VLC ver 0.8.5-test 2 and FC4

[khaledma]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to install vlc 0.8.5-test 2 under FC4, it compiles well and installed without any kind of problems on my system , but its not functioning, ....

i have compiled it with the following options:

./configure --enable-pth --disable-hal --enable-livedotcom --enable-dv --enable-dvdread --enable-smb --enable-v4l --enable-pvr --enable-vcdx --enable-dvb --enable-screen --enable-faad --enable-real --enable-realrtsp --enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-flac --enable-theora --enable-snapshot --enable-aa --enable-gnutls --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/lib/live


and againest wxGTK 2.6.2-0.2.2.fc4
and ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4

with all the packages needed properly installed,...
it compiled well and installed without any problem under my /usr/local ...tree , but when firing it up after that, ...the windows open,...but can not play any movies , no picture no sound....

can anyone tell me what's wrong here...or any advice

thanks

[dionoea]

Do you have ffmpeg installed and linked with VLC ?

[khaledma]

hi,

yes i have installed the following packages ,

[khaled@tiger ~]$ rpm -qa | grep ffmpeg
ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.8.7-1.2.fc4
ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4
ffmpeg-libpostproc-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4

------------------------------------------

and its already been built on my system from the SRPM, also the ffmpeg package works well as video/audio converter ... streamer...
and video/audio capture / playback ....

but what do mean by linked to vlc ?
should i link it manually during the configure stage or what ?

thanks

[dionoea]

Do you have the ffmpeg developement headers installed ? (check output from ./configure to see if it finds them)

could you also paste the output from "vlc --list" ?

[khaledma]

hi,

I will reconfigure the vlc right now , since i have uninstalled it and tell you just give me a couple of minutes, but the ffmpeg devel listing is as follows:

[khaled@tiger ~]$ rpm -ql ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-0.3.20051207.2.fc4
/usr/include/ffmpeg
/usr/include/ffmpeg/avcodec.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/avformat.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/avio.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/avutil.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/common.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/integer.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/intfloat_readwrite.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/mathematics.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/rational.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/rtp.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/rtsp.h
/usr/include/ffmpeg/rtspcodes.h
/usr/lib/libavcodec.a
/usr/lib/libavformat.a
/usr/lib/libavutil.a
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavcodec.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavformat.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavutil.pc
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/TODO
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/ffmpeg-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/ffmpeg_powerpc_performance_evaluation_howto.txt
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/ffplay-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/ffserver-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/ffserver.conf
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/hooks.html
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9/optimization.txt
[khaled@tiger ~]$

thanks

[khaledma]

hi,

Here is my newly configuration parameters:

--------------------------------------------------------------
[khaled@tiger vlc-0.8.5-test2]$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pth --disable-hal --enable-mkv --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/lib/live --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-utf8 --enable-v4l --enable-pvr --enable-vcdx --enable-cddax --disable-libcddb --enable-dvb --enable-faad --enable-flac --disable-speex --enable-theora --enable-debug --enable-release --disable-altivec --disable-shared-libvlc --enable-sout --enable-shout --enable-httpd --enable-vlm --enable-growl --enable-dv --enable-dvdread --enable-dvdnav --enable-smb --enable-dvbpsi --enable-pvr --disable-libcdio --enable-ffmpeg --enable-a52 --enable-real --enable-realrtsp --enable-dts --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-vorbis --enable-png --enable-x11 --enable-xvideo --enable-glx --enable-opengl --enable-sdl --enable-freetype --enable-fribidi --enable-libxml2 --enable-snapshot --enable-gnutls --enable-xosd --enable-ncurses --enable-wxwidgets --enable-skins2 --enable-alsa --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-dts --with-ffmpeg-vorbis --with-ffmpeg-theora --with-ffmpeg-ogg --with-ffmpeg-zlib
---------------------------------------------------------------

and my ffmpeg checks during the configuration phase:

checking for ffmpeg-config... no
checking for FFMPEG... yes
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... yes
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... yes
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... yes
checking postproc/postprocess.h usability... yes
checking postproc/postprocess.h presence... yes
checking for postproc/postprocess.h... yes
checking for POSTPROC... yes





vlc configuration
--------------------
vlc version : 0.8.5-test2
system : linux
architecture : i686 mmx
build flavour : debug optim release
vlc aliases : svlc wxvlc

You can tune the compiler flags in vlc-config.
To build vlc and its plugins, type `./compile' or `make'.

