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

[Hal Vaughan]

On Thursday 08 January 2009, Christophe Mutricy wrote:
> > When I play any .mts file, I see an effect that's the same as when
> > I
> >
> > used to play files imported from a miniDV camcorder without
> > specifing
> >
> > deinterlacing. I would assume that VLC is automatically
> > deinterlacing
> >
> > the video, even though it doesn't need it. When I specify to
> > discard
> >
> > deinterlacing, I get a clear picture. I'm trying to make it do this
> >
> > automatically without me having to specify it.
>
> "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

I have uncommented the line that says "deinterlace-mode=discard" in 
~/.config/vlc/vlcrc and just to check, tried it in ~/.vlc/vlcrc and 
neither seems to have any effect.

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

I hate it when distros play games like that!

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

I have libavcodec51 (and the unstripped version) in the repository.  Is 
it just a version difference?  Anything noticeable between the two?


Hal
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