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SapiensAntiquus

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 14

Video not working properly

I tried installing all sorts of codecs, only to find that totem, and every other video/audio viewer was unable to play my file (it's avi). With totem I get a message saying Divx mp4 decoders are not install. In ffplay, mplayer, and vlc I get "illegal instruction".

Last edited by SapiensAntiquus (2009-05-11 21:04:42)

Pentadrago

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From: Germany

Registered: 2003-11-24

Posts: 16

Re: Video not working properly

The repository of archlinux.fr contains an additional codec pack (codecs-all). Perhaps this could do the trick.

http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686/codecs-al … pkg.tar.gz
http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64/codecs- … pkg.tar.gz

Adding the repository is described here:
http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html

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SapiensAntiquus

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 14

Re: Video not working properly

Still no luck. I also am having trouble with another video codec type h.264. I wonder if any format works. I'm almost certain this issue is related to the fact that I'm using a Power PC Mac.

kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Video not working properly

So were you able to play an .avi file using vlc?

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-05-15 06:04:16)

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SapiensAntiquus

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 14

Re: Video not working properly

No. No mp4, no avi with vlc, mplayer, or ffmpeg. Though I get different errors. Mplayer says: "error while loading shared libraries: libcap.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". FFmpeg and vlc error out with "Illegal Instruction".

Totem just says that I'm missing the codec altogether for some reason.

Last edited by SapiensAntiquus (2009-05-15 15:25:50)

kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

Re: Video not working properly

Try reinstalling vlc.

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SapiensAntiquus

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 14

Re: Video not working properly

Tried that... no luck. Any other ideas?

Marisa

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Registered: 2009-05-03

Posts: 2

Re: Video not working properly

I had a problem like that, nothing would play.

The problem seemed to be related to compiz, after I switched to metacity as my WM everything worked.  I haven´t bothered going back to try and actually fix it

SapiensAntiquus

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 14

Re: Video not working properly

I don't have anything named "compiz" unfortunately. Thanks for the suggestion though

(although i do have metacity)

Last edited by SapiensAntiquus (2009-06-03 03:27:34)