Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mplayer
As distributed by ubuntu for many versions (hardy and perhaps earlier), including the current 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu4, gmplayer rapidly and continuously displays pop-up error messages (often far too fast to read) for trivial errors such as "frame dropped", "MV error", etc. This makes gmplayer unusuable for a large number of media files and DVDs for which it would otherwise be useful (and which mplayer without the GUI plays fine). These errors should not be displayed but should instead be sent to stdout. In fact, virtually every file I attempt to play with the latest version sends such a flurry of pop-ups that gmplayer is completely unusuable for video. This bug was also detailed here as a "wish" over a year ago with no response thus far... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/198695 FYI, the workaround described there ("gmplayer -msglevel:all 0") is not an effective solution because gmplayer seems to flash the video window red when errors occur with that setting, even though the pop-ups stop. It also states there that other distributors of mplayer do not have this problem. ** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- mplayer displays all errors in GUI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412669 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
