Hi I am using openSUSE 10.3 .While installing from tarball './configure' gave following error.
checking for FFMPEG... yes
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... no
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... no
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... no
configure: error: Missing header file ffmpeg/avcodec.h.
What is missing ?

Did you try installing it with Yast?

My computer has no internet connection that is why I install manually using tarball

I tried to install vlc-0.8.4 from tarball using
./configure --disable-wxwidgets --disable-skins2
No errors occured.
'make' gave following error
ffmpeg.c:36:24: error: avcodec.h: No such file or directory
ffmpeg.c:40:5: error: #error You must have a libavcodec >= 4680 (get CVS)
In file included from ffmpeg.c:43:
ffmpeg.h:44: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVCodecContext’
ffmpeg.h:44: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVCodec’
ffmpeg.h:50: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVCodecContext’
ffmpeg.h:50: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVCodec’
ffmpeg.h:80: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVFrame’
ffmpeg.c:63: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘AVCodecContext’
ffmpeg.c: In function ‘OpenDecoder’:
ffmpeg.c:212: error: ‘AVCodecContext’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:212: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ffmpeg.c:212: error: for each function it appears in.)
ffmpeg.c:212: error: ‘p_context’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:213: error: ‘AVCodec’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:213: error: ‘p_codec’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:223: error: ‘CODEC_ID_AAC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:234: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_find_decoder’
ffmpeg.c:241: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_alloc_context’
ffmpeg.c:249: error: ‘FF_MM_MMX’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:253: error: ‘FF_MM_MMXEXT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:257: error: ‘FF_MM_3DNOW’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:261: error: ‘FF_MM_SSE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:265: error: ‘FF_MM_SSE2’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:274: error: too many arguments to function ‘InitVideoDec__ffmpeg’
ffmpeg.c:279: error: too many arguments to function ‘InitAudioDec__ffmpeg’
ffmpeg.c: In function ‘CloseDecoder’:
ffmpeg.c:311: error: ‘decoder_sys_t’ has no member named ‘p_context’
ffmpeg.c:313: error: ‘decoder_sys_t’ has no member named ‘p_context’
ffmpeg.c:314: error: ‘decoder_sys_t’ has no member named ‘p_context’
ffmpeg.c:317: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_close’
ffmpeg.c:317: error: ‘decoder_sys_t’ has no member named ‘p_context’
ffmpeg.c:320: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘av_free’
ffmpeg.c:320: error: ‘decoder_sys_t’ has no member named ‘p_context’
ffmpeg.c: In function ‘LibavcodecCallback’:
ffmpeg.c:333: error: ‘AVCodecContext’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:333: error: ‘p_avctx’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:333: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
ffmpeg.c:334: error: ‘AVClass’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:334: error: ‘p_avc’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:347: error: ‘AV_LOG_ERROR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:356: error: ‘AV_LOG_QUIET’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:362: error: ‘AV_LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:365: error: ‘AV_LOG_DEBUG’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c: In function ‘InitLibavcodec__ffmpeg’:
ffmpeg.c:390: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_init’
ffmpeg.c:391: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_register_all’
ffmpeg.c:392: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘av_log_set_callback’
ffmpeg.c:395: error: ‘LIBAVCODEC_BUILD’ undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c: At top level:
ffmpeg.c:417: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV444P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:419: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:420: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV422P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:421: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:422: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV420P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:425: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:426: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV411P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:427: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV410P’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:431: error: ‘PIX_FMT_YUV422’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:437: error: ‘PIX_FMT_RGB555’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:438: error: ‘PIX_FMT_RGB565’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:439: error: ‘PIX_FMT_RGB24’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:440: error: ‘PIX_FMT_RGBA32’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:441: error: ‘PIX_FMT_GRAY8’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:483: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:483: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:483: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[0].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:487: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:487: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:487: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[1].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:489: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:489: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[2].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:493: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MPEG4’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:493: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:493: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[3].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:495: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:495: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[4].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:497: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:497: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[5].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:499: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:499: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[6].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:501: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:501: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[7].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:503: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:503: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[8].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:505: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:505: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[9].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:507: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:507: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[10].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:509: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:509: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[11].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:511: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:511: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[12].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:513: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:513: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[13].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:515: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:515: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[14].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:517: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:517: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[15].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:519: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:519: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[16].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:521: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:521: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[17].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:523: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:523: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[18].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:525: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:525: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[19].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:527: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:527: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[20].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:529: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:529: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[21].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:538: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:538: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[22].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:540: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:540: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[23].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:544: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MSMPEG4V1’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:544: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:544: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[24].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:546: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:546: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[25].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:548: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:548: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[26].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:550: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:550: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[27].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:554: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MSMPEG4V2’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:554: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:554: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[28].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:556: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:556: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[29].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:558: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:558: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[30].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:560: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:560: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[31].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:564: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MSMPEG4V3’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:564: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:564: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[32].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:566: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:566: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[33].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:568: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:568: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[34].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:570: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:570: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[35].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:572: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:572: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[36].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:575: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:575: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[37].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:577: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:577: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[38].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:579: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:579: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[39].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:581: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:581: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[40].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:583: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:583: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[41].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:585: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:585: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[42].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:587: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:587: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[43].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:590: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:590: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[44].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:593: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:593: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[45].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:595: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:595: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[46].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:598: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:598: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[47].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:600: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:600: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[48].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:604: error: ‘CODEC_ID_SVQ1’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:604: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:604: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[49].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:608: error: ‘CODEC_ID_SVQ3’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:608: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:608: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[50].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:612: error: ‘CODEC_ID_H264’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:612: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:612: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[51].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:614: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:614: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[52].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:617: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:617: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[53].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:619: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:619: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[54].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:621: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:621: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[55].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:630: error: ‘CODEC_ID_H263’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:630: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:630: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[56].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:632: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:632: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[57].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:634: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:634: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[58].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:638: error: ‘CODEC_ID_H263I’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:638: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:638: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[59].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:640: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:640: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[60].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:644: error: ‘CODEC_ID_FLV1’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:644: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:644: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[61].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:658: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MJPEG’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:658: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:658: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[62].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:660: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:660: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[63].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:662: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:662: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[64].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:664: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:664: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[65].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:666: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:666: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[66].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:668: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:668: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[67].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:670: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:670: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[68].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:673: error: ‘CODEC_ID_MJPEGB’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:673: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:673: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[69].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:682: error: ‘CODEC_ID_DVVIDEO’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:682: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:682: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[70].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:684: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:684: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[71].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:686: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:686: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[72].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:688: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:688: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[73].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:690: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:690: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[74].i_codec’)
ffmpeg.c:1029: error: ‘CODEC_ID_PCM_MULAW’ undeclared here (not in a function)
ffmpeg.c:1029: error: initializer element is not constant
ffmpeg.c:1029: error: (near initialization for ‘codecs_table[122].i_codec’)
make[6]: *** [libffmpeg_a-ffmpeg.o] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4/modules/codec/ffmpeg'
make[5]: *** [all-modules] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4/modules/codec/ffmpeg'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4/modules/codec'
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4/modules/codec'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4/modules'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/lxuser/MySoftwares/vlc-0.8.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2