GStreamer; Unable to play #33

NikEyX · 2021-10-17T17:18:20Z

Hi, I have a problem with the theme. Not sure what changed, but it doesn't seem to play the videos anymore on my Arch installation. Looking at journalctl it seemed that this is a resolve error, probably due to the fact that the internet is not connected yet when sddm runs:

Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
....

So instead I downloaded all the videos and am trying to play them offline, but this now fails in a different way:

Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to play - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: Error: "Could not open file \"/home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D001_C001_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov\" for reading."
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/GL_G004_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: Error: "Could not open file \"/home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/b4-1.mov\" for reading."
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/b7-2.mov"
...

...Which is odd, because the file paths are correct and clicking them opens the media player and plays the video.
Running sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/ also works flawlessly and shows the videos. So this only happens at startup, not while testing. This makes it hard to debug because I have to restart my PC every time.

Do you have any idea what could cause this?

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3ximus · 2021-10-18T14:49:30Z

Hi there,
I haven't used this in a while but it doesn't work for me either on Kubuntu...
I have no clue what might be causing this since it works in testing mode.
When did it stopped working for you ? Could you retrace it back to some package update or something ?

NikEyX · 2021-10-18T16:44:37Z

It stopped working about 11 months ago - but cannot tell you the exact date. A shame this doesn't work anymore, it was such a good greeter!

3ximus · 2021-10-18T17:04:18Z

Hum, sddm did get an update about 11 months ago
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/releases
Could be related to that... I might test it later if rolling back to a previous sddm version fixes the issue. If you do that too please let me know how it goes for you

NikEyX · 2021-10-18T20:51:55Z

I downgraded to 0.18.0 of SDDM and rebooted - that didn't fix it. It's probably some change in QT or a bigger encompassing package. Too tedious to downgrade every single one of them. Really a shame.

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3ximus · 2021-10-18T21:31:25Z

Oh well... That sucks.
Yeah idk if I have the patience to see what can be done...
Thanks for checking anyway
Cheers

3ximus · 2021-10-19T13:58:00Z

There are still people starring this repo though, so it must be working for them...

NikEyX · 2021-10-23T00:22:08Z

ok I fixed it on my end by copying all the videos manually into the theme folder (I made a new sub-folder called videos) and created a new playlist that would reference these videos. Now it works. It doesn't work if the videos are on a different drive. My guess is that's either sudo related, or load-order dependent (my original drive might not be mounted / available at the point in time when sddm is trying to load the video).

Note that this still doesn't fix the outright "loading from web" - that's still broken, so this is just a temp fix.

3ximus · 2021-10-23T19:34:39Z

Ok thanks for letting me know 👍

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 20:22, NikEyX ***@***.***> wrote: ok I fixed it on my end by copying all the videos manually into the theme folder (I made a new sub-folder called videos) and created a new playlist that would reference these videos. Now it works. It doesn't work if the videos are on a different drive. My guess is that's either sudo related, or load-order dependent (my original drive might not be mounted / available at the point in time when sddm is trying to load the video). Note that this still doesn't fix the outright "loading from web" - that's still broken, so this is just a temp fix. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#33 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACFJRBFM3SYA4GHX5VSZRPLUIH53VANCNFSM5GFBA7DQ> .

phodina · 2021-12-25T16:04:49Z

Hi,
I've encountered same issue when porting this package into Guix.

In the console I do see same issue:

sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /gnu/store/mh04r6fh0i57vf0zpsdn4i8284qd473k-aerial-sddm-theme-0.1-pre-1.218199a/share/sddm/themes/aerial/
[16:41:15.085] (II) GREETER: High-DPI autoscaling not Enabled
[16:41:15.087] (WW) GREETER: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
[16:41:15.095] (II) GREETER: Reading from "/run/current-system/profile/share/wayland-sessions/sway.desktop"
[16:41:15.095] (II) GREETER: Reading from "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/i3-with-shmlog.desktop"
[16:41:15.095] (II) GREETER: Reading from "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/i3.desktop"
[16:41:15.096] (II) GREETER: Loading theme configuration from "/gnu/store/mh04r6fh0i57vf0zpsdn4i8284qd473k-aerial-sddm-theme-0.1-pre-1.218199a/share/sddm/themes/aerial//theme.conf"
[16:41:15.101] (EE) GREETER: Socket error:  "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
[16:41:15.101] (WW) GREETER: QFont::fromString: Invalid description '(empty)'
[16:41:15.114] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///gnu/store/mh04r6fh0i57vf0zpsdn4i8284qd473k-aerial-sddm-theme-0.1-pre-1.218199a/share/sddm/themes/aerial//Main.qml...
[16:41:15.322] (WW) GREETER: file:///gnu/store/mh04r6fh0i57vf0zpsdn4i8284qd473k-aerial-sddm-theme-0.1-pre-1.218199a/share/sddm/themes/aerial//Main.qml:439:17: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[16:41:15.383] (WW) GREETER: file:///gnu/store/mh04r6fh0i57vf0zpsdn4i8284qd473k-aerial-sddm-theme-0.1-pre-1.218199a/share/sddm/themes/aerial//Main.qml:22:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[16:41:15.424] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b2-1.mov"
[16:41:15.424] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b2-1.mov"
[16:41:15.424] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b2-1.mov"
[16:41:15.487] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/comp_A114_C001_0305OT_v10_SDR_FINAL_22062018_SDR_2K_HEVC.mov"
[16:41:15.488] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/comp_A114_C001_0305OT_v10_SDR_FINAL_22062018_SDR_2K_HEVC.mov"
[16:41:15.491] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/GL_G002_C002_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
[16:41:15.491] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/GL_G002_C002_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
[16:41:15.493] (II) GREETER: Adding view for "XWAYLAND0" QRect(0,0 1366x768)
[16:41:15.555] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b7-2.mov"
[16:41:15.555] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b7-2.mov"
[16:41:15.555] (WW) GREETER: Error: "No URI handler implemented for \"http\"."
[16:41:15.576] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
[16:41:15.576] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
[16:41:15.576] (WW) GREETER: Error: "No URI handler implemented for \"http\"."
[16:41:15.579] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b4-1.mov"
[16:41:15.579] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b4-1.mov"
[16:41:15.580] (WW) GREETER: Error: "No URI handler implemented for \"http\"."
[16:41:15.592] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b4-3.mov"
[16:41:15.592] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b4-3.mov"
[16:41:15.592] (WW) GREETER: Error: "No URI handler implemented for \"http\"."
[16:41:15.607] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
[16:41:15.608] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to play - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
[16:41:15.608] (WW) GREETER: Error: "No URI handler implemented for \"http\"."
[16:41:15.611] (WW) GREETER: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b8-3.mov"

In strace output I noticed some qml files are missing Qt.qml (line 5420) and Date.qml (line 6357).

When I attempted to use the patch below I got the "TV color strips" instead of the background image. Though that is caused probably by the videotestsrc.

diff --git a/Main.qml b/Main.qml
index 58b6458..6891eec 100644
--- a/Main.qml
+++ b/Main.qml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Rectangle {
     MediaPlayer {
         id: mediaplayer1
         autoPlay: true; muted: true
+        source: "gst-pipeline: videotestsrc ! qtvideosink"
         playlist: Playlist {
             id: playlist1
             playbackMode: Playlist.Random
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Rectangle {
     MediaPlayer {
         id: mediaplayer2
         autoPlay: true; muted: true
+        source: "gst-pipeline: videotestsrc ! qtvideosink"
         playlist: Playlist {
             id: playlist2; playbackMode: Playlist.Random
             //onLoaded: { mediaplayer2.play() }

FIY: On line 6366 the playlist is accessed, but I haven't found in the rest of the strace og why gstreamer does not play the video.

3ximus · 2021-12-26T19:33:04Z

Yeah, I haven't got a clue about this. I've tried it today and it seems to be working. I really don't know what might be the issue...

phodina · 2022-01-05T06:56:27Z

@3ximus which distro and sddm version do you use?

3ximus · 2022-01-06T18:12:36Z

I have Ubuntu with Plasma (Kubuntu) and sddm version 0.19 from Ubuntu package manager

Cruising0904 · 2022-08-20T10:42:39Z

Hi sddmers, I also unable to launch the theme. it looks like the post having same problem so I added it.

 sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-th
eme/
[19:35:49.322] (II) GREETER: High-DPI autoscaling not Enabled
[19:35:49.332] (II) GREETER: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway.desktop"
[19:35:49.332] (II) GREETER: Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/wayfire.desktop"
[19:35:49.334] (II) GREETER: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//theme.conf"
[19:35:49.337] (EE) GREETER: Socket error:  "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
[19:35:49.337] (WW) GREETER: QFont::fromString: Invalid description '(empty)'
[19:35:49.364] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml...
[19:35:49.857] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml:439:17: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[19:35:49.867] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml:22:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[19:35:52.286] (II) GREETER: Adding view for "DP-1" QRect(0,0 1920x1080)
[19:35:52.293] (WW) GREETER: Wayland does not support QWindow::requestActivate()
[19:35:52.294] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml...
[19:35:52.300] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml:439:17: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[19:35:52.301] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml:22:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo(<arguments>) { ... }
[19:35:52.307] (II) GREETER: Adding view for "HDMI-A-1" QRect(1920,0 1920x1080)
[19:35:52.352] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml:64:5: QML Image: Binding loop detected for property "sourceSize.width"
[19:35:52.368] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml:64:5: QML Image: Binding loop detected for property "sourceSize.width"
fish: Job 1, 'sddm-greeter --test-mode --them…' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

Is this error?? the window showing video though, not launching at startup. Sddm just showing default one. I am using wayfire wayland. How everyone makes this working?

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