codec problem in movie player

[bilal_jan]

hello folks
i have a video file with .avi extension when i try to play that file with movie player on fedora 8, the video file get played with only voice i cant see any video of that.
i know its codec problem, but the codec installer that prompt up showed no codec that can fix the problem.
please guide me how to install codec to fix this problem as i have never installed codec on fedora.
best regards
ahmed bilal jan

[Roxoff]

The best way around this problem that I've ever used is to install vlc media player. It can play pretty much anything.

[bilal_jan]

i have fedora 8 i tried the following steps listed on the url u recommend

$> su -
#> rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm
#> yum install vlc
#> yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc (optionnals)

but when i executed the second line

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm

i am getting following error

Retrieving Index of /free/fedora/ rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.aytbZT: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 49c8885a

error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-10-5. noarch

any suggestion on how to get rid of this dependency error
also please tell me if i want to install any package with dependency what param should be passed to rpm command!

[Roxoff]

You're caught here because Fedora 8 is old - Fedora 11 is the current flavour-du-jour. If you want to use yum, then I suggest you upgrade to the latest version. Alternatively, download vlc from its website and satisfy any dependencies by hand - it'll tell you what it needs.

[bilal_jan]

thanks roxoff for ur reply
dude i cant just update to fedora 11 just for VLC player, rather i want to install VLC player on Fedora 8

[Rubberman]

You might have to download and build from source to get current version of VLC running on FC8. There are likely some library dependencies that will have to be resolved, but likely less of a problem when building from source.

[bilal_jan]

i got VLC code and i am building its source code.i got struck in problem ,when i issue following command.

[root@localhost vlc-0.9.9a]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-avcodec --disable-avformat

i got this error

checking for POSTPROC... no
configure: error: Could not find libpostproc.

i have google for it and got some packages that has libpostproc. nut installing those packages also have dependencies.
i need to know how to fix this problem.
i dohave internet connectivity can u tell me any technique to install to package with its dependency

[Rubberman]

Have you tried just running ./configure? Also, on my CentOS system, I have the postproc libraries, but the only package for them that I have installed is from ffmpeg. The package name is ffmpeg-libpostproc if that is any help.

[Rubberman]

BTW, is there any chance you can upgrade your system to FC10? That is much more robust these days.

[bilal_jan]

hay Rubberman brother i love you
i am helpless at the moment and will try to commit Linux Sucide
i try to fix the problem by installing

ffmpeg-libpostproc-0.4.9-0.10.20080214.fc8.i386.prm

but as i try to install it i am gettin follow dep error

libavutil.so.49 is needed by ffmpeg-libpostproc-0.4.9-0.10.20080214.fc8.i386

i didnt lose hope and downloaded

ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386.rpm

to fix the problem
but as i try to install it, i got this

libImlib2.so.1 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libdc1394.so.22 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libfaac.so.0 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libfaad.so.0 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libx264.so.60 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i386
libxvidcore.so.4 is needed by ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.48.20080908.fc8.i38

that is what makin me commit Linux sucide
i m helpless.
i know ur answer to this problem will be to upgrade to fc10 but i cant at the moment.
can u please tell me how to install

ffmpeg-libpostproc-0.4.9-0.10.20080214.fc8.i386.rpm

with its dep automatically downloaded and installed from internet.
please do write me brief steps as i am very close of commiting Linux Sucide.