Updated xine-lib and ffmpeg, now I can't watch any videos
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Updated xine-lib and ffmpeg, now I can't watch any videos
I use totem-xine on FC6 and recently I installed an update to xine-lib and ffmpeg via the livna repo and now I can't play any videos at all. On trying to open an avi file with totem, I get a message saying that the codec 'DivX 5' is not handled and that I might need to install additional plugins, but up until the update, every video I have worked and have not added or removed any packages, only updated.
Have you got divx installed as well? Personally i install all multimedia plugins available from livna instead of choosing them. Try updating everything you got installed from livna.
I tried using just totem-xine and xine-lib from livna, but that only worked for some mpeg files. Then on running an update, the package xine-lib-extras-nonfree showed up saying it obsoletes xine-lib from livna and depends on xine-lib from fc6. Also, in looking at the changelog, this looks like a new package. Furthermore, with what is listed above installed, I can not play *some* video files. Unless someone can tell me otherwise, it looks to me like some restructuring is taking place and not all codecs got packed into this new one, no?
Also, I usually put my windows codecs in /usr/lib/win32, is this the right place?
I can play mpeg move files, but no avi or wmv ones. Here is the message mplayer gives me at the command line when trying to play an avi:
Code:
mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libx264.so.54: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Permissions on /usr/lib/libx264.so.54 are 644, FYI. I've seen a couple updates for the xine-lib-extras-nonfree package, but it hasn't helped yet. Thanks for the help thus far.
should get you going. If you continue to have SELinux problems and are unable to troubleshoot them I suggest disabling SELinux altogether or switching it to permissive mode under System > Administration > Security Level & Firewall
Wow, I'm shocked that this was such an easy fix. I had a problem with samba that lasted over a year before I realized it was selinux causing the problem. I'll think about that next time I have a problem.
should get you going. If you continue to have SELinux problems and are unable to troubleshoot them I suggest disabling SELinux altogether or switching it to permissive mode under System > Administration > Security Level & Firewall
Regards
Chris
Well, I've got a similar problem with SELinux disabled. I use xine, have SELinux disabled (home computer behind a router) and can play mpeg files just fine. I get sound but no video if I try .avi files, or video but no sound if I try to play .wmv files. I've tried updating every codec library I can. all codecs are in /usr/loca/lib/codecs, which is where xine is set to look for them. I'm stumped, and frustrated -- everything worked before I (clean) installed fc6.
Well, I've got a similar problem with SELinux disabled. I use xine, have SELinux disabled (home computer behind a router) and can play mpeg files just fine. I get sound but no video if I try .avi files, or video but no sound if I try to play .wmv files. I've tried updating every codec library I can. all codecs are in /usr/loca/lib/codecs, which is where xine is set to look for them. I'm stumped, and frustrated -- everything worked before I (clean) installed fc6.
Sorry about your problem, but it might just be easier to switch to vlc/mplayer... (or do they suffer the same problems?)
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