The program works fine for ATSC standard definition stations, but crashes within a few seconds when I switch to a high definition station with a segmentation fault. I am using RV610 [Radeon HD 2400 PRO] in a Dell Inspiron computer with Ubuntu 17.04. Here is the terminal output. In this session I viewed two standard def stations and then a high def station. jeffrey@inspiron:~$ kaffeine 05-05-17 17:20:15.024 [Info ] Using built-in dvb device manager 05-05-17 17:20:15.359 [Info ] Found dvb device : LG Electronics LGDT3305 VSB/QAM Frontend 05-05-17 17:20:15.447 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/16/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.447 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/22/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.448 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/24/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.448 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/32/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.449 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/48/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.450 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/64/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.450 [Warning ] Invalid Context= "stock" line for icon theme: "/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/stock/128/" 05-05-17 17:20:15.544 [Debug ] Refilling KProtocolInfoFactory cache in the hope to find "mtp" 05-05-17 17:20:15.821 [Warning ] KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "ThumbCreator" not found 05-05-17 17:20:15.827 [Warning ] KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "ThumbCreator" not found 05-05-17 17:20:16.130 [Warning ] KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "ThumbCreator" not found 05-05-17 17:20:16.136 [Warning ] KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "ThumbCreator" not found [00007fea1001c7e8] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding. [00007fe9e4022428] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding. [00007fe9f00148f8] avcodec decoder: Using G3DVL VDPAU Driver Shared Library version 1.0 for hardware decoding. Segmentation fault (core dumped) jeffrey@inspiron:~$
It is hard to tell what's happening here without a better log. You also didn't mention if you're using the Open Source driver or the AMD proprietary one. In any case, that sounds to be a bug with the hardware decoding. You may try to force libVLC to not use VDPAU for decoding. Take a look at Kaffeine's README.md for further details. Take a look at "Remote Access and Kaffeine" section.
(In reply to Mauro Carvalho Chehab from comment #1) > It is hard to tell what's happening here without a better log. You also > didn't mention if you're using the Open Source driver or the AMD proprietary > one. > > In any case, that sounds to be a bug with the hardware decoding. You may try > to force libVLC to not use VDPAU for decoding. Take a look at Kaffeine's > README.md for further details. Take a look at "Remote Access and Kaffeine" > section. Btw, you should take a look on BZ#376893
Mauro, Thanks for you help on this. I have checked my receiver with Kaffeine on another Ubuntu system, and it works fine for both standard and hi-def signals. I also found out that the system that's giving me problems with Kaffeine also has trouble playing DVD's with other software. So, I don't think the problem is with Kaffeine, but with my video drivers. Sorry to take up your time, and thanks again. Jeff