Missing packages when following Multimedia Guide for Tumbleweed

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#1

Hi,

when I follow the Multimedia Guide for Tumbleweed from the thread, I get errors about some missing packages (qstreamer-plugins-qt5 and ffmpeg-3). I’ve taken care to allow package switching from OpenSUSE to Packman and applied the system package repository change in YAST, but did I miss something?

sudo zypper install -f libxine2-codecs ffmpeg-3  dvdauthor gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad-orig-addon gstreamer-plugins-base  gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-good-extra gstreamer-plugins-libav gstreamer-plugins-qt5 gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon vlc smplayer x264 x265 vlc-codecs vlc-codec-gstreamer ogmtools libavcodec58
Repository-Daten werden geladen...
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen...
Paket 'gstreamer-plugins-qt5' nicht gefunden.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.16.2-12.2.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'vlc-3.0.10-5.5.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
'ffmpeg-3' wurde in den Paketnamen nicht gefunden. Fähigkeiten werden durchsucht.
Keine Anbieter von 'ffmpeg-3' gefunden.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-ugly-1.16.2-6.13.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'dvdauthor-0.7.2-3.3.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'x265-3.4-1.3.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.16.2-48.11.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'x264-0.155svn20190201-3.7.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'libxine2-codecs-1.2.10-160.2.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'ogmtools-1.5-167.10.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'vlc-codecs-3.0.10-5.5.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-orig-addon-1.16.2-12.2.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-base-1.16.2-6.2.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon-1.16.2-6.13.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'libavcodec58-4.2.3-4.1.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'vlc-codec-gstreamer-3.0.10-5.5.x86_64' aus Repository 'packman' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-good-1.16.2-3.4.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'smplayer-20.4.2-1.2.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Installation von 'gstreamer-plugins-good-extra-1.16.2-3.4.x86_64' aus Repository 'repo-oss' wird erzwungen.
Paketabhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst...


Die folgenden 18 Pakete werden erneut installiert:
  dvdauthor gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-bad-orig-addon gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-good
  gstreamer-plugins-good-extra gstreamer-plugins-libav gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon libavcodec58
  libxine2-codecs ogmtools smplayer vlc vlc-codec-gstreamer vlc-codecs x264 x265


18 zu installierende Pakete.
Gesamtgröße des Downloads: 12,8 MiB. Bereits im Cache gespeichert: 0 B. Nach diesem Vorgang wird kein zusätzlicher Speicherplatz belegt
oder freigegeben.

Thank you for any hints!

(I would have asked this in a comment under the thread directly, but unfortunately the discussion there is closed.)

#2

Hello and welcome to the openSUSE forums.

To begin with your last remark:

(I would have asked this in a comment under the thread directly, but unfortunately the discussion there is closed.)

What do you think is more effective, a new thread with a new telling title that is shown prominently in the list of fresh threads, or a post at the end of a thread that no member that has her/his multi-media already running for years (and those are the ones you need) will anymore look at?

Personaly the only thing I do after a fresh installation or an upgrade is the Vendor Switch to Packman. Maybe I repeat that after I have installed a new mediaplayer or the like. I never had any problems in using multi-media.

So, again my personal opinion, is that after doing the Vendor Switch, you are done. Whenever you encounter any problem in the multi-media area, do the Switch again so that you can then report with 1000% certainty that it is done and come here for help.

#3

On the other hand you get a new thread every time someone thinks they have a new problem. I’m not really partial, either is fine with me.

So, again my personal opinion, is that after doing the Vendor Switch, you are done. Whenever you encounter any problem in the multi-media area, do the Switch again so that you can then report with 1000% certainty that it is done and come here for help.

Please bear with me, I may or may not be stupid, but I’m certainly new to OpenSUSE. So I did the vendor switch following the recommended procedure and am receiving error messages doing it. I just did it again and am still seeing them. That’s why I’m here.

#4

You hit the risk of outdated instructions. Packman now has ffmpeg-4 . My practice is to install the vlc-codecs ( reasoning is that VLC plays any multimedia ), and ffmpeg-4 ( pulls in a lot of codec related packages ).

#5

Thank you. I’ve now done ‘sudo zypper install -f ffmpeg-4’ and it works. As for the ‘gstreamer-plugins-qt5’ package, is that also outdated?

Also what would be the best way to update the instructions, send a message to the topic starter?