[gst-devel] gst-player instability

[Thomas Vander Stichele]

Hi Colin,


> I'm using Gentoo, and I've got my system updated to the latest libraries
> (gstreamer 0.6.3, gst-player 0.6.0, gst-plugins-xvideo 0.6.3,
> gst-plugins 0.6.3, gst-editor 0.5.0)

Gentoo.  which CFLAGS ?  Not sure what you mean with gst-plugins-xvideo,
maybe that's a Gentoo thing.

> Trying to use gst-player is an exercise in frustration. It crashes
> repeatedly on small mpeg files, etc. etc. Is this to be expected at this
> point, or is the system supposed to be more stable than this?

It's not expected, no.

> I'd also like to help debug the system, but I'm not sure where to start.

Start by filing a backtrace for a simple mpeg file, with a link where we
can download the simple mpeg file.  Also, try using gst-launch-ext on
it, and file a backtrace for that as well if it fails.

Attach output of gst-feedback as well.

Also, check if other things do work (simple audio playback from command
line, gst-launch videotestsrc ! xvideosink, gst-launch sinesrc !
osssink)

Thomas



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