Bug 157955

Summary:	media-video/vlc-0.8.6 doesn't want to read wmv9 (it should normaly read it)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	GNUtoo
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Media-video project <media-video>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=3776608
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description GNUtoo 2006-12-12 12:28:32 UTC

vlc 0.8.6 has support for wmv9 videos
here are some wmv9 videos:
http://www.grc.com/sr/themovie.htm
playing it gives an error
$ vlc SR6_With_Leo.wmv
VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000297] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `WMV3'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format. 

upgrading to the lastest ffmpeg doesn't work

for others architectures than x86 it could be great to have a native wmv9 codec(not win32codecs) moreover it's free software and win32codecs isn't

Comment 1 GNUtoo 2006-12-12 12:43:24 UTC

# emerge -av vlc

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-0.8.6  USE="X a52 alsa cdda cddb dts dvb dvd flac hal httpd libnotify matroska mp3 mpeg ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl oss png rtsp samba sdl speex svg theora truetype vorbis wxwindows xml xv -3dfx -aalib (-altivec) -arts -avahi -bidi -corba -daap -debug -directfb -esd -fbcon -ggi -gnutls -libcaca -lirc -live -mod -optimisememory -seamonkey -shout -skins -stream -svga -upnp -v4l -vcd -vlm -win32codecs -xinerama -xosd" 0 kB

i don't see any ffmpeg use flag there...

Comment 2 GNUtoo 2006-12-13 04:32:15 UTC

it works when rebuilding vlc