Can't start 1.3.0

MotionBox
#1

Hi,

can’t get it run:

TABS LOADED
FOLDER LOADED
FOLDER LOADED
Retrying
TORRENT PROXY
TORRENT OPTIONS
vlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `--avcodec-fast'
Try `vlc --help' for more information.
WVlcEngine::event: Cannot create VLC instance. Is VLC installed ?

I have vlc 2.2.4 installed. Coming from 1.2.0…
I’m running deepin linux 15.5 64Bit (debian based).

BR
Michael

#2

Thanks for pointing that out.

I’ll investigate and keep you posted.

#3

Just tested on Ubuntu 16.10 with an updated VLC. It works for me.

For some reason your VLC does not support the --avcodec-fast option.

Could you try to remove the vlc folder and libvlc from your MotionBox folder.

#4

I had the same problem under Lubuntu 16.04.3 (I had originally VLC 2.2.2) and I could solve it doing the following steps:

Maybe only one of the 2 steps are enough to solve the problem, because before the VLC update I tried to remove the vlc folder and libvlc (but not the libvlccore) and it didn’t solve the problem.
After the update (and the vlc folder + libvlc removal) the program still didn’t run, but then I just saw the libvlccore.so and deleted it. After these MotionBox started running.
So maybe the vlc folder, libvlc and libvlccore removal alone enough without the update.

Update:
I tried downgrading the VLC to 2.2.2 after the vlc file and libvlc stuff removal and MotionBox crashed with segmentation failure, so the upgrade also necessary.

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#5

Thanks for your feedback @GPL.

Could you try with a clean 1.3.0 install (with the vlc folder and libraries) and tell me if it works ?

I tried to package my own VLC version with the binaries but I’m not sure it’s a good idea.

#6

You are welcome @bunjee.

I tested the VLC 2.2.8 + “unmodified” MotionBox 1.3.0 combination and I got the same crash as before:

DATA LOCAL LOADED
TORRENT PROXY
TABS LOADED
Retrying
FOLDER LOADED
FOLDER LOADED
FOLDER LOADED
TORRENT OPTIONS
vlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `--avcodec-fast'
Try `vlc --help' for more information.
WVlcEngine::event: Cannot create VLC instance. Is VLC installed ?

I will try to copy the VLC 2.2.8 files into the MotionBox directory and test it if I will have a little time.

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#7

Thanks, looks like it’s not a good idea to provide the VLC library. I guess it conflicts with the default VLC.

#8

That’s it! Now it works.
Thank you!

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#9

Alright, I’ll update the Ubuntu archives tonight.

Edit: New archives are online for Ubuntu 32 and 64 bits.

#10

Me again.
New system (Plasma 5.11, vlc 3.0), same problem (can’t get it run), similar message:

./MotionBox
TORRENT PROXY
Retrying
TORRENT OPTIONS
Segmentation fault
Seems to be a pretty nasty error message. No real hint.

#11

Hello @lotionfox,

That’s a strange behavior. I’m not sure what happens there. Maybe it’s related to VLC 3.0 since I didn’t find a way to package my own VLC version (2.2.8) on Linux.

Keep in mind the build has been tested with Ubuntu 16.10. You might have to rebuild your own version.

#12

@lotionfox, If the 1.4.0 still does not run on your system could you try the following archive: http://dl.free.fr/qVfcUqsVr.

You can run it with start.sh.