Kaffeine can't find codecs etc.

[michael tucker]

all i did when i got my kaffeine working was to google win32 codecs for suse
10.1  --thats my distro
the file i got was a tar.gz file-- i extracted it and put it in -- i think
usr/share/win32  or usr/binwin32--- i cant exactly what destination the
win32 is in-- but i know i put it in there-----  and i havent had any
problems runnig any mp3's or certain avi's    just mpeg---- i think i need
more codecs for them

On 3/30/07, John <john_82 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 29 March 2007 01:11, John Meyer wrote:
> > John wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 28 March 2007 15:15, John wrote:
> > >> On Wednesday 28 March 2007 14:09, John Meyer wrote:
> > >>> John wrote:
> > >>>> I seem to have lost the ability to play anything from mp3 to avi's
> etc
> > >>>> after installing kaffiene 8.3. I've followed the suggested link for
> a
> > >>>> replacement for the suse xine and installed that plus newer libcaca
> > >>>> and libtheora to get round dependencies. I didn't need to install
> new
> > >>>> versions of alsa or speex.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> If I run kaffeine -w it can find win32 etc and is only unhappy
> because
> > >>>> it can't access /dev/dvd - permission refused. (on suse
> > >>>> that's /media/dvdrecorder). I did try adding a simulink but that
> > >>>> doesn't seem to help. Maybe I haven't done that in the right way?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Going on from that if I click on anything that kaffiene should play
> it
> > >>>> comes up with "can't find plugin to handle etc" even on an mp3.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have also tried to run a file directly from xine and get the same
> > >>>> error message. All of the codecs etc are there as installed my
> mplayer
> > >>>> but there is no indication where xine expects to find them. The
> > >>>> kaffeine wizard definitely does find them!. Also the xine load log
> > >>>> shows that it can't find a demux for an mpv file. Xine also seems
> to
> > >>>> be installed in a "simple user mode" maybe more advanced modes
> allow
> > >>>> the codec directories to be specified. There doesn't seem to be any
> > >>>> way of changing this.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Curiously all but dvd playing was fine with the original suse
> > >>>> installation once mplayer had been install. That still functions
> > >>>> perfectly.
> > >>>> Adding the dvd lib didn't allow dvd's to be played. The best I
> managed
> > >>>> was - have you permission to play this. Running as root didn't help
> > >>>> either.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 'elp.
> > >>>
> > >>> Have you tried reinstalling the codecs from packman?
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> > >> I hadn't tried that but have now - no change.
> > >
> > > One odd thing about this when I try to load a file from kaffeine using
> > > "all supported media files" it shows none in directories that contain
> > > mp3's, avi's etc.
> >
> > How about deleting the codecs completely, then reinstalling.
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> I can't see how deleting and then reinstalling the codecs can help as they
> have been updated when I re installed. Kaffiene detects them too but for
> some
> reason won't use them. Prior to updating Kaffiene and Xine everything was
> fine. Just a straight suse payed for installation. I then installed
> mplayer
> and all of the usual codecs were then available. I have also copied codec
> into the correct directory manually on earlier suse installations.
>
> --
> Regards
> John
>
> Suse 10.0
> KDE 3.4.2 B
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