vlc player with H264

[stoppage]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why the vlc player won't play .flv files encoded with H264, when it handles everything else. I've read somewhere that it's dependant on ffmpeg. Is this true? Running Ubuntu Hardy with what I think are latest versions of vlc etc.....

mplayer - 2:1.0~rc3svn29325-0hardy1
ffmpeg....3:0.cvs 20070307-5ubuntu7.3+medibuntu1
vlc....0.9.9a
mencoder...2:1.0~rc3svn29325-0hardy1
The Mplayer plays these files but it's not my player of choice.

Vlc output for .flv file with h264....
„No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this“.
Has anybody found a solution for this....or any help....tearing the hair out! Obliged

[reed9]

I found a couple of references to this problem in Hardy, but not much in the way of solutions. I would consider upgrading to 9.04 and seeing if the problem persists.

Or you could try compiling your own packages with more recent releases of VLC and ffmpeg.

[D-cat]

This might be a job for Medibuntu :: Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu

[stoppage]

Medibuntu's ffmpeg doesn't support H264-encoded .flv files so only alternative is mplayer until this issue is resolved

[Rubberman]

I had to build ffmpeg from source to get the h264 codec enabled. Now I can play flash videos without problems. I think it isn't enabled by default becuase of patent issues with h264.