Package: src:vlc Version: 3.0.2-1+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
VLC doesn't parse arguments properly. How to reproduce? Create a shell script with the following content: #!/bin/sh # start VLC /usr/bin/cvlc -vvv \ screen:// :screen-fps=30 \ --canvas-width=1280 --canvas-height=720 --sout-transcode-vcodec=h264 \ --sout-x264-profile=high --sout-x264-level=3.1 \ --sout-x264-vbv-maxrate=5000 --sout-x264-vbv-bufsize=8000 --sout-x264-vbv-init=0.2 \ --input-slave=pulse://alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-surround.monitor --sout-transcode-acodec=aac \ --sout-transcode-ab=192 --sout-transcode-channels=2 --sout-transcode-samplerate=48000 \ --sout '#transcode{venc=x264{preset=ultrafast}}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://:9090/kodi.sdp}' 2>&1 launch it. You can now connect to your computer at the follwing URI and watch your screen streamed in RTP. Now, modify this script as follow: #!/bin/sh # start VLC /usr/bin/cvlc -vvv \ screen:// :screen-fps=30 \ --canvas-width=1280 --canvas-height=720 \ --sout-transcode-vcodec=h264 \ --sout-x264-profile=high --sout-x264-level=3.1 \ --sout-x264-vbv-maxrate=5000 --sout-x264-vbv-bufsize=8000 --sout-x264-vbv-init=0.2 \ --input-slave=pulse://alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-surround.monitor --sout-transcode-acodec=aac \ --sout-transcode-ab=192 --sout-transcode-channels=2 --sout-transcode-samplerate=48000 \ --sout '#transcode{venc=x264{preset=ultrafast}}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://:9090/kodi.sdp}' 2>&1 launch it, and watch VLC freak out... 100% reproductible here. Best regards, Cyrille -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages vlc depends on: ii vlc-bin 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-base 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-video-output 3.0.2-1+b1 Versions of packages vlc recommends: ii vlc-l10n 3.0.2-1 ii vlc-plugin-notify 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-samba 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-skins2 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-video-splitter 3.0.2-1+b1 ii vlc-plugin-visualization 3.0.2-1+b1 vlc suggests no packages. 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libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1 ii libzvbi0 0.2.35-13 ii vlc-data 3.0.2-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base recommends: ii xdg-utils 1.1.2-2 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base suggests: pn libdvdcss2 <none> Versions of packages vlc-plugin-notify depends on: ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.56.1-2 ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.29-3 ii libnotify4 0.7.7-3 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt depends on: ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-3 ii libqt5core5a 5.10.1+dfsg-6+b1 ii libqt5gui5 5.10.1+dfsg-6+b1 ii libqt5svg5 5.10.1-2 ii libqt5widgets5 5.10.1+dfsg-6+b1 ii libqt5x11extras5 5.10.1-2 ii libstdc++6 8.1.0-3 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 ii libwayland-client0 1.15.0-1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt recommends: ii vlc-bin 3.0.2-1+b1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 depends on: ii fonts-freefont-ttf 20120503-7 ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libfreetype6 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