[users] VLC and x264

[Mostafa Afgani]

Hi,

after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
trying to transcode using x264:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.

Is the older version archived somewhere?

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

Of course, 'x264' in the command above should be 'h264', but the
problem is there nevertheless:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=3000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:h264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


-Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani
after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)
I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.
Is the older version archived somewhere?

No longer for RHEL5. Since newer VLC releases are impossible to compile
against RHEL5 (due to old toolkit versions in RHEL5) we only provide the
latest build for RHEL5.

My believe was that this build provides the best of VLC at that point, and
there were no known issues reported afaik. I have copies of older builds
available locally:

-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21270012 Mar 29 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21218904 Apr 21 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21206344 Jun 2 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21205451 Jun 5 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21463091 Jun 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6c-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21375791 Dec 1 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21506377 Dec 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21738032 Jun 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6h-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 23018451 Sep 18 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22903533 Dec 5 16:37 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 20980904 Sep 25 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21232968 Oct 2 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21261147 Oct 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21506414 Nov 10 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21564753 Dec 6 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.8a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22048677 Feb 11 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-0.rc1.el5.test.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22188599 Apr 3 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22211351 Apr 8 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22096798 Jul 10 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106804 Jul 23 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106867 Sep 6 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22107523 Nov 7 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22114999 Jun 14 2010 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-5.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21299031 Dec 7 02:02 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-6.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or
if you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.

Just let me know.

[Mostafa Afgani]

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

IIRC, we moved to --disable-x264 to use the ffmpeg h264 implementation.
Since both ffmpeg and vlc have their own strict set of requirements it was
a pain to make both work in all cases (even with other hardware).

We could simply try it out again and see where it goes. Since the
buildsystem removes the failed buildlogs (of a certain release) as soon as
a successful build was made, I cannot go back to look at all the previous
attempts at making it work. It seldom was necessary.

I do agree a proper changelog in this case would be nice. But it would
require an additional final rebuild describing all the items done/undone,
which takes even more time after a long session of trial-and-error and
combinations... (because at that time it's still possible some other
packages fails against the updated requirements, forcing me to go back to
vlc and redo the packages).

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

IIRC, we moved to --disable-x264 to use the ffmpeg h264 implementation.
Since both ffmpeg and vlc have their own strict set of requirements it was
a pain to make both work in all cases (even with other hardware).

We could simply try it out again and see where it goes. Since the
buildsystem removes the failed buildlogs (of a certain release) as soon as
a successful build was made, I cannot go back to look at all the previous
attempts at making it work. It seldom was necessary.

I do agree a proper changelog in this case would be nice. But it would
require an additional final rebuild describing all the items done/undone,
which takes even more time after a long session of trial-and-error and
combinations... (because at that time it's still possible some other
packages fails against the updated requirements, forcing me to go back to
vlc and redo the packages).

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

IIRC, we moved to --disable-x264 to use the ffmpeg h264 implementation.
Since both ffmpeg and vlc have their own strict set of requirements it was
a pain to make both work in all cases (even with other hardware).

We could simply try it out again and see where it goes. Since the
buildsystem removes the failed buildlogs (of a certain release) as soon as
a successful build was made, I cannot go back to look at all the previous
attempts at making it work. It seldom was necessary.

I do agree a proper changelog in this case would be nice. But it would
require an additional final rebuild describing all the items done/undone,
which takes even more time after a long session of trial-and-error and
combinations... (because at that time it's still possible some other
packages fails against the updated requirements, forcing me to go back to
vlc and redo the packages).

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

IIRC, we moved to --disable-x264 to use the ffmpeg h264 implementation.
Since both ffmpeg and vlc have their own strict set of requirements it was
a pain to make both work in all cases (even with other hardware).

We could simply try it out again and see where it goes. Since the
buildsystem removes the failed buildlogs (of a certain release) as soon as
a successful build was made, I cannot go back to look at all the previous
attempts at making it work. It seldom was necessary.

I do agree a proper changelog in this case would be nice. But it would
require an additional final rebuild describing all the items done/undone,
which takes even more time after a long session of trial-and-error and
combinations... (because at that time it's still possible some other
packages fails against the updated requirements, forcing me to go back to
vlc and redo the packages).

