Bug#801448: vlc: VLC change audio device without obvious reason

Sebastian Ramacher sramacher at debian.org
Mon Oct 19 18:04:47 UTC 2015


Control: reassign -1 pulseaudio 7.0-1

Hi

On 2015-10-10 10:52:55, Gabriel Corona wrote:
> Package: vlc
> Version: 2.2.1-4
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When using VLC with KDE5 without pulseaudio, VLC keeps changing the
> output audio device. I've configured VLC to use the "HDA Intel ALC888
> Analog Audio Device" but it switches back to "HDA NVidida, HDMI0
> Hardware device with all software conversion" (which means that I do
> not have any sound):
> 
> * this always happens when I start vlc;
> 
> * it happens sometimes at the beginnig of the playback.
> 
> When this happens, I get this in the console:
> 
> [00007f7dc8c04568] avcodec decoder debug: enabling direct rendering
> [00000000021f1028] core audio output debug: restart requested (2)
> [00007f7db806e468] core audio resampler debug: removing module "samplerate"
> [00007f7db80441d8] core audio converter debug: removing module "a52tofloat32"
> [00007f7db8042a88] core audio filter debug: removing module "scaletempo"
> [00007f7db806e068] core audio converter debug: removing module "simple_channel_mixer"
> [00000000021f1028] core audio output debug: restarting output...
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug: using ALSA device: plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug:  Plug PCM: Hardware PCM card 1 'HDA NVidia' device 3 subdevice 0
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug:  device name   : HDMI 0
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug:  device ID     : HDMI 0
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug:  subdevice name: subdevice #0
> [00000000021f1028] alsa audio output debug: initial hardware setup:
> 
> I can switch back to the "HDA Intel ALC888 Analog Audio Device" in the
> menu and it works correctly.

This sounds very similar to #802016. So I'm reassigning this to pulseaudio for
now. Maybe the pulseadio maintainers can provide more insight here.

