Stability problems with media files on 14.04

[Evan Leibovitch]

There were packages that I used from Medibuntu, and those were not rolled
into conventional repositories.

I would be happy to dispense with the PPAs if there is a better way to
access packages that I had previously obtained from Medibuntu.
(such as libavcodec-extra, which may be the doy

Specifically, I would like to find the codec package that supports WMV
files that had existed for a decade and is now seemingly gone.

Once upon a time there was a "w64codecs" package that seemed to contain
what I need. Now that's apparently vanished along with Medibuntu.

Anyway, I've disabled all the PPAs, including going from the handbrake PPA
to the included version.

Now WMV files don't open in Handbrake anymore either, so I can't even
convert them to a usable format. Thanks, it's gotten worse.

Any other suggestions?

- Evan




On 7 May 2014 03:16, Doug Penner <darwinsurvivor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a particular reason you have installed the ffmpg and vlc
> repositories? Both libraries and applications are available in the standard
> repositories and should be adequate for almost all users.
>
> PPA's have always been risky, particularly right after a major version
> upgrade, so their use is usually discouraged unless necessary.
>
> ~Doug
>
>
>
> On Wed, 7 May 2014, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
>  Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions regarding problems
>> I've been having since going from Kubuntu 13.10 to 14.04.
>> Most notably, I've been unable to play WMV files. This causes VLC to
>> crash when trying to open WMV files that it used to handle with ease, and
>> sometimes Handbrake
>> freezes on video files and that's NEVER happened to be in more than a
>> decade of use.
>>
>> I've also encountered crashes on Chroumium, but suspect that is also
>> related to the media codec problem.
>>
>> I see that Medibuntu has gone away, so I've replaced it with the ffmprg
>> and VLC repositories. But I have no idea what's missing or misconfigured.
>> Any assistance is
>> appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Evan Leibovitch
>> Toronto Canada
>>       Em: evan at telly dot org
>> Sk: evanleibovitch
>> Tw: el56
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Evan Leibovitch
Toronto Canada

Em: evan at telly dot org
Sk: evanleibovitch
Tw: el56
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