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

IIRC, we moved to --disable-x264 to use the ffmpeg h264 implementation.
Since both ffmpeg and vlc have their own strict set of requirements it was
a pain to make both work in all cases (even with other hardware).

We could simply try it out again and see where it goes. Since the
buildsystem removes the failed buildlogs (of a certain release) as soon as
a successful build was made, I cannot go back to look at all the previous
attempts at making it work. It seldom was necessary.

I do agree a proper changelog in this case would be nice. But it would
require an additional final rebuild describing all the items done/undone,
which takes even more time after a long session of trial-and-error and
combinations... (because at that time it's still possible some other
packages fails against the updated requirements, forcing me to go back to
vlc and redo the packages).

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Oh, that's weird. Maybe in fact this was not intended and we just need
to rebuild it with x264? Dag?

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Yury V. Zaytsev
Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

Well, looking at the debug message from vlc, it seems that
'--disable-x264' was passed to the buildsystem for 0.9.9a-7. This
isn't reflected in the changelog and I don't have a copy of 0.9.9a-5
yet to check what the build option was for that.

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

(It might take 12h though, depending on when the mirror picks it up)

If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options
you expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

Kind regards,

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Post by Dag Wieers
If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options you
expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

I did try rebuilding the package using vlc-0.9.9a-7.rf.src.rpm before
writing to the list but the build kept failing because of
libogg-devel. It complained about failing to find /usr/lib/libogg.la

The version of libogg-devel that I have is: libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
and it does not have libogg.la.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Just checked 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6. '5' works but '6' doesn't. It
seems '6' was also compiled with '--disable-x264'. Perhaps the problem
is actually in the new ffmpeg?

vlc-0.9.9a-6 + ffmpeg-0.6.1-1:
---------------------------------------------------------
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: broken ffmpeg default settings detected
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: use an encoding preset (e.g. -vpre medium)
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: preset usage: -vpre <speed> -vpre <profile>
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: speed presets are listed in x264 --help
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: profile is optional; x264 defaults to high
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder


-Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Just checked 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6. '5' works but '6' doesn't. It
seems '6' was also compiled with '--disable-x264'. Perhaps the problem
is actually in the new ffmpeg?

vlc-0.9.9a-6 + ffmpeg-0.6.1-1:
---------------------------------------------------------
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: broken ffmpeg default settings detected
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: use an encoding preset (e.g. -vpre medium)
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: preset usage: -vpre <speed> -vpre <profile>
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: speed presets are listed in x264 --help
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: profile is optional; x264 defaults to high
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder


-Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Just checked 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6. '5' works but '6' doesn't. It
seems '6' was also compiled with '--disable-x264'. Perhaps the problem
is actually in the new ffmpeg?

vlc-0.9.9a-6 + ffmpeg-0.6.1-1:
---------------------------------------------------------
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: broken ffmpeg default settings detected
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: use an encoding preset (e.g. -vpre medium)
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: preset usage: -vpre <speed> -vpre <profile>
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: speed presets are listed in x264 --help
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: profile is optional; x264 defaults to high
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder


-Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Just checked 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6. '5' works but '6' doesn't. It
seems '6' was also compiled with '--disable-x264'. Perhaps the problem
is actually in the new ffmpeg?

vlc-0.9.9a-6 + ffmpeg-0.6.1-1:
---------------------------------------------------------
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: broken ffmpeg default settings detected
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: use an encoding preset (e.g. -vpre medium)
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: preset usage: -vpre <speed> -vpre <profile>
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: speed presets are listed in x264 --help
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: profile is optional; x264 defaults to high
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder


-Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Just checked 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6. '5' works but '6' doesn't. It
seems '6' was also compiled with '--disable-x264'. Perhaps the problem
is actually in the new ffmpeg?

vlc-0.9.9a-6 + ffmpeg-0.6.1-1:
---------------------------------------------------------
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: broken ffmpeg default settings detected
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: use an encoding preset (e.g. -vpre medium)
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: preset usage: -vpre <speed> -vpre <profile>
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: speed presets are listed in x264 --help
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder warning: profile is optional; x264 defaults to high
(libx264 at 0x81fbbb0)
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder


-Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Post by Dag Wieers
If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options you
expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

I did try rebuilding the package using vlc-0.9.9a-7.rf.src.rpm before
writing to the list but the build kept failing because of
libogg-devel. It complained about failing to find /usr/lib/libogg.la

