 6.06.

Reopening.

I know the status is "Confirmed" but I have still have this problem with Edgy Eft.

Which VLC audio output module is being used ?

arts by any chance ? I know that that module is not much in use and therefor bugs may be lingering

Derk-Jan, I don't know what the arts module is, I was just using the Ubuntu default settings.

I wanted to confirm that this is still happening to me on Edgy with vlc version: 0.8.6.release-0ubuntu1~edgy1

It does not happen every time, but apparently randomly. Most of the time wxvlc closes normally when I click the X icon during playback. But maybe in one of every 4 or 5 cases I can still hear the sound although the window is gone. After "killall wxvlc" the sound stops.

I watch mostly .avi files (xvid encoding), so I'm not sure if it happens with other formats as well. I think it happened also with some .wmv files (cannot check that very easily because it's not reproducible).

My audio output module is set to "Default", I think that should be ALSA. My video output module is "OpenGL video output", I'm using the ATI fglrx drivers that came with edgy.

If you need some more info please ask.

It hasn't happened since I upgraded to Edgy.

Thanks for following up.

--Ian--

On 3/18/07, Janne Hyötylä <email address hidden> wrote:
> I wanted to confirm that this is still happening to me on Edgy with vlc
> version: 0.8.6.release-0ubuntu1~edgy1
>
> It does not happen every time, but apparently randomly. Most of the time
> wxvlc closes normally when I click the X icon during playback. But maybe
> in one of every 4 or 5 cases I can still hear the sound although the
> window is gone. After "killall wxvlc" the sound stops.
>
> I watch mostly .avi files (xvid encoding), so I'm not sure if it happens
> with other formats as well. I think it happened also with some .wmv
> files (cannot check that very easily because it's not reproducible).
>
> My audio output module is set to "Default", I think that should be ALSA.
> My video output module is "OpenGL video output", I'm using the ATI fglrx
> drivers that came with edgy.
>
> If you need some more info please ask.
>
> --
> wxvlc not stopped by 'close window' button
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/54630
>

This happens to me in Feisty Fawn as well.

Same problem in Feisty Fawn also for me

mario@server:~/Temp$ aptitude show vlc
Package: vlc
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.8.6.release-0ubuntu4

I tried to change output to alsa/esd/automatic but no success .Please let me know if any others informations are needed .Thanks

Version: 0.8.6.release-0ubuntu4
Feisty

I close vlc using ctrl-x, file > exit and the result is the same, the sound continues after close. I then have to kill wxvlc process to stop it.

It only does this for me when playing a mounted DVD iso. using Open Directory to open the video_ts folder. I tried playing a DVD disc and it did not happen then, or when I used vlc to play wav or mp3 files.

i have this bug ever since upgrading form feisty to gutsy. in about one out of three cases sound keeps playing after i close a vlc instance playing a video. 'killall wxvlc' will stop the sound then. its not a serious thing but it is annoying and a regression (even though other people seem to have had the bug for quite a time now...)

I confirm this bug too, 0.8.6.release.c-0ubuntu3 , Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10

It also happened when playing a DVD disk yesterday.

I have this bug also, Version: 0.8.6.release.c-0ubuntu5, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10. Anytime I use the Open Directory my memory usage will go from 5MB to 16MB and then I have to end the wxvlc process.

I can confirm this bug.
When i want to listen a directory full of mp3 files i launch VLC and i clic on "File" - "Open directory" and then i can listen my music.
When i close VLC the sound continues.
I have to kill wxvlc to stop the sound....very annoying !

I confirm this bug as well.
VLC media player 0.8.6c (wxWidgets interface)
Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 with Compiz / AWN

So, I installed a nightly test release of the upcoming 0.9 version which isnt based on wxWidgets and it *seems* to have solved the problem for me. I haven't tested it too thoroughly, but the couple of times I've watched movies since, it hasn't reproduced this problem.

http://nightlies.videolan.org/

Not to mention the beta is looking awesome :)

Problem continues with 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3 / ubuntu 8.04, only that now there is no wxvlc process there but vlc. It continues what it is doing, if you exit after opening a directory; only user interface diappeares. Why is this so hard to fix?

I tried in ubuntu 7.10 and noted that the process name there depends on whether you start vlc from menu or from shell.

I can confirm this bug when I play music from a "playlist"

on ubuntu 8.04 with Xfce4.4.2 Desktop
kernel:2.6.24-16-generic
Architecture: i386
VLC Version: 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3

I can also confirm this bug as it occurs then I play music from a playlist, or directory

VLC Process: vlc (not wxvlc)

OS: Ubuntu 8.04
VLC: 0.8.6 Janus (wxWidgets Interface)
Architecture: i386

I have the same problem in Vista with SP1, so I believe it may be a VLC problem and not an UBUNTU problem.

Does anyone know if the VLC project has a contact person in Launchpad?

I sent the following email today to the VLC project:

Hi there. I've been following a bug against the Ubuntu Project in Launchpad 'Some *vlc not stopped by 'close window' button' (https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/54630) ... and I noticed that it doesn't look like there´s a contact person from VLC tracking or seeing this issue. Does VLC have a contact person for VLC in Launchpad?

I've looked here:
https://launchpad.net/vlc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc

I think that using 'Actions > Subscribe to bug mail' will allow someone from VLC to get emails of all VLC bugs, maybe that's something you'd be interested in doing?

Thanks for the great software, I love refering people to it when Winplayer fails, first they love it, and then I explain what OpenSource is!

Regards Duncan

Duncan Lithgow ; Before all, you should maybe test the latest VLC development release : http://nightlies.videolan.org/ It has been reported several times that this bug seems fixed in 0.9.0 release. If it's the case, then we have nothing to do but wait for it to become a stable release :) (Many thanks to VLC developers).

I would be glad to try the 0.9.0 release if there was a .deb for Gutsy or if I could compile it. I installed about 1 dozen additional packages but still haven't been able to compile it from source.

Alecz20 : nightly builds for Gutsy are outdated. To build VLC from source, you might need to refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/

I just tried VLC 0.9.0 trunk-20080725-0335. Playing a DVD folder is actually broken in that version, however, playing the folder as a "Disk" by using the folder path instead for /dev/scd0 works as expected and the bug cannot be reproduced.

I think that we should still test future VLC versions but there's a lot of chances that this bug is fixed.

@ Saïvann Carignan:
Thanks for your suggestion, however I managed to compile 0.9.0 after doing "apt-get build-dep vlc" and adding a few other packages.

I have experienced the exact same issues as you described.
The bug seems to be fixed, but the "Open Directory" is broken.
That is the very feature I need, as i want to test ISO images after I create them with DeVeDe.

Is there another Program that can Open ISO images (or directories) as DVD's?

mplayer can open dirs/isos/tar-archives, too

Like cjburch said this is a bug with VLC in general and for me at least happens in vista as well.

fixed in current 0.9.2 release uploaded to intrepid.