Problems playing videos (codec issue)

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After a recent update I can no longer play certain videos. I can play for example MP4 and WebM videos, but not flv and wmv. I found this post (https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/508260-VLC-Codecs) from a user with a similar problem, but wasn’t sure how to apply it in my situation. Here’s my output of zypper lr -d:

#  | Alias                                 | Name                                  | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                                | Service
---+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | download.opensuse.org-13.2-non-oss    | Update Repository (Non-Oss)           | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/                                                  |        
 2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss         | Main Repository (NON-OSS)             | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/                                       |        
 3 | download.opensuse.org-oss             | Main Repository (OSS)                 | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                                           |        
 4 | download.opensuse.org-update          | Main Update Repository                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/                                                          |        
 5 | games                                 | games                                 | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.2/                                     |        
 6 | hardware                              | hardware                              | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hardware/openSUSE_13.2/                                  |        
 7 | home:AndnoVember:test                 | home:AndnoVember:test                 | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/AndnoVember:/test/openSUSE_13.2/                   |        
 8 | home:DarkSS                           | home:DarkSS                           | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/DarkSS/openSUSE_13.2/                              |        
 9 | home:Herbster0815                     | home:Herbster0815                     | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Herbster0815/openSUSE_13.2/                        |        
10 | home:andykimpe:freshplayerplugin      | home:andykimpe:freshplayerplugin      | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/andykimpe:/freshplayerplugin/openSUSE_13.2/        |        
11 | home:loosi:branches:server:monitoring | home:loosi:branches:server:monitoring | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/loosi:/branches:/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/ |        
12 | home:rbos:pipelight                   | home:rbos:pipelight                   | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rbos:/pipelight/openSUSE_13.2/                     |        
13 | nvidia                                | nvidia                                | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/13.2/                                                           |        
14 | openSUSE-13.2-0                       | openSUSE-13.2-0                       | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SH-224BB_R8WS6GAD200TSM                         |        
15 | packman-essentials                    | packman-essentials                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.2/Essentials/                                             |        
16 | packman-multimedia                    | packman-multimedia                    | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.2/Multimedia/                                             |        
17 | repo-debug                            | openSUSE-13.2-Debug                   | No      | ----      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                                     |        
18 | repo-debug-update                     | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug            | No      | ----      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2/                                                    |        
19 | repo-debug-update-non-oss             | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss    | No      | ----      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2-non-oss/                                            |        
20 | repo-source                           | openSUSE-13.2-Source                  | No      | ----      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/                                    |        
21 | server:http                           | server:http                           | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/http/openSUSE_13.2/                              |        
22 | server:monitoring                     | server:monitoring                     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/                        |        
23 | windows:mingw:win32                   | windows:mingw:win32                   | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_13.2/                     |        
24 | windows:mingw:win64                   | windows:mingw:win64                   | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win64/openSUSE_13.2/                     |
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Update: I found out that I’m able to play *.flv and *.wmv movies with mplayer, but not with mpv or vlc.

3

Do you have vlc-codecs installed?

Try to do a full system switch to Packman:

sudo zypper dup --from 15

This should rule out incompatible/crippled packages…

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Worked as a charm. Thank you

5

Note you only need one packman repo no point in having multiple one. just use the on in the community list. The more active repo you have the longer it takes to start any of the install/update processes. You have a bunch of unofficial repos. It is safer to keep them disabled since you never know what someone will put on their personal repo for testing etc.