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0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:53 pm
by Fritzle
After installing version 0.82, I encounter problems playing some mp4 video files. While I can hear sound, preview and/or main window stays black. Moving progress slider manually a little bit to the right makes the video play normally until the end. But pressing the play/pause button instead makes executable hang. Problem does not occur with version 0.81. Problem disappears when copying version 0.81's executable xnviewmp.exe into version 0.82's installation directory. Affected video files play successfully with Windows Media Player, VLC Player, etc.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:45 am
by xnview
See Issue 967 for details.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:37 pm
by helmut
This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 0.82 or later. Could you please try and confirm the bug fix, Fritzle?

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:59 pm
by Dreamer
XnView: MP 0.85 beta 1 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 10 - 64bit

No video/sound with any mp4 file in browser/fullscreen/viewer mode.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:23 am
by xnview
Dreamer wrote:XnView: MP 0.85 beta 1 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 10 - 64bit

No video/sound with any mp4 file in browser/fullscreen/viewer mode.
could you try with useQtav=false?

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:40 am
by helmut
xnview wrote:
Dreamer wrote:XnView: MP 0.85 beta 1 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 10 - 64bit

No video/sound with any mp4 file in browser/fullscreen/viewer mode.
could you try with useQtav=false?
@Pierre: What does this setting do? What happened to the old "VideoMode" setting? Could we please rename this setting to something meaningful (e.g. useQtAVVideoPlayer)?

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:01 pm
by xnview
helmut wrote:@Pierre: What does this setting do? What happened to the old "VideoMode" setting? Could we please rename this setting to something meaningful (e.g. useQtAVVideoPlayer)?
videomode is ignored now. Ok i'll use useQtAVVideoPlayer

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:13 pm
by helmut
xnview wrote:
helmut wrote:@Pierre: What does this setting do? What happened to the old "VideoMode" setting? Could we please rename this setting to something meaningful (e.g. useQtAVVideoPlayer)?
videomode is ignored now. Ok i'll use useQtAVVideoPlayer
Good, thank you! :)

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:20 pm
by Dreamer
Beta 2, useQtav=false, example.mp4 and other mp4 files don't work.

0.84, useQtav=false, example.mp4 and other mp4 files work good.

Pierre, should I change any ini option in beta 2? I'm using the ini from beta 1 without any changes.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:28 pm
by Dreamer
Beta 2, useQtav=true, example.mp4 and other mp4 files work good.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:39 pm
by helmut
xnview wrote:
helmut wrote:@Pierre: What does this setting do? What happened to the old "VideoMode" setting? Could we please rename this setting to something meaningful (e.g. useQtAVVideoPlayer)?
videomode is ignored now. Ok i'll use useQtAVVideoPlayer
When thinking about it, again, I'd suggest "useInternalVideoPlayer". This would be both clear and not too technical.

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:41 am
by xnview
helmut wrote:
xnview wrote:
helmut wrote:@Pierre: What does this setting do? What happened to the old "VideoMode" setting? Could we please rename this setting to something meaningful (e.g. useQtAVVideoPlayer)?
videomode is ignored now. Ok i'll use useQtAVVideoPlayer
When thinking about it, again, I'd suggest "useInternalVideoPlayer". This would be both clear and not too technical.
ok, for useInternalVideoPlayer :)

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:56 am
by helmut
xnview wrote:ok, for useInternalVideoPlayer
3,2,1.. Decided! :)

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:05 pm
by helmut
I've just downloaded the sample file provided by Fritzle and tried in XnView MP 0.85 beta 4:

There's just a black screen (preview or viewer) and no video and no sound in browser/fullscreen/viewer mode. Looks like the internal player cannot handle MP4 files.

:arrow: Reproduced

Re: 0.82: mp4 playback problems

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:30 pm
by Dreamer
With useInternalVideoPlayer=true the example.mp4 file and the other mp4 files (1080p) work good here, browser preview/fullscreen/view modes, MP 0.85 beta 4, Windows 10 64 bit.

The example.mp4 video is very short, please try the other mp4 files.