Cheers

> This only happens when using KDE. I tried with XFCE, LXDE and the
> configured device is used.
> 
> Note: I'm not sure if this is related but the "HDA Intel ALC888 Analog Audio
> Device" appears twice in the vlc menus. I can select any of those
> device: correct correctly:
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> --
> Gabriel Corona
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: stretch/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
> 
> Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> 
> Versions of packages vlc depends on:
> ii  fonts-freefont-ttf          20120503-4
> ii  libaa1                      1.4p5-44
> ii  libavcodec-ffmpeg56         7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libavutil-ffmpeg54          7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libc6                       2.19-22
> ii  libcaca0                    0.99.beta19-2
> ii  libcairo2                   1.14.2-2
> ii  libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11]  10.6.8-1
> ii  libfreerdp-client1.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5
> ii  libfreerdp-core1.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5
> ii  libfreerdp-gdi1.1           1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5
> ii  libfreetype6                2.6-2
> ii  libfribidi0                 0.19.7-1
> ii  libgcc1                     1:5.2.1-21
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]    10.6.8-1
> ii  libgles1-mesa [libgles1]    10.6.8-1
> ii  libgles2-mesa [libgles2]    10.6.8-1
> ii  libglib2.0-0                2.46.0-2
> ii  libpulse0                   7.0-1
> ii  libqt5core5a                5.4.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libqt5gui5                  5.4.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libqt5widgets5              5.4.2+dfsg-9
> ii  libqt5x11extras5            5.4.2-2+b1
> ii  librsvg2-2                  2.40.10-1
> ii  libsdl-image1.2             1.2.12-5+b5
> ii  libsdl1.2debian             1.2.15-11
> ii  libstdc++6                  5.2.1-21
> ii  libva-drm1                  1.6.1-1
> ii  libva-x11-1                 1.6.1-1
> ii  libva1                      1.6.1-1
> ii  libvlccore8                 2.2.1-4
> ii  libvncclient1               0.9.10+dfsg-3
> ii  libx11-6                    2:1.6.3-1
> ii  libxcb-composite0           1.10-3+b1
> ii  libxcb-keysyms1             0.4.0-1
> ii  libxcb-randr0               1.10-3+b1
> ii  libxcb-shm0                 1.10-3+b1
> ii  libxcb-xv0                  1.10-3+b1
> ii  libxcb1                     1.10-3+b1
> ii  libxext6                    2:1.3.3-1
> ii  libxinerama1                2:1.1.3-1+b1
> ii  libxpm4                     1:3.5.11-1+b1
> ii  vlc-nox                     2.2.1-4
> ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
> 
> Versions of packages vlc recommends:
> pn  vlc-plugin-notify  <none>
> pn  vlc-plugin-samba   <none>
> ii  xdg-utils          1.1.0~rc3+git20150922-1
> 
> vlc suggests no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
> ii  liba52-0.7.4               0.7.4-18
> ii  libasound2                 1.0.29-1
> ii  libass5                    0.12.3-2
> ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.31-5
> ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.31-5
> ii  libavc1394-0               0.5.4-2
> ii  libavcodec-ffmpeg56        7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libavformat-ffmpeg56       7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libavutil-ffmpeg54         7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libbasicusageenvironment0  2014.01.13-1
> ii  libbluray1                 1:0.8.1-1
> ii  libc6                      2.19-22
> ii  libcddb2                   1.3.2-5
> ii  libcdio13                  0.83-4.2
> ii  libchromaprint0            1.2-1+b1
> ii  libcrystalhd3              1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-11+b1
> ii  libdbus-1-3                1.10.0-3
> ii  libdc1394-22               2.2.3-1
> ii  libdca0                    0.0.5-7
> ii  libdirectfb-1.2-9          1.2.10.0-5.1
> ii  libdvbpsi10                1.3.0-2
> ii  libdvdnav4                 5.0.3-1
> ii  libdvdread4                5.0.3-1
> ii  libebml4v5                 1.3.1-5
> ii  libfaad2                   2.8.0~cvs20150510-1
> ii  libflac8                   1.3.1-4
> ii  libfontconfig1             2.11.0-6.3
> ii  libfreetype6               2.6-2
> ii  libfribidi0                0.19.7-1
> ii  libgcc1                    1:5.2.1-21
> ii  libgcrypt20                1.6.3-2
> ii  libgnutls-deb0-28          3.3.18-1
> ii  libgpg-error0              1.20-1
> ii  libgroupsock1              2014.01.13-1
> ii  libjpeg62-turbo            1:1.4.1-2
> ii  libkate1                   0.4.1-5
> ii  liblircclient0             0.9.0~pre1-1.2
> ii  liblivemedia23             2014.01.13-1
> ii  liblua5.2-0                5.2.4-1
> ii  libmad0                    0.15.1b-8
> ii  libmatroska6v5             1.4.2-4
> ii  libmodplug1                1:0.8.8.5-2
> ii  libmpcdec6                 2:0.1~r475-1
> ii  libmpeg2-4                 0.5.1-7
> ii  libmtp9                    1.1.9-3
> ii  libncursesw5               6.0+20150810-1
> ii  libogg0                    1.3.2-1
> ii  libopus0                   1.1-2
> ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.50-2+b2
> ii  libpostproc-ffmpeg53       7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libraw1394-11              2.1.1-1
> ii  libresid-builder0c2a       2.1.1-14
> ii  libsamplerate0             0.1.8-8
> ii  libschroedinger-1.0-0      1.0.11-2.1
> ii  libshine3                  3.1.0-2.1
> ii  libshout3                  2.3.1-3
> ii  libsidplay2                2.1.1-14
> ii  libspeex1                  1.2~rc1.2-1
> ii  libspeexdsp1               1.2~rc1.2-1
> ii  libssh2-1                  1.5.0-2+b1
> ii  libstdc++6                 5.2.1-21
> ii  libswscale-ffmpeg3         7:2.7.2-2+b1
> ii  libtag1v5                  1.9.1-2.4
> ii  libtheora0                 1.1.1+dfsg.1-7
> ii  libtinfo5                  6.0+20150810-1
> ii  libtwolame0                0.3.13-1.2
> ii  libudev1                   226-4
> ii  libupnp6                   1:1.6.19+git20141001-1
> ii  libusageenvironment1       2014.01.13-1
> ii  libvcdinfo0                0.7.24+dfsg-0.2
> ii  libvlc5                    2.2.1-4
> ii  libvlccore8                2.2.1-4
> ii  libvorbis0a                1.3.4-3
> ii  libvorbisenc2              1.3.4-3
> ii  libx264-146                2:0.146.2555+git0c21480-1
> ii  libx265-59                 1.7-4
> ii  libxml2                    2.9.2+zdfsg1-4
> ii  libzvbi0                   0.2.35-9
> ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
> 
> Versions of packages vlc-nox suggests:
> pn  libdvdcss2  <none>
> 
> Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on:
> ii  libc6        2.19-22
> ii  libvlccore8  2.2.1-4
> 
> Versions of packages libvlccore8 depends on:
> ii  libc6           2.19-22
> ii  libdbus-1-3     1.10.0-3
> ii  libidn11        1.32-3
> ii  libproxy-tools  0.4.11-4.2
> ii  vlc-data        2.2.1-4
> 
> Versions of packages vlc is related to:
> pn  libavutil50  <none>
> pn  libavutil51  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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