12.3 /64 ffmpeg issues

[Vic Titious]

With everything Xine, I can play mp3s.

VLC, Deadbeef, etc., refuses to play mp3s, but will play Flac fine. I
receive a segmentation issue in the C-L.

I've reinstalled, used VLC's repos, switched back to PackMan, downgraded
codecs and applications, etc., but am out of ideas. Help is appreciated.

[Darklight]

try this

http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php

[Vic Titious]

Already been there. Thought I had it at that point.
My gstreamers are all from Packman.

Frustrating.

[Sioux C. Queue]

On 04/22/2013 12:30 PM, Vic Titious wrote:

> VLC, Deadbeef, etc., refuses to play mp3s, but will play Flac fine.

I just download the file deadbeef-static_0.5.6-1_x86_64.tar.bz2 and dumped it
onto the drive, thanks for reminding me. Works swell, in fact under 12.1 I had
problems with the sound on some songs regarding cymbals/hi-hats which seems to
have gone away. I'll use it instead of amarok now.

Since the 12.3 install, a from scratch install, this is the first upgrade to any
audio packages. Mp3's have worked from the beginning.

[Hans-Peter Paulsen]

is "vlc-codec" installed? it is on
Packman...http://packman.links2linux.de/package/vlc

[Vic Titious]

Yes. Installed and reinstalled along with everything I could think of that
is pertinent to making noise.

[Vic Titious]

houghi wrote:

> If all else fails, try `strace -ofile command file.mp3` and then try to
> figure out from "file" where things went wrong. See `man strace` for
> more info.
>
> It might point you to the (lib-)file that causes the error. Perhaps just
> a situation of running 32 bit when it expects 64, or the other way
> around.
>
> In one program I got a segfault because it could not find the server
> called 'news'. Strace helped me find it.
>
> It is not very easy to read the outputfile, but it often helps.
>
> houghi

OK, but I was wrong about the Xine thing: Deadbeef uses Xine codecs.

Anyway, the only thing that works fine is Clementine, which is actually not
a bad app.

I'll try the trace you suggested.

[Vic Titious]

houghi wrote:

> Vic Titious wrote:

> If all else fails, try `strace -ofile command file.mp3` and then try to
> figure out from "file" where things went wrong. See `man strace` for
> more info.
>
> It might point you to the (lib-)file that causes the error. Perhaps just
> a situation of running 32 bit when it expects 64, or the other way
> around.
>
> In one program I got a segfault because it could not find the server
> called 'news'. Strace helped me find it.
>
> It is not very easy to read the outputfile, but it often helps.
>
> houghi

Here's what I get:

<tons of loaded plugins>

loading plugin /usr/lib64/deadbeef/wavpack.so
loading plugin /usr/lib64/deadbeef/wildmidi.so
checking GUI plugin: GTK3
found selected GUI plugin: GTK3
loading plugin /usr/lib64/deadbeef/ddb_gui_GTK3.so
libWildMidi(WM_BufferFile:640): ERROR Unable to stat
/etc/timidity/freepats/freepats.cfg (No such file or directory)
gtkui plugin compiled for gtk version: 3.6.4

** (deadbeef:17546): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name rg.a11y.Bus was not
provided by any .service files
connecting button tray signals
selected output plugin: ALSA output plugin
INFO: loading playlist Default
INFO: from file /home/vic/.config/deadbeef/playlists/0.dbpl
gtkui: found cover-art loader plugin

-------------

I'm running Pulse--Deadbeef is looking for Alsa. I cannot load the
application to change it--it quits right away--so I may goof around in the
config file...
Unless you can decode something from this...

[Vic Titious]

Just installed a 32-bit system and have the same problems as my original
post. Certainly didn't use the same DVD...
Also, like the 64 bit installation, I had to manually turn on networking and
turn off IFUP to get things working.

Somehow I think not having networking on during installation has something
to do with how quirly things are, even though you would think things would
even out after you perform updates and get it up to date.

[Vic Torious]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:16:11 -0400, Vic Titious wrote:

> Vic Titious wrote:
>
>> With everything Xine, I can play mp3s.
>>
>> VLC, Deadbeef, etc., refuses to play mp3s, but will play Flac fine. I
>> receive a segmentation issue in the C-L.
>>
>> I've reinstalled, used VLC's repos, switched back to PackMan,
>> downgraded codecs and applications, etc., but am out of ideas. Help is
>> appreciated.

The problem with VLC is recent on my computer. It had worked ever since
12.3 was issued. The codec problems started about a week ago. Until then,
I had not noticed. I may not have used it much for awhile prior to then.

[arnold]

>>>
>>> I've reinstalled, used VLC's repos, switched back to PackMan,
>>> downgraded codecs and applications, etc., but am out of ideas. Help
is
>>> appreciated.

Go to the VLC web page and download VLC for Opensuse. It corrects the
problem. An update on Opensuse broke VLC.


--
arnold

[DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno]

On Sat, 04 May 2013 14:50:19 -0400, arnold <ala...@windstream.net>
wrote:

So subsequent VLCs should all be transparently the same then.

[Vic Titious]

Thanks, but I think I might rip the OS out and start with the network
installer instead using the "verified" DVD.

I tried your suggestion earlier, even defying the Packman gods by d'l-ing it
directly from VLC.
In my case, it's all music players using the FFMPEG codecs.

Any idea what the specific update was that broke everything VLC?
Maybe that's my problem.

[DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno]

Hey! I know! Install XBMC and see what all it installs to get things
video going. Just an experiment.

[DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno]

Brand new release!

http://xbmc.org/download/

[Vic Titious]

arnold wrote:

> Go to the VLC web page and download VLC for Opensuse. It corrects the
> problem. An update on Opensuse broke VLC.

