Video stops responding

[mvglasow]

To reproduce:

• Load a video with subtitles.
• Navigate back and forth (e.g. start playing a 90-minute video, then skip to ~13 minutes into it)

Expected result:

It just works, like with any video player.

Actual result:

Occasionally and for no apparent reason, video does not play: the play button change from Play to Pause, but the time indicator remains frozen and the video does not advance. I can move the slider so see individual frames, but the video does not play. There does not seem to be any way to recover from this, other than by restarting the app (and even that does not always work).

[geloescht]

I have the same issue, but with audio-only files. I tried both mp3 and wav, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. My files are also much shorter, around 5 minutes, so it doesn't have anything to do with large files or long durations.

Platform: Ubuntu Linux 22.10
Subtitle Editor Version: 0.54.0

[wormrunner]

same issue. works fine for a few subtitles and then stops completely. sometimes waiting a minute or two releases it, but usually it just has to be restarted. unusable.

Debian Sid
Subtitleeditor version 0.54.0-6

[kitone]

Hi,
I just push a branch that remove gstreamermm dependencies and use gstreamer C API, and playbin3, that seem more stable.

https://github.com/kitone/subtitleeditor/tree/remove-gstreamermm

If you have the capability to build from this branch, you can test if it fix your problem.

Still in WIP.

Best regards,
kitone

[didaktiik]

I had to switch audio to ALSA. The app default setting is either Automatic or Pulse, I don't remember. This alone solved the video freezing problem. Until then it has been a serious drag. Cheers!
Above applies to the version 0.54.0 (on latest Manjaro, Cinnamon ed.)

[Signy13]

I had to switch audio to ALSA. The app default setting is either Automatic or Pulse, I don't remember. This alone solved the video freezing problem. Until then it has been a serious drag. Cheers! Above applies to the version 0.54.0 (on latest Manjaro, Cinnamon ed.)

Thank you! I had the same problem after upgrading Xubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 and your advice solved the problem for me as well.

[innir]

@kitone any chance, you pick up your work on migrating away from gstreamermm? To keep subtitleeditor usable on current distributions, I think it's much needed...

[marado]

Hi!

Hi, I just push a branch that remove gstreamermm dependencies and use gstreamer C API, and playbin3, that seem more stable.

https://github.com/kitone/subtitleeditor/tree/remove-gstreamermm

If you have the capability to build from this branch, you can test if it fix your problem.

I tested this branch and it fixed the issue for me!