VLC : what works, what does not

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smokey01 · #31 Post by **smokey01** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 01:54

Pelo I've never had a problem playing DVD's in VLC ever. Maybe I've just been lucky

Pelo · #32 Post by **Pelo** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 05:57

XenialPUP 7.0.2 set audio as screencast shows

Pelo · #33 Post by **Pelo** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 06:06

smokey, i suppose that if something not working, you are so experimented Puppy (user), that nothing can stop you. You are not frightened neither by english, neither by Linux..
Vlc Works, what i would prefer is that people list what works, because for some developers, just install VLC means VLC works.
I mean : mp3 works, but no titles, or titles ok.
Avi works but not Mpeg..
For audio Cds, after changing preferences, VLC is efficient in Xenialpup 7.0.2.

Pelo · #34 Post by **Pelo** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 06:15

What i would like its about reading Chapters of a DVD.
I run the DVD 1998 football cup, menu appears, but you need to launch a chapter, then how do you do ?
You cannot play your DVD :
DVD is unserviceable, broken, dirty ?
Your DVDplayer is unserviceable, lens are to be cleanned..
Mount the partition..
I Bought a set of two DVD (part one and two). DVD one is seen by Puppy, DVD 2 no.. That is the real life.. Same computer.

When i click on Sr0, VLC is launched, then something is wrong.. but what, that is the question, annoying a lot puppy developers version 7.0.2, preparing version 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 and so on, while passengers get furious not having a movie on board xenialpup.
So wasting holidays by trying to watch movies with last Puppy Linux, You change for an older one, with gnome mplayer, and your movies play..

smokey01 · #35 Post by **smokey01** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 07:31

I don't think I have tried xenialpup so I can't offer help regarding vlc. My distro of choice is Fatdog64 and has been for many years. Never had a problem with vlc in it. Everything I have ever tried works. I guess there may be a few things I haven't tried.

Pelo · #36 Post by **Pelo** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 07:46

smokey01, i give answer, i can be wrong :
Since Tharpup, libraries are missing in Puppies, because developers choose Ubuntu way of life, deleting ffmpeg. Slacko still get all multimedia apps working, included Puppy home made pDVD: peasy Mp3 and others..
However, Puppy Linux is still my prefered OS.

32 bits...
In fact i am not married with an OS, i need to get my DVDs playing, my CDs playing, Facebook and youtube running well ... with the fast puppies, Puppy 4.3.1 was doing well. No shame to use it again.

smokey01 · #37 Post by **smokey01** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 08:02

I'm not too keen on variants that use deb packages for the same reason you described. Although there is a large choice of software it can be quite difficult to get some of it working. It's a nice idea being able to use large repositories but it's not all that reliable, in my experience anyway.

When I, or others make a package for Fatdog64 it usually works first time. On the odd occasion it doesn't, it's easy to add the missing dependency as they will be in the same repository. The same can not be said for many other distros. Slacko and Fatdog are very reliable.

scientist · #38 Post by **scientist** » Tue 05 Jul 2016, 23:57

The VLC for slacko 64 bit does not work.

It did work in the 32 bit version.

And the screen size on Mplayer can not be made larger.

Even full screen does not result in any larger size of the video playing.

Pelo · #39 Post by **Pelo** » Wed 06 Jul 2016, 02:10

scientist please precise what works in 32 bits (what did you use exactly, tested ok)
Mp3 files, Avi, CD, DVD or anything else.

smokey01 · #40 Post by **smokey01** » Wed 06 Jul 2016, 02:26

scientist wrote:The VLC for slacko 64 bit does not work.

It did work in the 32 bit version.

And the screen size on Mplayer can not be made larger.

Even full screen does not result in any larger size of the video playing.

I just compiled the latest version of vlc in Fatdog64-702. I then tried it in slacko64 and it worked fine with many video formats, avi, mkv, mov, mp4 etc. I didn't try a dvd, sorry pelo but I don't have time at the moment. Vlc requires QT so load qt-4.8.5 from the repo and it should work fine.
http://www.smokey01.com/fd700/sfs/vlc-2.2.4-x86_64.sfs

I didn't strip the binaries or lib files.

scientist · #41 Post by **scientist** » Wed 06 Jul 2016, 16:27

Thanks a lot.

I will try it out.

scientist · #42 Post by **scientist** » Wed 06 Jul 2016, 16:44

Tried playing mp4.

