VLC Codec Problems

When I try to play .mkv and .mp4 files with VLC I get these messages

Codec not supported:

VLC could not decode the format “hevc” (MPEG-H Part2/HEVC (H.265))
Codec not supported:

VLC could not decode the format “mp4a” (MPEG AAC Audio)

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)

I’ve tried all sorts of things from other threads and been through the Multimedia Guide a couple times. I’m hoping for some new suggestions. I’m new to OpenSUSE but not to Linux. This is a fresh install of 13.2

Frequently requested output in other threads:
Are my repos looking okay?


zypper lr -r

#  | Alias                     | Name                               | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
---+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------
 1 | Packman Repository        | Packman Repository                 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 2 | openSUSE-13.2-0           | openSUSE-13.2-0                    | No      | ----      | Yes    
 3 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-13.2-Debug                | No      | ----      | Yes    
 4 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug         | No      | ----      | Yes    
 5 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No      | ----      | Yes    
 6 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-13.2-Non-Oss              | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes    
 7 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-13.2-Oss                  | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes    
 8 | repo-source               | openSUSE-13.2-Source               | No      | ----      | Yes    
 9 | repo-update               | openSUSE-13.2-Update               | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes    
10 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss       | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes    

I’ve installed all these:

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

I’ve updated w/ zypper up
I’ve switched system packages to Packman and reinstalled VLC
Not sure where to go from here, any help appreciated. First post with this forum :slight_smile:

Install vlc-codecs:

zypper in vlc-codecs

Thanks! It worked. That was so simple I wish it was in the multimedia guide or somewhere. Could’ve saved me a lot of time.

also don’t forget to do a

zypper dup --from 1

as you probably have crippled packages from the oss repo and you should use packman for that.
ps in the above 1 represents packman’s repository