MediathekView 14.4.1.20251031T215531 does not start

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Hello All,

exactly after today’s update of MediathekView to 14.4.1 the application is not starting anymore. Along with it came Java 24 (java-24-openjdk 24.0.2.0-lp156.2.1).

Update repo is obs://build.opensuse.org/home:ecsos

The error message when started is:

Java virtual machine used: /etc/alternatives/jre_24/bin/java
classpath used: /usr/share/java/MediathekView/MediathekView-14.4.1.20251031T215531.jar:/usr/share/java/MediathekView/MediathekView.jar
main class used: mediathek.Main
flags used: 
options used: '--enable-preview' '-Xms256M' '-XX:+UseShenandoahGC' '-XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=compact' '-XX:+UseStringDeduplication' '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=08.0' '--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED' '-Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel' '-Dswing.crossplatformlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel' '-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on' '-Dswing.aatext=true'
arguments used: 
Fehler: Hauptklasse mediathek.Main kann nicht initialisiert werden
Ursache: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/core/Layout

Thanx for checking
tuxEvangelist

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@tuxEvangelist Since it’s a home repository, you likely need to check the build… https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:ecsos/MediathekView which shows ‘unresolvable’

@ecsos is the Maintainer :wink:

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Mediathek can no longer be built for Tumbleweed because a Python package is missing or no longer exists for newer versions of Python.
A Python package is also missing for execution.
Since I don’t have time to build the missing packages, I now use Appimage myself. From the official website
Perhaps version from herbster is running?

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Perhaps MTPlayer is an option for you. You can download a package that includes java, extract to any location you want and run it from there. It has the same funtions as MV. The webpage is in German, but that is probably not an issue.

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I run MediathekView as a Flatpak here: https://flathub.org/en/apps/de.mediathekview.MediathekView. It’s 14.4.1. The Flatpak is a verified project/package. :slight_smile:

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Thanks a lot for the quick response. I am not using Tumbleweed but 15.6 , but of course the days of maintenance for this version are numbered, I know :wink:

For now, downgrading to 14.3.1 via repo home:catsfood:devel cleared the issue.

So can be closed, thanks again!

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Ah yes, I looked at that some months ago. I’ll definitely have a closer look once more, thanks for the hint :smile:

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