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Jaczel

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From: Sydney, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-24

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

Hi, I haven't had an issue with VLC until now.
When trying to play an .mp4 file through VLC I'm getting the following error regarding the missing Codec

[jaczel@Arch The Linux Action Show_ Video]$ cvlc linuxactionshowep283-432p.mp4 
VLC media player 2.1.0 Rincewind (revision 2.1.0-0-gedd8835)
[0x2112288] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
[0x21a0758] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
[0x7f572d7b05c8] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `h264'. 
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[0x7f572d7b05c8] main decoder error: No suitable decoder module
[0x7f572d7b05c8] main decoder error: VLC does not support the audio or video format "h264". 
Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

If I input vlc -vv through the terminal I get this response:

[jaczel@Arch usr]$ vlc -vv ~/gPodder/Downloads/The\ Linux\ Action\ Show_\ Video
/linuxactionshowep283-432p.mp4 
VLC media player 2.1.0 Rincewind (revision 2.1.0-0-gedd8835)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.0 Rincewind
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: Copyright  1996-2013 the VideoLAN team
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.0-0-gedd8835
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure  '--prefix=/usr' '--sysconfdir=
/etc' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-faad' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-pvr' 
'--enable-ncurses' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-xosd' '--enable-aa' '--enable-vcdx' 
'--enable-upnp' '--enable-opus' '--enable-sftp' 'LUAC=luac5.1' 'RCC=/usr/bin/rcc-qt4' 
'CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,
--as-needed,-z,relro' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/samba-4.0' 'CXXFLAGS=-
march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=
4' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/ffmpeg-compat/pkgconfig'
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
[0x8f7148] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec
/libspeex_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec
/libtwolame_plugin.so' (libtwolame.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec
/libavcodec_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec
/libvaapi_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux
/libavformat_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins
/services_discovery/libmtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: 
No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization
/libprojectm_plugin.so' (libprojectM.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins
/visualization/libgoom_plugin.so' (libgoom2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: 
No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control
/liblirc_plugin.so' (liblirc_client.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_filter
/libspeex_resampler_plugin.so' (libspeexdsp.so.1: cannot open shared object file: 
No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access
/libaccess_avio_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access
/libaccess_mtp_plugin.so' (libmtp.so.9: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access
/libvcdx_plugin.so' (libvcdinfo.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x8f7148] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins
/access_output/libaccess_output_shout_plugin.so' (libspeex.so.1: cannot open 
shared object file: No such file or directory)

I've Pacman -Syu'd VLC, x264, ffmpeg, ffmpeg-compat a number of times and it still doesn't register. They're also all up to date.
As well as this, I've gone through the /usr/lib/vlc folder and all the codecs seem to be there.
Does anyone know what I might be missing? Any help would be appreciated
Also, if I've missed any additional information that could help resolve this please let me know. This is the first time I've posted on the BBS forums.

I should also mention that the audio works fine through VLC, it's just the video doesn't play.
As well as that, if I play an mp4 file through my browser it works fine so.

Last edited by Jaczel (2013-10-25 05:57:24)

ArchWA

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Registered: 2013-09-13

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

Hi Jaczel,

Have you done a full pacman -Syu, or just for specific packages?  You may be having issues with glibc as per:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=102815

Jaczel

Member

From: Sydney, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-24

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

Hi ArchWA,
Thanks for the response. Yes, I've done a full pacman -Syu. I've also noticed that it's not just mp4 files, I can't avi or mkv files through VLC as well but I can play them through Chromium.

ArchWA

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Registered: 2013-09-13

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

OK.  You mentioned that your codecs seem to be there.  Are they the same versions? ie. some_plugin.so.#

Jaczel

Member

From: Sydney, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-24

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

Here is my output of

/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec

 liba52_plugin.so          libavutil.so            libmpeg_audio_plugin.so    libswresample.so.0
libadpcm_plugin.so        libavutil.so.51         libopus_plugin.so          libswresample.so.0.6.100
libaes3_plugin.so         libavutil.so.51.35.100  libpng_plugin.so           libswscale.so
libaraw_plugin.so         libcc_plugin.so         libpostproc.so             libswscale.so.2
libavcodec.so             libcdg_plugin.so        libpostproc.so.52          libswscale.so.2.1.100
libavcodec.so.53          libcvdsub_plugin.so     libpostproc.so.52.0.100    libt140_plugin.so
libavcodec.so.53.61.100   libddummy_plugin.so     librawvideo_plugin.so      libtelx_plugin.so
libavcodec_plugin.so      libdts_plugin.so        libschroedinger_plugin.so  libtheora_plugin.so
libavdevice.so            libdvbsub_plugin.so     libscte27_plugin.so        libtwolame_plugin.so
libavdevice.so.53         libedummy_plugin.so     libsdl_image_plugin.so     libuleaddvaudio_plugin.so
libavdevice.so.53.4.100   libfaad_plugin.so       libspeex_plugin.so         libvaapi_plugin.so
libavfilter.so            libflac_plugin.so       libspudec_plugin.so        libvorbis_plugin.so
libavfilter.so.2          libg711_plugin.so       libstl_plugin.so           libx264_plugin.so
libavfilter.so.2.61.100   libkate_plugin.so       libsubsdec_plugin.so       libxwd_plugin.so
libavformat.so            liblibass_plugin.so     libsubsusf_plugin.so       libzvbi_plugin.so
libavformat.so.53         liblibmpeg2_plugin.so   libsvcdsub_plugin.so       pkgconfig
libavformat.so.53.32.100  liblpcm_plugin.so       libswresample.so 

ArchWA

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Registered: 2013-09-13

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

The current libavcodec is at .55, and yours is .53.  Is your mirror up to date?  If it is, try doing a pacman -Syyu.

Jaczel

Member

From: Sydney, Australia

Registered: 2013-10-24

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

It's fixed! While trying to issue ffmpeg to determine its version and which version of libavcodec was needed I got the response

ffmpeg: error while loading shared libraries: libspeex.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I think I must have accidently removed libspeex.so.1 at some point so I force pacman -S'd speex (due to conflicting files where files already existed) and everything started working again.
I guess ffmpeg couldn't run whenever it needed to decode the video.
Thanks for your help ArchWA.

ArchWA

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Registered: 2013-09-13

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

That's great.  Please mark as solved.

reese

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Registered: 2014-02-22

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] VLC and Codec h264

I just wanted to add I had this same problem. VLC would play audio for .mp4 but not the video.

my version : vlc 2.1.4-2
following jaczel troubleshooting method
I immediately updated x264
and
ffmpeg
that didnt solve the problem
so I

ffmpeg
ffmpeg: error while loading shared libraries: libx265.so.21: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

find / -type f -name libx265.so*

pkgfile -r libx265.so.21
extra/x265

pacman -S x265

that solved the problem
I just wanted to put this here in case anyone else needs it.