Re: 13.1M4/KDE4.11&12.3/KDE4.10.5: system sounds, SMplayer2 OK; no VLC sound

Felix Miata <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:59:00 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.multimedia
Organization less than infinite
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2013-09-14 22:07 (GMT+0200) David Haller composed:

> On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, Felix Miata wrote:

>>On 2013-09-13 20:28 (GMT+0200) David Haller composed:

>>>On Fri, 13 Sep 2013, Felix Miata wrote:

>>>>These are installed 12.3 packages.

>>>>vlc-codecs-2.0.8a-150.2.x86_64

>>>Do you have libmpeg2 installed? It's needed by
>>>/usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/codec/liblibmpeg2_plugin.so

>>Yes, if libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-7.1.x86_64 in 12.3 counts.

> That should be fine. I've got libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-1.5.x86_64 on 12.1.
> Haven't checked what's changed in PMBS between rel. 1 and 7.

> And I haven't noticed anything not playing with anything (vlc,
> mplayer, xine)

> Does that package verify fine? Does

> $ rpm -Vf /usr/lib64/libmpeg2.so.0

> output anything? If not, that package is fine and I've run out of

null output

> ideas. Hm. Maybe re-check available updates ... Sadly Packman does
> only keep the most recent version in the Repos...

It seems Packman has updates daily. My last updates on 12.3 were 11 days ago.
Already today there's this:

# zypper -v up
Verbosity: 1
Initializing Target
Checking whether to refresh metadata for GoogleChrome
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Non-OSS
Checking whether to refresh metadata for OSS
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Update-Non-Oss
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Updates
Checking whether to refresh metadata for google-chrome
Loading repository data...
Warning: Repository 'Update-Non-Oss' appears to outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server.
Reading installed packages...
Force resolution: No

The following package updates will NOT be installed:
  MozillaFirefox               23.0-1.29.1
  gstreamer                    1.0.10-3.2
  gstreamer-0_10               0.10.36-11.11
  gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base  0.10.36-10.3
  gstreamer-plugins-base       1.0.10-2.2
  libavcodec54                 1.0.8-1.2
  libavformat54                1.0.8-1.2
  libgstapp-0_10-0             0.10.36-10.3
  libgstapp-1_0-0              1.0.10-2.2
  libgstaudio-1_0-0            1.0.10-2.2
  libgstinterfaces-0_10-0      0.10.36-10.3
  libgstpbutils-1_0-0          1.0.10-2.2
  libgstreamer-0_10-0          0.10.36-11.11
  libgstreamer-1_0-0           1.0.10-3.2
  libgstriff-1_0-0             1.0.10-2.2
  libgsttag-1_0-0              1.0.10-2.2
  libgstvideo-1_0-0            1.0.10-2.2
  libquicktime0                1.2.4-62.2
  libsox2                      14.4.1-39.1
  libstrigi0                   0.7.8-6.2
  libvlc5                      2.2.0-2013090501.1
  libvlccore5                  2.2.0-2013090501.1
  seamonkey                    2.20-1.16.1
  seamonkey-dom-inspector      2.20-1.16.1
  seamonkey-irc                2.20-1.16.1

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libtevent0        0.9.17-2.1.1
  libtevent0-32bit  0.9.17-2.1.1
  sg3_utils         1.33-5.4.1

