VLC error messages in the syslog when using TMediaPlayer

[Paul Thornton]

When we display a video using TMediaPlayer we see a lot of errors like this in the syslog.

Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: [00007fa5e00e0570] vdpau_avcodec generic error: Xlib not initialized for threads
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: [00007fa5e00e0570] vdpau_avcodec generic error: Xlib is required for VDPAU
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: ../include/vlc_xlib.h:46:vlc_xlib_init: Xlib not initialized for threads.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: This process is probably using LibVLC incorrectly.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: Pass "--no-xlib" to libvlc_new() to fix this.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: [00007fa6080016d0] egl_x11 gl error: Xlib not initialized for threads
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: ../include/vlc_xlib.h:46:vlc_xlib_init: Xlib not initialized for threads.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: This process is probably using LibVLC incorrectly.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: Pass "--no-xlib" to libvlc_new() to fix this.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: [00007fa6080016d0] glx gl error: Xlib not initialized for threads
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: ../include/vlc_xlib.h:46:vlc_xlib_init: Xlib not initialized for threads.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: This process is probably using LibVLC incorrectly.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost station.sh[827]: Pass "--no-xlib" to libvlc_new() to fix this.
Mar 16 08:41:40 localhost rstation.sh[827]: [00007fa6080016d0] egl_x11 gl error: Xlib not initialized for threads

We’re running Debian 10.8 with libvlc5 3.0.12.

Cheers,
Paul

[Paul Thornton]

Any chance you can look into this issue? It is becoming a bit of a problem for us due to the number of log messages.

Let me know if you need any additional information.