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   Carlos E.R. to grinch   
   Re: TW up to date but no VLC   
   15 Oct 17 21:00:49   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-10-15 20:05, grinch wrote:   
   > On 15/10/17 14:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2017-10-15 01:32, bad sector wrote:   
   >>> On 10/14/2017 07:19 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2017-10-14 13:06, bad sector wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "Codec not supported:   
   >>>>> VLC could not decode the format "mp4a" (MPEG AAC Audio)"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I never see this problem on 13.2   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What repo did you install VLC from?   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't remember, it was either a disk folder   
   >>> or a suse ftp server.   
   >>   
   >> It is impossible to help you unless you know what you do. If you have   
   >> bad memory, take notes.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> It must be from packman, with deps.   
   >>>   
   >>> I had some packman local folders but   
   >>> for this I enabled a packamna ftp   
   >>> server, deleted everyhing with VLC   
   >>> in it and reinstalled.   
   >>   
   >> This is impossible to understand. What on earth is "some packman local   
   >> folders"?   
   >>   
   >> If you are using TW you can only use online sources, never disk sources.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> And now it's:   
   >>>   
   >>> "VLC could not decode the format "h264"   
   >>>   (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10))"   
   >>>   
   >>> I fail to see why any package would be   
   >>> included anywhere in the tree when that   
   >>> package (most MM without all codecs)   
   >>> is likely not to work.   
   >>>   
   >>> Having to fish out all the deps and reinstalling   
   >>> them only from let's say packman sources   
   >>> is quite a job (I  haven't done that yet).   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I would format your computer and start again, doing things in the proper   
   >> and documented ways.   
   >>   
   > I have vlc running just fine on leap 42.3, you must not mix the rpms   
   > from suse and packman.I am using suse  only and it works.   
   >   
   > Use the search facility in yast and remove all traces of vlc   
   > reinstall version 2 of vlc using suse only ,make sure you install the   
   > codecs and that should work it does for me.   
      
   Everything related to VLC should be installed only from packman.   
   And being Tumbleweed, everything has to be absolutely current, not   
   stored in directories. Online repos only.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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