Copied buffered video from /tmp not sounding right

I copied a youtube flv file from /tmp to a home directory. And i noticed the sound quality is different ( a little buzz here and there). I tried

zypper dup -r vlc

and there’s no update, then i tried

zypper dup -r packman

and the output is

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Computing distribution upgrade...
6 Problems:
Problem: nothing provides transmission-ui = 1.76 needed by transmission-common-1.76-0.pm.1.2.noarch
Problem: nothing provides libGL.so.1 needed by vlc-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.i586
Problem: nothing provides libjack.so.0 needed by vlc-noX-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.i586
Problem: nothing provides libSDL-1.2.so.0 needed by gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.18-999.pm.1000.6.i586
Problem: nothing provides liblapack.so.3 needed by python-numpy-1.3.0-0.pm.3.1.i586
Problem: nothing provides libid3tag.so.0()(64bit) needed by vlc-noX-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.x86_64

Problem: nothing provides transmission-ui = 1.76 needed by transmission-common-1.76-0.pm.1.2.noarch
 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  keep obsolete transmission-common-1.74-4.8.1.noarch
  keep obsolete transmission-gtk-1.74-4.8.1.x86_64
 Solution 2: break transmission-common by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 

I’m confused with the package management using zypper here and why is there a difference in quality between the copied youtube flv file and the buffered video in firefox? Can someone help me?

Sounds like your multi-media is a mess
Did you follow this:
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums

I came up against this sort of error like yours before, I think I just deleted transmission whilst I made the switch (dup) and used the radio buttons to get packman on everything
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You must disable the VideoLan repo!

Ok I tried following the steps Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums and deleted transmission common. Now I get this for zypper dup -r packman

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Computing distribution upgrade...
5 Problems:
Problem: nothing provides libGL.so.1 needed by vlc-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.i586
Problem: nothing provides libjack.so.0 needed by vlc-noX-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.i586
Problem: nothing provides libSDL-1.2.so.0 needed by gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.18-999.pm.1000.6.i586
Problem: nothing provides liblapack.so.3 needed by python-numpy-1.3.0-0.pm.3.1.i586
Problem: nothing provides libid3tag.so.0()(64bit) needed by vlc-noX-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.x86_64

Problem: nothing provides libGL.so.1 needed by vlc-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.i586
 Solution 1: keep obsolete vlc-1.0.99_1.1.0.rc-4.4.x86_64
 Solution 2: break vlc by ignoring some of its dependencies

I’ve installed the vlc package and the other packages, while removing vlc repository as well.

But what about the other problems?

Ok i followed each step from the top in “Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums”](http://forums.opensuse.org/information-new-users/new-user-how-faq-read-only/407184-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html#post2058613) and reddwarf’s how-to. Thanks!

But I do have another new problem though. I tried playing a dvd movie recently and there seem to be no detection whatsoever. And I tested that dvd at a Windows Vista laptop and it works out fine. Do note that other dvds work out fine, just that particular dvd. Is it a hardware fault? Or did I miss any packages? I’m using a 2 months old laptop. What is the problem here?

GNOME 2.28 | Pentium Duo T4500 | 2048MB DDR3 | Intel HD Graphics | 320GB HDD | Presario CQ42-103TU

Post result of

rpm -qi libdvdcss

When you say, no detection. What if you go to the File Menu in VLC and open Disc/DVD?

Output for rpm -qi libdvdcss is

Name        : libdvdcss                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.2.10                            Vendor: VideoLAN Project (http://www.videolan.org)
Release     : 7.1                           Build Date: Wed 28 Apr 2010 04:42:01 AM MYT
Install Date: Sat 05 Jun 2010 01:25:56 AM MYT      Build Host: messiah
Group       : Productivity/Multimedia/Other   Source RPM: libdvdcss-1.2.10-7.1.src.rpm
Size        : 35248                            License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 28 Apr 2010 04:42:25 AM MYT, Key ID 33de8fb7c8da93d2
Packager    : Dominique Leuenberger <dominique-rpm@leuenberger.net>
URL         : http://developers.videolan.org/libdvdcss/
Summary     : A library designed for accessing encrypted DVDs
Description :
libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device without having to bother about the decryption.
Distribution: VideoLAN / 11.2

Yes. I did go to File Menu and Open Disc/DVD before and it says

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.

Now please the following:

rpm -qi vlc

zypper lr -d

rpm -qi vlc is

Name        : vlc                          Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.0.5                             Vendor: http://packman.links2linux.de
Release     : 1.pm.3.20                     Build Date: Wed 24 Mar 2010 06:25:53 AM MYT
Install Date: Fri 04 Jun 2010 02:46:35 PM MYT      Build Host: hauseck
Group       : Productivity/Multimedia/Video/Players   Source RPM: vlc-1.0.5-1.pm.3.20.src.rpm
Size        : 1665032                          License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 24 Mar 2010 06:27:11 AM MYT, Key ID f899f20d9a795806
Packager    : detrei@links2linux.de
URL         : http://www.videolan.org/
Summary     : VLC - Video Lan Client (preview of the upcoming 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.
Distribution: main_pm / openSUSE_11.2

zypper lr -d is

# | Alias        | Name                  | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                     | Service
--+--------------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Mozilla      | Mozilla               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2/        |        
2 | packman      | packman               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.2/                 |        
3 | reddwarf     | reddwarf              | Yes     | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/RedDwarf/openSUSE_11.2/ |        
4 | repo-debug   | openSUSE-11.2-Debug   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/          |        
5 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/            |        
6 | repo-oss     | openSUSE-11.2-Oss     | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/                |        
7 | repo-source  | openSUSE-11.2-Source  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/         |        
8 | repo-update  | openSUSE-11.2-Update  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/ 

That’s OK
Tricky these sound issues. Trial and error.

I guess you could switch any RedDwarf packages to Packman and then disable it ATM, because I only included it for gecko-mediaplayer which was broken at one point.

Make sure you have done
http://tinyurl.com/yejwull

Transmission is a problem. Package versions on Packman are not complete. Search for ‘transmission’ in the software installer, look at the version numbers. So stick to the obsolete ones for now, newer versions will appear.

BTW buffered video is never very good, especially flash video, usually sounds like a bag of flies.

What about this when I try switching system packages to Packman repository?

http://h.imagehost.org/0619/Screenshot_10.png

Keep obsolete dialog

Ok done. But what about the undetectable DVD?

Does this happen with all DVD’s
Eg; suse dvd?

Definitely not. Just that particular DVD.

Horses for courses.

Can you rip it with k9copy? (packman)

Tested it with k9copy. Same result.

Can’t you even read it’s contents in dolphin?

What is is this strange DVD…

Try this

mplayer dvdnav://