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! -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org