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Hi, i have big Problem to get VCL 0.8.1 work under Suse 9.1.
I am an absolute newbie under Linux, so I do not know whats the error

I have it installed in this way.

(Searched 2 hours in the Internet)
Downloaded the following RPM-Packages:

a52dec-0.7.4-3.pm.0.i686.rpm libdvdplay-1.0.1-147.i586.rpm
alsa-1.0.6-0.pm.0.i586.rpm libffmpeg0-0.4.9-1.pm.pre1.i686.rpm
faad2-2.0-0.pm.3.i686.rpm libmpeg2-0.4.0b-21.pm.1.i686.rpm
lame-3.96.1-pm.1.i686.rpm libtheora-0.9_1.0alpha3-0.pm.0.i686.rpm
libcddb-0.9.6-0.pm.0.i686.rpm speex-1.1.6-0.pm.0.i686.rpm
libcdio-0.70-0.pm.0.i686.rpm
libdvbpsi3-0.1.4-0.pm.3.i586.rpm wx-base-2.5.2-1.i386.rpm
libdvdcss-1.2.8-1.i686.rpm wx-gtk2-2.5.2-1.i386.rpm
libdvdnav-0.1.10-0.pm.0.i686.rpm xosd-2.2.5-42.i586.rpm

I installed them in the right Order with YAST and at last I installed

vlc-0.8.1-0.pm.3.i686.rpm

YAST says, that all is OK, and that there are no more dependencies.

Now if I run vlc, the application seems to work. But i cannot
play AVI-Files (Divx) for example. a black window pushed up and after a few seconds it leaves. If I wqant to play .asf files, i can only hear the sound.
If i want gto go to preferences, nothing happens...i cannot reach the preferences menue!

So I startet VCL -vvvv and I went once again to the prefernces-Button.
Here the debug-Infos

VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main vlc debug: module bank initialized, found 181 modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000000] main root debug: VLC media player - version 0.8.1 Janus - (c) 1996-2004 VideoLAN
[00000000] main root debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-debug --enable-dvdread --enable-dvdplay --enable-dvbpsi --enable-v4l --enable-vcd --enable-mad --enable-pp --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg=/usr --enable-faad --enable-xvid --enable-dv --enable-flac --enable-theora --enable-x11 --enable-xvideo --disable-qte --disable-directx --enable-fb --enable-aa --without-wingdi --enable-alsa --enable-oss --enable-esd --enable-arts --disable-waveout --enable-gtk --disable-familiar --enable-gnome --enable-qt --disable-opie --disable-macosx --disable-qnx --disable-intfwin --enable-ncurses --enable-xosd --enable-lirc --enable-pth --disable-st --disable-testsuite --enable-speex --enable-plugins --enable-livedotcom --disable-mkv --enable-wxwindows --enable-mozilla
[00000001] main vlc debug: translation test: code is "de"
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main vlc debug: module bank initialized, found 181 modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main vlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main vlc debug: looking for memcpy module
[00000001] main vlc debug: probing 3 candidates
[00000010] main module debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext"
[00000232] main playlist debug: creating group Normal with id 1 at position 0
[00000232] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000232] main playlist debug: thread 1087048624 (playlist) created at priority 0 (src/playlist/playlist.c:107)
[00000233] main interface debug: looking for interface module
[00000233] main interface debug: probing 1 candidate
[00000060] main module debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000233] main interface debug: interface initialized
[00000233] main interface debug: thread 1089170352 (interface) created at priority 0 (src/interface/interface.c:209)
[00000235] main interface debug: looking for interface module
[00000235] main interface debug: probing 4 candidates
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Using character encoding: UTF-8
[00000238] main dialogs provider debug: looking for dialogs provider module
[00000238] main dialogs provider debug: probing 0 candidates
[00000238] main dialogs provider error: no dialogs provider module matched "any"
[00000235] skins2 interface error: No suitable dialogs provider found
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Cannot open directory /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/skins2
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Cannot open directory share/skins2
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: found skin /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default.vlt
[00000022] main module debug: using interface module "skins2"
[00000235] main interface debug: interface initialized
[00000235] main interface debug: thread 1092791216 (manager) created at priority 0 (src/interface/interface.c:194)
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Using skin file: /tmp/vltQJBtjb/theme.xml
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Using catalog /usr/share/vlc/skins2/skin.catalog
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Using DTD /usr/share/vlc/skins2/skin.dtd
[00000235] skins2 interface: skin: VLC OSX Interface author: BigBen
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Unable to open the font /home/Finalbrain/.vlc/skins2/fonts/FreeSans.ttf
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Unable to open the font share/skins2/fonts/FreeSans.ttf
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Loading font /usr/share/vlc/skins2/fonts/FreeSans.ttf
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Loading font /tmp/vltQJBtjb/FreeSansBold.ttf
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Loading font /tmp/vltQJBtjb/FreeSansBold.ttf
[00000235] skins2 interface debug: Loading theme configuration
[00000239] main dialogs provider debug: looking for dialogs provider module
[00000239] main dialogs provider debug: probing 0 candidates
[00000239] main dialogs provider error: no dialogs provider module matched "any"
[00000235] skins2 interface error: No suitable dialogs provider found


