No suitable decoder module for XVID

pradeepbp · 05-16-2009, 12:39 PM

I use Fedora 10.

Whenever I try to play avi files using vlc (version 0.9.9) I get the following error.

"No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "XVID". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

What could be the possible problem and how can I solve it?

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-16-2009, 01:26 PM

I believe vlc relies of ffmpeg for xvid decoding, so you should make sure you have that installed.

pradeepbp · 05-17-2009, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

I believe vlc relies of ffmpeg for xvid decoding, so you should make sure you have that installed.

How can I make that sure?

I installed vlc by doing 'yum install vlc'. Does not this ensure that the required codecs are also installed automatically?

John VV · 05-17-2009, 12:23 PM

pradeepbp are you running fedora , CentOS , RHEL ?
it would help if you state WHAT distro you are using

pradeepbp · 05-17-2009, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

pradeepbp are you running fedora , CentOS , RHEL ?
it would help if you state WHAT distro you are using

I am running Fedora 10.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-17-2009, 12:53 PM

So you installed the one that's available here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html

?

pradeepbp · 05-17-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

So you installed the one that's available here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html

?

Yes, I did the following:

Code:

 $> su 
 #> rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
 #> yum install vlc

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-17-2009, 03:35 PM

But you say you have 0.9.9, when the version at rpmfusion is 0.9.6:
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...oview/vlc.html
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/.../vlc-core.html

John VV · 05-17-2009, 08:45 PM

pradeepbp
can you post the output of this

Code:

su -
yum repolist

you might have "testing" and/or "rawhide" ( fedora 11) turned on .

pradeepbp · 05-18-2009, 02:55 AM

'yum repolist' gave the following ouput:

Code:

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
repo id              repo name                                status  
adobe-linux-i386     Adobe Systems Incorporated               enabled :      17
fedora               Fedora 10 - i386                         enabled :  11,416
rpmfusion-free       RPM Fusion for Fedora 10 - Free          enabled :     324
rpmfusion-free-updat RPM Fusion for Fedora 10 - Free - Update enabled :     709
updates              Fedora 10 - i386 - Updates               enabled :   5,182
repolist: 17,648

I can't find any traces of 'rawhide' or 'testing'

quanta · 05-26-2009, 10:38 AM

Run the following command and post back the output:

Code:

$ vlc -v --no-plugins-cache --list | grep ffmpeg

pradeepbp · 05-29-2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quanta

Run the following command and post back the output:

Code:

$ vlc -v --no-plugins-cache --list | grep ffmpeg

Here's the output:

Code:

VLC media player 0.9.9 Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure  '--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-release' '--with-tuning=no' '--enable-switcher' '--enable-shout' '--enable-lua' '--enable-live555' '--enable-opencv' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-gnomevfs' '--enable-cddax' '--enable-faad' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-real' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-flac' '--enable-tremor' '--enable-speex' '--enable-tarkin' '--enable-theora' '--enable-libass' '--enable-asademux' '--enable-svg' '--enable-snapshot' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-xvmc' '--enable-directfb' '--enable-aa' '--enable-caca' '--enable-jack' '--enable-portaudio' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-xosd' '--enable-fbosd' '--enable-galaktos' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-loader' '--enable-mozilla' 'build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libavcodec_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/i686/libx264.so.61: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied)
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libx264_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/i686/libx264.so.61: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied)
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/i686/libavutil.so.49: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied)
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libpostproc_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/i686/libavutil.so.49: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied)
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/demux/libavformat_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/i686/libx264.so.61: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied)

pradeepbp · 07-22-2009, 02:05 PM

Ok. I solved it by installing smplayer.

Thanks for the support.