Here’s the deal:I’ve used linux since the 80’s.I really liked 12.1 but had an SLI video config based on the Nvidia 7600 chipset.At that time(using 12.1),I had numerous issues with video, display, configs, etc.However, I could get ALL my videos, audio,etc., to run nicely, everything.DVD’s, avi’s, mpg’s mp3’s, and so on.For 13.1, I removed one of the SLI cards as it was starting to malfunction, and my rig is ultra-stable-EVEN in Windoze!
NOW, however,I can’t even play an H.264 file,barely can watch online videos and forget ANY a/v file, I’ve done everything twice to make my videos play, I can barely listen to mp3’s.What gives.ALL the software works, packages work great, scripts run great sudo works now,everything EXCEPT videos!This is ****, can SOMEONE figure this out?It negates the ENTIRE purpose of open source if I can’t author and play ANYTHING that’s considered multimedia.I f’ing HATE MS Windoze, please, I don’t want to use that virus/malware encrusted ****, please.I’ve installed EVERY codec I can find,used alternate yast packages, everything.
Can ANYONE address this?
Thanks.
Htos1
Asus M2N32-SLI WIFI AP(Nvidia MCP55 chipset)
Athlon64 x2
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800(8gb)
BFG Tech PCIex video 256DDR vram(single card now)Nvidia 7600 OC GT chipset
SB Audigy sound connected to my Bang & Olufsen stereo
various Maxtor/Seagate/WD hard drives
Robin,
I did visit your links previously,even found alternate codec packages that stated they would work-no dice.Logged into root,just to be sure-still nothing.I truly love opensuse, it’s my fav distro, but I don’t understand the drum tight adherence to MPAA(who is definitely behind this-my >30 years in broadcasting is causing my spidey senses to tingle) “dictates”.I will try again and see what happens.I’m really trying to leave MS for good,although I’ve had to break down and use XP64 for some a/v work due to time constraints.It sure gobbles down resources even when stripped down to nothing(even networking removed).Thank you for your response.
I prefer to use Totem w/Gstreamer plugins for all multimedia playback, I don’t use the VLC app with any of my os’s.I like Audacity for simple audio production.I’ll post the repo list when I’m back at the work station.Thanks.
On 2014-01-10 19:56, Htos1 wrote:
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> I prefer to use Totem w/Gstreamer plugins for all multimedia playback, I
> don’t use the VLC app with any of my os’s.I like Audacity for simple
> audio production.I’ll post the repo list when I’m back at the work
> station.Thanks.
Well, you should try several programs capable of multimedia playback
before saying that “it does not work”. And if some work and some don’t
(I don’t care you do not like some programs, do try all of them,
please), please say which work and which don’t, so that we can give
better advice.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Stick to packman and the official repoes (-oss, non-oss and updates) until you have set up your multimedia stuff properly, too many repositories may quickly lead to version mix-up etc. Totem uses Gstreamer 1.x so try install these gstreamer-plugins packages: …bad-orig-addon, …ugly-orig-addon, …good-extra, …libav. It all depends on the audio/video format you use but I believe these packages, with additional dependency packages, will provide most of the codecs you need.
BTW, it is a ‘missing codec’ error you receive?
PS
I suggest you also remove the various gstreamer fluendo mp3 packages, you don’t need them.
I do show those Gstreamer add-ons installed but no playback of any video formats, weird that they all worked fine in ver.12.x, on the same hardware platform.
I suppose you are right, it is just the way I do it; based on some previous negative experiences with the fluendo-mp3 plugin, in particular the one from packman. Gstreamer-plugins-ugly(-orig-addon?) also provides .mp3 support, but as I unsderstand it, the fluendo codec will be used if installed. Besides, it might narrow the whole test scenario down a bit, ‘ugly’ is hard to come by without in any case.
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>Here’s the deal:I’ve used linux since the 80’s.I really liked 12.1 but
>had an SLI video config based on the Nvidia 7600 chipset.At that
>time(using 12.1),I had numerous issues with video, display, configs,
>etc.However, I could get ALL my videos, audio,etc., to run nicely,
>everything.DVD’s, avi’s, mpg’s mp3’s, and so on.
>For 13.1, I removed one
>of the SLI cards as it was starting to malfunction, and my rig is
>ultra-stable-EVEN in Windoze!
Try reinstalling the driver with force.
>NOW, however,I can’t even play an H.264 file,barely can watch online
>videos and forget ANY a/v file, I’ve done everything twice to make my
>videos play, I can barely listen to mp3’s.What gives.ALL the software
>works, packages work great, scripts run great sudo works now,everything
>EXCEPT videos!This is ****, can SOMEONE figure this out?It negates the
>ENTIRE purpose of open source if I can’t author and play ANYTHING that’s
>considered multimedia.I f’ing HATE MS Windoze, please, I don’t want to
>use that virus/malware encrusted ****, please.I’ve installed EVERY codec
>I can find,used alternate yast packages, everything.
>Can ANYONE address this?
>Thanks.
>Htos1
>
>Asus M2N32-SLI WIFI AP(Nvidia MCP55 chipset)
>Athlon64 x2
>Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800(8gb)
>BFG Tech PCIex video 256DDR vram(single card now)Nvidia 7600 OC GT
>chipset
>SB Audigy sound connected to my Bang & Olufsen stereo
>various Maxtor/Seagate/WD hard drives
I did these instructions-and everything installed, repositories worked-everything-except NO video_ I just don’t get it.Maybe my setup JUST isn’t compatible for linux AS this version is written_EVERYTHING worked great in 12.x even with a full SLI video config.I guess I just have to let it go…
Thanks everyone for the good advice and counsel.
Ok, after a restart ,I have SOME video playback,ONLY mpeg,mpg, and UN compressed avi(from my 2004 JVC digital camacorder’s raw files via firewire),still don’t have wmv,divx and MS avi, H.264 based mp4 WILL play ONLY in Firefox.Haven’t tried mkv yet.