[khaled@tiger vlc-0.8.5-test2]$

[khaledma]

hi,

[khaled@tiger ~]$ vlc --list

VLC media player 0.8.5-test2 Janus
main main program
help Help options
memcpymmx MMX memcpy
i420_rgb_mmx MMX I420,IYUV,YV12 to RV15,RV16,RV24,RV32 conversions
i422_yuy2_mmx MMX conversions from I422 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv
i420_ymga_mmx MMX conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YMGA
i420_yuy2_mmx MMX conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv
memcpymmxext MMX EXT memcpy
memcpy3dn 3D Now! memcpy
livedotcom RTP/RTSP/SDP demuxer (using Live555.com)
livedotcom RTSP/RTP access and demux
mux_ts TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
mkv Matroska stream demuxer
ffmpeg FFmpeg audio/video decoder/encoder ((MS)MPEG4,SVQ1,H263,WMV,WMA)
ffmpeg FFmpeg chroma conversion
ffmpeg FFmpeg audio/video encoder
ffmpeg FFmpeg demuxer
ffmpeg FFmpeg video filter
ffmpeg FFmpeg crop padd filter
ffmpeg FFmpeg deinterlace video filter
stream_out_switcher MPEG2 video switcher stream output
theora Theora video decoder
theora Theora video packetizer
theora Theora video encoder
xosd XOSD interface
visual Visualizer filter
opengl OpenGL video output
xvideo XVideo extension video output
glx OpenGL video output
image Image video output
fb GNU/Linux console framebuffer video output
x11 X11 video output
snapshot Snapshot module
vout_sdl Simple DirectMedia Layer video output
aout_file File audio output
aout_sdl Simple DirectMedia Layer audio output
oss Linux OSS audio output
alsa ALSA audio output
rc Remote control interface
gestures Mouse gestures control interface
netsync Network synchronisation
http HTTP remote control interface
telnet VLM remote control interface
showintf Show interface with mouse
hotkeys Hotkeys management interface
trivial_mixer Trivial audio mixer
float32_mixer Float32 audio mixer
spdif_mixer Dummy S/PDIF audio mixer
mux_mp4 MP4/MOV muxer
mux_mpjpeg Multipart JPEG muxer
mux_dummy Dummy/Raw muxer
mux_asf ASF muxer
mux_avi AVI muxer
mux_ps PS muxer
mux_ogg Ogg/OGM muxer
mux_wav WAV muxer
wxwidgets wxWidgets interface module
wxwidgets wxWidgets dialogs provider
ncurses Ncurses interface
skins2 Skinnable Interface
skins2 Skins loader demux
access_filter_record Record
access_filter_timeshift Timeshift
cmml CMML annotations decoder
cmml CMML annotations decoder
mpeg_audio MPEG audio layer I/II/III decoder
mpeg_audio MPEG audio layer I/II/III packetizer
svcdsub Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) decoder
svcdsub Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) packetizer
spudec DVD subtitles decoder
spudec DVD subtitles packetizer
vorbis Vorbis audio decoder
vorbis Vorbis audio packetizer
vorbis Vorbis audio encoder
faad AAC audio decoder (using libfaad2)
a52 A/52 parser
a52 A/52 audio packetizer
subsdec Text subtitles decoder
fake Fake video decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles encoder
png PNG video decoder
flacdec Flac audio decoder
flacdec Flac audio encoder
flacdec Flac audio packetizer
dts DTS parser
dts DTS audio packetizer
libmpeg2 MPEG I/II video decoder (using libmpeg2)
cvdsub CVD subtitle decoder
cvdsub Chaoji VCD subtitle packetizer
cinepak Cinepak video decoder
lpcm Linear PCM audio decoder
lpcm Linear PCM audio packetizer
rawvideo Pseudo raw video decoder
rawvideo Pseudo raw video packetizer
realaudio RealAudio library decoder
adpcm ADPCM audio decoder
araw Raw/Log Audio decoder
araw Raw audio encoder
wall Wall video filter
deinterlace Deinterlacing video filter
deinterlace Deinterlacing video filter
motiondetect Motion detect video filter
scale Video scaling filter
crop Crop video filter
magnify Magnify/Zoom interactive video filter
blend Video pictures blending
marq Marquee display
time Time display sub filter
adjust Image properties filter
rv32 RV32 conversion filter
invert Invert video filter
transform Video transformation filter
mosaic Mosaic video sub filter
distort Distort video filter
osdmenu On Screen Display menu
rss RSS and Atom feed display
motionblur Motion blur filter
clone Clone video filter
logo Logo video filter
logo Logo sub filter
access_output_file File stream output
access_output_http HTTP stream output
access_output_udp UDP stream output
access_output_dummy Dummy stream output
logger File logging
growl Growl Notification Plugin
memcpy libc memcpy
dummy Dummy interface function
dummy Dummy access function
dummy Dummy demux function
dummy Dummy decoder function
dummy Dummy encoder function
dummy Dummy audio output function
dummy Dummy video output function
dummy Dummy font renderer function
gnutls GnuTLS TLS encryption layer
vod_rtsp RTSP VoD server
xtag Simple XML Parser
screensaver X Screensaver disabler
xml XML Parser (using libxml2)
ipv6 UDP/IPv6 network abstraction layer
ipv4 UDP/IPv4 network abstraction layer
