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jason

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2003-01-13

Posts: 102

vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

I get this error when playing any AVI file (but not WMV)

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000279] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000292] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

I deleted my ~/.vlc directory and it still happens.  It used to work just fine a few days ago.

quarren

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From: Kiel, Germany

Registered: 2007-08-02

Posts: 2

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Yeah, I'm experiencing the same thing. I already did a bit of research and apparently it could have something to do with ffmpeg. I'd really like to find a solution to this problem. Using mplayer just doesn't feel right.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Run VLC from the command line and see what library it's complaining about.

jason

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2003-01-13

Posts: 102

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Run VLC from the command line and see what library it's complaining about.

I get this error when playing any AVI file (but not WMV)

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000279] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000292] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

I deleted my ~/.vlc directory and it still happens.  It used to work just fine a few days ago.

Even with vlc -vvv it doesn't give more info.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

I'm sorry, I was thinking that that was from the strange uninformative VLC pop-up dialog box.

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Scratch that last bit. Both of the files that are listed above are MPEG4 files in strange wrappers. I asked to see if your VLC build has become incompatible with the version of x264 on your system. But VLC should have complained about that.

Last edited by skottish (2007-08-04 01:54:00)

weseven

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Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 34

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

try building vlc from abs or grab the build that i've made (it's from abs,but can save you some compile-time) here.
seems a bug in the pacman's version of vlc, with the abs it works just fine.

dinobg

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Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 3

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Thanks Weseven. I have replace vlc with Yours, and now is OK for me.
I thing that latest pacman vlc have some problems with ffmpeg. I have Arch  server to stream 4 dvb channells for few clients. Last week I have make fresh install for new client machine and I have same problem like Jason.  VLC  refuses to play mp4v video with same error like Jason - no suitable decoder module for fourcc "mp4v" . When I switch to mp2v everithing is OK.
vlc --list |grep ffmpeg on client machine show nothing.
The server machine is also pacman version after upgrade, but it works fine and vlc --list output show ffmpeg codecs.

Last edited by dinobg (2007-08-05 05:34:45)

HaMF

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-07-21

Posts: 8

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Thanks weseven. I had the same problem and your build solved it.

rocktorrentz

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From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Thanks weseven. I had the same problem and your build solved it.

Same here. Thanks. If I do a pacman -Syu will that remove your vlc and replace it with the normal build?

weseven

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Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 34

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

a pacman -Syu won't remove vlc until the vlc on pacman's repo is updated (and hopefully the updated version will work fine),because "my" version is merely the same version of pacman repo, but compiled from abs.
i'm glad it solved your problems

rocktorrentz

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From: Southampton, England

Registered: 2007-08-05

Posts: 141

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

a pacman -Syu won't remove vlc until the vlc on pacman's repo is updated (and hopefully the updated version will work fine),because "my" version is merely the same version of pacman repo, but compiled from abs.
i'm glad it solved your problems

Thanks again for the clear reply

Fork

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Registered: 2007-08-06

Posts: 53

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Thanks, worked for me.

loosec

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Registered: 2007-03-08

Posts: 134

Re: vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

Thank you sir, my troubles are now gone.
Got this problem after changing from radeon to nvidia gfx.