Bug#522825: vlc: tools | preferences usually don't work

Gary Dale garydale at rogers.com
Mon Apr 6 19:31:40 UTC 2009


Package: vlc
Version: 0.9.8a-3
Severity: important

The new version of VLC works on Squeeze but I'e stopped using it because
it is basically useless.

The separate control and video windows can't be turned off, the video
window doesn't remember where it was the last time it was opened, the
playback speed controls are missing, the video seems to use more
resources / is choppier than in the previous version, the new control
bar has ugly icons, etc.. However the problem I'm complaining about is
that the tools | preferences don't seem to do anything.

This used to be a pretty good player. The current rendition removes the
things I liked about it (single panel, speed controls, low resource 
usage) and replaces it with things I didn't like about
mplayer (two panels, no speed controls - but skip forward and backward 
controls) and kaffeine (no speed or skip controls).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                 1.4p5-38          ascii art library
ii  libc6                  2.9-4             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0               0.99.beta16-1     colour ASCII art library
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.12-1          simple interprocess 
messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-4           FreeType 2 font engine, 
shared lib
ii  libfribidi0            0.10.9-1          Free Implementation of the 
Unicode
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.3-3         GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-7           A free implementation of 
the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.20.0-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 7.0.3-7           The OpenGL utility library 
(GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.14.7-5          The GTK+ graphical user 
interface
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.5-1           sends desktop notifications 
to a n
ii  libqtcore4             4.4.3-2           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.4.3-2           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl-image1.2        1.2.6-3           image loading library for 
Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian        1.2.13-4+b1       Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.3-3           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                 1.2.11-5          C library for manipulating 
tar arc
ii  libvlccore0            0.9.8a-3          base library for VLC and 
its modul
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2-1           X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension 
librar
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxv1                 2:1.0.4-1         X11 Video extension library
ii  libxxf86vm1            1:1.0.2-1         X11 XFree86 video mode 
extension l
ii  ttf-dejavu-core        2.25-3            Vera font family derivate 
with add
ii  vlc-nox                0.9.8a-3          multimedia player and 
streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0.7.4       0.7.4-11              library for decoding ATSC 
A/52 str
ii  libasound2         1.0.19-1              shared library for ALSA 
applicatio
ii  libass1            0.9.5-2               library for SSA/ASS 
subtitles rend
ii  libavahi-client3   0.6.24-2              Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3   0.6.24-2              Avahi common library
ii  libavcodec52       4:0.5.svn20090318-0.0 library to encode decode 
multimedi
ii  libavformat52      4:0.5.svn20090318-0.0 ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49        4:0.5-0.0             avutil shared libraries
ii  libc6              2.9-4                 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcdio7           0.78.2+dfsg1-3        library to read and control 
CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-3        1.2.12-1              simple interprocess 
messaging syst
ii  libdca0            0.0.5-2               decoding library for DTS 
Coherent
ii  libdvbpsi4         0.1.5-3.1             library for MPEG TS and DVB 
PSI ta
ii  libdvdnav4         4.1.3-3               DVD navigation library
ii  libdvdread4        4.1.3-4               library for reading DVDs
ii  libebml0           0.7.7-3.1             access library for the EBML 
format
ii  libfaad0           2.6.1-3.1             freeware Advanced Audio 
Decoder -
ii  libflac8           1.2.1-1.2             Free Lossless Audio Codec - 
runtim
ii  libfontconfig1     2.6.0-3               generic font configuration 
library
ii  libfreetype6       2.3.9-4               FreeType 2 font engine, 
shared lib
ii  libfribidi0        0.10.9-1              Free Implementation of the 
Unicode
ii  libgcc1            1:4.3.3-3             GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt11        1.4.4-2               LGPL Crypto library - 
runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26        2.6.4-2               the GNU TLS library - 
runtime libr
ii  libhal1            0.5.11-8              Hardware Abstraction Layer 
- share
ii  libid3tag0         0.15.1b-10            ID3 tag reading library 
from the M
ii  liblircclient0     0.8.3-3               infra-red remote control 
support -
ii  liblua5.1-0        5.1.4-2               Simple, extensible, 
embeddable pro
ii  libmad0            0.15.1b-4             MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmatroska0       0.8.1-1.1             extensible open standard 
audio/vid
ii  libmodplug0c2      1:0.8.4-3             shared libraries for mod 
music bas
ii  libmpcdec3         1:1.2.2-2.1           Musepack (MPC) format library
ii  libmpeg2-4         0.4.1-3               MPEG1 and MPEG2 video 
decoder libr
ii  libncursesw5       5.7+20090314-1        shared libraries for 
terminal hand
ii  libogg0            1.1.3-5               Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libpng12-0         1.2.35-1              PNG library - runtime
ii  libpostproc51      4:0.5.svn20090318-0.0 postproc shared libraries
ii  libschroedinger-1. 1.0.5-1               library for 
encoding/decoding of D
ii  libshout3          2.2.2-5               MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast 
streaming
ii  libsmbclient       2:3.3.2-1             shared library for 
communication w
ii  libspeex1          1.2~rc1-1             The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libstdc++6         4.3.3-3               The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libswscale0        4:0.5.svn20090318-0.0 ffmpeg video scaling library
ii  libsysfs2          2.1.0-5               interface library to sysfs
ii  libtag1c2a         1.5-3                 TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library
ii  libtheora0         1.0-2                 The Theora Video 
Compression Codec
ii  libtwolame0        0.3.12-1              MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding 
librar
ii  libv4l-0           0.5.9-1               Collection of video4linux 
support
ii  libvcdinfo0        0.7.23-4              library to extract 
information fro
ii  libvlc2            0.9.8a-3              multimedia player and 
streamer lib
ii  libvlccore0        0.9.8a-3              base library for VLC and 
its modul
ii  libvorbis0a        1.2.0.dfsg-4          The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2      1.2.0.dfsg-4          The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libxml2            2.7.3.dfsg-1          GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g             1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libvlc2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-4      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libvlccore0                   0.9.8a-3   base library for VLC and 
its modul

Versions of packages libvlccore0 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-4      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.12-1   simple interprocess 
messaging syst
ii  libhal1                       0.5.11-8   Hardware Abstraction Layer 
- share
ii  vlc-data                      0.9.8a-3   Common data for VLC

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