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cannot watch videos

Asked by javys

ok im pretty sure you read question like this all days, but i cannot watch videos on ubuntu Jaunty,
this is what i,ve done:
installed restricted areas, added medibuntu repository, installed w32 codecs, installed vlc, and i still cant watch videos, when i open a video file from vlc it just closes itself and it gives me no error, i've no tried opening from a terminal, then i tried installing smplayer and it does open the video file and i get the sound but no video;
i've tried other things like running portable smplayer for windows under wine and i do get the video and the sound, so i dont know why i cant see videos normally, i also tried running some games for linux and they play good, my only guess is that the graphics card isnt configures well, please any help is welcome.

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

Have you installed: libdvdcss2 ?

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javys (javiernba) said : 		#2

i've just tried that and is all the same here's what i get in the terminal when opening vlc

javy@javy-desktop:~$ 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 "es"
[00000001] main libvlc: Ejecutar vlc con el interfaz por defecto. Usa 'cvlc' para usar vlc sin interfaz.
 m_el[mi_level] == NULL
 arrrrrrrrrrrrrg Up cannot escape itself
[ass] **MSGL_V**: FreeType library version: 2.3.9
[ass] **MSGL_V**: FreeType headers version: 2.3.7
[ass] **MSGL_INFO**: [ass] Init
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: Default,SketchHeavy,20,&H00DDCDBF,&H00FFFFFF,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,10,10,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: Eduard,SketchHeavy,20,&H0000D9FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: winry,SketchHeavy,20,&H00C0C0FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: abuela,SketchHeavy,20,&H0001A543,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: gente,SketchHeavy,20,&H00FFFFFF,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: tia,SketchHeavy,20,&H00DE92D7,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: Mama,SketchHeavy,20,&H009BC8F4,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[ass] **MSGL_V**: [0xa07b828] Style: Roy,SketchHeavy,20,&H003596F7,&H00000000,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,2,20,20,10,0
[????????] 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

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Vihar (vmankov) said : 		#3

There are bug reports with "BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)": "https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=BadAlloc+%28insufficient+resources+for+operation%29

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

That doesn't look very usual to me. I've never seen all that appear. I would take Vihar's advice but also run through all the steps in

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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javys (javiernba) said : 		#5

I just got rid of that; it was just the output module of video which i change in vlc under preferences-video-output modules. But this only solve the problem using vlc since i cannot change the output module in totem
note i don't know if the outputo module is the correct translation since i'm using a ubuntu spanish version