[SOLVED] Fresh Install Sid -> No Videos

jv2112 · 04-22-2011, 09:32 PM

I just did a fresh Debian instal & upgraded to Sid. I had the repositories set to get the codecs & audio & video was OK but somewhere along the line of my system set up (adding software) I lost the ability to play videos. I must have nuked a library or something I needed but I am not sure what. Totem just shows lines and plays sound.

I checked & I have ffmpeg , w64codecs and libdvdcss2 which was what I thought I needed.

Any thoughts ?

I would hate to have to start from scratch

Quote:

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################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ###################
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###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ sid/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid-proposed-updates main contrib non-free

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Debian Multimedia - http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free

##############
## KERNELS ##
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## Liquorix Kernel by damentz http://www.liquorix.net/ .
# Secure Apt: apt-get install '^liquorix-([^-]+-)?keyring.?'
# Latest "stable" kernel
deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main

# Iceweasel 3.6/4.0 beta packages for Debian http://glandium.org/blog/?p=1032
# Debian Mozilla team APT archive - http://mozilla.debian.net/
# To use this archive, you need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ $release $pkg-$ver

TobiSGD · 04-22-2011, 09:38 PM

At first, you can comment out the update repositories, they simply don't exist for Sid.

To your actual problem, start a video from the commandline and see if you get any error messages.

craigevil · 04-23-2011, 02:58 PM

Totem uses either xine and/or the gstreamer plugins.

Make sure you have the following installed:
totem-plugins
libxine1-plugins
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio (if you use pulseaudio)
gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
gstreamer0.10-x264

And of course ffmpeg, w32codecs, libdvdcss. And you should be good to go.
Personally I have never like Totem, vlc and mplayer never fail to play media.

demosthenese · 04-23-2011, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

At first, you can comment out the update repositories, they simply don't exist for Sid.

And for your mozilla line you should replace $release with unstable, and $pkg-$ver with iceweasel-4.0 or iceweasel-3.6

jv2112 · 04-24-2011, 06:57 AM

Thanks for all of the input. No patience to troubleshoot I went back to Testing. Wheezy is treating me ok with the Liquorix Kernel.

Quote:

#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-proposed-updates main contrib non-free

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Debian Multimedia - http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20110324-08:54]/ squeeze main

##############
## KERNELS ##
##############
## Liquorix Kernel by damentz http://www.liquorix.net/ .
# Secure Apt: apt-get install '^liquorix-([^-]+-)?keyring.?'
# Latest "stable" kernel
deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main

# Iceweasel 3.6/4.0 beta packages for Debian http://glandium.org/blog/?p=1032
# Debian Mozilla team APT archive - http://mozilla.debian.net/
# To use this archive, you need to add the following entry in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ $release $pkg-$ver