Video problems

judasdisciple · March 8, 2012, 12:18pm

I’ve been trying to watch videos since I’ve installed 12.1, but so far no luck. I’ve installed the restricted multimedia package, but no luck. I’ve tried using VLC but all I get is this:

No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "dts ". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

And Kaffeine just makes sound but no sight.

Help, please.

caf4926 · March 8, 2012, 12:52pm

Did you follow this
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/107-re-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html

What is the video you are trying to play?

Are you 32 or 64 bit

judasdisciple · March 8, 2012, 12:55pm

32-bit.

AVI and MP4

judasdisciple · March 8, 2012, 1:05pm

Done the zypper thing. but now get this from VLC:

No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpga”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mpgv”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "dts ". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

judasdisciple · March 8, 2012, 1:14pm

Ignore.

Got it now.

caf4926 · March 8, 2012, 1:31pm

Pleased to hear it

robin_listas · March 8, 2012, 2:18pm

On 2012-03-08 13:16, JudasDisciple wrote:
>
> Ignore.
>
> Got it now.

You could say what it was, for the record

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

judasdisciple · March 13, 2012, 9:34pm

Truthfully, I’m not to sure, but I think it was installing the Multimedia and Restricted format installation. And the restarting the laptop.

tdrusk · April 22, 2013, 5:47pm

Just in case anyone stumbles on this, like I did, and wants to know how to fix this.

Install vlc-codecs

zypper install vlc-codecs

wolfi323 · April 22, 2013, 7:07pm

For Kaffeine you would need the package “libxine1-codecs” on 12.1…

bananaosx · April 26, 2013, 8:43pm

Gstreamer Plugins or Restricted Formats are not required for VLC as VLC already has these codecs built-in.

wolfi323 · April 26, 2013, 8:47pm

Yes, but they are in the package “vlc-codecs” now which is not installed by default.

bananaosx · April 26, 2013, 8:53pm

Yes it’s a question of semantics. VLC-Codecs is part of VLC but they are both packaged separately.
No way is VLC going to use “standard” system codec plugins.

wolfi323 · April 26, 2013, 8:59pm

Well, there are no “standard” system codec plugins.
There is a codec package for xine, one for vlc and a few for gstreamer.
And then there are also different applications which are compiled without support for certain codecs in the standard openSUSE repos (f.e. sox)

So if you use kaffeine it does not matter whether you have the gstreamer or vlc codecs installed or not and vice versa.
On the other hand VLC is using the “standard” ffmpeg package (libavcodec to be precise) in the end (just like gstreamer and xine)…

lshantz · September 4, 2013, 7:24pm

Many thanks!!! That is what I was missing.

bmschris1 · March 29, 2014, 3:04pm

Thank you very much for this advice. I tried the 1-click install from" http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php", rebooted and had no luck. But intalling the vlc-codecs and rebooting did the trick. Thanks again for your help.

Chris

thebigming · February 19, 2015, 6:26pm

A lot of this is now teribly out of date & doesn’t work BUT:

On 04/09/2013 09:45 AM, Ricardo Chung wrote (in answer to a similar question - and I found this on http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2013-04/msg00360.html):

It looks you did not add the proper multimedia codecs from repositories.

You can open YaST -&gt;Software Repositories-&gt;Add Packman Repositories and
installing the needed codecs or follow the directions on

http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php*

and it works.

I would suggest following the directions on http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php. I would NOT use the “one click” option (throws up lots of questions. I’m sure it’s easy if you’re very slick. I’m not), nor would I use the *manual codec installation" (it’s OK but a bit laborious). I would, however, use “codec installation in the terminal”

Copy & paste the two lines:

zypper addrepo -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.2/ packman

zypper addrepo -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.2/ dvd

These add the two repositories (packman & dvd) to YaST. Then, finally, copy & paste:

zypper install libxine2-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon gstreamer-plugins-libav libdvdcss2

and the output will be about 352 lines. You will still be asked for answers but the 1st solution is the one to choose (see below)

*Problem: libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 requires libxine2 = 1.2.6, but this
requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.i586[Packman Repository]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64[Packman Repository]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.i586[packman]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64[packman]
Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
install libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
openSUSE → http://packman.links2linux.de
install libxine2-pulse-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
openSUSE → http://packman.links2linux.de
Solution 2: do not install libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64
Solution 3: do not install libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64
Solution 4: break libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its
dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/3/4/s/r/c]
(c): 1
Resolving dependencies…
Resolving package dependencies…

*Then you can play your Region 1 (or whatever) videos to your hearts content. Hope this is useful.

with thanks to Ricardo Chung

dmk

thebigming · February 19, 2015, 9:10pm

A lot of this is now teribly out of date & doesn’t work BUT:

On 04/09/2013 09:45 AM, Ricardo Chung wrote (in answer to a similar question - and I found this on http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2013-04/msg00360.html):

It looks you did not add the proper multimedia codecs from repositories.

You can open YaST -&gt;Software Repositories-&gt;Add Packman Repositories and
installing the needed codecs or follow the directions on

http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php*

and it works.

I would suggest following the directions on http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php. I would NOT use the “one click” option (throws up lots of questions. I’m sure it’s easy if you’re very slick. I’m not), nor would I use the *manual codec installation" (it’s OK but a bit laborious). I would, however, use “codec installation in the terminal”

Copy & paste the two lines:

zypper addrepo -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.2/ packman

zypper addrepo -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.2/ dvd

These add the two repositories (packman & dvd) to YaST. Then, finally, copy & paste:

zypper install libxine2-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon gstreamer-plugins-libav libdvdcss2

and the output will be about 352 lines. You will still be asked for answers but the 1st solution is the one to choose (see below)

*Problem: libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 requires libxine2 = 1.2.6, but this
requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.i586[Packman Repository]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64[Packman Repository]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.i586[packman]
libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64[packman]
Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
install libxine2-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
openSUSE → http://packman.links2linux.de
install libxine2-pulse-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 (with vendor change)
openSUSE → http://packman.links2linux.de
Solution 2: do not install libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64
Solution 3: do not install libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64
Solution 4: break libxine2-codecs-1.2.6-93.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its
dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/3/4/s/r/c]
(c): 1
Resolving dependencies…
Resolving package dependencies…

*Then you can play your Region 1 (or whatever) videos to your hearts content. Hope this is useful.

with thanks to Ricardo Chung

dmk

nthkmf · July 24, 2015, 5:39am

I have no luck with this

zypper install vlc-codecs

The Terminal tells me this:

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'vlc-codecs' not found.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.

Amarok can play my MP3 file but VLC. How will I do next? Thanks for your consideration!
Hoc Nguyen Triet from Vietnam.

Sauerland · July 24, 2015, 6:53am

You have to add the Packman Repo:

From the post above yours (only if your Distribution is openSUSE 13.2)

Copy & paste the two lines:
zypper addrepo -f Index of /pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.2/ packman

zypper addrepo -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.2/ dvd

These add the two repositories (packman & dvd) to YaST. Then, finally, copy & paste:

zypper install -f libxine2-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly-orig-addon gstreamer-plugins-libav libdvdcss2 vlc vlc-codecs
(added -f and vlc, vlc-codecs)
And do not forget to switch all Packages to Packman:

zypper dup --from packman