Videos No Longer Play [SOLVED]

[solex]

Hi All,
I have VL 7.0 light and no videos on any browser will play.  It appears to download into the cached but then the status bar flickers between playing and stopping.  I used the embedded video viewer in Opera, Chrome, and Firefox to know resolution.  The UMPlayer no loner plays as well.

I have tried re-installing UMplayer with no luck.  I'm made sure that all packages have been updated as well.

Where should I look next?

Regards,
Dan

[hata_ph]

Run umplayer from console/terminal and play the video...show us any error pop up from the console/terminal...

[solex]

Thanks

moyd:$ umplayer http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/
/home/moyd/./.gtkrc-2.0.mine:7: error: unexpected character `\302', expected character `}'
Debug: main: lock_file: /home/moyd/.config/umplayer/umplayer_init.lock
Debug: global_init
Debug: global_init: config file: '/home/moyd/.config/umplayer/umplayer.ini'
Debug: Preferences::load
Debug: AssStyles::load
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: can't load qt_en_US from /usr/share/umplayer/translations
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: can't load qt_en_US from /usr/lib/qt/translations
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: successfully loaded umplayer_en_US from /usr/share/umplayer/translations
This is UMPlayer v. 0.97 running on Linux
Debug: This is UMPlayer v. 0.97 running on Linux
Debug: Compiled with Qt v. 4.7.0, using 4.8.2
Debug:  * application path: '/usr/bin'
Debug:  * data path: '/usr/share/umplayer'
Debug:  * translation path: '/usr/share/umplayer/translations'
Debug:  * doc path: '/usr/share/doc/packages/umplayer'
Debug:  * themes path: '/usr/share/umplayer/themes'
Debug:  * shortcuts path: '/usr/share/umplayer/shortcuts'
Debug:  * config path: '/home/moyd/.config/umplayer'
Debug:  * ini path: '/home/moyd/.config/umplayer'
Debug:  * file for subtitles' styles: '/home/moyd/.config/umplayer/styles.ass'
Debug:  * current path: '/home/moyd'
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: arguments: 2
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: 0 = umplayer
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: 1 = http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: files_to_play: count: 1
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: files_to_play[0]: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: MyClient::MyClient
Debug: UMPlayer::processArgs: trying to connect to port 57405
Debug: UMPlayer::gui: changed working directory to app path
Debug: UMPlayer::gui: current directory: /usr/bin
Debug: Core::changeFileSettingsMethod: hash
Debug: MplayerLayer::setRepaintBackground: 0
Debug: Preferences::monitor_aspect_double
Debug:  warning: monitor_aspect couldn't be parsed!
Debug:  monitor_aspect set to 0
Debug: Playlist::setModified: 0
Debug: Playlist::loadSettings
Debug: Playlist::addItem: 'http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Atn5qe_nUmDi8tyFIzI6QMwSkUIv'
Debug: Playlist::setModified: 0
Debug: Playlist::updateView
Debug: Playlist::updateView: name: 'http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Atn5qe_nUmDi8tyFIzI6QMwSkUIv'
Debug: Style name: 'gtk+'
Debug: Style class name: 'QGtkStyle'
Debug: Favorites::load
Debug: TVList::parse_channels_conf
Debug: VList::parse_channels_conf: /home/moyd/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter doesn't exist
Debug: TVList::parse_channels_conf: can't open /home/moyd/.mplayer/channels.conf
Debug: Favorites::load
Debug: TVList::parse_channels_conf
Debug: VList::parse_channels_conf: /home/moyd/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter doesn't exist
Debug: TVList::parse_channels_conf: can't open /home/moyd/.mplayer/channels.conf
Debug: BaseGui::initializeMenus
Debug: BaseGui::initializeMenus
Debug: BaseGui::updateRecents
