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: ---------------------------- 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. > This goes for both those players: > For any playback witch is NOT 3ivx streaming, xanim, wm* and QT use > libavcodec. As for the rest, use 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 ...) Are there specific xv libs you could recommend? Package names? > > 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 .. 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 ... > > > > > 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 -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer I made slight changes on Key ID: E3037113. Please refresh it. http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
