Problem with xine playing AVI files

[Paul Smith]

Dear All

When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:

xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'

However, I do have installed the following packages:

Installed Packages
xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Development discussions related to Fedora]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
>
> When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
>
> xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
>
> However, I do have installed the following packages:
>
> Installed Packages
> xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6

For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its 
analysis of the file back here.

DaveT.

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, David Timms  wrote:
> > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> >
> > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> >
> > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> >
> > Installed Packages
> > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
>
> For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its
> analysis of the file back here.

Thanks, Dave. Mplayer plays fine my AVI file. Further information:

$ file myvideo.avi
myvideo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 544 x 416, 29.97 fps,
video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
$

Paul

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> > >
> > > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> > >
> > > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> > >
> > > Installed Packages
> > > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
> >
> > For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its
> > analysis of the file back here.
>
> Thanks, Dave. Mplayer plays fine my AVI file. Further information:
>
> $ file myvideo.avi
> myvideo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 544 x 416, 29.97 fps,
> video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
> $

I have meanwhile reported this problem in Livna Bugzilla:

http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489

Paul

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > > > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> > > >
> > > > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > > > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > > > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > > > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> > > >
> > > > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> > > >
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > > > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > > > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > > > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
> > >
> > > For a different decoder's point of view, try mplayer and post its
> > > analysis of the file back here.
> >
> > Thanks, Dave. Mplayer plays fine my AVI file. Further information:
> >
> > $ file myvideo.avi
> > myvideo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 544 x 416, 29.97 fps,
> > video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
> > $
>
> I have meanwhile reported this problem in Livna Bugzilla:
>
> http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489

With xine of Freshrpms, no problem occurs.

Paul

[michiel]

Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
>
> When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
>
> xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
>
> However, I do have installed the following packages:
>
> Installed Packages
> xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

Same over here with the latest vlc from livna. Looks like freshrpms & livna have probs. I was used to vlc playing nearly 
everything I throw at it.

Michiel

[Paul Smith]

On 4/25/07, michiel  wrote:
> > When playing an AVI file with xine, I get the following problem:
> >
> > xine: found input plugin  : file input plugin
> > failed to read 8 bytes at pos 732637184
> > xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin
> > video_decoder: no plugin available to handle 'XviD'
> >
> > However, I do have installed the following packages:
> >
> > Installed Packages
> > xine.i386                                0.99.4-10.lvn6         installed
> > xine-lib.i386                            1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras.i386                     1.1.6-1.fc6            installed
> > xine-lib-extras-nonfree.i386             1.1.6-1.lvn6           installed
> > xvidcore-1.1.2-2.lvn6
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Same over here with the latest vlc from livna. Looks like freshrpms & livna have probs. I was used to vlc playing nearly
> everything I throw at it.

I removed as many packages as I could from Livna. Afterwards, I
deactivated the Livna repository and replaced the removed Livna
packages with Freshrpms ones. Now everything seems to be working fine.
> From my experience, Livna has problems much more frequently than

Freshrpms.

Paul