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Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))

smokey01 · #43 Post by **smokey01** » Thu 07 Jul 2016, 13:05

scientist wrote:Tried playing mp4.
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Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))

I'm not sure if you can load a sfs when running a full install. I know earlier versions couldn't.

If this is still the case then extract the sfs to a directory and make a pet of that directory. EG: dir2pet DirName

scientist · #44 Post by **scientist** » Thu 07 Jul 2016, 14:58

Thanks smokey.

scientist · #45 Post by **scientist** » Thu 07 Jul 2016, 16:54

smokey01 wrote:
scientist wrote:Tried playing mp4.
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Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))
I'm not sure if you can load a sfs when running a full install. I know earlier versions couldn't.

If this is still the case then extract the sfs to a directory and make a pet of that directory. EG: dir2pet DirName

I made the pet but had to make some guesses during it's creation.

VLC still won't show video nor does this work anymore.

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vlc --play-and-exit /usr/share/audio/doorbell-1.wav

scientist · #46 Post by **scientist** » Thu 07 Jul 2016, 16:57

smokey01 wrote:
scientist wrote:Tried playing mp4.
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Codec not supported:
VLC could not decode the format "h264" (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))
I'm not sure if you can load a sfs when running a full install. I know earlier versions couldn't.

If this is still the case then extract the sfs to a directory and make a pet of that directory. EG: dir2pet DirName

The extracted files (USR) are in Storage.

Do I use dir2pet USR or dir2pet Storage ?

Pelo · #47 Post by **Pelo** » Mon 11 Jul 2016, 05:55

DVD Western américain, chapters are opened by clicking the mouse
'Open Range' Dolby System
No trouble

File avi : vokoscreen-2016-06-12_05-55-13.avi: 124 K
root# vlc
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[08cf4c00] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
[08c48150] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_va_gl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_va_gl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread
root#
I translate the topic, i come back if any solution found. for french native ; computing has one level more than English people : translation.

Pelo · #48 Post by **Pelo** » Mon 11 Jul 2016, 08:33

14 juillet : end of the abusive power of administrators (1789)

power to the people ! Workers, housewives, and grandmas..and grandpas.
The gap widens between the nobility (

) and the people
Stop deleting usefull apps for your useless bluetooh and 3d !
Mplayer deleted, DVDs no longer played by VLC.. stop !

Retrofit your system to Precise version ! or run Slackos XFCE versions, (Parole, xnoise)

screenshot being changed by a linux one, but don't forget french attitude of rebellion;
See XFCE media players ested with X-slacko Slim here

Robert123 · #49 Post by **Robert123** » Mon 11 Jul 2016, 09:13

Pelo wrote:14 juillet : end of the abusive power of administrators (1789)
power to the people ! Workers, housewives, and grandmas..and grandpas.
The gap widens between the nobility ( ) and the people
Stop deleting usefull apps for your useless bluetooh and 3d !
Mplayer deleted, DVDs no longer played by VLC.. stop !

Retrofit your system to Precise version ! or run Slackos XFCE versions, (Parole, xnoise) screenshot being changed by a linux one, but don't forget french attitude of rebellion;

I work in aged care and I have to say your mad ravings out do anything extreme I have heard or seen there. There is remastering tools in Puppyland to create your own spins so stop bleating and polluting threads and build your own setup. There enough Mplayer .pets around you can install so have a search and get off your butt do something constructive.

Pelo · #50 Post by **Pelo** » Mon 11 Jul 2016, 09:27

Puppy is just going to a linux students OS, after having drawn thousands of users from Windows ... and Big Linux;..
Just ask people what they need , to make they computer useful for something else than programming !
Our children watch DVDS, We still offer CDs as gifts, What about Puppy Linux if newer versions are useless for that !
Some puppy buiders try to retrieve the Puppy Linux spirit ! i help them.
'Puppy Linux advantage
R eady to use→ all tools for common daily computing usage already included.
Ease of use → grandpa-friendly certified ™
Relatively small size → 200 MB or less.
Fast and versatile.
Customisable within minutes → remasters.
Different flavours → optimised to support older computers, newer computers.
Variety → hundreds of derivatives (“puplets

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VLC : what works, what does not

XenialPUP 7.0.2 audio CDs

VLC is efficient in Xenialpup 7.0.2.

How to launch a DVD chapter ?

Since Tharpup, libraries are missing in Puppies,

Mp3 files, CD, DVD or anything else.

Xenialpup 7.0.1 VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax

parole xfce on test bench at pelo-s workshops

Re: parole xfce on test bench at pelo-s workshops

Puppy is just going to a linux students OS,