Ubuntu Installation :: Cannot Seem To Get Any Media Player To Reliably Work
May 29, 2010
I decided to try kubuntu after reading over the webs. I got lastest 10.04 release of kubuntu installed (downloaded yesterday).
So far i dont seem to get any mediaplayer to work correctly with video files (avi's and Video_ts.ifo's). I've tried:
- built in Dragon
- Vlc
- mplayer and kmplayer/smplayer
- xine
The result is as follows
- Dragon plays only Dvd's "vob" files but cannot switch audio or subtitles
- vlc wont open ANYTHING at all
- mplayer crashes on anything as well
- xine will play some videos as dragon but wont play vob files (no "muxer")
At first i installed recommended stuff to play mp3's. When i tried to watch films or dvd's i couldnt do it with Dragon so i tried to install so advertised VLC. I did, and when i open ANY file in VLC, it closes itself. Just closes. Or on rare occasions (when opening some of dvd's files) it just opens a big black screen and reverts to starting small state w/o screen or file opened. I can even sometimes see the first picture from the video blink before it closes. I couldnt get ANY file to play on VLC not even an mp3...
I then installed some packages that told they contain codecs to play alot of formats, and package for "encoded dvd's" - nothing.
After that i've seen that now i can play some videos (avi's and stuff) and even DVD's with built in Dragon video player, but dragon cannot understand subtitles or different audio streams. I tried mplayer and Xine with no luck as well.
Now since its not a problem of one player, but i cannot get to play video_ts.ifo files at all and cannot get vlc and mplayer to play anything at all, there must be something i am doing wrong.
I tried so many times to configure vlc on fedora 11 . But all are failed things that tried are listed below: Yum install vlc error-> no package found Downloaded rpm for vlc and try to install but dependency errors Downloaded mplyer and try to compile but ended with errors, compile with various combinations of parameters but errors are still there.
Trying to use banshee to import music into Creative zen mp3 players but a pop up says 'import to library is not implemented for MTP devices yet'. Anyone know how to fix this?
I am trying, or rather wondering if I could put Linux on a touch Media Player that I have purchased in Taiwan. It is a Garmma media player that has a lot of capability but I would like to have Ubuntu or Kubuntu or something of the sort on it. It doesn't have wifi on it, but it has an internal hard drive of 8gb and is expandable to 40gb with a flash drive. I am able to format the hard drive because it shows up on my computer as a removable drive. Now when I tried to install it through the flash drive it didn't work because the Media Player can't run .exe files. I have searched around on the internet to find out if I could do this and found nothing.
Any website where I might be ale to download .deb package fr vlc media player for kubuntu. My kubuntu cannot connect to the net. So I have to use windows.
Ubuntu10.10.i want a media player with all media codecs.it should able to play all formats of videos and audios so please suggest me a media player.(i used km player in windows i want a media player like that)
I have just shifted from Ubuntu based system to Fedora 12, but am unable to install vlc media player on this OS. I searched for the same here and followed the instructions as:
Ii want to install VLC media player in mandriva linux 2009. I have tried the rpm packages from rpm.pbone.net but the rpm installation is not completed. I have downloaded the vlc from www.videolan.org but unable to install it. I have mandriva 2009.0
I'm having some tough time installing VLC on RHEL5. Tried yum install vlc. And there were many dependencies to begin with, however managed to install some RPMS manually and reduce the dependencies. BUT still have one more. Please look into the below details:
yum install vlc Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package vlc.i386 0:0.9.9a-4.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libavformat.so.52 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdvdnav.so.4 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcvaux.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libportaudio.so.2 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdirac_encoder.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdvdread.so.3 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdca.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libml.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcucul.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libzvbi.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: liba52.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcv.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libvgagl.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdvbpsi.so.4 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libixml.so.2 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libebml.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcddb.so.2 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libvga.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libhighgui.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libtag.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libmodplug.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libmpeg2.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libswscale.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcxcore.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libshout.so.3 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libcaca.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libmatroska.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libid3tag.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libavcodec.so.52 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libxosd.so.2 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libmad.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libupnp.so.3 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libaa.so.1 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.2 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libdirac_decoder.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.5 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libavutil.so.49 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libtwolame.so.0 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.68 for package: vlc --> Processing Dependency: libpostproc.so.51 for package: vlc --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package libmodplug.i386 0:0.8.