Public bug reported:
A snap installation of vlc will not allow vlc to play TV. A repo installation
of vlc works as expected.
When run from command line, get the following messages:-
--------------snap version------------------
user@host:~$ /snap/bin/vlc Desktop/vlc_playlist.xspf
VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b)
[00000000007c7400] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified
are supported
[00007f9a84000bb0] dtv stream error: cannot access DVR: Operation not permitted
[00007f9a84000bb0] dtv stream error: cannot access DVR: Operation not permitted
[00007f9a88008f20] dtv stream error: cannot access DVR: Operation not permitted
[00007f9a88001ab0] dtv stream error: cannot access DVR: Operation not permitted
[00007f9ab4000b20] dtv stream error: cannot access DVR: Operation not permitted
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread
--------------repo version-----------------
user@host:~$ /usr/bin/vlc Desktop/vlc_playlist.xspf
VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7)
[000055bfea101570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00007f9a44009d30] main decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented
libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva
error,driver_name=(null)
[00007f9a94002b30] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaInitialize: unknown libva error
libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f9a44009d30] avcodec decoder: Using Intel i965 driver for Intel(R)
Haswell - 2.1.0 for hardware decoding
---------------------end of messages-------------
It seems that snap installations do not see the same file permission as
the repo version.
1----------------lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
2a---------------apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
Candidate: 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
Version table:
*** 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1 500
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64
Packages
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.0.1-3build1 500
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
2b--------------snap info vlc
name: vlc
summary: The ultimate media player
publisher: VideoLANâś“
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/vlc
contact: https://www.videolan.org/support/
license: GPL-2.0+
description: |
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player.
Completely open source and privacy-friendly, it plays every multimedia file
and streams.
It notably plays MKV, MP4, MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime,
WebM, FLAC, MP3,
Ogg/Vorbis files, BluRays, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from
various network
sources. It supports subtitles, closed captions and is translated in numerous
languages.
snap-id: RT9mcUhVsRYrDLG8qnvGiy26NKvv6Qkd
channels:
latest/stable: 3.0.8 2019-12-19 (1397) 212MB -
latest/candidate: 3.0.8 2019-12-16 (1397) 212MB -
latest/beta: 3.0.8-469-g1525d52452 2020-04-08 (1589) 298MB -
latest/edge: 4.0.0-dev-11620-ga93072befb 2020-04-06 (1585) 339MB -
3------------expected outcome
snap vlc should work the same as the repo version of vlc, ie display the dvb-t
channels. Instead, it fails with the above messages
4----------what happens
Repo version works just fine. Snap version fails with permission errors.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: snapd 2.42.1+18.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu
4.15.0-88202002241620.0+mediatree+hauppauge-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-88202002241620-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Apr 9 12:24:16 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-08 (701 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic wayland-session
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