Re: codec for MP4? - semi-solved

rikona <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:27:46 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.newbie
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:10:09 AM, Len Lawrence wrote:

LL> rikona wrote:
>> Still running 2008.1. Downloaded a couple of YouTube videos as mp4s,
>> but mplayer[fails], Amarok[fails], XMMS[fails], vlc[no sound with
>> version 0.9.3], Kaffeine[no sound], Totem["needs codec" - plays video,
>> no sound]are having trouble playing them. I thought Fluendo codecs
>> came with the 2008.1 powerpack, but it would appear not. The plf codec
>> [faad] doesn't seem to work either. What do I need to do to let me see
>> both A and V with mp4s, in MD 2008.1?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>  rikona
>>
>>   
LL> You are probably correct about 2008.1 not including the Fluendo pack.
LL> My workstation runs 2008.1 and I think I had trouble with codecs to 
LL> start with - memory fuzzy.  I had bought the megabundle on 2007* but 
LL> bought the latest bundle from Fluendo, which helped but had trouble with
LL> faad (vague memory again).  No trouble now either offline or in a 
LL> browser.  These are the faad components on this system:

LL> /usr/bin/faad
LL> /usr/lib64/libfaad.so.0                             # probably a 
LL> symbolic link to the next one
LL> /usr/lib64/libfaad.so.0.0.0
LL> /usr/lib64/libmpeg4ip_faad.so.0                     # symbolic link?
LL> /usr/lib64/libmpeg4ip_faad.so.0.0.0
LL> /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstfaad.so
LL> /usr/lib64/libquicktime/lqt_faad2.so
LL> /usr/lib64/vlc/codec/libfaad_plugin.so
LL> /usr/lib64/xine/plugins/1.20/xineplug_decode_faad.so
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2-xmms
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2/AUTHORS
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2/ChangeLog
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2/NEWS
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2/README
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2/TODO
LL> /usr/share/doc/faad2-xmms/README

LL> Don't know where they came from.

Thanks for the list. It is quite a bit larger than what I had. I
rummaged around [2008 stuff if going away, apparently] and got a few
more, but not as many as on your list. BUT - the Totem player no
longer gives the 'need codec' error, and does play both A & V on an
mp4, so I do have a way of viewing the videos. THANKS! The other
players still don't work, though - don't know why, but must be missing
something they need [likely the vlc/xine/quicktime ones that I still
don't have.].

Problem semi-solved, though... :-)

Thanks,

 rikona



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