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: Core::toggleRepeat: 1
Debug: Core::changeSubVisilibity: 1
Debug: Core::tellmp: 'sub_visibility 1'
Warning:  tellmp: no process running: sub_visibility 1
Debug: Core::displayMessage
Debug: BaseGui::setStayOnTop: 0
Debug: BaseGui::setStayOnTop: nothing to do
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: BaseGui::updateRecents
Debug: Preferences::save
Debug: AssStyles::save
Debug: BaseGui::initializeGui: server running on port 53087
Debug: BaseGui::initializeMenus
Debug: BaseGui::updateRecents
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: BaseGuiPlus::loadConfig
Debug: TimeSlider::setDragDelay: 100
Debug: BaseGui::initializeMenus
Debug: BaseGui::updateRecents
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: DesktopInfo::isInsideScreen: geometry of screen: x:0 y:0 w:1920 h:1080
Debug: Helper::qtVersion: 4802
Debug: BaseGui::showEvent
Debug: BaseGui::openFiles
Debug: Playlist::setModified: 0
Debug: Playlist::addFiles
Debug: Playlist::addItem: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Playlist::updateView
Debug: Playlist::updateView: name: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Playlist::addFiles: latest_dir: '/home/moyd/.opera/temporary_downloads'
Debug: BaseGui::open: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Core::open: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Core::open: * not identified, playing as stream
Debug: Core::openYT: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Core::saveMediaInfo
Debug: Core::initPlaying
Debug: Core::startMplayer
Debug: Core::startMplayer: setting working directory to '/home/moyd/.config/umplayer/screenshots'
Debug: MplayerVersion::isMplayerAtLeast: comparing 29058 with 32634
Debug: Core::startMplayer: * not using -colorkey for xv
Debug: Core::startMplayer: * report if you can't see the video
Debug: MplayerVersion::isMplayerAtLeast: comparing 27872 with 32634
Debug: MplayerVersion::isMplayerAtLeast: comparing 24924 with 32634
Debug: Core::startMplayer: file basename: 'http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/'
Debug: Core::startMplayer: edl file: ''
Debug: MplayerLayer::playingStarted
Debug: Core::startMplayer: command: '/usr/bin/mplayer -noquiet -nofs -nomouseinput -lavdopts threads=2 -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo xv -ao alsa -nokeepaspect -nodr -double -input nodefault-bindings:conf=/dev/null -stop-xscreensaver -wid 31457320 -monitorpixelaspect 1 -noass -subfont-autoscale 3 -subfont-text-scale 2.5 -subcp UTF-8 -subpos 100 -volume 33 -cache 500 -osdlevel 0 -prefer-ipv4 -vf-add screenshot -noslices -af scaletempo -softvol -softvol-max 110 http://www.metacafe.com/watch/9001666/nicki_minaj_abuses_her_fans_on_twitter/ -loop 0 '
Debug: main: remove_lock: /home/moyd/.config/umplayer/umplayer_init.lock
Debug: BaseGui::loadActions
Debug: ActionsEditor::loadFromConfig
Warning: content-type missing in HTTP POST, defaulting to application/octet-stream
Debug: BaseGui::initializeMenus
Debug: BaseGui::updateRecents
Debug: BaseGui::updateWidgets
Debug: MplayerProcess::parseLine: '/usr/bin/mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
Debug: MyProcess::procFinished
Debug: MyProcess::procFinished: Bytes available: 0
Debug: MplayerProcess::processFinished: exitCode: 127, status: 0
Debug: MplayerLayer::playingStopped
Debug: Core::processFinished
Debug: Core::processFinished: we_are_restarting: 0
Debug: Core::processFinished: play has finished!
Debug: Core::processFinished: exit_code: 127
Debug: BaseGui::showExitCodeFromMplayer: 127

[stretchedthin]

error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

This maybe part of the issue.

Try this as root in the terminal

ln -s /usr/lib/libvpx.so /usr/lib/libvpx.so.0

I think you may have upgraded libvpx past the version it was built against.  I recreated the same error you got by upgrading libvpx on it's own.

