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Printers.......

Well I did happen to read that thread earlier.
Unfortunately I don't have a HP printer. I know that recent versions of cups have been a nightmare with permissions...perfectly good setups suddenly stop and cannot get working again..problems with the backends , filter and device permissions it seems. This version is supposed to cure that so is very appreciated that you are working on it but as for HP I'm unsure as this uses addition stuff (technical term) so perhaps outside of these fixes...wow I'm no comfort eh....testers wanted...apply within.

By the way I tried a recent copy og 4.20 and I'm very impressed and so was our lodger after I spent ages setting up and customising 4.12 for him.....oh c'est la vie.

On topic time....I noticed someone had tried the vlc stripped? which is on my site and was using it!!!! so I thought I'd better try it in 4.12.
It does indeed work as such for some formats....avi/xvid/divx/mp3 ...but some...flv/wmv it says 'no can do'.....ffmpeg methinks which was my previous conclusion.
I did try 4.12 ffmpeg by symlinking in libavcodec etc...
result was ok and fail on exactly the same formats but this time crashed on the 'no can dos' with 'segmentation fault'. In my simple head does this suggest errors with the calls/linking of the relevent codecs rather than the codecs themselves?
This also gives me the impression that you were pretty close with your compilation efforts .

Apart from extra functionality new formats are creeping in that the older vlc/ffmpeg cannot handle though I wondered if vlc(0.8.6) can be compiled to use external avcodec? That previous thought may need total disregard as 0.9.2 does. Now I am definately rambling so I shall pause for a word from our sponsers....


mike

lightbulb time...the avcodec vlc plugin = area of bug...off to test

Hey mike well I'm compiling the latest VLC, earlier today I compiled around 12 sound/video related packages for the video editor, So I figured might as well keep going, tonight I compiled another 24 packages for VLC, lol cross your fingers
ttuuxxx

You are a martyr to your veins...as we used to say.

Looking forward to trying this one out....why should windows users have all the fun lol

mike

Are you compiling with shared ffmpeg Ttuuux? Apparently it is possible, but when I tried, make install ran out of room in my save file... I'm hoping it only needs all that space temporarily

Looking forward to trying this one out....why should windows users have all the fun lol

If you just want fun, you should try running in Wine... the 0.8.x series works great in it anyway

well I'm on 2 day of it, I'll give it a shot
Still having that playback issue with the dvd, but atleast this time it keeps playing, just a paused image on the screen. But its a start
I'm thinking about compiling ffmpeg, I was using the one from the repo and dev files, but that one is the bare min version.
all the other packages are compiled fresh, well over 40 now
ttuuxxx

Hi,
Installed vlc-0.8.6h-engv5.pet into PuppyLinux 4.2v2 - cannot select files, open files, settings etc.

from cli
[00000279] main dialogs provider error: no dialogs provider module matched "any"
[00000276] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the wxWidgets plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[00000276] skins2 interface: skin: VLC 0.8.5 Default Skin author: aLtgLasS
[00000354] main dialogs provider error: no dialogs provider module matched "any"
[00000276] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the wxWidgets plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)

this was in a full install of 4.2v2
then tried live cd of 4.2v2 - same problems
then tried live cd of 4.2 - works fine. Also tried 42 skins and vlc default file selection both work ok.
also worked fine in 4.12

DC

p.s. anybody tried vlc 0.9.9a?

this was in a full install of 4.2v2
then tried live cd of 4.2v2 - same problems

must be a change with the gtk libs...that gives the error you describe

mike

Hi ttuuxxx

Many thanks for all your efforts on behalf of the Puppy community...

A question about the vlc pet - did you include the dvb-enable option to provide dvb-t support?

Regards
Peter

peebee wrote:Hi ttuuxxx

Many thanks for all your efforts on behalf of the Puppy community...

A question about the vlc pet - did you include the dvb-enable option to provide dvb-t support?

