Vvvv fails to start after splash screen

Hi everyone,

I’m new to vvvv and I don’t get it to work.
When I start vvvv.exe I get the grey splash screen showing the version number. Then nothing else happens except if I click in it it crashes.
crack.exe shows 4 greens, I’ve even reinstalled dotnet and Visual C++ Runtime, also tried 2012 versions of these, but no luck.

Found this thread: https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/8204 but in my case rebooting didn’t change anything. Also unzipped with 7zip.

I’m using (or trying to use) vvvv_45beta28.1 on a Windows 7 machine.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
sternmull

please try starting vvvv from commandline with
/logstartup
this creates a .log file next to vvvv.exe which you can post here.

thanks for your reply. here’s my logfile (it doesn’t tell me much, except that everything i know is wrong…):

16:02:34.986 everything you know is wrong
16:02:34.986 creating SplashScreen
16:02:35.076 Adding lib\thirdparty to PATH.
16:02:35.076 creating GClock
16:02:35.086 creating GMainloop
16:02:35.086 creating GLog
16:02:35.086 creating GApplication
16:02:35.086 creating GGlobals
16:02:35.086 creating GNodeFactory
16:02:35.086 creating Gex9Base
16:02:35.096 Direct3D9 initialized.
16:02:35.156 ExceptionDialog is disabled. Start vvvv with /showexceptions to enable it.
16:02:35.226 enumeratig Game Devices…
16:02:35.256 found Game Devices:
16:02:35.266 enumerating Midi Input Ports…
16:02:35.266 found Midi Input Ports: “In From MIDI Yoke: 1”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 2”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 3”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 4”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 5”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 6”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 7”,“In From MIDI Yoke: 8”,“Multiface Midi”,Launchpad
16:02:35.266 enumerating Midi Output Ports…
16:02:35.266 found Midi Output Ports: “Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 1”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 2”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 3”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 4”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 5”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 6”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 7”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 8”,“Multiface Midi”,Launchpad
16:02:35.266 enumeratig TAPI Devices…
16:02:35.266 found TAPI devices:
16:02:35.266 enumeratig Audio Renderer Devices…
16:02:35.366 found Audio Renderer Devices: “Lautsprecher (RME Hammerfall DS”,“CyberLink Audio Renderer (PDVD10)”,“ADAT (1+2) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“Analog (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“Analog (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“Analog (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“Default DirectSound Device”,“Default WaveOut Device”,“Digitalaudio (HDMI) (High Defin”,“DirectSound: ADAT (1+2) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: ADAT (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: ADAT (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: ADAT (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: Analog (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: Analog (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: Analog (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: Digitalaudio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio-Gerät)”,“DirectSound: Lautsprecher (High Definition Audio-Gerät)”,“DirectSound: Lautsprecher (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“DirectSound: SPDIF (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“Lautsprecher (High Definition A”,“SPDIF (RME Hammerfall DSP)”
16:02:35.366 enumeratig Midi Renderer Devices…
16:02:35.366 found Midi Renderer Devices: “Default MidiOut Device”,Launchpad,“Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth”,“Multiface Midi”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 1”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 2”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 3”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 4”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 5”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 6”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 7”,“Out To MIDI Yoke: 8”
16:02:35.366 enumeratig External Renderer Devices…
16:02:35.376 found External Renderer Devices:
16:02:35.376 enumeratig Audio Input Devices…
16:02:35.376 found Audio Input Devices: “Analog (1+2) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“ADAT (1+2) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“ADAT (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DSP)”,“Analog (3+4) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“Analog (5+6) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“Analog (7+8) (RME Hammerfall DS”,“SPDIF (RME Hammerfall DSP)”
16:02:35.376 enumeratig Video Input Devices…
16:02:35.406 found Video Input Devices: “CyberLink Web Camera Filter”
16:02:35.416 creating MainForm
16:02:35.436 creating AddonHost
16:02:38.016 creating NodeBrowser, WindowSwitcher, Kommunikator
16:02:38.016 creating HIDDeviceController
16:02:38.046 scanning for Externals

any suggestions?

would be highly appreciated!

in some cases like yours re-downloading helped. also try to extract it to a different directory, like C:\vvvv or C:\Users\YOURNAME\vvvv. download Process Monitor and see if you see anything anusual when vvvv is starting up.

