[vlc] Problems (Sound, Transcoding, Codecs, Logs) On Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10)

[Christophe Mutricy]

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> When I play any .mts file, I see an effect that's the same as when I
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> used to play files imported from a miniDV camcorder without specifing
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> deinterlacing. I would assume that VLC is automatically deinterlacing
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> the video, even though it doesn't need it. When I specify to discard
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> deinterlacing, I get a clear picture. I'm trying to make it do this
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> automatically without me having to specify it.
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"Discard" is the name of one of the deintelacer.
So either the deinterlace is not automatically selected or the
deinterlacer used is not as efficient as the "discard" one


>> > 5) I've tried transcoding my .mts files to a format more programs
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>> > understand, but I can't transcode to MP4. I get errors that the
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>> > codec or encoder is not there. I've installed all the packages
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>> > that should be connected with VLC and codes, but I still get
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>> > reports that the MP4 video and AAC audio codec or encoders are not
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>> > there (I figure this might be part of the sound issues as well).
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>> > The error messages tell me to check the log for more details, but
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>> > there's no log file.
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>> *Ubuntu* decided to remove all MPEG encoders. The VideoLAN project
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>> was not involved in this decision, and there is nothing it can do
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>> about it.
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> Okay, so did they remove them from just VLC, or overall? Is there a
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> package I can install to restore them?

Overall.

You can install libavcodec52-unstripped (and friends) or use the
libavcodec of medibuntu


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