[MPlayer-users] -vo gl not working

[Reimar Döffinger]

On 14.04.2013, at 17:57, wbrana <wbrana at gmail.com> wrote:

>> If it only happens with H.264 that doesn't match the description of the other crash.
>> Are you using -fixed-vo?
>> Are you using -lavdopts threads (with something larger than 1)?
>> There is a bug in FFmpeg that can cause the config code to be called from a different thread, possibly that causes the issue? I think it causes issues on Windows with vo gl.
>> A patch for that is pending.
> I have lavdopts=threads=2
> Change to lavdopts=threads=1
> fixes crash. Change also fixes Black window.

In that case it is almost certainly that FFmpeg issue, and my patch "Add thread-safe wrapper for get_format()." (on FFmpeg list) should fix it.
Reverting my patch that moved init_vo into query_format in vd_ffmpeg should avoid that issue as well I believe, but will cause others.