Bug#1004527: vlc: convert does not honor profile settings for output type
Package: vlc
Version: 3.0.16-1+b6
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: foo@bar.com
Dear Maintainer,
There are several issues which may or may not be related. I have included
everything as one because I think they all reflect the same underlying bug or
related ones.
I have been trying to get streaming working from vlc. The problem I was seeing
seemed to come from transcoding, so I tried conversion instead and had similar
problems.
Under Tools, Preferences, All, Stream output, Sout stream, Transcode, I looked
at my configured Audio encoder. It was set to Theora video encoder. This is an
odd default and I am fairly sure I did not set it so. This may somehow be
related. I set the Audio encoder to "Automatic", save. This step is to make
sure your preferences don't let the process work.
Next I used menu Media, Convert/Save, selected a file (a .flac file, but I also
tried a .wav), click the Convert/Save button, select Profile "audio - Vorbis
(OGG)", pick a Destination file ("foo.ogg"), then click the "Start" button. The
file is created in a second or two but has zero size. The Messages at Debug
level
If I go to Preferences and change the Transcode Audio encoder to match what I
wanted for the output (in this case Vorbis Audio encoder), the conversion
process works as expected.
This was also true with streaming. If the Transcode Audio encoder setting under
preferences does not match what I wanted for output, there is no stream. If I
set the Transcode Audio encoder setting to match what I choose for profile
(e.g. mp3) streaming works.
Odd things happened with some settings. If I set in preferences the Vorbis
Audio encoder then tried to convert a .flac file using the .mp3 profile under
conversion, I got a non-zero-sized file but it would not play.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii vlc-bin 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-base 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-video-output 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc recommends:
ii vlc-l10n 3.0.16-1
pn vlc-plugin-access-extra <none>
ii vlc-plugin-notify 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-samba 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-skins2 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-video-splitter 3.0.16-1+b6
ii vlc-plugin-visualization 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn vlc-plugin-fluidsynth <none>
pn vlc-plugin-jack <none>
pn vlc-plugin-svg <none>
Versions of packages libvlc-bin depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libvlc5 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libvlccore9 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages libvlc5 recommends:
ii libvlc-bin 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-bin depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libvlc-bin 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libvlc5 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base depends on:
ii liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-20
ii libarchive13 3.5.2-1
ii libaribb24-0 1.0.3-2
ii libasound2 1.2.6.1-1
ii libass9 1:0.15.2-1
ii libavahi-client3 0.8-5
ii libavahi-common3 0.8-5
ii libavc1394-0 0.5.4-5
ii libavcodec58 7:4.4.1-3
ii libavformat58 7:4.4.1-3
ii libavutil56 7:4.4.1-3
ii libbluray2 1:1.3.0-3
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libcddb2 1.3.2-7
ii libchromaprint1 1.5.1-1
ii libdav1d5 0.9.2-1+b1
ii libdbus-1-3 1.12.20-3
ii libdc1394-25 2.2.6-4
ii libdca0 0.0.7-2
ii libdvbpsi10 1.3.3-1
ii libdvdnav4 6.1.1-1
ii libdvdread8 6.1.2-1
ii libebml5 1.4.2-2
ii libfaad2 2.10.0-2
ii libflac8 1.3.3-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-4.3
ii libfreetype6 2.11.1+dfsg-1
ii libfribidi0 1.0.8-2
ii libgcc-s1 11.2.0-14
ii libgcrypt20 1.9.4-5
ii libglib2.0-0 2.70.3-1
ii libgnutls30 3.7.2-5
ii libgpg-error0 1.43-3
ii libharfbuzz0b 2.7.4-1
ii libixml10 1:1.8.4-2
ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:2.1.2-1
