Bug 20691

Summary:	vlc no longer works with XML-formatted TV channel playlist
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Len Lawrence <tarazed25>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Shlomi Fish <shlomif>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	6RC
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	vlc-3.0.0-0.git.12.mga6.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Len Lawrence 2017-04-17 21:41:41 CEST

Description of problem:
Using the playlist format xspf for terrestrial TV channels no longer works with the version of vlc supplied with Cauldron; in fact it does not seem to be aware of dvb devices.  Running the command which works in mga5
$ vlc channels.xspf
always produces the response "Playlist is empty".  kaffeine can be configured to use the dvb tuner and finds a couple of hundred TV and radio channels, so there is nothing wrong with the hardware.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
vlc-3.0.0-0.git.12.mga6

How reproducible:
All the time.  It is a regression from the version of vlc supplied with mga5.
I used the PCTv USB stick with Sony CXD2820R on board - firmware already available.  If anybody needs it and has access to the UK TV stations then I can supply the playlist.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Cauldron Plasma from Mageia-6-rc-x86_64-DVD
2. $ w_scan -ft -c GB -L > channels.xspf
   Adjust the country code to suit.  The -L generates the XML output.
3. $ vlc channels.xspf
   Erstwhile this succeeded in establishing a playlist for all the TV channels included but now the playlist will be empty.

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2017-04-17 22:10:03 CEST

Assinging to the registered vlc maintainer.

Assignee: bugsquad => shlomif
CC: sysadmin-bugs => marja11
Summary: 6RC vlc no longer works with XML-formatted TV channel playlist => vlc no longer works with XML-formatted TV channel playlist
Keywords: (none) => 6RC
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages

Comment 2 Len Lawrence 2017-04-19 16:29:29 CEST

Updating to vlc-3.0.0-0.git.14.mga6.tainted has solved this issue.

Closing this bug as FIXED.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED