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Much like this post, vlc v2.0.5 on Arch Linux cannot properly play wmv files. The audio is basically static although video seems fine. I understand from bug #8260 that the problem is not due to vlc.

*I compiled vlc from git and found no change.
*I have tried downgrading my ffmpeg package to the point where the video files are not recognized by vlc with no change (on Arch, the ffmpeg package provides the files that the libavcodec provides on other systems).

The Arch Bug Tracker is actually tracking this actively but has not solved it yet. I am interested in suggestions to try that will restore normal functionality.

Thank you!

Use 2.0.6

Use 2.0.6

I have compiled it from git but the audio is still messed-up. The static is gone, but there are horrible echo effects in the audio stream of wmv files. I used the example wmv file posted in my bug report as an example. Here is a video I took of my freshly compiled 2.0.6 from git playing a small clip of the wmv. You can hear the crazy echo.

Built with source from:

Please share a file.

Please share a file.

Here is a non-copyrighted file that exhibits this behavior: http://www.educationalquestions.com/vid ... 5_768k.wmv

The problem started when the following patch was introduced to ffmpeg.

7ebfe5b44a55d7f2c510e6aaeaf767319c786b60 is the first bad commit
commit 7ebfe5b44a55d7f2c510e6aaeaf767319c786b60
Author: Justin Ruggles <justin.ruggles@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Aug 28 23:12:49 2012 -0400

wmadec: use float planar sample format output

:040000 040000 c828c1e7f0a8aa91eec2d01e37fb0e31f2592ca1 898f523b2f831eacdb3ec569178497cba474c309 M libavcodec

Works with vlc.git, but not 2.0-git

Works with vlc.git, but not 2.0-git

Yes, I too can verify this. Does that mean that we should re-open bug #8260 since the stable tree should not have this problem?

You could, yes

You could, yes

Thanks, I added comment #6 requesting it to be reopened but didn't see any formal way to do it: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/8260#comment:6

I just fixed it.

I just fixed it.

Thank you! Building from git now and will report back.

EDIT: Yes! Worked.

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