The version of libogg-devel that I have is: libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
and it does not have libogg.la.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Post by Dag Wieers
If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options you
expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

I did try rebuilding the package using vlc-0.9.9a-7.rf.src.rpm before
writing to the list but the build kept failing because of
libogg-devel. It complained about failing to find /usr/lib/libogg.la

The version of libogg-devel that I have is: libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
and it does not have libogg.la.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Post by Dag Wieers
If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options you
expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

I did try rebuilding the package using vlc-0.9.9a-7.rf.src.rpm before
writing to the list but the build kept failing because of
libogg-devel. It complained about failing to find /usr/lib/libogg.la

The version of libogg-devel that I have is: libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
and it does not have libogg.la.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Post by Dag Wieers
I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

Thanks! I'll try them out and see how it goes. Need to downgrade some
of the library dependencies first...

Post by Dag Wieers
If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options you
expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

I did try rebuilding the package using vlc-0.9.9a-7.rf.src.rpm before
writing to the list but the build kept failing because of
libogg-devel. It complained about failing to find /usr/lib/libogg.la

The version of libogg-devel that I have is: libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
and it does not have libogg.la.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

(It might take 12h though, depending on when the mirror picks it up)

If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options
you expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

Kind regards,

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

(It might take 12h though, depending on when the mirror picks it up)

If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options
you expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

Kind regards,

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

(It might take 12h though, depending on when the mirror picks it up)

If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options
you expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

Kind regards,

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Wait, that's really weird... I though that no changes other than
rebuilds against newer libraries were made to vlc since then?

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

I made available both the 0.9.9a-5 and 0.9.9a-6 build, because I think the
0.9.9a-6 build includes another rebuild against x264. The buildlogs should
be available when you read this, as well.

(It might take 12h though, depending on when the mirror picks it up)

If you could try a rebuild against the latest RPMforge with the options
you expect to work, that information could be useful as well.

Kind regards,

[Mostafa Afgani]

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or if
you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.
Just let me know.

Brilliant! I think it was working fine with 0.9.9a-5. Would be great
if you can make that available.

Cheers,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

Hi,

after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
trying to transcode using x264:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.

Is the older version archived somewhere?

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

Of course, 'x264' in the command above should be 'h264', but the
problem is there nevertheless:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=3000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:h264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


-Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani
after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)
I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.
Is the older version archived somewhere?

No longer for RHEL5. Since newer VLC releases are impossible to compile
against RHEL5 (due to old toolkit versions in RHEL5) we only provide the
latest build for RHEL5.

My believe was that this build provides the best of VLC at that point, and
there were no known issues reported afaik. I have copies of older builds
available locally:

-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21270012 Mar 29 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21218904 Apr 21 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21206344 Jun 2 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21205451 Jun 5 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21463091 Jun 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6c-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21375791 Dec 1 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21506377 Dec 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21738032 Jun 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6h-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 23018451 Sep 18 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22903533 Dec 5 16:37 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 20980904 Sep 25 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21232968 Oct 2 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21261147 Oct 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21506414 Nov 10 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21564753 Dec 6 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.8a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22048677 Feb 11 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-0.rc1.el5.test.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22188599 Apr 3 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22211351 Apr 8 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22096798 Jul 10 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106804 Jul 23 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106867 Sep 6 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22107523 Nov 7 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22114999 Jun 14 2010 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-5.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21299031 Dec 7 02:02 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-6.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or
if you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.

Just let me know.

[Mostafa Afgani]

Hi,

after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
trying to transcode using x264:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.

Is the older version archived somewhere?

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

Of course, 'x264' in the command above should be 'h264', but the
problem is there nevertheless:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=3000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:h264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


-Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani
after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)
I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.
Is the older version archived somewhere?

No longer for RHEL5. Since newer VLC releases are impossible to compile
against RHEL5 (due to old toolkit versions in RHEL5) we only provide the
latest build for RHEL5.

