VLC could not decode the format "h264"

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VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby plittlefield » 22 May 2014 20:38

Hello

First it was the ID3 tag support that went... so I cannot scrobble to Last.fm

Now it's the H264... that was working fine yesterday, and has been for the last 2 years.

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Codec not supported: VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))
It's on a .mkv that plays fine in another VLC and (clears throat) mplayer...

:-(

What's going ON with my favourite media player?!?

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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 23 May 2014 04:55

Your VLC installation is hosed (not unlikely given the weird version number), or the build lacks libavcodec.
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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby rogersst » 24 May 2014 23:32

Hi,

I'm having the same problem with the same version of VLC as you. When I run it from the command line I get following messages:

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[00007fef78c23518] core decoder error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so [00007fef78c23518] core decoder error: Codec `h264' (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) is not supported. [00007fef78c89f08] core decoder error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so
Corrupt libraries are never fun :(

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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby plittlefield » 27 May 2014 21:07

Hi Roger

Did you fix your system?

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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby jpeg729 » 03 Jun 2014 01:08

Same issue as in the following thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=119705

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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby johan22981954 » 07 Dec 2018 02:15

It happen to my ubuntu, when i want to watch a recorded video from my DVB-T2 Tuner.
What I did to make it works:
1. Install the ubuntu-restricted* (* --> everything followed after that string)
2. Uninstall VLC, and re-install back

After both steps, i try to play the video, it works!!!

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Re: VLC could not decode the format "h264"

Postby Landis » 04 Feb 2020 01:15

I had installed ver 3.xxx and removed, re-installed 2.2xxx then I got this error.
I couldn't figure it out, but after an hour I decided to install / re-install the following:

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# zypper in -f libavcodec52 vlc-codecs vlc-noX-lang libva2 libva-x11-2 libva-wayland2 libva-glx2 libva-drm2 libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavc1394
VLC 2.2.xxx is now working (again)... pew.
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