Need help with multimedia on openSUSE

calande · 07-14-2007, 11:12 AM

Any solution to use codecs in OpenSUSE? I'm unable to play movies in Totem, and no MP3 in Banshee either

I read the tutorial od the OpenSUSE web site but it didn't help...

jay73 · 07-14-2007, 02:47 PM

Set up the third party repositories and install mplayer and vlc. That works fine for me. There should be MP3-plugins as well.

http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_package_repository

calande · 07-14-2007, 03:53 PM

Thanks, I can do that. I have never had a code problem with VLC and mplayer, but I'd like to use Totem and Banshee to watch videos and listen to music. Is there a way to use them with codecs? How could I do that?

calande · 07-14-2007, 05:50 PM

Actually not even mplayer is working. When I launch a wmv file it reports:

Code:

charles@charles:~> gmplayer
MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 7)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
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: Connection refused
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.

Playing /home/charles/Desktop/journal.wmv.
ASF file format detected.
VIDEO:  [WMV3]  320x240  24bpp  25.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 name: Journal de 20h   11-07-07
 author: 
 copyright: 
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
DMO dll supports VO Optimizations 0 1
DMO dll might use previous sample when requested
GetOutput r=0x0   size:230400  align:1
StreamCount r=0x0  1  1
Decoder supports the following formats: YV12 YUY2 UYVY YVYU RGB8 RGB555 RGB565 RGB24 RGB32 
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x1b)
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 
[ws] Error in display.
[ws]  Error code: 2 ( BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) )
[ws]  Request code: 12
[ws]  Minor code: 0
[ws]  Modules: init_video_codec
charles@charles:~>

jay73 · 07-14-2007, 07:25 PM

Alright, maybe you need to tweak your settings a bit. Launch mplayer and right-click, then select Preferences. Try out the various options under the Video and Codec headings. Those can make a huge difference.

It also looks as if your mplayer doesn't have its fonts properly configured. This shouldn't stop the player from working but you'll get an annoying pop-up whenever you launch it. As a solution, you need to create a symlink from one of your fonts files to /home/username/.mplayer. I'm afraid I've forgotten the particulars but the information should be easy to hunt down using google.

calande · 07-22-2007, 02:27 PM

Thanks, guys. I installed all gstreamer and xine plugins and now it's working, eh eh :P