It turned out I was adding an extraneous space after the backslash at line 4:
/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 \ ... That was a little bit stupid, sorry. Please close the bug. Cyrille On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Cyr Bol <cyrille.bol...@gmail.com> wrote: > well, that's strange... > > That's true that when I run these commands on the command line, and go > back to the histroy afterwards, I can see it translated to something like: > > 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_out > put.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-surround.monitor --sout-transcode-acodec=aac \ > > So, I can see it interpreted by the shell indeed.... > > Could it be that VLC has issues with all the spaces generate by the shell > between the arguments? > > I will test that further when I'll have access to my machine. > > BR > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Sebastian Ramacher <sramac...@debian.org > > wrote: > >> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo >> >> On 2018-05-24 22:05:56, Cyrille wrote: >> > 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. >> >> You'll need to be a little bit more specific. The difference >> >> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ >> /usr/bin/cvlc -vvv \ >> screen:// :screen-fps=30 \ >> - --canvas-width=1280 --canvas-height=720 >> --sout-transcode-vcodec=h264 \ >> + --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 \ >> >> isn't even visible to vlc, since that's interpreted by the shell. >> >> Cheers >> >> > >> > 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. >> > >> > Versions of packages libvlc-bin depends on: >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libvlc5 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on: >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libvlccore9 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of packages libvlc5 recommends: >> > ii libvlc-bin 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of packages vlc-bin depends on: >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libvlc-bin 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > ii libvlc5 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of 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libdvdnav4 6.0.0-1 >> > ii libdvdread4 6.0.0-1 >> > ii libebml4v5 1.3.6-2 >> > ii libfaad2 2.8.8-1 >> > ii libflac8 1.3.2-2 >> > ii libfontconfig1 2.13.0-5 >> > ii libfreetype6 2.8.1-2 >> > ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-2 >> > ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-3 >> > ii libgcrypt20 1.8.2-2 >> > ii libglib2.0-0 2.56.1-2 >> > ii libgnutls30 3.5.18-1 >> > ii libgpg-error0 1.31-1 >> > ii libgroupsock8 2018.04.25-2 >> > ii libharfbuzz0b 1.7.6-1+b1 >> > ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.5.2-2+b1 >> > ii libkate1 0.4.1-8 >> > ii liblirc-client0 0.10.0-2+b1 >> > ii liblivemedia62 2018.04.25-2 >> > ii liblua5.2-0 5.2.4-1.1+b2 >> > ii libmad0 0.15.1b-9 >> > ii libmatroska6v5 1.4.9-1 >> > ii libmicrodns0 0.0.10-1 >> > ii libmpcdec6 2:0.1~r495-1+b2 >> > ii libmpeg2-4 0.5.1-8 >> > ii libmpg123-0 1.25.10-2 >> > ii libmtp9 1.1.13-1 >> > ii libncursesw6 6.1+20180210-3 >> > ii libnfs11 2.0.0-1~exp1 >> > ii libogg0 1.3.2-1+b1 >> > ii libopenmpt-modplug1 0.3.9-1 >> > ii libopus0 1.2.1-1 >> > ii libpng16-16 1.6.34-1 >> > ii libpostproc54 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libvorbisenc2 1.3.6-1 >> > ii libx264-152 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2 >> > ii libx265-151 2.7-2 >> > ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2 >> > ii libxcb1 1.13-1 >> > ii 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 2.8.1-2 >> > ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-2 >> > ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-3 >> > ii libstdc++6 8.1.0-3 >> > ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1 >> > ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 >> > ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 >> > ii libxpm4 1:3.5.12-1 >> > ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 recommends: >> > ii vlc-bin 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-output depends on: >> > ii libaa1 1.4p5-44+b2 >> > ii libavcodec57 7:3.4.2-2+b1 >> > ii libavutil55 7:3.4.2-2+b1 >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2+b3 >> > ii libegl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 >> > ii libgl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 >> > ii libgles2 1.0.0+git20180308-2 >> > ii libplacebo4 0.4.0-2 >> > ii libva-drm2 2.1.0-3 >> > ii libva-wayland2 2.1.0-3 >> > ii libva-x11-2 2.1.0-3 >> > ii libva2 2.1.0-3 >> > ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > ii libwayland-client0 1.15.0-1 >> > ii libwayland-egl1 [libwayland-egl1-mesa] 1.15.0-1 >> > ii libwayland-egl1-mesa 18.0.3-1 >> > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1 >> > ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2 >> > ii libxcb-shm0 1.13-1 >> > ii libxcb-xv0 1.13-1 >> > ii libxcb1 1.13-1 >> > >> > Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-splitter depends on: >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > ii libxcb-randr0 1.13-1 >> > ii libxcb1 1.13-1 >> > >> > Versions of packages vlc-plugin-visualization depends on: >> > ii libc6 2.27-3 >> > ii libgl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 >> > ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.2-1+b1 >> > >> > -- no debconf information >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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