Bug#699394: gnome-mplayer: [Ctrl+T] fails to take screenshot

Sebastian Ramacher sramacher at debian.org
Fri Feb 1 17:52:07 UTC 2013


On 2013-02-01 18:23:23, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > > Unfortunately I can't reproduce the bug. Could you please attach the output of
> > > 'gnome-mplayer -v $thevideo'?
> > 
> > Sure!
> > 
> > I tried the following:
> > 
> >   $ gnome-mplayer -v voyage.ogv > /tmp/gnome-mplayer.out 2>&1
> > 
> > where voyage.ogv is the short film already cited in bugs #699393 and
> > #696714.
> > 
> > As soon as the video began to play, I pressed [Ctrl+1], then [Ctrl+T],
> > and finally [Q].
> > 
> > The resulting file is attached (slightly edited).
> > 
> > It actually shows an error message about the inability to take
> > screenshots, but I fail to understand what's the problem.
> > It seems to talk about some command-line option (forgot
> > -vf screenshot?), but I haven't found this option in the man page...
> > 
> > Anything useful to debug my issue?
> > Please let me know.
> > Thanks for your time!
> 
> Thanks for the log. I've installed mplayer (instead of mplayer2) to
> check if that might be a problem and in fact it is. With mplayer I can
> see the same error message in the log.

My analysis is wrong. It also depends on the video output used. In any
case, an error message would be appropriate.

Regards
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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