I could not play the link in you example, however, I think perhaps because the link just points to a directory and not a specific file.

[solex]

stretch,
thanks for your help, I followed your lead and read through the log file and it turned out that I needed to downgrade libvpx.  Don't know how this happened but once done videos are not playing.

regards,
Dan

[MarkGrieveson]

error while loading shared libraries: libvpx.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

This maybe part of the issue.

Try this as root in the terminal

ln -s /usr/lib/libvpx.so /usr/lib/libvpx.so.0

I think you may have upgraded libvpx past the version it was built against.  I recreated the same error you got by upgrading libvpx on it's own.

I could not play the link in you example, however, I think perhaps because the link just points to a directory and not a specific file.

Thanks.  Your instruction to create a soft-link helped with a whole bunch of issues I was having with various programs.  I would run programs in the terminal and get a similar error message about some lib file not being found ("libsomething.so.a number:  No such file or directory").  So, I would create a link to the base of the named file (sans the last number) and it would work.

[stretchedthin]

@MarkGrieveson
Glad the soft links are helping.  However, better if they were not needed.  Do you remember some that you had and I can try and track down the source of the problem.

[MarkGrieveson]

It was a while ago.  dvdstyler was one, but I think you solved that issue recently with an upgrade.  I'll go though my /usr/lib directory, and see what I can find.

[stretchedthin]

Thanks, if you have the time to find what it was that's great, or just keep it in mind for what you find in the future.

[MarkGrieveson]

Thanks, if you have the time to find what it was that's great, or just keep it in mind for what you find in the future.

I think I'll have to keep it in mind for the future, since there are oodles of links in my /usr/lib directory.  If I could figure out how to sort by permission status, then I might be able to quickly generate a list of the links there, but, alas, I've not been able to figure out how to do this.  I'm not sure if that would be useful to you anyway, since I have installed a few Slackware packages, which may have thrown a few things off.

[MarkGrieveson]

Regarding links that I had to create, just now I found that Inkscape wasn't working, so I had to create links for it to work:

Code:

vector:/~
mark:$ inkscape
inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libMagick++.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
vector:/~
mark:$ locate libMagick++.so
locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
/usr/lib/libMagick++.so
/usr/lib/libMagick++.so.5
/usr/lib/libMagick++.so.5.0.0
vector:/~
mark:$ su
Password:
You are working as root
Frequently used programs:
Configuration  : vasm
Package manager: slapt-get, pkg
Network tools  : ifconfig, host, ping, nmap, iptables
File manager   : mc (press F2 for useful menu)
Editor         : mcedit, nano, vi
Multimedia     : alsamixer, play
vector://home/mark
root:# ln -s /usr/lib/libMagick++.so.5 /usr/lib/libMagick++.so.4
vector://home/mark
root:# exit
exit
vector:/~
mark:$ inkscape
inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libMagickWand.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
vector:/~
mark:$

mark:$ inkscape
inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libMagickWand.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
vector:/~
mark:$ su
Password:
You are working as root
Frequently used programs:
Configuration  : vasm
Package manager: slapt-get, pkg
Network tools  : ifconfig, host, ping, nmap, iptables
File manager   : mc (press F2 for useful menu)
Editor         : mcedit, nano, vi
Multimedia     : alsamixer, play
vector://home/mark
root:# locate libMagickWand.so                                    
locate: warning: database /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db' is more than 8 days old
/usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.5
/usr/lib/libMagickWand.so
/usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.5.0.0
vector://home/mark
root:# ln -s /usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.5 /usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.4

It did work after creating these two links.

[stretchedthin]

Looks like you upgraded Imagemagick.  Two questions. What version of Imagemagick are you running now and do you have testing enabled.

[MarkGrieveson]

I do not have testing enabled.  I have ImageMagick version 6.7.4_9-i586-1vl70 installed.  The source for this package is reported as being http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/extra/.