multimedia codecs on SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Applications
1

hi,

i tried the package from https://www.suse.com/communities/conversations/additional-multimedia-codec-support-for-sled-11-sp3

i have the SDK SP3 repo, packman repo. checkdependencies gives me all green (of course i installed with zypper the required packages according to the README).

when running build script, i get this error:
make[3]: Leaving directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst/coloreffects' make -C colorspace make[3]: Entering directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst/colorspace’
ORCC tmp-orc.c
Feature used that is incompatible with --compat in program cogorc_memcpy_2d
make[3]: *** [tmp-orc.c] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst/colorspace' make[2]: *** [colorspace] Error 2 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[4]: Leaving directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst/camerabin’
make[3]: Leaving directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst/camerabin' make[2]: Leaving directory /tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr/gst’
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/tmp.4q2vNRTlPr’
make: *** [all] Error 2

Anyone has an idea for how to fix it?

thanks.

2

i isolated the error to the gst-plugins-bad-0.10.22.tar.gz compiling

if i use version 0.10.17 as in previous multimedia pack, i get liboil missing error, although i have liboil:
checking for LIBOIL… no
configure: error: liboil-0.3.8 or later is required

but zypper says:
Information for package liboil:

Repository: SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.193
Name: liboil
Version: 0.3.15-3.10
Arch: x86_64
Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Support Level: Level 3
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 548.0 KiB

3

Hi
When compiling it is looking for the library header and pc files which
are always in the -devel package. In your case install
liboil-devel package.

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4

hi Malcolm,

i did what you said, and got passed the liboil error using the gst-plugins-bad-0.10.17(&19) version (17 with SP1 multimedia pack, 19 with SP3 multimedia pack). using version 22 as it comes with the pack, i still get the error from the opening of this thread.

but now i get another error (after moving on with the liboil on 17&19 version), this time from a tool:
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/tmp.JySMnJaL2j/ext/cog’
GEN cogorc.c
/usr/bin/orcc: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/orcc: undefined symbol: orc_bytecode_from_program
make[3]: *** [cogorc.c] Error 127

the version of the tool is Orc Compiler 0.4.17

what is your advice for this one?

thanks.

5

Hi
Looks like a library linking issue, run the following command before starting your building;

export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0

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6

i uninstalled orc…and it worked, even with the 22 version.

i see this package is only for totem/banshee, not for vlc (vlc does not play my test video yet)
is there anything else that needs to be done to activate ATI video acceleration? i see it is obviously missing, fps is very low.

thank you very much!

7

Hi
You should have the ati repo enabled on your system? You can install
the proprietary driver from here?

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8

hi Malcolm,

yes, i have fglrx installed and am using compiz with gnome. i also did the following, hoping it would help, but no performance difference observed (in totem/banshee, vlc does not play my file): https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/multimedia/477671-enabling-hardware-acceleration-vlc-ati.html

vlc seems too old version in pacman repo, is there an option to update its codecs at least?

thanks.

9

Hi
AFAIK vlc and vlc-codecs are required now for 2.x series maybe try
rebuilding the src rpm for 2.x?

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10

vlc building sounds complicated :slight_smile:

i’ve tried to build gstreamer-vaapi, with no success. would it be possible to include this in the multimedia codecs pack?

thanks.

11

Hi
I would suggest switching to videolan then;

screen
zypper ar -f http://download.videolan.org/vlc/SuSE/SLE11/ videolan
zypper ref
zypper patch
zypper up
zypper dup --from videolan

That should cause all packages to switch…

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CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340

12

i get a missing library error when installing vlc from that repo:

zypper in vlc-gnome
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…

Problem: nothing provides libdvbpsi.so.7()(64bit) needed by vlc-noX-2.0.5-5.10.x86_64
Solution 1: do not install vlc-gnome-2.0.5-5.10.x86_64
Solution 2: break vlc-noX-2.0.5-5.10.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

how should i provide the missing lib?

thanks.

13

i took the lib from here: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/v/vl/vlc/SuSE/SLE11/x86_64/libdvbpsi7-0.2.2-8.2.x86_64.html

but no luck with hw acceleration, the option is grayed out in VLC settings.

14

Hi
Strange it should be libdvbpsi9 not 7…

Are you sure everything switched to the videolan repo?

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up 1 day 0:52, 3 users, load average: 0.40, 0.47, 0.51
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15

yes. the initial install was from packman repo.

what is the best way to install vlc on this system, besides compiling the sources? i’ve seen some report on http://www.suse.in.th/how-tofaq-%28beginner-skill%29/how-to-installing-vlc-on-sled-11-sp1/ that points to use opensuse repositories.

thanks.

[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;15436]Hi
Strange it should be libdvbpsi9 not 7…

Are you sure everything switched to the videolan repo?

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openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
up 1 day 0:52, 3 users, load average: 0.40, 0.47, 0.51
CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340[/QUOTE]

16

and without taking rpms from the web…any install vlc-gnome gives me a missing library, either libx264.so.129, libcdio.so.10 etc.

17

Hi
I would suggest popping over to the videolan forum and asking there as
it’s probably a build bug that needs looking at from their perspective.

I don’t use VLC, but just totem and any files I need I use handbrake
(from packman) to convert into a suitable format.

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18

thank you Malcolm.

i’ll do that, since i even tried your earlier suggestion to build vlc (taken from git, fails from ./bootstrap with all required tools installed). ffmpeg building just works with no headaches.

19

[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;15383]Hi
I would suggest switching to videolan then;

screen
zypper ar -f http://download.videolan.org/vlc/SuSE/SLE11/ videolan
zypper ref
zypper patch
zypper up
zypper dup --from videolan

That should cause all packages to switch…

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
up 0:26, 3 users, load average: 0.41, 0.42, 0.34
CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340[/QUOTE]

Would this invalidate Novell support for SLED? I can’t imagine that they would support packages changed by any given developer.

20

i managed to build VLC to work with VAAPI. details are here:https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=113205, basically i had to use automake version from openSUSE 11.4.

remains gstreamer-vaapi for a complete ATI hw acceleration solution…will update if/when i manage to build it.

thanks.