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Are there any plans to add the new AVC/h.264 codecs to VLC? I really enjoy playing files with VLC but it dosn't seam to handle this new format.

It does in the nightly builds.

...it should be usable in the stable 0.8.1 release as well

Hi Felix,
Wow ! I don't know that 8.1 release has h.264 module.
Can you tell me how to use the h.264 on 8.1 release ?
Thanks,

Eric

...it should be usable in the stable 0.8.1 release as well

There doesn't seem to be any problems in playing .avi files that use h.264. But is there any reason why I can play .mkv files that are h.264?

In nightly builds, yes. In 0.8.1 no, there was a bug.

Hi all,
I was downloading vlc-snapshot-20050329 to test the h.264 in vlc.
After doing ./congifure, I run make, but I find these errors below:

smb.c:101: parse error before "SMBCCTX"
smb.c:101: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
smb.c:102: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_file'
smb.c:102: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
smb.c:106: parse error before '}' token
smb.c: In function `Open':
smb.c:131: `SMBCCTX' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:131: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
smb.c:131: for each function it appears in.)
smb.c:131: `p_smb' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:132: `SMBCFILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_new_context'
smb.c:221: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_init_context'
smb.c:224: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_free_context'
smb.c:279: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:283: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:284: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Close':
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Seek':
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Read':
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[4]: *** [libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[3]: *** [all-modules] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anyone tell me how to fix it ?
Thank a lot guys !

Eric

Forgot to note:
I downloaded the sourcecode from http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/snapshots/
and I am using Linux 9.

I built VLC release 0.8.1 without any errors, but when I try to build VLC snapshot I got those errors.

Can someone help me please ?

Eric

Hi all,
I was downloading vlc-snapshot-20050329 to test the h.264 in vlc.
After doing ./congifure, I run make, but I find these errors below:

smb.c:101: parse error before "SMBCCTX"
smb.c:101: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
smb.c:102: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_file'
smb.c:102: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
smb.c:106: parse error before '}' token
smb.c: In function `Open':
smb.c:131: `SMBCCTX' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:131: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
smb.c:131: for each function it appears in.)
smb.c:131: `p_smb' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:132: `SMBCFILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_new_context'
smb.c:221: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_init_context'
smb.c:224: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_free_context'
smb.c:279: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:283: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:284: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Close':
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Seek':
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Read':
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[4]: *** [libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[3]: *** [all-modules] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anyone tell me how to fix it ?
Thank a lot guys !

Eric

I use ./configure --disable-smb and it skips the libaccess-smb-plugins error. However, now I am getting stuck wxwindow errors when I am using : --enable-wxwindow.

Can anyone tell me what is the recommended option I have to enable if I want to try h.264 streaming using vlc ?

Thanks again,

Eric

Forgot to note:
I downloaded the sourcecode from http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/snapshots/
and I am using Linux 9.

I built VLC release 0.8.1 without any errors, but when I try to build VLC snapshot I got those errors.

Can someone help me please ?

Eric

Hi all,
I was downloading vlc-snapshot-20050329 to test the h.264 in vlc.
After doing ./congifure, I run make, but I find these errors below:

smb.c:101: parse error before "SMBCCTX"
smb.c:101: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
smb.c:102: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_file'
smb.c:102: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
smb.c:106: parse error before '}' token
smb.c: In function `Open':
smb.c:131: `SMBCCTX' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:131: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
smb.c:131: for each function it appears in.)
smb.c:131: `p_smb' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:132: `SMBCFILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_new_context'
smb.c:221: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_init_context'
smb.c:224: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_free_context'
smb.c:279: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:283: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:284: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Close':
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:304: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Seek':
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:326: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Read':
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:353: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[4]: *** [libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[3]: *** [all-modules] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules/access'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329/modules'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/eric/vlc-snapshot-20050329'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anyone tell me how to fix it ?
Thank a lot guys !

Eric

I use ./configure --disable-smb and it skips the libaccess-smb-plugins error. However, now I am getting stuck wxwindow errors when I am using : --enable-wxwindow.

Could you be a bit precise which errors you get? Additionally, make sure that you are using WxWidgets 2.5.x or higher including its development headers.

Thanks Fkuehne, I change to vlc-trunk, and there is no problem.

Eric

I use ./configure --disable-smb and it skips the libaccess-smb-plugins error. However, now I am getting stuck wxwindow errors when I am using : --enable-wxwindow.

Could you be a bit precise which errors you get? Additionally, make sure that you are using WxWidgets 2.5.x or higher including its development headers.