Re: VLC playing nearly nothing
On Friday 16 February 2007 21:34, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> Hi, Børge
>
> Thanks for responding ...
>
> On Fri, Feb 16 2007, at 20:00 +0100, Børge Holen wrote:
> > I never got the version of VLC you are using. Neither mplayer for that
> > part.
> >
> > I rarely use VLC, but mplayer chews close to anything I throw at
> > it.
>
> True, but *here* it didn't eat the WMV3 files, that vlc knew to
> handle, IIRC ..
>
> > The latest versions got the wmv thing builtin.
>
> You mean the powerpc build for mplayer? Playing wmv3 files? If yes:
> Which version, where do you get it? As I already said, I believe I
> have the latest version:
Dunno bout em debian packages, always some screwup on those, for my likings
that is. But yes. 1.x & SVN branch got wmv builtin.
>
> ----------------------------
> dpkg -l | grep mplayer
> ii acidrip 0.14-0.0
> rc mplayer 1.0~rc1-3
> ii mplayer-g4 1.0-pre8-0.1
> ii mplayer-skin-blue 1.6-1
> -------------------------------
>
> My sources list: (with the lines commented out removed), via
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep -v ^#|grep [:alnum:]
>
> [following slightly reformatted for better readability]:
> --------------------------------------------
> deb file:/root debs/
> deb-src file:/root debs/
>
> deb http://honk.sigxcpu.org/linux-ppc/debian/ mplayer/
> deb-src http://honk.sigxcpu.org/linux-ppc/debian/ mplayer/
>
> deb http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ unstable main contrib
> non-free deb-src http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ unstable main
> contrib non-free
>
> deb http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv unstable main non-free
> deb-src http://www.lxtec.de/debarchiv unstable main non-free
>
> deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool vlc
> deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool vlc
>
> deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool ffmpeg
> deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool ffmpeg
>
> deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
> deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
>
> -------------
>
> > But in yer case it is
> > hard to say since you did not submit any info.
>
> Missing info on mplayer: Yes, because this is a report for a failing vlc.
> As to vlc: what do you need to know additionally to what I already
> wrote: I have the very latest unstable packages installed for vlc.
Yes but the reason it won't play the darn video you gave an example of, is
because VLC does not fallback on libavcodec to play (witch I feel should be
primary) and it does not find the xvid codec.
>
> > This goes for both those players:
> > For any playback witch is NOT 3ivx streaming, xanim, wm* and QT use
> > libavcodec. As for the rest, ushe the respective codecs and builtin ones.
> > And do remember to have the xv libs installed.
>
> The dependencies for vlc, according to aptitude, are OK. (Except for a
> missing suggested package, namely mozilla-plugin-vlc ...)
Yes sure they are, but this is one of those screwups, try giving it the xvid
codec. www.xvid.org or something, I don't know if a ppc xvid package is
available.
>
> Are there specific xv libs you could recommend? Package names?
Try the xvid first. I recon the xv is working just fine.
>
> > VLC I just use in testcases or to show ppl the huge difference, and
> > what media players SHOULD look like. GO MPLAYER =D
> >
> > > But a few days ago I realized it didn't play most files. No .avi,
> > > .wma2,.wmv1, wmv2, wmv3.
> >
> > Avi is just another container, and not a real video codec.
> >
> > > Just .mpg seems to work without problems. So currently this player is
> > > even less usable than xine or mplayer here.
> >
> > not true, xine is close to nonusable
>
> My intention was definitely not to criticize the mplayer/xine folks. I
> just want to get vlc back on its feet ..
I'm just expressing my opinion, don't take it to seriously ;)
Yes I just tried VLC (VLC media player 0.8.6a Janus) myself, and since I never
encode videos on my PB I never installed the xvid codecs on it. Hence, it
can't play the xvid files without some sort of fallback:
[00000294] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
apt-signal 2 received, terminating vlc - do it again in case it gets stuck
>
> As all vlc versions of the last few months that I tested the last few
> days, do not seem to work here I do not believe that it's a vlc bug,
> but instead one of a package it depends on ... simply because, forgive
> me if I repeat myself, vlc used to work on nearly all file types, even
> wmv3, just a few weeks ago ...
>
> Again: I believe it's either a configuration issue, or another package
> getting xlv on its knees ...
It's not on its feet. It is missing a codec. Not VLC' fault.
>
> > > I'm getting messages like this when vlc fails to play a file
> > > [following output was for an .avi file]:
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------
> > > main error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
> >
> > Here it should use libavcodec, witch is the fastest/lightest decoder
> > around just now. descent graphics to. You could use the xvid codec to
> > decode, but it is heavier on the system to decode.
>
> This is what I have:
>
> -------------------------
> ii avifile-vorbis-plugin 0.7.38.20030710-1.2
> ii avifile-win32-plugin 0.7.38.20030710-1.2
> ii avifile-xvid-plugin 0.7.38.20030710-1.2
> ii libavahi-client3 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-common-data 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-common3 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-compat-howl0 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-core4 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.16-2
> ii libavahi-qt3-1 0.6.16-2
> ii libavc1394-0 0.5.3-1+b1
> ii libavcodec0d 0.cvs20060823-6
> ii libavcodeccvs51 20060814-0.1
> ii libavformat0d 0.cvs20060823-6
> ii libavutilcvs49 20060814-0.1
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Anything missing I might need to get vlc working again?
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > > Here's the current ~/vlc/vlcrc:
>
> ... Sorry, I missed to say: " .. with the commented lines removed"
> .. IIRC ..
>
> > > ------------------------------
> > > [main] # main program
> > > cd-audio=/dev/hdb
> > > key-intf-hide=Shift-i
> > > [mux_ts] # TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
>
> Best Regards
> Wolfgang
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