Hi

Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play .avi
files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen. Kaffeine
identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4 (XVid,
ffmpeg).

Running kaffeine -w shows;
Distribution...
Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack certain
features because of legal requirements (potential patent violation)". You
should use the packages from here: http://packman.links2linux.de.

I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
also from the packman repository.

Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?

Regards

Vasilikon wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play .avi
> files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen. Kaffeine
> identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4 (XVid,
> ffmpeg).

Have you played xvid videos on the same installation before? "avi" alone
is not a format, it's just the container. Its contents can differ.

> Running kaffeine -w shows;
> Distribution...
> Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack certain
> features because of legal requirements (potential patent violation)". You
> should use the packages from here: http://packman.links2linux.de.
>
> I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
> libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
> also from the packman repository.
>
> Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?

Have you installed the windows media codecs, and the xvid codec?

Can you view the same video in mplayer?

Luca

Luca wrote:

> Vasilikon wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play
>> .avi files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen.
>> Kaffeine
>> identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4
>> (XVid, ffmpeg).
>
> Have you played xvid videos on the same installation before? "avi" alone
> is not a format, it's just the container. Its contents can differ.
>

Yes, Xvid videos that I have already watched are failing.

>> Running kaffeine -w shows;
>> Distribution...
>> Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack
>> certain features because of legal requirements (potential patent
>> violation)". You should use the packages from here:
>> http://packman.links2linux.de.
>>
>> I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
>> libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
>> also from the packman repository.
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?
>
> Have you installed the windows media codecs, and the xvid codec?
>

I have libxine1 and libxine1-w32dll installed. Is there another library that
should be there for the xvid codec?


> Can you view the same video in mplayer?

I didn't have mplayer installed, so I've downloaded it. Running it from the
console produces audio, but no video and the following output;

MPlayer 1.0rc2-openSUSE Linux 11.0 (i686)-Packman-4.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer
Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (Family: 6, Model: 4, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.

Playing ./Top Gear - S11E02.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [XVID] 720x416 12bpp 25.000 fps 1460.0 kbps (178.2 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
================================================== ========================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource
busy
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 416 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.73:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x416 => 720x416 Planar YV12
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 4.3% 18 0
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)

The X11 error message repeats continously.

>
>> Can you view the same video in mplayer?
>
> I didn't have mplayer installed, so I've downloaded it. Running it from
> the console produces audio, but no video and the following output;
>
> MPlayer 1.0rc2-openSUSE Linux 11.0 (i686)-Packman-4.3 (C) 2000-2007
> MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (Family: 6, Model: 4, Stepping: 2)
> CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
> Can't init input joystick
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing ./Top Gear - S11E02.avi.
> AVI file format detected.
> [aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
> [aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> VIDEO: [XVID] 720x416 12bpp 25.000 fps 1460.0 kbps (178.2 kbyte/s)
> Clip info:
> Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
> ================================================== ========================
> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
> ================================================== ========================
> ================================================== ========================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ================================================== ========================
> [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource
> busy
> AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 416 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 1.73:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 720x416 => 720x416 Planar YV12
> X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 4.3% 18 0
> X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
>
> The X11 error message repeats continously.

After closing all other windows, the XVid files *will* play in MPlayer

Regards

Vasilikon wrote:
>>> Can you view the same video in mplayer?
>> I didn't have mplayer installed, so I've downloaded it. Running it from
>> the console produces audio, but no video

> After closing all other windows, the XVid files *will* play in MPlayer

Personally, I play my videos in mplayer. Kaffeine is a bit too
unintuitive for me.
But I did think there was an xvid codec available. I may be wrong.

Luca

Vasilikon wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play .avi
> files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen. Kaffeine
> identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4 (XVid,
> ffmpeg).
>
> Running kaffeine -w shows;
> Distribution...
> Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack certain
> features because of legal requirements (potential patent violation)". You
> should use the packages from here: http://packman.links2linux.de.
>
> I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
> libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
> also from the packman repository.
>
> Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?
>
> Regards
>

If it won't play with Mplayer, Totem, or Xfmedia it's probably a broken
file.

--
Claude Hopper ? 3 :) 7/8

Vasilikon wrote:

> Hi
>
> Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play
> .avi files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen.
> Kaffeine
> identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4 (XVid,
> ffmpeg).
>
> Running kaffeine -w shows;
> Distribution...
> Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack
> certain features because of legal requirements (potential patent
> violation)". You should use the packages from here:
> http://packman.links2linux.de.
>
> I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
> libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
> also from the packman repository.
>
> Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?
>
> Regards


for kaffeine (and other)
libdvdcss
libdvdread
libdvdplay
libdvdnav
w32codecs
libxine1
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Running KDE 3.5.9 / openSUSE 11.0

Vasilikon wrote:

> Hi
>
> Sometime over the last few days, Kaffeine has lost the ability to play
> .avi files. I get the audio OK, but no video, just a blank screen.
> Kaffeine
> identifies the file as Mime: video/x-msvideo and video: ISO MPEG-4 (XVid,
> ffmpeg).
>
> Running kaffeine -w shows;
> Distribution...
> Found: openSUSE 11.0 (i586). The xine-lib shipped by SuSE "may lack
> certain features because of legal requirements (potential patent
> violation)". You should use the packages from here:
> http://packman.links2linux.de.
>
> I've checked with yast and xinelib is not installed, and libxine1 and
> libxine1-w32dll are both loaded from packman. The version of Kaffeine is
> also from the packman repository.
>
> Anyone got any ideas as to what to try next?
>
> Regards


Had something similar. Seems my Intel video driver didn't like the combo of compiz and video playing. Turned off the fancy compiz effects and all was good.

kev.