I have read that his has something to do with the WxWindows-interface!

Someone said, that i should need to enable
the WxWindows-interface on the configure-script.

"--enable-wxwindows"

But where is the configure-Script. There is nothing!

Please..can someone help me...i am a complete newbie and i do not know
what i could do!


MFG

Finalbrain








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Hi, i have big Problem to get VCL 0.8.1 work under Suse 9.1.
I am an absolute newbie under Linux, so I do not know whats the error

[...]

I have read that his has something to do with the WxWindows-interface!

Someone said, that i should need to enable
the WxWindows-interface on the configure-script.

"--enable-wxwindows"

But where is the configure-Script. There is nothing!

You will have to download the source-code of vlc, so you can use the configure-script to build vlc yourself.

Get the source here: http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/0. ... .1.tar.bz2

Untar it with the following commands (console): cd to the directory containing the source-tree: You should remove the old installation with 'yast' first! (not the dependencies)

Use the ./configure script to configure for your environment, take a look at the help of the script: The important switches are:

• --enable-wxwindows
  --with-wx-config-path=

Find out, where your wx-config sits: For me it's: Configure for building vlc: Watch the output carefully. No errors? You should see something like: ath the end, and that you can do a 'make' now.

Okay, then make vlc: You will see a lot of output. Take a cup of tee or something and wait.
Hopefully everything is fine now, no errors, then install it. For that you should use superuser (su) rights: You will then have to type your root password. After that type: Hope this works!

Cheers
loony

hi list

I'm using SuSE 9.1 and have still the same error a la: I tried everything

1. installed rpm's:
wxGTK-devel-2.4.2.4-138
wxGTK-2.4.2.4-138
wxGTK-gl-2.4.2.4-138

2. downloaded the vlc 0.8.1 code, configured it like: 3. no errors while configuring and compiling, furthermore I can see following output at end of the configure step:

vlc aliases : svlc wxvlc

4. While making I can clearly see that it compiles wx..dialog classes. But the wx module is not produced:
reports there is noting.

Any help is highly appreciated. I'm desperate...

best regards
harald

harald,

did you ever get an answer, or find the solution. i'm getting pretty frustrated seeing the same issue you did.

i'd appreciate it if you'd let me know if you came up with a solution.

thanks.

Dude this is getting annoying. don't reactivate all those old threads please.

vlc --reset-plugins-cache

that was kinda my point. there are literally hundreds of complaints about this issue and no resolutions. it should be annoying...

anyway, i think we've focused it in on one thread under the linux-related forum, so i'll cease and desist elsewhere.

It should not be annoying. Making it annoying, will ensure that Developers get tired of users REALLY fast and then stop developing for us. If you want TRUE support go BUY a player.