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Alternatively, as dimstar mentioned above, you might prefer to install the new RPMs for OpenSuSE. In this case, you might want to remove the files installed from your ffmpeg and VLC builds to avoid conflicting with the RPM packages. You can go to the ffmpeg and VLC source directories and do 'make un...

The option "--with-ffmpeg-tree" I tried before (when I compiled ffmpeg from source): the problem with that is that VLC look in /usr/lib/libavcodec, but the header files (libavcodec. a etc.) do not reside in a seperate directory: they're all placed in the same dir. Wwen I copied them to a ...

Hi vlcuser01: I have had the same problem. I found that the VLC ffmpeg plugin (libffmpeg.so) was able to find the ffmpeg shared libraries, but the ffmpeg decoder still was not listed when I run 'vlc --list', and of course XVID files do not play - same error as you mentioned. But I've got VLC and ffm...

Hello all, I have compiled VLC 0.8.6c with wxgtk1 (version 2.6.3.2.1.5 from Debian unstable). The player is stable enough for normal usage. The problem is, there are black areas appearing in all interface panels. My question is, can any of the code in 'modules/gui/wxwidgets/' be changed to improve t...

'--disable-plugins' did not work. It completely broke the build. However, adding '--enable-static --disable-shared' to VLC's configuration gives me a working build. VLC now works with (shared) ffmpeg! Unfortunately, I am new to VLC and do not know exactly what difference '--enable-static --disable-s...

Yes, divx/xvid files are able to play now. ffmpeg now shows up in 'Other Codecs' section of preferences. ffmpeg is now a builtin rather than a plugin, as this screenshot shows: (`ls /opt/vlc/lib/vlc/codec`) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1053/676916986_f6ae77bd24_o.gif This is with a minimum (static...

It is good advice. I will build a minimal testset and post back.

Thank you kmf31. I have tried as you suggested, but setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not solve the problem. I have double-checked this with `echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH` before running `vlc`. I still get this: [00000277] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'. Thank you for spending ...

vlc -vvv --color --no-plugins-cache --list |grep ffmpeg will show you the error (in yellow) Thank you Xtophe. I did as you suggested. ffmpeg does appear in the verbose list. There is a warning about an undefined symbol in 'libquicktime_plugin.so'. I do not know if this is serious enough to prevent ...

Very sorry - I am hastily editing the original post in parts. kmf31, could you please refer to the very last screenshot above - the ffmpeg plugin is finding the libraries it needs (thanks to -rpath), but VLC is not detecting it.
Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

Hello everyone, I will be thankful for help with solving my problem. My compiled vlc does not detect the ffmpeg plugin. Please refer to info and screenshots below. Compiled v0.8.6c (latest release) vlc with wxgtk1 (libwx_gtk-2.6.so.0) and linked against ffmpeg svn r9451 (20070630). I have taken note...