(Linux) Minitube 1.7.1 skips playing videos!

[ddavid123]

When I play a Youtube video in Miniplayer, it plays for a few seconds and then plays the next video on the list. I have tried to pause the video to see if that would help, but it still plays the next video within seconds.

This bug is not a 1.7.1 problem only, I have seen this issue on previous releases for the past 6 months! I am running Chakra Linux (Archimedes release) Thanks!

[FlavioKeymaster]

Make sure you’re using the GStreamer Phonon backend

[Tass]

I have the same bug on debian wheezy, and phonon-backend-gstreamer 4.4.6.0.0-1 is installed

[ddavid123]

I am using the GStreamer Phonon backend. When I first installed Chakra (December) I had this problem. Then I upgraded the system and Minitube played well. Now that I have upgraded to Archimedes I have that issue again!

[FlavioKeymaster]

I think you should report the problem to Chakra people.

[Tass]

And for debian ?

[FlavioKeymaster]

On my Ubuntu, it doesn’t currently happen. Anyway, it has to be a Phonon backend bug. Not something I can really fix. Maybe I could workaround it when I see it.

[Tass]

Ubuntu use a more newer version in all of this distrib like you can see here https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phonon-backend-gstreamer. And in debian i use the last version in sid.

[Jose]

Same problem with LMDE after updating to update pack 4.
I have downgraded de package versión to phonon-backend-gstreamer_4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1, the debian stable package, and now it works. I have to downgrade libphonon4 to the same version too.

[Teo]

I installed ubuntu 12.04 and I am using the 1.7.1 version of minitube.
I am having exactly the same issue, I can hear the sound but not video.
Any solution?
Thanks!

[FlavioKeymaster]

Well, when 12.04 is out I’ll see if it happens to me too. As I said before, this is hardly a Minitube bug. Most probably a Phonon backend bug or GStreamer bug you should report on Launchpad. Anyway, the source is public and anyone can submit a fix or workaround.

[Teo]

Thank you Flavio. There is no hurry, I just wanted to confirm the problem as existing with the version 12.04. You did such a great job, there is no problem at all in waiting a couple of weeks!

Cheers

[Tristan]

Hi Flavio,

I’ve spent the past few hours playing with this issue (after updating my debian system wheezy/sid to the latest unstable). Prior (not exactly sure what versions I had but it did not do this) but now it does.

I added a bunch of debug and it appears that the finished() event happens too soon. I added remainingTime, totalTime, etc & everything looks normal but it stops way too soon. Interestingly enough I built minitube releases (from git) 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 & they all have the same issue so it’s almost 100% certain that it’s phonon or a gstreamer backend bug as you noted. I also experimented with forcing the QString source variable to a constant (ogg I had) and it did play all the way through.

phonon-backend-gstreamer 4:4.6.0.0-1

[FlavioKeymaster]

Hi Tristan, thanks for making these tests, they’re really helpful. What do you mean exactly by making the “source variable a constant”? Can you post a snippet of your code?

[Tristan]

Sure – I have mostly been modifying things in MediaView.cpp (as you might have guessed). I tried one more source experiment too. The code I changed is below and is currently commented out.

Interestingly enough the test.ogg plays all the way through but the mp.mp4 (which is exactly the same size as the youtube link I was pointing Minitube at but has differences in gssd and gssh header fields as reported by mediainfo) and that it downloaded /tmp/minitube-… won’t start. I also see the debug messages like “New source: QUrl(…)” and “Stream changed to file …” There is probably some lack in my Phonon knowledge here. As a test VLC plays both of them.

src/MediaView : MediaView::startPlaying()
…
QString source = downloadItem->currentFilename();
qDebug() << "Playing" <setCurrentSource(source);

btw – thanks for all you work on Minitube.

[Tristan]

The posting appears to remove my commented out lines. They are here without the comments:
source = “/tmp/test.ogg”;
source = “/tmp/mp.mp4″;

Only one at a time commented in of course.

[FlavioKeymaster]

Just updated to 12.04 and experiencing the issue. Must workaround it before my 2-years old comes back from school.

[FlavioKeymaster]

Looks like GStreamer on 12.04 cannot even play MP4s downloaded from YouTube. It’s just broken, I cannot workaround it in any way.

Here’s a bug report, please vote for it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/973014

[Dr.Gonzo II]

I too am having this same problem in UbuntuStudio 12.04. Is it possible to modify the minitube package/source to depend on phonon-backend-vlc instead of phonon-backend-gstreamer? and if this is possible, how would one go about accomplishing it?

[marcobra]

Bug confirmed on 3/3 pc with Ubuntu 12.04 32 bits: Minitube start a video then stop it after 5/10 seconds then it skip to the next video… and so on…

Thank for the Minitube work…

Ciao

[Sergio Salazar]

Bug confirmed in Ubuntu 12.04, only audio, no video, skip to next video in few seconds. Thanks for minitube, excellent!!!

[masterdany88]

minitube 1.7.1
video dosnt show up in kubuntu 12.04. I’ve got only a black windows with some info about the video.
the progress bar show up, the sound I can hear, but no video.
please help

[matteo b]

unfortunately, even on musictube i have the same issue. i bought the full version because the demo was excellent, but now it doesn’t work on my brand new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS…

[FlavioKeymaster]

matteo b, I’m very sorry. This bug is not my fault as everybody can see. Let’s hope it will get fixed very soon. For any question, contact me via email.

[Dr.Gonzo II]

Hey guys. I asked around on the Ubuntu Forums and Someone helped me with a workaround. you can check it out here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1971181

[FlavioKeymaster]

You are simply allowing the package to depend on Phonon VLC. That’s OK and it is a packaging thing. You may also use the binaries I provide and install Phonon VLC. Phonon VLC mostly works, so for now I guess this is the best setup you can get as long as the GStreamer bug stands.

[FlavioKeymaster]

Also I pushed a fix for long videos and VLC on Git. So building from Git and using Phonon VLC is currently the best you can do.

[John]

I can not use totem mp4 and also minitube

[matteo b]

great! i tried the workaround suggested on ubuntuforums also for Musictube and now everything works well. :)

[Sergio Salazar]

OK, I did the workaround and now works like ever!! thanks to everyone in this forum, to ubuntuforums people and Mr. Flavio for this program!.

[Dr.Gonzo II]

I figured that it would be worth mentioning that there has been a workaround posted in the aforementioned thread for those that prefer the gstreamer backend.

after you install minitube use the following code in the terminal to fix the gstreamer plugin issues:

sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so.bak

If this works for you than thank mc4man in the ubuntuforums thread

[Nicolás Abel Carbone]

I am still having the skip problem, even after changing gstreamer backend to the vlc backend, and doing the mc4man fix. Is a pity, because I really like this program and I was considering buying musictube.

I hope this get solved soon.

[FlavioKeymaster]

Workaround here: http://flavio.tordini.org/forums/topic/gstreamer-bug-affecting-ubuntu-12-04-and-other-recent-linux-distributions

[ron porterfield]

Minitube stoping and skiping was easy fix from terminal.

sudo mv /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvideoparsersbad.so.bak

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