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pofkezas

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Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that vlc stopped playing my video files. I suppose it was after pacman -Syu, although didn't really take note of that. Now whenever I try to play a file, I get this:

[00000296] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DIVX'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

or

[00000296] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

and the same thing with XVID, QuickTime, etc.

I've tried clearing the cache and reinstalling vlc, fourcc and codecs, but nothing changed. Also I want to note that the same files can be played in both xine and gmplayer without any problems and that the only thing I can play in vlc is DVD's.

I tried searching the forums with no luck, so any help would really be appreciated.

Last edited by pofkezas (2007-11-10 22:07:39)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

same problem here. when i play in vlc the image is green. i solve the problem if i restart xorg. don't know why. Is not a problem with xorg this happen ages ago and it still persist

Last edited by wonder (2007-11-10 15:41:49)

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pofkezas

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

Well in my case I don't get a green screen, I only have audio playing and have the vlc interface, as such:

Restarting X does not help in this case.

skottish

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

By any chance, are you using FFmpeg from testing? If so, swscaler breaks VLC 8.6c. If not, rebuilding VLC through ABS usually fixes problems like this.

pofkezas

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

I'm using ffmpeg from extra.

$ pacman -Q ffmpeg
ffmpeg 20070505-4

Tried rebuilding vlc from ABS, same problem. Any other suggestions? Should I try rebuilding with different options?

Right now I have this

  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dvdread --enable-dvdnav --enable-madi \
    --enable-ffmpeg --disable-rpath --enable-wxwidgets --enable-faad \
    --enable-alsa --enable-skins2 --enable-livedotcom --enable-dvb --enable-theora \
    --enable-dmo --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/lib/live-media \
    --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-vorbis --with-ffmpeg-dts \
    --with-ffmpeg-ogg --with-ffmpeg-theora --enable-v4l \
    --with-wx-config=wx-config-2.6 ${EXTRAFEATURES}

skottish

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

The only other thing that I can think of is to run VLC from the command line and see what it's complaining about.

pofkezas

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

Figured it out. After rebuilding from ABS, I had to remove ~/.vlc directory. It works fine now. Thanks for all the help.

wonder

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Re: Problem with codecs in VLC [RESOLVED]

i figured out why my image was green. libxv problem. i reinstall it and now is working

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