My believe was that this build provides the best of VLC at that point, and
there were no known issues reported afaik. I have copies of older builds
available locally:

-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21270012 Mar 29 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21218904 Apr 21 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21206344 Jun 2 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21205451 Jun 5 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21463091 Jun 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6c-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21375791 Dec 1 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21506377 Dec 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21738032 Jun 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6h-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 23018451 Sep 18 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22903533 Dec 5 16:37 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 20980904 Sep 25 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21232968 Oct 2 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21261147 Oct 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21506414 Nov 10 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21564753 Dec 6 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.8a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22048677 Feb 11 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-0.rc1.el5.test.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22188599 Apr 3 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22211351 Apr 8 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22096798 Jul 10 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106804 Jul 23 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106867 Sep 6 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22107523 Nov 7 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22114999 Jun 14 2010 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-5.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21299031 Dec 7 02:02 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-6.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or
if you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.

Just let me know.

[Mostafa Afgani]

Hi,

after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
trying to transcode using x264:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.

Is the older version archived somewhere?

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

Of course, 'x264' in the command above should be 'h264', but the
problem is there nevertheless:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=3000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:h264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


-Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani
after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)
I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.
Is the older version archived somewhere?

No longer for RHEL5. Since newer VLC releases are impossible to compile
against RHEL5 (due to old toolkit versions in RHEL5) we only provide the
latest build for RHEL5.

My believe was that this build provides the best of VLC at that point, and
there were no known issues reported afaik. I have copies of older builds
available locally:

-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21270012 Mar 29 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21218904 Apr 21 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21206344 Jun 2 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21205451 Jun 5 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21463091 Jun 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6c-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21375791 Dec 1 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21506377 Dec 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21738032 Jun 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6h-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 23018451 Sep 18 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22903533 Dec 5 16:37 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 20980904 Sep 25 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21232968 Oct 2 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21261147 Oct 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21506414 Nov 10 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21564753 Dec 6 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.8a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22048677 Feb 11 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-0.rc1.el5.test.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22188599 Apr 3 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22211351 Apr 8 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22096798 Jul 10 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106804 Jul 23 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106867 Sep 6 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22107523 Nov 7 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22114999 Jun 14 2010 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-5.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21299031 Dec 7 02:02 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-6.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or
if you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.

Just let me know.

[Mostafa Afgani]

Hi,

after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
trying to transcode using x264:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.

Is the older version archived somewhere?

Best regards,
Mostafa

[Mostafa Afgani]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Mostafa Afgani

Post by Mostafa Afgani
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'

Of course, 'x264' in the command above should be 'h264', but the
problem is there nevertheless:

$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=3000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:h264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)


-Mostafa

[Dag Wieers]

Post by Mostafa Afgani
after upgrading to the newest release of vlc
(vlc-0.9.9a-7.el5.rf.i386) for EL5, I am running into problems when
$ vlc input.avi
':sout=#transcode{vcodec=x264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=:1234}}'
[00000488] avcodec encoder error: cannot open encoder
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot find video
encoder (module:any fourcc:x264)
[00000429] stream_out_transcode stream out error: cannot create video chain
[00000451] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (dvsl)
I tried to downgrade to the previous version but yum reports that no
downgrade path is available.
Is the older version archived somewhere?

No longer for RHEL5. Since newer VLC releases are impossible to compile
against RHEL5 (due to old toolkit versions in RHEL5) we only provide the
latest build for RHEL5.

My believe was that this build provides the best of VLC at that point, and
there were no known issues reported afaik. I have copies of older builds
available locally:

-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21270012 Mar 29 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21218904 Apr 21 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21206344 Jun 2 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21205451 Jun 5 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21463091 Jun 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6c-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21375791 Dec 1 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21506377 Dec 18 2007 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6d-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21738032 Jun 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6h-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 23018451 Sep 18 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22903533 Dec 5 16:37 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.8.6i-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 20980904 Sep 25 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21232968 Oct 2 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21261147 Oct 9 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21506414 Nov 10 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 21564753 Dec 6 2008 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.8a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22048677 Feb 11 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-0.rc1.el5.test.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22188599 Apr 3 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22211351 Apr 8 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22096798 Jul 10 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106804 Jul 23 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 dag dag 22106867 Sep 6 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22107523 Nov 7 2009 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 22114999 Jun 14 2010 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-5.el5.rf.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 dag dag 21299031 Dec 7 02:02 /dar/old/vlc/vlc-0.9.9a-6.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Maybe the 0.8.6i build, or the 0.9.8a build would be useful to test ? Or
if you want a particular build, I can make this available as well.

Just let me know.