VLC and SUSE 10.0: Missing Codecs?

[ve3jf]

I've installed the latest VLC RPM from Packman (vlc-0.8.6-0.pm.1.x86_64.rpm) on my SUSE 10.0 AMD64 system. I also have the most recent updates of packages such as xvid (and, if it matters, ffmpeg) installed. I can play mpeg2 files okay with VLC, but when I try xvid or divx mpeg4 files, I get no video playback, only audio. For example, when I select an avi file that's in xvid format:

[00000296] main demuxer debug: using demux2 module "avi"
[00000285] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /var/video/
[00000298] main decoder debug: looking for decoder module: 23 candidates
[00000298] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[00000298] main decoder debug: killing decoder fourcc `XVID', 0 PES in FIFO
[00000338] main decoder debug: looking for decoder module: 23 candidates
[00000338] main decoder debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
[00000338] main decoder debug: thread 1089247584 (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:159)

These file types should be supported, no? The files play okay with mplayer, but I need the server capabilities of VLC, for use with my MediaMVP box and MVPMC. Any suggestions as to where to go from here?

TIA,

Barry

[dimstar]

you should probably give the official VLC RPMs (Version 0.8.6a, including the latest security fix) a try.

Follow the instructions on http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-suse.html

Regards,
Dominique

[ve3jf]

you should probably give the official VLC RPMs (Version 0.8.6a, including the latest security fix) a try.

Follow the instructions on http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-suse.html

Regards,
Dominique

That worked! It did not occur to me that the RPMs at the VideoLAN site would be different from those at the Packman site, but it seems that they are. Thanks much for the pointer!

Barry