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gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Video Output not working

Hello fellow Archeons..

I'am getting no video output when using VLC, I've tried all the output options in VLC and nothing shows.
I've also given the user video access in the user group.
on;
AMD 3200+ XP - stock kernel
Radeon 9800XT - 7.12 ATI driver

rc.conf;

LOCALE="en_GB.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/London"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
MODULES=(fglrx)
USELVM="no"

HOSTNAME="gavhost"

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
#gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @alsa @crond @network @htp)

xorg.conf;

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "gb"
    Option        "XkbOptions"    "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option        "Buttons" "7"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
    Option        "Resolution" "2000"
        Option        "SampleRate" "1000"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Generic Video Card"
    Driver        "fglrx"
    Option        "VideoOverlay"        "on"
    Option        "OpenGLOverlay"        "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,405

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Re: Video Output not working

Do you get any useful output when running VLC from the command line?

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gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

Do you get any useful output when running VLC from the command line?

while using verbose "1" and "Be Quite=Off"

VLC media player 0.8.6d Janus
[00000281] avi private warning: unknown chunk (not loaded)
[00000284] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[00000320] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:448000
No accelerated IMDCT transform found

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,405

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Re: Video Output not working

You do have ffmpeg installed (pacman -Qi ffmpeg)? It should have been pulled in as a dependency of VLC.

Also, is it just this one particular file, or all video files?

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gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

You do have ffmpeg installed (pacman -Qi ffmpeg)? It should have been pulled in as a dependency of VLC.

Also, is it just this one particular file, or all video files?

[gav@gavhost ~]$ pacin ffmpeg
warning: ffmpeg-20071204-1 is up to date -- reinstalling

my last post was from an AVI this is from a MOV;

VLC media player 0.8.6d Janus
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type alis (uncompletetly loaded)
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type SMI  (uncompletetly loaded)
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type alis (uncompletetly loaded)
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type frma (uncompletetly loaded)
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type enda (uncompletetly loaded)
[00000281] mp4 private warning: unknown box type      (uncompletetly loaded)
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box: 
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
[00000282] mp4 demuxer warning: elst box found
[00000282] mp4 demuxer warning: elst box found
[00000282] mp4 demuxer warning: DEMUX_GET_FPS unimplemented !!
[00000284] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `SVQ3'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

Last edited by gav616 (2008-01-16 15:26:30)

gav616

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Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

bump anyone!!!

gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

bump!! Please help!

elgatofelix

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From: Chile

Registered: 2007-07-03

Posts: 137

Re: Video Output not working

i second u... the same with VLC, other players are ok but VLC (the king) cant play video

It isn't a rc.d or xorg.conf problem.. if it is that .. then my backups got modified
it is a vlc problem

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skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Video Output not working

The top post says that your missing Xvid (DivX) functionality and the bottom Sorenson3 (QuickTime 5.0). Out of curiosity, is your VLC out of the repos? I ask because FFmpeg should support both natively.

Sorry to keep editing. If it is, would you post the output of pacman -Q ffmpeg?

Last edited by skottish (2008-01-18 00:27:29)

gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

right tbh i've had it with VLC soo i install SMPlayer, and im happy :whistle:

Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Re: Video Output not working

its a problem whith the new xorg-server. Amule and vlc are having problems.

gav616

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 182

Re: Video Output not working

its a problem whith the new xorg-server. Amule and vlc are having problems.

dunno about aMule, been running a aur version for 2 days with no problems,

the only two major problems I've had with arch (as a new user) is moblock not working at all with the kernel and this VLC problem.

Last edited by gav616 (2008-01-18 18:42:01)

gkal

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From: Athens-Greece

Registered: 2006-09-09

Posts: 38

Re: Video Output not working

I have 9800pro  and use the tv-out with fglrx driver. I have no problems so far with VLC or any other player. Just letting you know ...

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Video Output not working

count me in on this damn problem as well. I can't get vlc to play any sort of video while audio works with *.avi files.

This is a serious PITA.

I tried to recompile everything(builds fails, abs and aur), downgrade ffmpeg and nothing, its still broken.

I am not really sure what to do...

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Video Output not working

soo i install SMPlayer, and im happy

yaourt -Rsn vlc

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: Video Output not working

Same problem here, does anyone have the time to file a bug? I haven't for the moment...

bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 1,556

Re: Video Output not working

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 12#p320212

works fine here...