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#1

Here 's my problem. I install successfully suse 11 and the sound worked without installing manually any sound drivers but i can’t see any video. Plus i want to use vlc as my default program but there is a dependency hell and i can’t install it. Any idea?? Thx in advance!

#2

if you have activated Compiz, disable it and try again with vlc to play a video. Alternatively you can install Packman’s Xine or MPlayer. I wouldn’t encourage you to use vlc as it’s very buggy and often fails miserably but it’s your choice

#3

If it is compiz you can probably fix it with some extra settings, see here : Desktop Effects interfers with Video playback - openSUSE Forums

#4

The problem is that i can’t install vlc i haven’t install it. Btw which video player do you advise to use??
The video should work without installing any drivers??? I don’t use compiz now.

#5

you can get VLC from the packman repo. I recommend Xine or MPlayer which are also available from the packman repository.

#6

yes, no need for installing codecs/drivers

#7

Have you tried installing with the one-click for restricted formats? : Restricted Formats - openSUSE-Community

I use VLC alot, but many also like mplayer.

#8

Have you tried installing with the one-click for restricted formats? : Restricted Formats - openSUSE-Community

I use VLC alot, but many also like mplayer.

#9

There is a problem my pc it’s not connected on the internet.

#10

then you have to compile VLC yourself. Install gcc and make from YaST and try to compile VLC. It’s usually only a matter of

./configure
make
su
<root password>
make install

compiling mplayer is much more easier though

#11

I 've got vlc on .rpm but there is a dependency hell if i compile it it will work??

#12

i don’t know if it’ll work. This depends on what you have installed on your system. You also need the source of VLC and probably some other packages too (dunno which ones)… in my opinion it’s better to grab the source of MPlayer and compile it. It’s much easier than compiling VLC. You can get the mplayer source form here

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc2.tar.bz2