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after not using my laptop for three months, I upgraded the packages on my lenny/testing system.

Everything works great except now I cannot play many videos in either Totem or VLC.
Totem just shows a green box instead of a video. VLC only plays the audio, and reports
main error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

XVID and WMV3 are the two main video types that VLC reports missing.

I assume i must be missing a package of codecs.
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full is installed.

Any ideas what the problem is?

Thx,
Jamei

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Re: no more video after upgrading packages

Submitted by jamei on Sun, 2008-08-03 04:39.

still looking for the solution to this problem.
someone with a similar problem was told to type 'gst-inspect ffmpeg', presumably to see if the codecs were installed.

it looks to me like the plugins are found by gst-inspect. Don't know why gstreamer apps (and VLC) report that they cannot find the codecs.

here is the output

$ gst-inspect-0.10 ffmpeg
Name: ffmpeg
Description: All FFMPEG codecs (system install)
Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so
Version: 0.10.4
License: LGPL
Source module: gst-ffmpeg
Binary package: FFMpeg
Origin URL: http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/

ffenc_asv1: FFMPEG Asus video v1 encoder
ffenc_asv2: FFMPEG Asus video v2 encoder
ffenc_bmp: FFMPEG BMP bitmap encoder
ffenc_dvvideo: FFMPEG Digital video encoder
ffenc_ffv1: FFMPEG FFMpeg video v1 encoder
ffenc_ffvhuff: FFMPEG FFMPEG non-compliant Huffyuv video encoder
ffenc_flashsv: FFMPEG Flash Screen Video encoder
ffenc_flv: FFMPEG FLV video encoder
ffenc_h261: FFMPEG H.261 video encoder
ffenc_h263: FFMPEG H.263 video encoder
ffenc_h263p: FFMPEG H.263 (P) video encoder
ffenc_huffyuv: FFMPEG Huffyuv lossless video encoder
ffenc_ljpeg: FFMPEG Lossless JPEG encoder
ffenc_mjpeg: FFMPEG Motion-JPEG encoder
ffenc_mpeg1video: FFMPEG MPEG-1 video encoder
ffenc_mpeg2video: FFMPEG MPEG-2 video encoder
ffenc_mpeg4: FFMPEG MPEG-4 compatible video encoder
ffenc_msmpeg4v1: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v1 encoder
ffenc_msmpeg4v2: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v2 encoder
ffenc_msmpeg4: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v3 encoder
ffenc_pam: FFMPEG PAM image encoder
ffenc_pbm: FFMPEG PBM image encoder
ffenc_pgm: FFMPEG PGM image encoder
ffenc_pgmyuv: FFMPEG PGM-YUV image encoder
ffenc_png: FFMPEG PNG image encoder
ffenc_ppm: FFMPEG PPM image encoder
ffenc_qtrle: FFMPEG Quicktime RLE animation video encoder
ffenc_roqvideo: FFMPEG ID/RoQ video encoder
ffenc_rv10: FFMPEG Realvideo 1.0 encoder
ffenc_rv20: FFMPEG Realvideo 2.0 encoder
ffenc_snow: FFMPEG Snow wave video encoder
ffenc_svq1: FFMPEG Sorensen-1 video encoder
ffenc_wmv1: FFMPEG Windows Media Video v7 encoder
ffenc_wmv2: FFMPEG Windows Media Video v8 encoder
ffenc_zmbv: FFMPEG Zip Motion Blocks Video encoder
ffenc_ac3: FFMPEG AC-3 audio encoder
ffenc_mp2: FFMPEG MPEG-1 layer 2 audio encoder
ffenc_sonic: FFMPEG Sonic audio encoder
ffenc_sonicls: FFMPEG Sonic lossless audio encoder
ffenc_wmav1: FFMPEG Windows Media Audio v7 encoder
ffenc_wmav2: FFMPEG Windows Media Audio v8/9 encoder
ffenc_roq_dpcm: FFMPEG RoQ DPCM audio encoder
