Bug#735517: vlc: cannot convert stream to file

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: vlc
Version: 2.1.2-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
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   * What led up to the situation?

Attempting to convert a stream to an MP3 file

$ vlc
VLC media player 2.1.2 Rincewind (revision 2.1.2-0-ga4c4876)
[0x7130b8] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x7fbc7c002218] access_output_file access out error: cannot create : No such file or directory
[0x7fbc7c001358] stream_out_standard stream out error: no suitable sout access module for `file{no-overwrite}/ts://(null)'
[0x7fbc7c000cc8] main stream output error: stream chain failed for `transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=320,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file{no-overwrite},mux=ts,dst=''}'
[0x7fbc840009b8] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

The errors above happened when I did not specify an output file name.

When I did specify an output file name I received the error:

access_output_file access out error: cannot create /home/amarsh04/2014-01-15-test-again.ts: File exists
[0x7f2844c25a18] access_mms access: selecting stream[0x1] audio (63 Kib/s)
[0x7f2844c25a18] access_mms access: connection successful

vlc claimed about a file with extension .ts already existed, even though 
I had specified a unique filename ending in mp3 for an MP3 audio file, as 
the stream was audio only. When I specified overwrite, vlc wrote a file
with extension .ts.

mediainfo reported:

$ mediainfo ~/2014-01-15-*ts
General
ID                                       : 51929 (0xCAD9)
Complete name                            : /home/amarsh04/2014-01-15-test-again.ts
Format                                   : MPEG-TS
File size                                : 12.2 MiB
Duration                                 : 4mn 45s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 360 Kbps

Audio
ID                                       : 68 (0x44)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 3
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Mode extension                           : MS Stereo
Codec ID                                 : 3
Duration                                 : 4mn 45s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 320 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 10.9 MiB (89%)
Writing library                          : LAME3.99.5
Language                                 : Japanese

although I only wanted to create an audio MP3 file.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

vlc to give an error message if no output file was mentioned, and to 
give the option to save only audio in an audio format.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.13.0-rc8+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  dpkg                      1.17.6
ii  fonts-freefont-ttf        20120503-1
ii  libaa1                    1.4p5-41
ii  libavcodec54              6:9.10-2
ii  libavutil52               6:9.10-2
ii  libc6                     2.17-97
ii  libcaca0                  0.99.beta18-1
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-1
ii  libfribidi0               0.19.6-1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.9-20140111-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  10.0.1-1
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.8-2
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.5+git209-g718fae5+dfsg-1
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.5+git209-g718fae5+dfsg-1
ii  libsdl-image1.2           1.2.12-5+b1
ii  libsdl1.2debian           1.2.15-8
ii  libsm6                    2:1.2.1-2
ii  libstdc++6                4.9-20140111-1
ii  libtar0                   1.2.20-1
ii  libva-x11-1               1.2.1-2
ii  libva1                    1.2.1-2
ii  libvlccore7               2.1.2-2
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-1
ii  libxcb-composite0         1.10-2
ii  libxcb-keysyms1           0.3.9-1
ii  libxcb-randr0             1.10-2
ii  libxcb-render0            1.10-2
ii  libxcb-shape0             1.10-2
ii  libxcb-shm0               1.10-2
ii  libxcb-xfixes0            1.10-2
ii  libxcb-xv0                1.10-2
ii  libxcb1                   1.10-2
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxinerama1              2:1.1.3-1
ii  libxpm4                   1:3.5.10-1
ii  vlc-nox                   2.1.2-2
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages vlc recommends:
ii  vlc-plugin-notify  2.1.2-2
pn  vlc-plugin-pulse   <none>
ii  xdg-utils          1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
ii  videolan-doc  20070626-1

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