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unable to play multimedia file properly in VLC on FC5

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/unable-to-play-multimedia-file-properly-in-vlc-on-fc5.30740/

QwertyManiac
QwertyManiac Original post #1
Jun 23, 2006 at 11:45 AM
VLC is creating problems (installed it via Yum), for instance when I open MPG, it opens fine but after the first frame it closes abruptly w/o any error. However avi runs perfect. No music though...
saurabh.sauron
Jun 23, 2006 at 2:15 PM
Re: One stop reference for enabling multimedia in Linux

vlc gave me problems to me too in fedora. it had over a hundered dependencies. though i managed to install it, it still was slow. the best thing is to use it via Wine. it doesnt give problems at all.
kalpik
kalpik #3
Jun 23, 2006 at 6:46 PM
^^ VLC does not work well with FC5. Try Mplayer, its better.
QwertyManiac
Jun 23, 2006 at 7:01 PM
^ Why doesnt it work? :( MPlayer is good but when I try DVDs it says "Cant play dvd:/" While totem-xine plays it well.
M
Jun 23, 2006 at 7:12 PM
VLC worked fine for me in FC5. Can't test now cos I don't have FC anymore.
kalpik
kalpik #6
Jun 23, 2006 at 10:02 PM
Try yum install vlc-plugins*