[Mageia-discuss] Playing flv files

[Phil]

On 02/09/12 17:28, Len Lawrence wrote:
> On 02/09/12 07:08, Phil wrote:
>> Thank you for reading this.
>>
>> Someone recently asked a question about this very topic but the answer
>> didn't help me.
>>
>> I have always been able to play flv files, with various players, until
>> Mageia 2. For example, this is the error that VLC generates:
>>
>> VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547)
>> [0x841e920] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
>> 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
>> [0x84692d8] qt4 interface error: Unable to load extensions module
>>
>> I tried cvlc and although it didn't generate an error message it also
>> didn't seem do anything either.
>>
>> The "extension module" seems like a likely place to start but I cannot
>> see anything useful in MCC. Can anyone help?
>>
> I have seen this in the past. Cannot remember what the fix was.
>
> cvlc works for me.
>
> Poking around on the Ubuntu forums I saw this suggestion to get vlc
> going after a different problem:
>
> rm -rf ~/.config/vlc

I don't have such a file, I wonder if that's the problem?

>
> On my system that directory contains a qt4 configuration file.
> Restarting vlc might regenerate the contents and might help with the
> missing module problem - shooting in the dark here though.
>
> And, if you want to use skins, remember to install svlc.
>

The name of the video flashes on the play window briefly but nothing 
else happens. There aren't any error messages.

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Regards,
Phil