I still have the same problem, suddenly (one day) before some weeks, vvvv start freezing on the splash screen (I was wrongly wrote in a thread that this was happening in the startup). What we shall look for in the “Process Monitor” ? (I already did all the other steps you mentioned Elias, but without any success)

hmpf. trial and error now: what happens if you delete the root.v4p file?

Do you have some kind of Windows Multi Touch installed?
Had a problem some versions ago on startup where this caused the crash.
Also the log showed something with the HID device before crash.

((forum:vvvv-crashes-on-microsoft-surface-2.0-(samsung-sur40)))

maybe try starting vvvv with /ms-surface

@Elias : Nothing happened :D (I have to notice these : firstly, the alpha build of 64-bit is working fine (ok it has some issues as an alpha but it is running) and secondly I have none of these problems with the previous releases such as 27.2 beta)

@ethermammoth : Unfortunately it is not that simple (for me) the only “touch” device on my desktop is a bamboo digitizer… And nothing seems to be wrong with that :)

had also the frozen splash screen problem. Installing SlimDX solved it.
perhaps this helps, if you haven’t tried that.

@videolith :/ none of the above solutions is working for me… I will go soon for a format…

hey, thanks for all the replies while i wasn’t here. seems nissidis has a similar problem.

i tried everything mentioned above:

  • redownloaded
  • tried different directories
  • process monitor: nothing unusual (what behaviour would be unusual there?)
  • when i deleted root.v4p it first said sth like “can’t start, please check crack.exe”, now tried again and now nothing happens (crash as usual)
  • no multi touch installed
  • /ms-surface didn’t help
  • slimDX didn’t help

don’t know what to do :(

if you add a filter to the process monitor and set it to application = vvvv.exe, what are the last lines it prints out before vvvv doesn’t do anything anymore? my hope is it’s looking for a dll or reg entry…

Hi !
Just to mention I’ve got exactly the same problem (and same error log). On one computer Win7 vvvv opens normaly, on the other, using exactly the same files I got this problem. I also tried the same things without any improvments.
27.1 works fine though.

I also tried reformating the computer, which solved the problem for a short time but than it occured again.

thx

ok next test:
open the command line and do this:
cd PATH\TO\YOUR\VVVV_DIR
del lib\nodes\nodelist.xml
start /WAIT vvvv.exe /nodelist (takes probably a minute)
dir lib\nodes
do you find the newly created nodelist.xml file in the returned directory listing?

@ Elias : I tried what you said and there is no new Nodelist. I waited a few minutes but nothing happened.

hmpf. i’d still like to investigate a little more with process monitor i posted above.
can someone do the following pls:

  • open process monitor
  • press Ctrl + L
  • add filter: Process Name is vvvv.exe (should be the only filter with a green symbol in the list)
  • close the dialog with OK and press Ctrl + X (log should be empty now)
  • start vvvv
  • wait till nothing happens anymore, switch to the process monitor and press Ctrl + S and OK (save the logfile)
  • upload the logfile (LogFile.pml)
    that way i’ll hopefully get a clearer picture of what’s going (wr)on(g)…

Same here. I did what you said. 35127 events occured within the first 2secs or so, then nothing happened anymore (until I clicked in). logfile.pml has almost 20mb, so I’ll just tell you what the last couple of entries were before it crashed:

QueryOpen …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\libopencv_video241.dll
CreateFile …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\libopencv_video241.dll
CreateFileMapping …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\LIBOPENCV_VIDEO241.DLL
CreateFileMapping …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\LIBOPENCV_VIDEO241.DLL
Load Image …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\LIBOPENCV_VIDEO241.DLL
CloseFile …\vvvv_45beta28.1\lib\THIRDPARTY\OPENCV\LIBOPENCV_VIDEO241.DLL
RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions\libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions\libstdc+±6.dll
RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions\libopencv_core241.dll
RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions\libopencv_imgproc241.dll
RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DllNXOptions\libopencv_video241.dll


libopencv_video241.dll seems to be pretty prominent there, what could that mean?

ok, any luck if you rename these folders?
lib\nodes\freeframe -> lib\nodes\freeframe_disabled
addonpack\lib\nodes\freeframe -> addonpack\lib\nodes\freeframe_disabled

I once had a similar problem … was a font installed that was causing the freeze in vvvv initial gray screen …but there are things that only happen to me …