Fedora 16 video playback problems

gaspipe · #1 23rd January 2012, 03:39 PM

Hi!

I installed fedora 16 a couple of days ago and I really like it so far.
However, yesterday I had problems trying to watch tv (MPEG2) with gnome-mplayer (totem wouldn't even start playback). Video was very sluggish and audio was distorted. It was really impossible trying to watch it.

So now I have the same problem with VLC (MPEG-4 AVC). But this time I noticed that sound problem went away when I clicked the notification that said that my external hdd was succesfully mounted and asked what would I do with it. You know the gnome3 notification at the bottom of the screen.
But the video is still very sluggish and slow. I don't know what's the problem because it was fine yesterday evening.

I have up-to-date Fedora 16 64-bit,
NVIDIA propriatery drivers
Using libva and VDPAU

I was using slack for like six years with the same setup without any problems before trying Fedora. I hope we can resolve this problem :-)

EDIT: SOLVED!

foottuns · #2 23rd January 2012, 03:54 PM

install the codecs to play all your media....

go to howtoforge.com and choose fedora, you will see a link with perfect desktop for fedora ... is under 32 bits but can work for 64 aswell.

gaspipe · #3 23rd January 2012, 03:56 PM

Thanks for answering so quickly!

Yeah I have the codecs. I'm not that stupid.
But I'm THAT stupid that the real problem was that the whole season I'm trying to watch is corrupted! Happens with my friends computer also.

So I guess I think twice and do more testing next time rather than running here to wine about my own mistakes :^)

foottuns · #4 23rd January 2012, 04:00 PM

it might be the video is corrupted... have you tried openshot?

http://www.openshotvideo.com/

try that, maybe u can edit your video and save it in different format...

i didn't meant that u are stupid.... mistakes happens....

fduraibi · #5 23rd January 2012, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foottuns

it might be the video is corrupted... have you tried openshot?

http://www.openshotvideo.com/

try that, maybe u can edit your video and save it in different format...

i didn't meant that u are stupid.... mistakes happens....

This is off topic but I wanted to thank you foottuns, i just learned about openshot from you

I have always wanted to have such applications for the linux that is easy to use.