Regards
Peter

Tell you the truth I don't remember, if you run it via the terminal and type
vlc -v or it should give you the configurations. Are you into digital brodcasting? Sounds like fun if you are.
ttuuxxx

Hi ttuuxxx

I am trying to get dvb-t reception under retro Puppy4.0 on a Thinkpad 600 !!!

"vlc -l" shows some mentions of dvb:
dvbsub DVB subtitles decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles encoder
playlist DVB playlist import

vlc can open my channels.conf file (DVB playlist import), and does seem to recognise each dvb-t channel however for each it gives the error:

main input error: no suitable access module for 'dvb:'

so I guess the support is only partial?

Regards
Peter

peebee wrote:Hi ttuuxxx

I am trying to get dvb-t reception under retro Puppy4.0 on a Thinkpad 600 !!!

"vlc -l" shows some mentions of dvb:
dvbsub DVB subtitles decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles encoder
playlist DVB playlist import

vlc can open my channels.conf file (DVB playlist import), and does seem to recognise each dvb-t channel however for each it gives the error:

main input error: no suitable access module for 'dvb:'

so I guess the support is only partial?

Regards
Peter

Well what you could do, is find a similar version say at the ubuntu repo and add the plugin, since its compiled with it enabled, then simply all you need is the plugin, and matching deps. Thats goodnews,
ttuuxxx

Well what you could do, is find a similar version say at the ubuntu repo and add the plugin, since its compiled with it enabled, then simply all you need is the plugin, and matching deps. Thats goodnews, Smile
ttuuxxx

I did this to get goom working using the slacky.eu package..good suggestion.
Would be worth ldd /path/to/plugin.so to check out it's dependancy needs

mike

Hello ttuuxxx
I would like to know if there's a version of VLC available for Puppy 4.12 compiled to use the shared QT3.3, and if yes, where can I get it??
Also, I agreed with your post on BK blog that official Puppy should drop Seamonkey and use Opera + VLC + QT libs shared.
Thank you.

I read someone's earlier post reporting the same thing, but did not see how the problem was solved. I loaded all files including locals but the player comes up and then none of the controls will respond.

Don't know what to do -------HHHHEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP!

thx,
Vito

I am using puppy deeper thought 4.2 x2

thx,
Vito

The problem with scanning 12pages of posts is that one is apt to forget where one read what. Just 5 posts above this one it seems to have been demonstrated that vlc is having trouble working with deeper thought x2 and not the main release.

OK so we will have to wait for the next installment. I didn't even begin to think about vlc until I read this post. I agree those it seem to be the most stalwart of the media players. I have uninstalled it for now.

I tried to install bmp and bmpx but I am no compiler of progs and those need some compiling as it turns out.

Thx again for the great work to date on Deeper Thought. I no longer miss the pwidgets. I have gone outside of the forum to the site of someone with the moniker of the Dark Knight to try out his new compile of firefox 3.0.6 and flash 10.00.87.pet, which may in fact be someone elses compile.

Both are working well.

Mny Thx,
Vito

Fantastic job, thanks!

.3gp video (commonly used on many mobile phones) does not play with sound on this VLC (neither does puppy default Media Player gxine). Any ideas why appreciated.

Yes, the 3gp audio codec is difficult to support in Linux, and no, the Windows codec-packs won't help.

See "MPlayer-1.0rc2 + mencoder Feb 2008"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26511

Thank you for the link. Im sorry Im blissfully unaware of how video codecs work under linux. I notice under the wikipedia entry for .3gp it says that it is supported with VLC, however it doesnt seem to be with this package.

Slightly off topic, .3gp is the only video format Ive had trouble playing in puppy linux (to its considerable credit), although auto-open mime types are often not set up to open files with a media player when clicked on. How tricky would it be to produce a .pet with the codec for 3gp..and would that make the audio available in all media players (gxine/vlc)? Having "all the software for everyday use" is a puppy goal better forfilled for being able to play mobile phone video...which wasnt really about when puppy was first conceived.