[SOLVED] I can't play videos for some reason

mark_alfred · 03-13-2010, 03:45 PM

Whether I'm using mplayer, kaffeine, or vlc, I can't seem to play videos for some reason. For instance,

Code:

mark@debian:~/stuff/flashcrap/music$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
[00000271] main playlist: nothing to play

Above I tried to play an flv video that I had, which I used to have no problem with, but now it does not work. I use Debian Lenny.

raju.mopidevi · 03-13-2010, 03:55 PM

I saw these types of errors in videolan.org forums. Probably that might help you.
see this thread

mark_alfred · 03-14-2010, 01:25 PM

Thanks for the link. I went there, and it suggested installing all the plugins for vlc. So, I did this, but still no luck.

I just tried gxine, and got the following result:

Code:

mark@debian:~/stuff/flashcrap/music$ gxine 
gtkvideo: failed to get a proxy for gnome-screensaver
warning: configuration item media.audio_cd.cddb_cachedir points to a non-existent location /home/mark/.xine/cddbcache
warning: configuration item media.capture.save_dir points to a non-existent location 
warning: configuration item media.dvb.channels_conf points to a non-existent location /home/mark/.xine/channels.conf
warning: configuration item media.dvd.raw_device points to a non-existent location /dev/rdvd
warning: configuration item media.video4linux.radio_device points to a non-existent location /dev/radio0
warning: configuration item media.video4linux.video_device points to a non-existent location /dev/video0
warning: configuration item media.wintv_pvr.device points to a non-existent location /dev/video0
warning: configuration item subtitles.separate.font_freetype points to a non-existent location 
lirc: cannot initialise - disabling remote control
lirc: maybe lircd isn't running or you can't connect to the socket?
  sysname: Linux
  release: 2.6.26-1-686
  machine: i686
X-Video Extension version 2.2
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format.
video_out_xv: Xv image format: 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed
video_out_xv: Xv image format: 0x59565955 (UYVY) packed
video_out_xv: Xv image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar
video_out_xv: Xv image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar
ioctl(): Input/output error
ERROR: error reading Info sector (150)
gxine: relocation error: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.23/xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so: symbol snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near, version ALSA_0.9.0rc4 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference
mark@debian:~/stuff/flashcrap/music$

So, still no luck.

repo · 03-14-2010, 01:32 PM

Do you have the problem with all files? (avi, mpeg..)
Perhaps the file is corrupt ?

mark_alfred · 03-14-2010, 05:03 PM

When I try an avi file, the sound works, but the video does not. I get the following:

Code:

mark@debian:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
[00000301] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
[00000343] jack audio output error: failed to connect to JACK server

I recently reinstalled w32codecs, after discovering that it had been moved to non-free in the multimedia repository. This still hasn't solved stuff, though.

Here's what I get with mplayer:

Code:

mark@debian:~$ mplayer movie.avi
MPlayer dev-SVN-r26940 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Model: 7, Step
ping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing movie.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO:  [XVID]  640x480  12bpp  29.970 fps  2446.6 kbps (298.7 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: MEncoder dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.1.2
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory.
s3fb: can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 224.0 kbit/14.58% (ratio: 28000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
mplayer: relocation error: mplayer: symbol snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels_near, 
version ALSA_0.9.0rc4 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time referenc
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mark@debian:~$

Perhaps if I reboot, then the installation of w32codecs can better take effect.

mark_alfred · 03-14-2010, 10:14 PM

Well, rebooting did not change anything. I'm stumped.

[later ...]

Tried kaffeine, and it also doesn't work. Here's the result:

Code:

mark@debian:~$ kaffeine: relocation error: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.23/xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so: symbol snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near, version ALSA_0.9.0rc4 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference

Same error that mplayer gave. I found a bug report of this relocation error for xine right here. It apparently was fixed. However, I use backports; so, maybe an upgrade from there caused xine (and mplayer) to crack (libasound2 is from backports, for instance.)

mark_alfred · 03-15-2010, 05:08 AM

There was an upgrade from backports, and included in that upgrade was libasound2:

Code:

Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Setting up libasound2 (1.0.22-2~bpo50+2) ...

So, now mplayer and kaffeine (and presumably other xine dependent programs) display videos. vlc still doesn't work, however. But, I can now play videos.