freetype Freetype2 font renderer
export export
export M3U playlist exporter
export Old playlist exporter
export XSPF playlist export
i420_ymga Conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YMGA
i420_yuy2 Conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
i422_yuy2 Conversions from I422 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
i420_rgb I420,IYUV,YV12 to RGB2,RV15,RV16,RV24,RV32 conversions
stream_out_mosaic_bridge Mosaic bridge stream output
stream_out_rtp RTP stream output
stream_out_es Elementary stream output
stream_out_display Display stream output
stream_out_dummy Dummy stream output
stream_out_transcode Transcode stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_gather Gathering stream output
stream_out_description Description stream output
stream_out_standard Standard stream output
stream_out_duplicate Duplicate stream output
packetizer_mpegvideo MPEG-I/II video packetizer
packetizer_mpeg4audio MPEG4 audio packetizer
packetizer_copy Copy packetizer
packetizer_mpeg4video MPEG4 video packetizer
packetizer_h264 H.264 video packetizer
access_gnomevfs GnomeVFS input
access_fake Fake input
vcd VCD input
dvdnav DVDnav Input
pvr IVTV MPEG Encoding cards input
v4l Video4Linux input
access_file File input
access_dv Digital Video (Firewire/ieee1394) input
cdda Audio CD input
access_udp UDP/RTP input
dvb DVB input with v4l2 support
access_tcp TCP input
access_http HTTP input
screen Screen Input
access_realrtsp Real RTSP
access_mms Microsoft Media Server (MMS) input
dvdread DVDRead Input (DVD without menu support)
access_ftp FTP input
access_directory Standard filesystem directory input
access_directory Directory EOF
access_smb SMB input
ts MPEG Transport Stream demuxer
subtitle Text subtitles parser
mpc MusePack demuxer
vobsub Vobsub subtitles parser
mpgv MPEG-I/II video demuxer
voc VOC demuxer
a52sys Raw A/52 demuxer
mp4 MP4 stream demuxer
m3u Playlist metademux
pva PVA demuxer
asf ASF v1.0 demuxer
m4a MPEG-4 audio demuxer
demuxdump File dumpper
aiff AIFF demuxer
playlist Playlist
playlist M3U playlist import
playlist PLS playlist import
playlist B4S playlist import
playlist DVB playlist import
playlist Podcast parser
playlist XSPF playlist import
real Real demuxer
xa XA demuxer
ty TY Stream audio/video demux
au AU demuxer
wav WAV demuxer
id3tag ID3 tags parser
ogg OGG demuxer
nsv NullSoft demuxer
flac FLAC demuxer
mod MOD demuxer (libmodplug)
dtssys Raw DTS demuxer
ps MPEG-PS demuxer
ps MPEG-PS demuxer
m4v MPEG-4 video demuxer
rawdv DV (Digital Video) demuxer
nsc Windows Media NSC metademux
h264 H264 video demuxer
mjpeg M-JPEG camera demuxer
nuv Nuv demuxer
sgimb Kasenna MediaBase parser
mpga MPEG audio / MP3 demuxer
avi AVI demuxer
simple_channel_mixer Audio filter for simple channel mixing
a52tofloat32 ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
a52tofloat32 ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
float32tou16 Audio filter for float32->u16 conversion
bandlimited_resampler Audio filter for band-limited interpolation resampling
dtstofloat32 DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder
dtstofloat32 DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder
s16tofloat32swab Audio filter for s16->float32 with endianness conversion
s16tofixed32 Audio filter for s16->fixed32 conversion
param_eq Parametric Equalizer
trivial_resampler Audio filter for trivial resampling
audio_format Audio filter for PCM format conversion
float32tou8 Audio filter for float32->u8 conversion
headphone_channel_mixer Headphone virtual spatialization effect
trivial_channel_mixer Audio filter for trivial channel mixing
linear_resampler Audio filter for linear interpolation resampling
linear_resampler Audio filter for linear interpolation resampling
mpgatofixed32 MPEG audio decoder
mpgatofixed32 MPEG audio decoder
u8tofloat32 Audio filter for u8->float32 conversion
float32tos8 Audio filter for float32->s8 conversion
s8tofloat32 Audio filter for s8->float32 conversion
dolby_surround_decoder Simple decoder for Dolby Surround encoded streams
fixed32tofloat32 Audio filter for fixed32<->float32 conversion
normvol Volume normalizer
fixed32tos16 Audio filter for fixed32->s16 conversion
a52tospdif Audio filter for A/52->S/PDIF encapsulation
ugly_resampler Audio filter for ugly resampling
dtstospdif Audio filter for DTS->S/PDIF encapsulation
float32tos16 Audio filter for float32->s16 conversion
s16tofloat32 Audio filter for s16->float32 conversion
equalizer Equalizer with 10 bands
u8tofixed32 Audio filter for u8->fixed32 conversion
shout Shoutcast radio listings
sap SAP Announcements
sap SDP file parser for UDP
podcast Podcasts
[khaled@tiger ~]$


thanks

[khaledma]

hi,

when using ncurses interface,....the package works ...
and display the movie picture and sound, ....

thanks

[Guest]

Hi,

Do you have any issues with X errors ?

