Flash video files Debian 5

sigma_50 · 03-27-2009, 12:59 PM

I running Debian 5 kernel 2.6.26 with kde 3.5X, i have problems viewing certain flv files, i tried Mplayer gmplayer vlc, noatune. I keep getting errors like these

Movieplayer "GStreamer encountered a general supporting library error"
Noatun Nothing happens
vlc "Unrecognized format"
mplayer "unsupported video codec (7)

I have added win32codec and other multimedia codec but it doesn't work.
Thanks in advance for any advice about this

farslayer · 03-27-2009, 02:30 PM

You cay 'certain', so you do not have a problem with all flv files ?

I see from a post in the vlc forums they use libavformat52 and libavcodec51

The newest versions of these for Debian Lenny are in the Debian-Multimedia repository, do you have that repository enabled ? (I'm thinking you already do)

Code:

user@it-lenny:~$  apt-cache policy libavcodec51
libavcodec51:
  Installed: 3:20080706-0.3
  Candidate: 3:20080706-0.3
  Version table:
 *** 3:20080706-0.3 0
        500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.svn20080206-17 0
        500 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu lenny/main Packages


user@it-lenny:~$  apt-cache policy libavformat52
libavformat52:
  Installed: 3:20080706-0.3
  Candidate: 3:20080706-0.3
  Version table:
 *** 3:20080706-0.3 0
        500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.svn20080206-17 0
        500 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu lenny/main Packages

If that's not it, then it could just be however the originator of the file encoded it..
or as suggested in the thread I linked.. Try those libraries from experimental..

khodeir · 07-03-2010, 03:37 PM

i am sorry
but i have tried what farslayer said but didn't work also
any suggestions?

craigevil · 07-03-2010, 04:41 PM

Adobe Flash Player is <non-free>. The easiest way to install it is with the flashplayer-mozilla package from <debian-multimedia.org>; there is also a flashplugin-nonfree <contrib> package for testing and unstable, or from backports.org on stable. WARNING: installing flashplugin-nonfree will NOT automatically keep the plugin updated.
http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer

Also see:
Howto watch YouTube with only free software in Debian - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=51504
Howto get Adobe Flash working in 64bit - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=53036
How To: Full multimedia in Squeeze - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=52782

khodeir · 07-04-2010, 01:20 AM

dear brother
I can watch youtube flashes on the site
I have downloaded them when i was on windows the file names was .flv
they worked well on windows using vlc
but they don't work on my lenny

craigevil · 07-04-2010, 02:11 AM

YOu might be running into this issue:
VLC conflict between debian lenny and debian-multimedia repository - http://www.zeitoun.net/articles/vlc-...ltimedia/start

khodeir · 07-04-2010, 09:35 PM

i am sorry to say it didn't also work
but i got a problem running

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ffmpeg=0.svn20080206-8 libavcodec51=0.svn20080206-8 \
libavdevice52=0.svn20080206-8 libavformat52=0.svn20080206-8 libavutil49=0.svn20080206-8 \
libpostproc51=0.svn20080206-8 libswscale0=0.svn20080206-8

the output was

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '0.svn20080206-8' for 'ffmpeg' was not found

any suggestions?