ffenc_adpcm_adx: FFMPEG ADX ADPCM encoder
ffenc_g726: FFMPEG G.726 ADPCM encoder
ffenc_adpcm_ima_qt: FFMPEG IMA/Quicktime ADPCM audio encoder
ffenc_adpcm_ima_wav: FFMPEG IMA/DVI ADPCM audio encoder
ffenc_adpcm_ms: FFMPEG Microsoft ADPCM audio encoder
ffenc_adpcm_swf: FFMPEG Shockwave ADPCM encoder
ffenc_adpcm_yamaha: FFMPEG Yamaha ADPCM encoder
ffenc_libamr_nb: FFMPEG 3GPP AMR NarrowBand speech audio codec encoder
ffenc_libamr_wb: FFMPEG 3GPP AMR WideBand speech audio codec encoder
ffenc_libfaac: FFMPEG MPEG-2/4 AAC audio encoder
ffenc_libmp3lame: FFMPEG MPEG-1 layer 3 audio encoder
ffenc_libtheora: FFMPEG Theora video encoder
ffenc_libx264: FFMPEG H.264 video encoder
ffenc_libxvid: FFMPEG XviD video encoder
ffdec_aasc: FFMPEG Autodesk RLE video decoder
ffdec_asv1: FFMPEG Asus video v1 decoder
ffdec_asv2: FFMPEG Asus video v2 decoder
ffdec_avs: FFMPEG AVS Video decoder
ffdec_bmp: FFMPEG BMP bitmap decoder
ffdec_cavs: FFMPEG Chinese AVS Video decoder
ffdec_cinepak: FFMPEG Cinepak video decoder
ffdec_cljr: FFMPEG Cirrus Logipak AccuPak video decoder
ffdec_camstudio: FFMPEG CamStudio video decoder
ffdec_cyuv: FFMPEG CYUV lossless video decoder
ffdec_dvvideo: FFMPEG Digital video decoder
ffdec_8bps: FFMPEG Quicktime planar 8bps video decoder
ffdec_ffv1: FFMPEG FFMpeg video v1 decoder
ffdec_ffvhuff: FFMPEG FFMPEG non-compliant Huffyuv video decoder
ffdec_flashsv: FFMPEG Flash Screen Video decoder
ffdec_flic: FFMPEG FLIC animation video decoder
ffdec_flv: FFMPEG FLV video decoder
ffdec_4xm: FFMPEG 4-XM video decoder
ffdec_fraps: FFMPEG FRAPS video decoder
ffdec_h261: FFMPEG H.261 video decoder
ffdec_h263: FFMPEG H.263 video decoder
ffdec_h263i: FFMPEG Intel H.263 video decoder
ffdec_h264: FFMPEG H.264 video decoder
ffdec_huffyuv: FFMPEG Huffyuv lossless video decoder
ffdec_idcinvideo: FFMPEG ID Quake II CIN video decoder
ffdec_indeo2: FFMPEG Indeo-2 video decoder
ffdec_indeo3: FFMPEG Indeo-3 video decoder
ffdec_interplayvideo: FFMPEG Interplay video decoder
ffdec_kmvc: FFMPEG Karl Morton's video Codec decoder
ffdec_loco: FFMPEG LOCO video decoder
ffdec_mdec: FFMPEG Playstation MDEC video decoder
ffdec_mjpeg: FFMPEG Motion-JPEG decoder
ffdec_mjpegb: FFMPEG Quicktime Motion-JPEG B decoder
ffdec_mmvideo: FFMPEG American Laser Games MM Video decoder
ffdec_mpeg2video: FFMPEG MPEG-2 video decoder
ffdec_mpeg4: FFMPEG MPEG-4 compatible video decoder
ffdec_mpegvideo: FFMPEG MPEG-2 video decoder
ffdec_msmpeg4v1: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v1 decoder
ffdec_msmpeg4v2: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v2 decoder
ffdec_msmpeg4: FFMPEG Microsoft MPEG-4 v3 decoder
ffdec_msrle: FFMPEG Microsoft RLE video decoder
ffdec_msvideo1: FFMPEG Microsoft video v1 decoder
ffdec_mszh: FFMPEG Lossless MSZH video decoder
ffdec_nuv: FFMPEG NuppelVideo codec decoder
ffdec_pam: FFMPEG PAM image decoder
ffdec_pbm: FFMPEG PBM image decoder
ffdec_pgm: FFMPEG PGM image decoder
ffdec_pgmyuv: FFMPEG PGM-YUV image decoder
ffdec_png: FFMPEG PNG image decoder
ffdec_ppm: FFMPEG PPM image decoder
ffdec_qdraw: FFMPEG Apple Quickdraw video decoder
ffdec_qpeg: FFMPEG QPEG video decoder
ffdec_qtrle: FFMPEG Quicktime RLE animation video decoder
ffdec_roqvideo: FFMPEG ID/RoQ video decoder
ffdec_rpza: FFMPEG Apple RPZA video decoder
ffdec_rv10: FFMPEG Realvideo 1.0 decoder
