error installing vlc player for fedora 10

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error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 22 Aug 2010 08:12

hi everyone
here is my problem

I am trying to install vlc player on fedora 10 so i tried to install with rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fed ... noarch.rpm

but i got this error

error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 11 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-11-2.noarch

Then i download rpmfusion-free-release-11-2.noarch.rpm from google. and after than am getting this error

warning: rpmfusion-free-release-11-2.src.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 8fcff4da
1:rpmfusion-free-release warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
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error: unpacking of archive failed on file /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-11-primary;4c710544: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch

Please help me in this as i want to install vlc player.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 22 Aug 2010 13:46

hey, check out this page for instructions

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 22 Aug 2010 16:37

well,
i already tried and followed the steps, still its giving me this error "system-release >= 11 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-11-2.noarch" which i already mentioned in my post.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 24 Aug 2010 17:28

Hi,

I see the problem now the latest release of rpmfusion does not support pre-Fedora 11.
The following will work for an x86_64 architecture:

To find out your architecture run:

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#> arch
if you do not have an x86_64 machine, then replace x86_64 from the second command below with either 1386, ppc or ppc64.
If you have i686 then choose i386.

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$> su - #> rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/releases/10/Everything/x86_64/os/rpmfusion-free-release-10-1.noarch.rpm #> yum install vlc #> yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc (optionnals)

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 25 Aug 2010 06:32

Thanks for your help now rpm has been installed. its I686 so i use n install with i386

but when i hit #> yum install vlc
its giving me this error and its going on >>>>
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Wed Aug 25 15:17:23 2010 - 12:49 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 2797
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Wed Aug 25 15:17:23 2010 - 12:51 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 2797
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Wed Aug 25 15:17:23 2010 - 12:53 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 2797
please suggest me with this.
Thanks in adv.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 26 Aug 2010 00:50

look for an open app called 'PackageKit' and close it. close any related apps e.g Software Update, Add/Remove Apps, etc. Then retry.
If 'yum install vlc' returns the same error again then try this

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kill 2797
or whatever pid has changed to. Then retry.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 26 Aug 2010 05:56

Thanks a lot friend :)
It works,
now vlc player installed on my fedora system. Thanks a tone again.....
well, i would like to know the use of this command which you gave me
yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc (optionnals)

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 26 Aug 2010 06:01

hey,
am getting this error whenever i am trying to play any video file. I am able to hear the audio only.
Note:- I am getting this error for all video files, not for particular one file.
error is :-
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "XVID". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
help me in this.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 26 Aug 2010 17:17

yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc
it will install pugins for Mozilla Firefox and Python. Firefox is usually a popular one, basically websites will use vlc to play media.
so just mozilla if you like (completely optional; won't effect normal VLC): yum install mozilla-vlc

XVID error:
Try this:

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$> su - #> yum install xvidcore
Note: Technically that should be in another post so someone with specific knowledge can find and answer it, but hope it works because I don't actually run fedora myself, I'm an Ubuntu/Debian guy.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 27 Aug 2010 05:03

ohh.. ok
well i tried the given command, its saying xvid plugins are already installed and latest version... dont know why this giving this kind of error.. well, thanks for ur support friend, so, shall i make a new post for my new problem??

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 27 Aug 2010 05:42

Launch vlc from the command line and reply output so we can check for errors.

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$> vlc movie.avi
replace movie.avi from above code with your movie file (tip: drag the file into terminal to add full address)

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 27 Aug 2010 19:30

well i try to run the movie file and i got the following message
VLC media player 1.0.3 Goldeneye
[0x850e8a8] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0xb7a103e8] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[0x88a1870] pulse audio output: No. of Audio Channels: 2
and after this vlc opens and got the same xvid error.

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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby rusty149 » 28 Aug 2010 02:11

Try this:

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$> su - #> yum install xvidcore.i386
Then test video again. If it still does not work then try reinstall

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#> yum remove vlc #> yum install vlc
I have never encountered this error before personally but if it still does not work then there are others here with far greater knowledge than mine.
Also, why are you using old Fedora 10. Both the OS and VLC 1.0.3, are now unsupported. I'm sure there is a good reason but its counter-productive to support old software when these errors are likely to be fixed in the new stable releases.
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Re: error installing vlc player for fedora 10

Postby preetam.kondekar » 29 Aug 2010 15:46

well,
i tried the above steps bt still its not working, hey its not like u dont have a knowledge, in fact you r the one who helped me to get the vlc player installed on my sytem.. hmm.. finally i decided to download the fedora 13 n get installed.
Thanks for your help brother.


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