vlc and other players crash on avi file playback start

[ivanvajar]

While trying out SuperUbuntu in LiveCD mode, all movie players crash when I start the movie. This particular SuperUbuntu is Interpid Ibex based distro. Any idea?

[SuperSonic4]

Did you install the codecs?

[ivanvajar]

All codecs are installed. Complete gStreamer, java and flash are installed.

[ivanvajar]

Bump...

[kwacka]

Open terminal and type in 'vlc'.

Do you get any error codes?

[canadastitan]

Open terminal and type in 'vlc'.

Do you get any error codes?

I have the exact same problem..
Ever since I upgraded to 9.04 I can not play any .avi files with any media player..I have tried MPlayer ,Xine ,VLC ,Movie Player,Kaffiene ,Dragon Player ,KMplayer..
All the players will start then crash and close almost immediately..??
I suspect it is some kind of bug in 9.04..!!
I tried typing vic in terminal and got message it was not installed so I installed that also and still get the same results with the media players..
all but 2 of the media players crash and close but both Dragon Player and KMplayer will run with a black screen and play the audio only..??
I have installed all the dependencies for all these media players including the restricted ones that are available..I still can not play any .avi video

[kwacka]

When starting (e.g.) VLC from a terminal do you get any error messages?

[canadastitan]

When starting (e.g.) VLC from a terminal do you get any error messages?

this is what i get in terminal
dale@Titan:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 11:
BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
Serial number of failed request: 81
Current serial number in output stream: 82
dale@Titan:~$
and the vlc player will start but as soon as it opens the selected .avi file it crashes and closes also

[kwacka]

this is what i get in terminal
dale@Titan:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team

[????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 11:
BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)

Suggests that there are problems with your video or video drivers.

What do you have?

[canadastitan]

Thanks Ellgor
I made that change from auto detect and now I can play video with movie player
The other media players will not work though