ffdec_rv20: FFMPEG Realvideo 2.0 decoder
ffdec_smc: FFMPEG Quicktime SMC graphics video decoder
ffdec_snow: FFMPEG Snow wave video decoder
ffdec_sp5x: FFMPEG Sp5x-like JPEG decoder
ffdec_svq1: FFMPEG Sorensen-1 video decoder
ffdec_svq3: FFMPEG Sorensen-3 video decoder
ffdec_theora: FFMPEG Theora video decoder
ffdec_truemotion1: FFMPEG Duck Truemotion video decoder
ffdec_truemotion2: FFMPEG Duck Truemotion 2 video decoder
ffdec_camtasia: FFMPEG Techsmith Camtasia video decoder
ffdec_ultimotion: FFMPEG Ultimotion video decoder
ffdec_vc1: FFMPEG Microsoft Video Codec v1 decoder
ffdec_vcr1: FFMPEG ATI VCR-1 video decoder
ffdec_vmdvideo: FFMPEG Sierra VMD video decoder
ffdec_vp3: FFMPEG VP3 video decoder
ffdec_vp5: FFMPEG VP5 video decoder
ffdec_vp6: FFMPEG VP6 video decoder
ffdec_vp6a: FFMPEG VP6 Alpha video decoder
ffdec_vp6f: FFMPEG VP6 Flash video decoder
ffdec_vqavideo: FFMPEG Westwood VQA video decoder
ffdec_wmv1: FFMPEG Windows Media Video v7 decoder
ffdec_wmv2: FFMPEG Windows Media Video v8 decoder
ffdec_wmv3: FFMPEG Windows Media Video v9 decoder
ffdec_wnv1: FFMPEG Winnov video 1 decoder
ffdec_xan_wc3: FFMPEG XAN Wing Commander 3 video decoder
ffdec_xl: FFMPEG Miro VideoXL decoder
ffdec_zlib: FFMPEG Lossless zlib video decoder
ffdec_zmbv: FFMPEG Zip Motion Blocks Video decoder
ffdec_ac3: FFMPEG AC-3 audio decoder
ffdec_alac: FFMPEG Apple lossless audio decoder
ffdec_ape: FFMPEG Monkey's Audio decoder
ffdec_atrac3: FFMPEG Sony ATRAC-3 decoder
ffdec_cook: FFMPEG Realaudio G2 (Cook) audio decoder
ffdec_dca: FFMPEG DTS Audio decoder
ffdec_flac: FFMPEG FLAC lossless audio decoder
ffdec_mace3: FFMPEG MACE-3 audio decoder
ffdec_mace6: FFMPEG MACE-6 audio decoder
ffdec_mp3: FFMPEG MPEG-1 layer 3 audio decoder
ffdec_mp3adu: FFMPEG ADU-formatted MPEG-1 layer 3 audio decoder
ffdec_mp3on4: FFMPEG MP3ON4 decoder
ffdec_mpc7: FFMPEG MusePack audio decoder
ffdec_nellymoser: FFMPEG Nellymoser ASAO audio codec decoder
ffdec_qdm2: FFMPEG QDesign Music 2 decoder
ffdec_real_144: FFMPEG Realaudio 14k4bps decoder
ffdec_real_288: FFMPEG Realaudio 28k8bps decoder
ffdec_shorten: FFMPEG Shorten lossless audio decoder
ffdec_sonic: FFMPEG Sonic audio decoder
ffdec_truespeech: FFMPEG DSP Group TrueSpeech Audio decoder
ffdec_tta: FFMPEG Lossless True Audio decoder
ffdec_vmdaudio: FFMPEG Sierra VMD audio decoder
ffdec_wmav1: FFMPEG Windows Media Audio v7 decoder
ffdec_wmav2: FFMPEG Windows Media Audio v8/9 decoder
ffdec_ws_snd1: FFMPEG Westwood Sound-1 decoder
ffdec_interplay_dpcm: FFMPEG Interplay DPCM audio decoder
ffdec_roq_dpcm: FFMPEG RoQ DPCM audio decoder
ffdec_sol_dpcm: FFMPEG SOL DPCM audio decoder
ffdec_xan_dpcm: FFMPEG XAN DPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_4xm: FFMPEG 4-XM ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_adx: FFMPEG ADX ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ct: FFMPEG CT ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ea: FFMPEG Electronic Arts ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ea_r1: FFMPEG EA ADPCM R1 decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ea_r2: FFMPEG EA ADPCM R2 decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ea_r3: FFMPEG EA ADPCM R3 decoder
