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FS#36315 - vlc can't play h264 video files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Giangi (Rog) - Monday, 29 July 2013, 09:41 GMT
Last edited by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 09:14 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Error: "vlc can't play some video files which have the h264 codec"

x264 20130702-1
vlc 2.0.7-3
ffmpeg-compat 0.10.7-1
ffmpeg 1:2.0-1
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Closed by  Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 09:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  ffmpeg-compat 1:0.10.8-2
Comment by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Monday, 29 July 2013, 16:00 GMT
I'm sure it will work again after VLC 2.1.0 release. Until then, could you point to an example video file?
Comment by Giangi (Rog) - Monday, 29 July 2013, 16:42 GMT
I think all h264 file won't work. Example:
http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4

Audio works fine
Comment by João Rodrigues (gothicknight) - Monday, 29 July 2013, 18:13 GMT
I can confirm this issue.

Edit: reverted back x264,ffmpeg and vlc and everything works again.
Comment by zless (roentgen) - Monday, 29 July 2013, 20:53 GMT
It seems other codecs are affected to. I just received and error about 'DIV3'. The same file played fine the other day.
Comment by Boohbah (Boohbah) - Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 13:29 GMT
Here are warning and error lines from "vlc -vv"

[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libvcdx_plugin.so' (libvcdinfo.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_avio_plugin.so' (libavformat.so.53: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so' (libavcodec.so.53: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libtwolame_plugin.so' (libtwolame.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libpostproc_plugin.so' (libavutil.so.51: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libavformat_plugin.so' (libavformat.so.53: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libgoom_plugin.so' (libgoom2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x25681e8] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/notify/libxosd_plugin.so' (libxosd.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[0x7fe814c19e68] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `h264'. VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
Comment by f (bakgwailo) - Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 03:30 GMT
I had the same issue. I believe it is also present in mplayer-vaapi, it seems like the latest x264 and/or ffmpeg is kind of broken. To get VLC working again (and mplayer-vaapi half working), like above, I just downgraded ffmpeg, x264, vlc and mplayer-vaapi.

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