stevepusser wrote:What about if you tell vlc to use the most basic x11 video output instead of the default openGL?
done this both directly with mouse and keyboard, as well as using X11-vnc
fred44nl@Debian:~$ cat Down*/vlc.txt
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4473, resource id: 37749070, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4474, resource id: 37749070, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4477, resource id: 37749070, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4478, resource id: 37749070, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4482, resource id: 37749070, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
[00007ff91c0012b0] xcb vout display error: window not valid
[00007ff8e4068cc0] main video output error: video output creation failed
QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4495, resource id: 37749070, major code: 4 (DestroyWindow), minor code: 0
[00007ff8fcc02120] main decoder error: failed to create video output
[h264 @ 0x7ff8fcc34240] get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7ff8fcc34240] thread_get_buffer() failed
[h264 @ 0x7ff8fcc34240] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x7ff8fcc34240] no frame!
QWidget::setMinimumSize: (/MainInterface) The largest allowed size is (16777215,16777215)
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4497, resource id: 37748764, major code: 78 (CreateColormap), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4498, resource id: 37748764, major code: 1 (CreateWindow), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4499, resource id: 37749073, major code: 2 (ChangeWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4500, resource id: 37749073, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 4501, resource id: 37749073, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
so, video is not working, but there is sound.
when I look at PulseAudio it finds HDMI2
edit1:
there is also:
fred44nl@Debian:~$ cat Down*/vlc1.txt
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::save: Painter not active
QPainter::setPen: Painter not active
QPainter::setBrush: Painter not active
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter::worldTransform: Painter not active
QPainter::setWorldTransform: Painter not active
QPainter::brush: Painter not active
edit2:
I did get a little further with : "env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0"
now the gui opens, but the video does not play.
fred44nl@Debian:~$ env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 vlc "Video's"/*.mkv X11
VLC media player 3.0.4 Vetinari (revision 3.0.4-0-gf615db6332)
[00005590708ec1a0] main libvlc: Vlc draait met de standaardinterface. Gebruik 'cvlc' om vlc zonder interface te gebruiken.
[00005590709ad740] main audio output error: too low audio sample frequency (0)
[00007f3560ce09c0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00005590709ad740] vlcpulse audio output error: digital pass-through stream connection failure: Niet ondersteund
[00005590709ad740] main audio output error: module not functional
[00007f3560ce09c0] main decoder error: failed to create audio output
[00007f353c007b90] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f3560c06360] avcodec decoder: Using OpenGL/VAAPI backend for VDPAU for hardware decoding
[00007f353c02c090] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
[00007f353c020500] blend blend error: no matching alpha blending routine (chroma: YUVA -> VDV0)
[00007f353c020500] main blend error: blending YUVA to VDV0 failed
[00007f353c020500] blend blend error: no matching alpha blending routine (chroma: YUVA -> VDV0)