The window for the video does not open for me. the Motif UI opens but when I try to play the video - craps out on me with

X Error of failed request : BadDrawable.

[khaledma]

hi,

Its now working just fine on my FC4 Box, even with TV tuner, the sound is good, as well as the picture.
yesterday i have successfully transmitted a live stream from a camera connected to my TV tuner card, through the network to a windows xp box , and the transmission was perfect.

First, i have downloaded the wxGTK-2.6.3 tarball, compiled it and installed it at /usr/local,
then, modefied the /etc/ld.so.conf file, just add the following line:
/usr/local/lib

save & exit

then run the following command
# /sbin/ldconfig

My configuration options for the wxGTK-2.6.3 is as follows:
[khaled@tiger wxGTK-2.6.3]$ ./configure --enable-plugins
--enable-shared
--enable-config
--enable-xrc
--enable-gpe
--enable-sockets
--enable-datetime
--enable-dialupman
--enable-dynlib
--enable-dynamicloader
--enable-ffile
--enable-file
--enable-filesystem
--enable-fontmap
--enable-fs_inet
--enable-fs_zip
--enable-geometry
--enable-mimetype
--enable-snglinst
--enable-std_iostreams
--enable-std_string
--enable-stdpaths
--enable-streams
--enable-sysoptions
--enable-textbuf
--enable-textfile
--enable-timer
--enable-unicode
--enable-sound
--with-gtk=2
--with-opengl
--disable-optimise
------------------------------

Next, i have dowloaded the latest vlc snapshot from:
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/source

the configured it as follows:

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
--enable-hal
--enable-mkv
--enable-livedotcom
--with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/lib/live
--enable-faad
--enable-flac
--disable-speex
--enable-theora
--enable-debug
--enable-release
--disable-altivec
--disable-shared-libvlc
--enable-sout
--enable-shout
--enable-httpd
--enable-vlm
--enable-growl
--enable-dv
--enable-dvdread
--enable-dvdnav
--enable-smb
--enable-dvbpsi
--enable-pvr
--disable-libcdio
--enable-ffmpeg
--enable-a52
--enable-real
--enable-realrtsp
--enable-dts
--enable-libmpeg2
--enable-vorbis
--enable-png
--enable-x11
--enable-xvideo
--enable-glx
--enable-opengl
--enable-sdl
--enable-freetype
--enable-fribidi
--enable-libxml2
--enable-snapshot
--enable-gnutls
--enable-xosd
--enable-ncurses
--enable-wxwidgets
--enable-release
--disable-macosx
--enable-v4l
-------------------------------
compile and install , as usual

that is it.

Besure that you have the ffmpeg and its devel packages properly
installed on your system, ...

good luck

[bower]

What TV tuner card are you using?

thx

[khaledma]

hi,
its Fly video 98 FM , which is based on the Bt878 video Capture chip.
Its working long time ago with linux.
But i have also a Pinnacle DC10+ video capture card and i am going to try it with vlc soon.

khaled

[bblood]

I have been banging my head against the wall over this for quite some time. I can't seem to get a picture from my tv tuner. I get a green screen or a blue screen, but no picture....It looks like it is in PAL mode when it should be in NTCS or maybe it is reading the signl from the composite input rather than the "television" input.

here is the startup string:

v4l:// :v4l-vdev="/dev/video0" :v4l-adev="/dev/dsp" :v4l-norm=1 :v4l-frequency=65250 :v4l-tuner=0:v4l-channel=0

Also, if I start xawtv and set NTSC, Broadcast, US channel 3, the picture will appear just fine.

I want to stream the picture and when I try to start vlc for streaming, it streams what looks like a PAL signal....

Please help!

[bblood]

I just checked again...every time I start vlc, it switches the tuner back to PAL....WTF?? If I try to switch the tuner back to NTSC while VLC is streaming, it crashes both VLC and XAWTV.....or the tuner itself....

[bblood]

I can get the video streaming nicely with this from the commandline:

vlc -vv v4l:/dev/video0:norm=ntsc:size=640x480:adev=/dev/dsp:audio=0 --ttl 12 --sout '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=vorb,vb=1000,ab=128,deinterlace}:duplicate{dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,url=192.168.1.2:8080}}'

I got this from another thread in the forum....slightly modified it....Still tinkering with the sound...no luck yet.

Why won't the GUI work when I use it to enter the start string stuff??