ffdec_g726: FFMPEG G.726 ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_amv: FFMPEG IMA/AMV ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_dk3: FFMPEG IMA/DK3 ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_dk4: FFMPEG IMA/DK4 ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_qt: FFMPEG IMA/Quicktime ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_smjpeg: FFMPEG IMA/SMJPEG ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_wav: FFMPEG IMA/DVI ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ima_ws: FFMPEG IMA/Westwood ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_ms: FFMPEG Microsoft ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_sbpro_2: FFMPEG SB-Pro ADPCM 2 decoder
ffdec_adpcm_sbpro_3: FFMPEG SB-Pro ADPCM 3 decoder
ffdec_adpcm_sbpro_4: FFMPEG SB-Pro ADPCM 4 decoder
ffdec_adpcm_swf: FFMPEG Shockwave ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_thp: FFMPEG Nintendo THP ADPCM audio decoder
ffdec_adpcm_xa: FFMPEG CD-ROM XA ADPCM decoder
ffdec_adpcm_yamaha: FFMPEG Yamaha ADPCM decoder
ffdec_liba52: FFMPEG AC-3 audio decoder
ffdec_libamr_nb: FFMPEG 3GPP AMR NarrowBand speech audio codec decoder
ffdec_libamr_wb: FFMPEG 3GPP AMR WideBand speech audio codec decoder
ffdec_libfaad: FFMPEG MPEG-2/4 AAC audio decoder
ffdec_mpeg4aac: FFMPEG MPEG-2/4 AAC audio decoder
ffdemux_aiff: FFMPEG Audio IFF demuxer
ffdemux_amr: FFMPEG 3GPP AMR file format demuxer
ffdemux_apc: FFMPEG CRYO APC format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_apc: no extensions
ffdemux_ape: FFMPEG Monkey's Audio demuxer
ffdemux_asf: FFMPEG ASF format demuxer
ffdemux_au: FFMPEG SUN AU format demuxer
ffdemux_avi: FFMPEG AVI format demuxer
ffdemux_avs: FFMPEG AVS format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_avs: no extensions
ffdemux_bethsoftvid: FFMPEG Bethesda Softworks VID format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_bethsoftvid: no extensions
ffdemux_bfi: FFMPEG Brute Force & Ignorance demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_bfi: no extensions
ffdemux_c93: FFMPEG Interplay C93 demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_c93: no extensions
ffdemux_daud: FFMPEG D-Cinema audio format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_daud: 302
ffdemux_dsicin: FFMPEG Delphine Software International CIN format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_dsicin: no extensions
ffdemux_dv: FFMPEG DV video format demuxer
ffdemux_dxa: FFMPEG DXA demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_dxa: no extensions
ffdemux_ea: FFMPEG Electronic Arts Multimedia Format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_ea: no extensions
ffdemux_ea_cdata: FFMPEG Electronic Arts cdata demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_ea_cdata: cdata
ffdemux_ffm: FFMPEG ffm format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_ffm: no extensions
ffdemux_flic: FFMPEG FLI/FLC/FLX animation format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_flic: no extensions
ffdemux_flv: FFMPEG FLV format demuxer
ffdemux_4xm: FFMPEG 4X Technologies format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_4xm: no extensions
ffdemux_gif: FFMPEG GIF format demuxer
ffdemux_gsm: FFMPEG GSM demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_gsm: gsm
ffdemux_gxf: FFMPEG GXF format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_gxf: no extensions
