FFPlay when compiled for arm and executed on BeagleBoard Xm + Angstrom gives segmentation fault

[LuckyNarang]

Hi Everybody,

We have compiled angstrom on beagleboard xm rev B,and build the ffmpeg for it,the component ffplay doesn't get generated,please let us know the configure command for generating the ffplay for beagle board xm + angstrom

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

For build problems, please attach config.log.

[LuckyNarang]

This is the configure command we have used....

./configure --arch=arm --target-os=linux --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- --cc=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc --prefix=/home/Lucky/Lucky_Data/ACP_project/SDL-1.2.14 --enable-gpl --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-pthreads --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-filter=drawtext --enable-static --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-hwaccel=h264_vaapi --enable-swscale --enable-debug --disable-shared --extra-cflags="$(pkg-config sdl --cflags)" --extra-ldflags="$(pkg-config sdl --libs)"

We have found that ffplay has sdl dependancies....we have resolved those and any how generate the ffplay executable using codesourcery,but when executed on board it gives segfault,the reason we found is that SDL_SetVideoMode fails,it returns NULL screen,what could be reason for this call getting failed,please help ?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Does SDL_SetVideoMode() segfault, or does it return NULL?

[LuckyNarang]

Replying to cehoyos:

Does SDL_SetVideoMode() segfault, or does it return NULL?

It returns NULL,but whenever this NULL screen is referred it gives segmentation fault.

The usage is as follows:

w=640
h=480
flags=SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_SYNCBLIT | SDL_HWACCEL
SDL_SetVideoMode(w,h,0,flags);

[LuckyNarang]

It returns NULL,whenever this NULL screen is referred it gives segmentation fault.

The usage is as follows:

w=640
h=480
flags=SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_SYNCBLIT | SDL_HWACCEL
SDL_SetVideoMode(w,h,0,flags);

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

When is this NULL screen ever referred to in ffplay?

[LuckyNarang]

It is not referred in ffplay,but when it is NULL,then on comparison to NULL,the event loop thread returns -1,and eventually the decode_thread gives segmentation fault.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Did you already try to use 24 (or another value) as the third operand to SDL_SetVideoMode()?

[LuckyNarang]

yes i have tried 0 and 24 still it gives segmentation fault....Is there any issue while configuring...or do we have to provide some additional option to ffplay executable....

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

I fixed the crash (thank you for the report and the analysis), I believe you should work with the program posted here - ​http://markmail.org/message/5mcalro2qcbouph5 - and try to get it to work, I don't think you will be able to use ffplay before it works.

[LuckyNarang]

Finally it works the only reason was i have to export DISPLAY=:0.0,after that it works fine.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Thank you for explaining this, I sent a patch giving users a hint to the developer mailing list!

[Dung]

Replying to luckynarang123:

We have found that ffplay has sdl dependancies....we have resolved those and any how generate the ffplay executable using codesourcery...

I am trying to do the same thing but I can't build ffplay.
After configuring as you said, I checked config.log and found nothing strange.
I checked make.log and I found "CC ffmpeg" but I couldn't found "CC ffplay".
I guess ffplay isn't compiled.

Do you know why? Could you tell me how you build SDL and ffplay?