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package taglib.i386 0:1.5-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libdvbpsi.i386 0:0.1.5-2.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package SDL_image.i386 0:1.2.5-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package opencv.i386 0:1.0.0-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libid3tag.i386 0:0.15.1b-3.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libupnp.i386 0:1.6.6-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package aalib.i386 0:1.4.0-5.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package svgalib.i386 0:1.9.25-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libmad.i386 0:0.15.1b-4.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package x264.i386 0:0.0.0-0.4.20090708.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package xosd.i386 0:2.2.14-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libcddb.i386 0:1.3.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libdca.i386 0:0.0.5-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package twolame.i386 0:0.3.12-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libshout.i386 0:2.2.2-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package portaudio.i386 0:19-1.20071207.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package lirc.i386 0:0.6.6-4.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libdvdnav.i386 0:0.1.10-3.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libmpeg2.i386 0:0.5.1-2.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg-libpostproc.i386 0:0.5-3.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libebml.i386 0:0.7.8-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package a52dec.i386 0:0.7.4-8.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package dirac.i386 0:1.0.2-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libmpcdec.i386 0:1.2.6-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libmatroska.i386 0:0.8.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libcaca.i386 0:0.99-0.1.beta11.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.5-3.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package zvbi.i386 0:0.2.33-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1 for package: twolame --> Processing Dependency: libImlib2.so.1 for package: ffmpeg --> Processing Dependency: libamrwb.so.3 for package: ffmpeg --> Processing Dependency: libmp3lame.so.0 for package: ffmpeg --> Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.7(CDIO_7) for package: libcddb --> Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.7 for package: libcddb --> Processing Dependency: libcppunit-1.12.so.0 for package: dirac --> Processing Dependency: libamrnb.so.3 for package: ffmpeg --> Processing Dependency: libfaac.so.0 for package: ffmpeg --> Processing Dependency: libdvdcss >= 1.2.5 for package: libdvdread --> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1(libsndfile.so.1.0) for package: twolame --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package amrwb.i386 0:7.0.0.3-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package lame.i386 0:3.98.2-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libsndfile.i386 0:1.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package faac.i386 0:1.26-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libdvdcss.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package amrnb.i386 0:7.0.0.2-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package cppunit.i386 0:1.12.0-3.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package imlib2.i386 0:1.4.0-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libcdio.i386 0:0.77-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libgif.so.4 for package: imlib2 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: libgif.so.4 is needed by package imlib2
But the library is already installed. (I installed it manually from a RH4 rpm).
[root@localhost yum]# yum provides libgif.so.4 Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Importing additional filelist information
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I don't have net connection to my PC.I just want to install VLC player.I heard that with out net it is not possible to install VLC(so many dependencies).Can any one tell me what files needed to be down loaded .
Streaming / Transcoding failed: It seems your FFMPEG (libavcodec) installation lacks the following encoder: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3. If you don't know how to fix this, ask for support from your distribution. This is not an error inside VLC media player. Do not contact the VideoLAN project about this issue.
It said not to contact VideoLAN, but instead the Distro so...here I am. Was there a file I should download in order to fix this? If there is one, where do I place it or run it to stop this error?
in software.opensuse.org site if we serch for a software the result will be like the following
vlc KDE:Unstablelayground/openSUSE_11.4_KDE_Distro_Factory This is the stripped version of the VLC media Player. VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video
[more] 1-Click Install Manual Package Download Go to OBS Project i586 vlc-1.1.6.99-1.11.i586.rpm src vlc-1.1.6.99-1.11.src.rpm x86_64 vlc-1.1.6.99-1.11.x86_64.rpm
if i like to keep the setup(rpm) of the software which i should chose the above?
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What's this about? Since they're all the same type of file, I don't understand why some would be viewed as "media files" but others not. If the files were on a Linux-type filesystem (ext3 etc.) I would guess it had something to do with permissions, but I'm not sure how file ownership & permissions apply to a mounted NTFS volume.
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I am starting my stream with the following command:
Code:
After vlc loads, I get the following error:
Code:
It seems your FFMPEG (libavcodec) installation lacks the following encoder: MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3.
If you don't know how to fix this, ask for support from your distribution.
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Do I need to add any other codecs to make this work?
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