Some interesting notes:

Using "One-click" from VLC's site installed everything back again from
Packman! Even though they installed their own repo.
That probably has to do with prioritizing repos, but I am not conversant on
that numbering system yet, so I manually adjusted the sources for all
installed VLC files, once in Yast.

Opening an MP3 in VLC now gives me the error: VLC does not know the file
format "mpga". Every mp3 does this.

[WoolyBully]

On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:48:45 +0200, houghi <hou...@houghi.org.invalid>
wrote:

>houghi wrote:
>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with it. I
>
>use, not sue. :-)
>
>
>houghi

You Suse freak, you!

Yous guys... I swear!

[Vic Titious]

houghi wrote:

> houghi wrote:
>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with it. I
>
> use, not sue. :-)
>
>
> houghi

Sorry, I didn't catch that--I was on the phone with my attorney...

[Aragorn]

On Monday 06 May 2013 00:46, Vic Titious conveyed the following to
alt.os.linux.suse...

Is her name Sue by any chance? :p

--
= Aragorn =
GNU/Linux user #223157 - http://www.linuxcounter.net

[My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do]

On Mon, 06 May 2013 04:09:10 +0200, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid>
wrote:

>On Monday 06 May 2013 00:46, Vic Titious conveyed the following to
>alt.os.linux.suse...
>
>> houghi wrote:
>>
>>> houghi wrote:
>>>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with it. I
>>>
>>> use, not sue. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> houghi
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't catch that--I was on the phone with my attorney...
>
>Is her name Sue by any chance? :p

Well...

[Aragorn]

On Monday 06 May 2013 06:02, My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do conveyed the

following to alt.os.linux.suse...

> On Mon, 06 May 2013 04:09:10 +0200, Aragorn
> <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Monday 06 May 2013 00:46, Vic Titious conveyed the following to
>> alt.os.linux.suse...
>>
>>> houghi wrote:
>>>
>>>> houghi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with it.
>>>>

>>>> use, not sue. :-)

>>>
>>> Sorry, I didn't catch that--I was on the phone with my attorney...
>>
>> Is her name Sue by any chance? :p
>
> Well...

Let me guess: It's "Open Susie", and she's a real Novellty around town.

[Vic Titious]

Didn't your distant relative write "The Art of War"?

[My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do]

On Mon, 06 May 2013 08:20:53 +0200, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid>

wrote:

>On Monday 06 May 2013 06:02, My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do conveyed the
>following to alt.os.linux.suse...
>
>> On Mon, 06 May 2013 04:09:10 +0200, Aragorn
>> <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday 06 May 2013 00:46, Vic Titious conveyed the following to
>>> alt.os.linux.suse...
>>>
>>>> houghi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> houghi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> use, not sue. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I didn't catch that--I was on the phone with my attorney...
>>>
>>> Is her name Sue by any chance? :p
>>
>> Well...
>
>Let me guess: It's "Open Susie", and she's a real Novellty around town.
>:p

I was just tossing the pronunciation of my currently chosen nym.

It was the guy who wrote "The Art of War".

But it is pronounced the same way Johnny Cash sings it.

[My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do]

My demise was faked.

Except that I did it way better than Jesse James did.

Tzu, Tzu, Tzudio.

[Aragorn]

On Tuesday 07 May 2013 05:28, My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do conveyed the

following to alt.os.linux.suse...

> On Mon, 06 May 2013 08:20:53 +0200, Aragorn
> <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Monday 06 May 2013 06:02, My Name Is Tzu How Do You Do conveyed
>> the following to alt.os.linux.suse...
>>
>>> On Mon, 06 May 2013 04:09:10 +0200, Aragorn
>>> <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday 06 May 2013 00:46, Vic Titious conveyed the following to
>>>> alt.os.linux.suse...
>>>>
>>>>> houghi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> houghi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I sue basically XBMC and Mplayer and don't have any issue with
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> use, not sue. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I didn't catch that--I was on the phone with my attorney...
>>>>
>>>> Is her name Sue by any chance? :p
>>>
>>> Well...
>>
>> Let me guess: It's "Open Susie", and she's a real Novellty around
>> town.
>> :p
>
>
> I was just tossing the pronunciation of my currently chosen nym.
>
> It was the guy who wrote "The Art of War".

Oops, I missed that. Very clever indeed. But then again, I've been on
heavy painkillers for over a week now, so I've got an excuse. ;-)

> But it is pronounced the same way Johnny Cash sings it.

Ah, I guess this is one of those things where not being a native English
speaker has its advantages, i.e. we over here generally do pronounce
that initial "t" (or the "g" in GNU, for that matter). ;-)

[DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno]

On Tue, 07 May 2013 13:30:58 +0200, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid>

That's OK. My GIGAntic muti-GIGAbyte hard drive rarely gets that term
pronounced correctly either. The G is soft, just like in GIGAntic.

But hell, even that term (the former) might be locale specific. (damned
'mericans).

[Vic Titious]

To anyone still possibly following this thread, I reinstalled 12.3 for the
third time. This time, I used the ISO for the network (someone suggested)
and things went apparently smooth and now I have mp3s running on everything.

A lot of weirdness with this version besides that and now it all runs
smooth.
Cheers

[generic name]

Not sure that it is a codec isssue...with 12.3 initial install, my usb
soundcard worked; then after an update, the usb soundcard no longer
function. The next 2 updates didn't solve the sound problem but then
the next update got my usb soundcard working again & am able to listen
to music while on linux. Had problems with the 12.1 usb sound
also. The usb soundcard is recognized but no sound & fails the test.

Have decided to use windows mostly until the linux sound gets solved
when there are errors in the sound implementation; just needs to check
each week to see if an "update" will arrive to correct it instead of
doing any reinstall........