ffdemux_idcin: FFMPEG id CIN format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_idcin: no extensions
ffdemux_IFF: FFMPEG IFF format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_IFF: no extensions
ffdemux_ingenient: FFMPEG Ingenient MJPEG demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_ingenient: cgi
ffdemux_ipmovie: FFMPEG Interplay MVE format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_ipmovie: no extensions
ffdemux_lmlm4: FFMPEG lmlm4 raw format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_lmlm4: no extensions
ffdemux_matroska: FFMPEG Matroska file format demuxer
ffdemux_mm: FFMPEG American Laser Games MM format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_mm: no extensions
ffdemux_mmf: FFMPEG mmf format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_mmf: no extensions
ffdemux_mov_mp4_m4a_3gp_3g2_mj2: FFMPEG QuickTime/MPEG-4/Motion JPEG 2000 format demuxer
ffdemux_mp3: FFMPEG MPEG audio demuxer
ffdemux_mpc: FFMPEG Musepack demuxer
ffdemux_mpc8: FFMPEG Musepack SV8 demuxer
ffdemux_mpeg: FFMPEG MPEG-PS format demuxer
ffdemux_mpegts: FFMPEG MPEG-2 transport stream format demuxer
ffdemux_mpegtsraw: FFMPEG MPEG-2 raw transport stream format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_mpegtsraw: no extensions
ffdemux_msnwctcp: FFMPEG MSN TCP Webcam stream demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_msnwctcp: no extensions
ffdemux_MTV: FFMPEG MTV format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_MTV: no extensions
ffdemux_mxf: FFMPEG MXF format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_mxf: no extensions
ffdemux_nsv: FFMPEG NullSoft Video format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_nsv: no extensions
ffdemux_nut: FFMPEG NUT format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_nut: nut
ffdemux_nuv: FFMPEG NuppelVideo format demuxer
ffdemux_ogg: FFMPEG Ogg demuxer
ffdemux_oma: FFMPEG Sony OpenMG audio demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_oma: oma,aa3
ffdemux_pva: FFMPEG TechnoTrend PVA file and stream format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_pva: no extensions
ffdemux_rl2: FFMPEG rl2 format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_rl2: no extensions
ffdemux_rm: FFMPEG RM format demuxer
ffdemux_RoQ: FFMPEG id RoQ format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_RoQ: no extensions
ffdemux_rpl: FFMPEG RPL/ARMovie format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_rpl: no extensions
ffdemux_film_cpk: FFMPEG Sega FILM/CPK format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_film_cpk: no extensions
ffdemux_siff: FFMPEG Beam Software SIFF demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_siff: vb,son
ffdemux_smk: FFMPEG Smacker video demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_smk: no extensions
ffdemux_sol: FFMPEG Sierra SOL format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_sol: no extensions
ffdemux_psxstr: FFMPEG Sony Playstation STR format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_psxstr: no extensions
ffdemux_swf: FFMPEG Flash format demuxer
ffdemux_thp: FFMPEG THP demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_thp: no extensions
ffdemux_tiertexseq: FFMPEG Tiertex Limited SEQ format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_tiertexseq: no extensions
