Whats happening?
How do I view my video from my camera phone?
When I tried to view the video on my desktop it would’nt play.
I’m thinking I need a codec?
Unable to reply.
Do not know:
- Which OS you are using (Linux, Windows, Mac, OS2, CFM, Unix, … ???);
- Which version of that OS;
- Which desktop;
- Which camera phone (there is more than one make and model);
- Which OS on that camera phone;
- Format of the video;
- or Which codecs you currently have, for starters.
In fact, on looking back, I do not think you told us anything that would help us provide any answers.
Linux
Opensuse leap 42.1
Plasma 5
Lg Volt
Kitkat 4.4.2
.mp4
And I don’t know what kind of codecs I currently have for starters.
We can safely assume openSUSE Leap42.1 from prefix 
However the rest stands.
openSUSE Leap42.1 media player Dragon couldn’t play my .mp4 video.
Do I need codecs or another media player?
Do I need codecs or another media player?
yes
currently there are 2 unrelated bugs with multimedia on LEAP, so the choice is a bit limited.
I think (not sure as I’ve never used dragon player) you need gstreamer from packman, first of all do you have the packman reposetory?
if not do
sudo zypper ar -f Index of /pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ packman
sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper dup --from packman
sudo zypper in gstreamer-0_10 gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly --from packman
you could try and use vlc
you need packman for a working vlc so you need to have done the first 3 steps above
sudo zypper in vlc vlc-codecs --from packman
currently xine for LEAP on packman is broken so none of the libxine front-ends will play restricted formats you can use libxine2 for sle12 or tumbleweed just search here for answers
Fraser Bell’s post at https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/510655-Need-help-playing-wma-files?p=2735411#post2735411 will probably help you.
Gotcha I download
http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_formats
And now I can play .mp3 files great.
But the issue is still there with trying to play the videos.
For some reason i get this error:
](http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_formats) Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format “h264” (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))
Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format “mp4a” (MPEG AAC Audio)
?
reed my post you need to dup to packman, you have vlc from the oss repo, it comes without restricted codecs it only supports vp8/9 theora and ogg.
post your repo list
zypper lr -d
d6hw:~> zypper lr -d
| Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
—±---------------------------------------------±---------------------------------------------±--------±----------±--------±---------±---------±-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | flash-plugin-11.2.202.540-release.x86_64.rpm | flash-plugin-11.2.202.540-release.x86_64.rpm | Yes | ( p) Yes | Yes | 99 | plaindir | dir:///home/user89/Downloads |
2 | http-download.opensuse.org-151c4ee4 | openSUSE:Leap:42.1 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Leap:/42.1/standard/ |
3 | http-download.opensuse.org-5710635a | multimedia:apps | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/apps/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
4 | http-download.opensuse.org-5c4d2dd6 | utilities | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/utilities/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
5 | http-download.opensuse.org-788a9286 | multimedia:libs | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/libs/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
6 | http-download.opensuse.org-84012692 | openSUSE:Leap:42.1:NonFree | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/non-oss/ |
7 | http-download.opensuse.org-9c750ecd | home:Bumblebee-Project:nVidia:latest-beta | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Bumblebee-Project:/nVidia:/latest-beta/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
8 | http-opensuse-guide.org-898dc2fd | libdvdcss repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
9 | openSUSE-42.1-0 | openSUSE-42.1-0 | Yes | (r ) Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ATAPI_iHAS124_B_3524215_388138504184 |
10 | packman.inode.at-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ |
11 | repo-debug | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-debug-non-oss | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug-Non-Oss | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/non-oss/ |
13 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/42.1/oss |
14 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/42.1/non-oss/ |
15 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Non-Oss | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/non-oss/ |
16 | repo-oss | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/oss/ |
17 | repo-source | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Source | No | ---- | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/oss/ |
18 | repo-update | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/oss/ |
19 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.1/non-oss/
do
sudo zypper dup --from 10
sudo zypper in vlc-codecs --fron 10
This worked for me!
Thank You I_A
you saved my day
BTW how can I rotate the video 90 degrees to the right?
Just so that the videos vertical?
Right now the videos horizontally
LoL
How do you write that the long way like ex.
sudo zypper in vlc-codec from pacman?
Heh, heh … oh, yeah, right.:shame:
However, though it shows when you list “New Posts”, the prefix does not show up when actually reading the thread (a web markup oversight?).
All I see, when I am in the thread, is:
Thread: video from phone camera
Look up at the top of the page for the title in grey.
Oh, right, the faint fine print …
Guess at my age I need to dig out the ol’ magnifying glass.
Yes, I agree that it’s not the easiest font size and colour to read against the white background. 
IMHO smplayer is a better application to use if one wishes to rotate videos while watching. I think the vlc application menu entries to do this are nested very deep, while smplayers are much easier to find.
.
Yes.
I use smplayer & smplayer2 for most of my viewing for that and several other reasons, including compatibility (apparently) and stability with more formats.