ii libkate1 0.4.1-11
ii liblirc-client0 0.10.1-6.3
ii liblua5.2-0 5.2.4-2
ii libmad0 0.15.1b-10
ii libmatroska7 1.6.3-2
ii libmpcdec6 2:0.1~r495-2
ii libmpeg2-4 0.5.1-9
ii libmpg123-0 1.29.3-1
ii libmtp9 1.1.19-1
ii libncursesw6 6.3-2
ii libnfs13 4.0.0-1
ii libogg0 1.3.4-0.1
ii libopenmpt-modplug1 0.8.9.0-openmpt1-2
ii libopus0 1.3.1-0.1
ii libpng16-16 1.6.37-3
ii libpostproc55 7:4.4.1-3
ii libprotobuf-lite23 3.12.4-1+b2
ii libpulse0 15.0+dfsg1-3
ii libraw1394-11 2.1.2-2
ii libresid-builder0c2a 2.1.1-15+b1
ii librsvg2-2 2.52.5+dfsg-3+b1
ii libsamplerate0 0.2.2-1
ii libsdl-image1.2 1.2.12-13
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15+dfsg2-6
ii libsecret-1-0 0.20.4-2
ii libshine3 3.1.1-2
ii libshout3 2.4.5-1+b1
ii libsidplay2 2.1.1-15+b1
ii libsndio7.0 1.5.0-3
ii libsoxr0 0.1.3-4
ii libspatialaudio0 0.3.0+git20180730+dfsg1-2+b1
ii libspeex1 1.2~rc1.2-1.1
ii libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1.1
ii libssh2-1 1.10.0-2
ii libstdc++6 11.2.0-14
ii libswscale5 7:4.4.1-3
ii libsystemd0 250.3-1
ii libtag1v5 1.12-1
ii libtheora0 1.1.1+dfsg.1-15
ii libtinfo6 6.3-2
ii libtwolame0 0.4.0-2
ii libudev1 250.3-1
ii libupnp13 1:1.8.4-2
ii libva-drm2 2.13.0-1
ii libva2 2.13.0-1
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libvorbis0a 1.3.7-1
ii libvorbisenc2 1.3.7-1
ii libx264-160 2:0.160.3011+gitcde9a93-2.1
ii libx265-199 3.5-2
ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2
ii libxcb1 1.14-3
ii libxml2 2.9.12+dfsg-5+b1
ii libzvbi0 0.2.35-19
ii vlc-data 3.0.16-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base recommends:
ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-4.1
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base suggests:
ii libdvdcss2 1.4.2-dmo1
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-notify depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.6+dfsg-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.70.3-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.31-1
ii libnotify4 0.7.9-3
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libgcc-s1 11.2.0-14
ii libqt5core5a 5.15.2+dfsg-14
ii libqt5gui5 5.15.2+dfsg-14
ii libqt5svg5 5.15.2-4
ii libqt5widgets5 5.15.2+dfsg-14
ii libqt5x11extras5 5.15.2-2
ii libstdc++6 11.2.0-14
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libwayland-client0 1.19.0-2+b1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.2-2+b1
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt recommends:
ii vlc-bin 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 depends on:
ii fonts-freefont-ttf 20120503-10
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libfreetype6 2.11.1+dfsg-1
ii libfribidi0 1.0.8-2
ii libgcc-s1 11.2.0-14
ii libstdc++6 11.2.0-14
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.2-2+b1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-2
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.12-1
ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 recommends:
ii vlc-bin 3.0.16-1+b6
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-output depends on:
ii libaa1 1.4p5-50
ii libavcodec58 7:4.4.1-3
ii libavutil56 7:4.4.1-3
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2.2
ii libegl1 1.4.0-1
ii libgl1 1.4.0-1
ii libgles2 1.4.0-1
ii libplacebo157 4.157.0-3
ii libva-drm2 2.13.0-1
ii libva-wayland2 2.13.0-1
ii libva-x11-2 2.13.0-1
ii libva2 2.13.0-1
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libwayland-client0 1.19.0-2+b1
ii libwayland-egl1 1.19.0-2+b1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.2-2+b1
ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2
ii libxcb-shm0 1.14-3
ii libxcb-xv0 1.14-3
ii libxcb1 1.14-3
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-splitter depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
ii libxcb-randr0 1.14-3
ii libxcb1 1.14-3
Versions of packages vlc-plugin-visualization depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-3
ii libgl1 1.4.0-1
ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.16-1+b6
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