ffdemux_tta: FFMPEG True Audio demuxer
ffdemux_txd: FFMPEG txd format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_txd: no extensions
ffdemux_vc1test: FFMPEG VC-1 test bitstream format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_vc1test: no extensions
ffdemux_vmd: FFMPEG Sierra VMD format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_vmd: no extensions
ffdemux_voc: FFMPEG Creative Voice file format demuxer
ffdemux_wav: FFMPEG WAV format demuxer
ffdemux_wc3movie: FFMPEG Wing Commander III movie format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_wc3movie: no extensions
ffdemux_wsaud: FFMPEG Westwood Studios audio format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_wsaud: no extensions
ffdemux_wsvqa: FFMPEG Westwood Studios VQA format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_wsvqa: no extensions
ffdemux_xa: FFMPEG Maxis XA File Format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_xa: no extensions
ffdemux_yuv4mpegpipe: FFMPEG YUV4MPEG pipe format demuxer
ffmpeg: fftype_yuv4mpegpipe: y4m
ffmux_amr: FFMPEG amr Muxer
ffmux_asf: FFMPEG asf Muxer
ffmux_dv: FFMPEG dv Muxer
ffmux_flv: FFMPEG flv Muxer
ffmux_gif: FFMPEG gif Muxer
ffmux_mmf: FFMPEG mmf Muxer
ffmux_mov: FFMPEG mov Muxer
ffmux_mp4: FFMPEG mp4 Muxer
ffmux_mpeg: FFMPEG mpeg Muxer
ffmux_vob: FFMPEG vob Muxer
ffmux_mpegts: FFMPEG mpegts Muxer
ffmux_3g2: FFMPEG 3g2 Muxer
ffmux_3gp: FFMPEG 3gp Muxer
ffdeinterlace: FFMPEG Deinterlace element
ffaudioresample: FFMPEG Audio resampling element

331 features:
+-- 283 elements
+-- 48 types

--
Jamei

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Re: no more video after upgrading packages

Submitted by mjaswa on Mon, 2008-09-08 22:54.

I had this same problem, also after not updating for several months. I fixed it by installing gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (aptitude install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg). It appears gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full is obsolete, but for some reason the transition to gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg didn't happen automatically on my system.

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Re: no more video after upgrading packages

Submitted by jamei on Wed, 2008-09-10 08:05.

thanks for your reply. it provided me the motivation to try harder to fix the issue. VLC is working again!

I just installed gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg instead of '-full'. It may have helped, but it did not solve the problem immediately. I think that there may have been a number of issues at play here.
I found that there is a problem is in the "debian-multimedia.org" libavcodec packages (which I didn't realise I was using).
from the site:

Quote:

18/06/2008 :
Broken ffmpeg libraries :
Since Debian use the same soname packages name than my packages, official packages (vlc, totem, etc...) linked against libavc* doesn't work with my libavc* packages.
If you want to use vlc and friends you need to downgrade libavc* packages to the official packages.

I downgraded these packages, however VLC was still not working.

Finally I upgraded VLC to the version in unstable. Success!

I've really missed VLC. Thank you very much for your help.

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