On 2016-07-13 18:39, Anton Aylward wrote:
I'm sure we've been down this road before ...
I'm trying to pay some MP4 files,. sadly a VLC upgrade and some other - ffmpeg? - upgrades seem to have broken most of my capability to play them
VLC is saying
VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))
I've tried vlc-beta as well
# zypper info vlc-beta
Information for package vlc-beta: --------------------------------- Repository: Packman Repository Name: vlc-beta Version: 3.0.0+git7892-1.8 Arch: x86_64 Vendor: http://packman.links2linux.de Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 411.0 KiB Summary: Video Lan Client multimedia player (preview of the upcoming 3.x version) Description: VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
There's also the layers of stuff under 'tools->settings'
'lspci' tells me
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
I also have
Name: xorg-x11-server Version: 7.6_1.18.3-463.5
Name: vaapi-intel-driver Version: 1.7.1-43.1
Name: xf86-video-intel Version: 2.99.917.674_g9154dff-178.1
There are times I hate doing upgrades!
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Don't quote me on this, but I vaguley remember somebody removing vaapi-intel-driver and their problems with VLC not playing a specific video or having problems playing a specific format vanished. Here's my VLC info just for reference: Information for package vlc: ---------------------------- Repository: packman Name: vlc Version: 2.2.4-3.1 Arch: x86_64 Vendor: http://packman.links2linux.de Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 399.2 KiB Summary: Video Lan Client multimedia player Description: VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org