VLC/XviD/Livna = Driving me nuts

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

Okay, so I got my freshly installed Fedora 8 up and running, everything is working like a charm... I'd say its quite an improvement over 7 personally.

Well, just like in F7, i have the same problem with F8... VLC just wont work... I try installing via Livna, and it doesn't open.... I did manage to get it open when experimenting installing things in a certain order, but wont play any video files and about 99.9% of them are XviD. Then i tried disabling livna and used the Frshrpms repo, I get depandancy errors (required libdvbpsi, even though it was installed).

So here I am, I have uninstalled vlc, mplayer, and everything associated with them that I could find... What should I do...

And to note: I have rm -rf ~/.vlc ~/.mplayer between each attempt at installation.

I'm ready to burst, can anyone help me out?

[Dangermouse]

Have a go using the install script, it might be worth removing vlc first though
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=171660

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

It appears that this script doesn't install VLC, according to the list.

[Dangermouse]

Yes it does, if you pick the option dvd playback, it will install it along with all the codecs plugins you need for media except realplayer

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

Thanks for the tip, I tried the script....

Unfortunately, it didnt work....

I did

yum remove xvidcap vlc-devel vdrsync mjpegtools-gui mjpegtools mencoder dvdstyler devede xine vlc mplayerplug-in mplayer-gui mplayer x264 avidemux dvdstyler ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs gstreamer-ffmpeg libquicktime-utils mencoder mjpegtools mjpegtools-gui mjpegtools-libs transcode vdrsync vlc-core x264-gui xine-lib-extras-nonfree y4mscaler xvidcore libdvdcss libdvdplay libdvdread libdvbpsi xine totem totem-xine xine-lib xine-lib-extras-nonfree amarok totem-xine-mozplugin libquicktime libdvdnav gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad faac faad

beforehand. I'm not sure whats going on here... I can hear audio with the XviD files, and WMV plays (guess I should've mentioned that earler), but no video on avi's.

[Dangermouse]

You didnt need to remove all those programs, anyway whats done is done, i suggest running the script again, and keep a lookout for any error messages etc, you might have a conflict etc, and it didnt install all what was needed etc

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

Thats the thing. I performed the uninstall prior to the script... When I ran the script, I watched out for errors and didnt find any - so I'm pretty much stumped right now. Is there a file I can just copy somewhere to get XviD working?

I know a good chunk of linux to squeeze everything I could ever need out of it... But, when it comes to codecs in linux, I'm a lost puppy.

[Dangermouse]

Have you opened xine then tried to open the avi file or restarted since you made all the changes etc

[t3hl33td4rg0n]

Okay, this is just ODD!

So I tried to remember what I did last time to get it working.....

-With Livna and freshrpms enabled
-- yum install mplayer-gui mplayerplug-in mplayer

[root@ngz ~]# yum install mplayer-gui mplayerplug-in
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
80 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayerplug-in.i386 0:3.45-2.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: mplayer >= 1.0-0.lvn.0.26.pre7try2 for package: mplayerplug-in
---> Package mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libdvdread.so.3 for package: mplayer-gui
--> Processing Dependency: libdvdnavmini.so.4 for package: mplayer-gui
--> Processing Dependency: libxvidcore.so.4 for package: mplayer-gui
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8 set to be updated
---> Package libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.7-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package xvidcore.i386 0:1.1.3-1.lvn8 set to be updated
---> Package libdvdnav.i386 0:4.1.1-2.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 mplayer-gui             i386       1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8  livna             3.7 M
 mplayerplug-in          i386       3.45-2.lvn8      livna             518 k
Installing for dependencies:
 libdvdnav               i386       4.1.1-2.fc8      updates            84 k
 libdvdread              i386       0.9.7-3.fc8      fedora             66 k
 mplayer                 i386       1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8  livna             4.3 M
 xvidcore                i386       1.1.3-1.lvn8     livna             240 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      6 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 8.9 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): mplayerplug-in-3.4 100% |=========================| 518 kB    00:01     
(2/6): mplayer-gui-1.0-0. 100% |=========================| 3.7 MB    00:05     
(3/6): libdvdnav-4.1.1-2. 100% |=========================|  84 kB    00:00     
(4/6): xvidcore-1.1.3-1.l 100% |=========================| 240 kB    00:00     
(5/6): libdvdread-0.9.7-3.fc8.i386.rpm                           66 kB 00:00 
(6/6): mplayer-1.0-0.88.r 100% |=========================| 4.3 MB    00:07     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: libdvdread                   ######################### [1/6] 
  Installing: libdvdnav                    ######################### [2/6] 
  Installing: xvidcore                     ######################### [3/6] 
  Installing: mplayer                      ######################### [4/6] 
  Installing: mplayer-gui                  ######################### [5/6] 
  Installing: mplayerplug-in               ######################### [6/6] 

Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8 mplayerplug-in.i386 0:3.45-2.lvn8
Dependency Installed: libdvdnav.i386 0:4.1.1-2.fc8 libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.7-3.fc8 mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.88.rc2.lvn8 xvidcore.i386 0:1.1.3-1.lvn8
Complete!

-Then disabled livna and left frshrpms enabled
-- yum install vlc

[root@ngz ~]# yum install vlc
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
compiz-fusion             100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
freshrpms                 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00     
12 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vlc.i386 0:0.8.6d-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libdvbpsi.so.4 for package: vlc
--> Processing Dependency: libfaac.so.0 for package: vlc
--> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.55 for package: vlc
--> Running transaction check
---> Package faac.i386 0:1.25-2.fc7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libmp4v2.so.0 for package: faac
---> Package x264.i386 0:0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 set to be updated
---> Package libdvbpsi.i386 0:0.1.5-2.fc7 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libmp4v2.i386 0:1.5.0.1-5.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 vlc                     i386       0.8.6d-1.fc8     freshrpms         7.7 M
Installing for dependencies:
 faac                    i386       1.25-2.fc7       freshrpms          82 k
 libdvbpsi               i386       0.1.5-2.fc7      freshrpms          39 k
 libmp4v2                i386       1.5.0.1-5.fc8    fedora            263 k
 x264                    i386       0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7  freshrpms         454 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      5 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 8.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): vlc-0.8.6d-1.fc8.i 100% |=========================| 7.7 MB    00:10     
(2/5): libdvbpsi-0.1.5-2. 100% |=========================|  39 kB    00:00     
(3/5): libmp4v2-1.5.0.1-5.fc8.i386.rpm                          263 kB 00:02 
(4/5): x264-0.0.0-0.3.200 100% |=========================| 454 kB    00:01     
(5/5): faac-1.25-2.fc7.i3 100% |=========================|  82 kB    00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: libdvbpsi                    ######################### [1/5] 
  Installing: libmp4v2                     ######################### [2/5] 
  Installing: faac                         ######################### [3/5] 
  Installing: x264                         ######################### [4/5] 
  Installing: vlc                          ######################### [5/5] 

Installed: vlc.i386 0:0.8.6d-1.fc8
Dependency Installed: faac.i386 0:1.25-2.fc7 libdvbpsi.i386 0:0.1.5-2.fc7 libmp4v2.i386 0:1.5.0.1-5.fc8 x264.i386 0:0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7
Complete!

I dont know why this worked, but it did.