The following packages are going to be upgraded:
  bind-libs               9.9.2P2-2.3.1 -> 9.9.3P2-2.7.1
  bind-utils              9.9.2P2-2.3.1 -> 9.9.3P2-2.7.1
  ffmpeg                  2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  google-chrome-beta      30.0.1599.22-1 -> 30.0.1599.37-1
  kdebase4-runtime        4.10.5-1.100.4 -> 4.10.5-1.104.5
  kdenlive                0.9.6-2.26 -> 0.9.6-3.3
  libQtWebKit4            4.8.4+2.2.0-3.2.1 -> 4.8.4+2.2.0-3.5.1
  libavcodec55            2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libavdevice55           2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libavfilter3            2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libavformat55           2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libavresample1          2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libavutil52             2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libdvdcss2              1.2.12-1.1 -> 1.2.13-4.1
  libfreebl3              3.14.3-1.8.1 -> 3.15.1-1.12.1
  libgudev-1_0-0          195-13.29.1 -> 195-13.40.1
  libmlt++3               0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  libmlt6                 0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  libmlt6-data            0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  libmlt6-modules         0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  libmpg123-0             1.15.4-1.4 -> 1.15.4-1.5
  libmysqlclient18        5.5.29-1.1.1 -> 5.5.32-1.8.1
  libopenssl1_0_0         1.0.1e-1.1.1 -> 1.0.1e-1.4.1
  libopenssl1_0_0-32bit   1.0.1e-1.1.1 -> 1.0.1e-1.4.1
  libpostproc52           2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libpython2_7-1_0        2.7.3-10.4.1 -> 2.7.3-10.8.1
  libsmbclient0           3.6.12-59.5.1 -> 3.6.12-59.9.1
  libsoftokn3             3.14.3-1.8.1 -> 3.15.1-1.12.1
  libswresample0          2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libswscale2             2.0-1.4 -> 2.0.1-3.3
  libudev1                195-13.29.1 -> 195-13.40.1
  libvlc5                 2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  libvlccore5             2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  libwbclient0            3.6.12-59.5.1 -> 3.6.12-59.9.1
  libzypp                 12.13.3-1.11.1 -> 12.15.0-1.17.1
  mariadb                 5.5.29-1.1.1 -> 5.5.32-1.8.1
  mariadb-client          5.5.29-1.1.1 -> 5.5.32-1.8.1
  mariadb-errormessages   5.5.29-1.1.1 -> 5.5.32-1.8.1
  mc                      4.8.9-68.1 -> 4.8.10-74.1
  melt                    0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  melt6                   0.9.0-6.4 -> 0.9.0-6.6
  mkinitrd                2.7.2-3.2.1 -> 2.7.2-3.5.1
  mozilla-nspr            4.9.6-1.10.1 -> 4.10-1.14.1
  mozilla-nss             3.14.3-1.8.1 -> 3.15.1-1.12.1
  mozilla-nss-certs       3.14.3-1.8.1 -> 3.15.1-1.12.1
  mplayer2                20121128-1.6 -> 20130427-2.2
  nfs-client              1.2.7-2.10.1 -> 1.2.7-2.14.1
  nfs-kernel-server       1.2.7-2.10.1 -> 1.2.7-2.14.1
  openssl                 1.0.1e-1.1.1 -> 1.0.1e-1.4.1
  permissions             2013.01.29.1841-1.1.1 -> 2013.01.29.1841-1.5.1
  phonon-backend-vlc      0.6.0-1.3 -> 0.6.0-1.4
  plasma-theme-oxygen     4.10.5-1.100.4 -> 4.10.5-1.104.5
  pm-utils                1.4.1-26.13.1 -> 1.4.1-26.17.1
  python                  2.7.3-10.4.1 -> 2.7.3-10.8.1
  python-base             2.7.3-10.4.1 -> 2.7.3-10.8.1
  python-xml              2.7.3-10.4.1 -> 2.7.3-10.8.1
  release-notes-openSUSE  12.3.10-1.22.1 -> 12.3.11-1.26.1
  samba                   3.6.12-59.5.1 -> 3.6.12-59.9.1
  samba-client            3.6.12-59.5.1 -> 3.6.12-59.9.1
  samba-client-32bit      3.6.12-59.5.1 -> 3.6.12-59.9.1
  smplayer2               20121224+0.8.0-1.32 -> 20121224+0.8.0-1.33
  systemd                 195-13.29.1 -> 195-13.40.1
  systemd-sysvinit        195-13.29.1 -> 195-13.40.1
  udev                    195-13.29.1 -> 195-13.40.1
  vlc                     2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  vlc-aout-pulse          2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  vlc-codecs              2.0.8a-150.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  vlc-noX                 2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1
  vlc-qt                  2.0.8a-158.2 -> 2.0.8a-160.1

69 packages to upgrade, 3 new.
Overall download size: 128.9 MiB. After the operation, 4.4 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y):

Maybe what's happening here is a result of a mixture of Packman and standard
repo packages that a mere zypper up won't resolve? What to do? Should I just
say yes yet again?

> If you've then tried that, one could try ltracing [c]vlc to better see
> where it fails (e.g. 'ltrace -S 128 -f -o foo.ltrace cvlc
> --play-and-exit foo.mp4') and then dig in foo.ltrace (will be too big
> for the ML, PM is ok).

I'm not clear what it is you're suggesting here. What are [c]vlc, ltrace and
foo.ltrace?

>>There's also libmpeg123-0.

> Are you *sure* it's not libmpg123? That belongs to mpg123, which is an
> audioplayer:

# rpm -qa | grep libmp
libmp3lame0-3.99.5-1002.2.x86_64
libmpc3-1.0-2.1.1.x86_64
libmpeg2-0-0.5.1-7.1.x86_64
libmpfr4-3.1.1-2.1.1.x86_64
libmpg123-0-1.15.4-1.4.x86_64

> ==== rpm -qif /usr/lib64/libmpg123.so.0 ====
> [..]
> Mpg123 is a fast, free and portable MPEG audio player for Unix. It
> supports MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers 1, 2, and 3, with CD quality playback
> even on relatively slow CPUs.
> ====
>
> libmpg123* != libmpeg* ;)
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