Stability problems with media files on 14.04

[Doug Penner]

For wmv files, try installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras package (from 
the default repositories). If that does not work, consider filing a 
regression bug report.


~Doug



On Wed, 7 May 2014, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Followup:
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> I reinstated the handbrake PPA and it now works fine again. So I can convert WMV files to others that are playable.Still doesn't explain why WMV support went away after upgrading.
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> Confirmed on a second system.
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> On 7 May 2014 04:15, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
>       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
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> Specifically, I would like to find the codec package that supports WMV files that had existed for a decade and is now seemingly gone.
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> Once upon a time there was a "w64codecs" package that seemed to contain what I need. Now that's apparently vanished along with Medibuntu.
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> Anyway, I've disabled all the PPAs, including going from the handbrake PPA to the included version.
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> 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.
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> Any other suggestions?
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> - Evan
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> 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.
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>       PPA's have always been risky, particularly right after a major version upgrade, so their use is usually discouraged unless necessary.
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>       ~Doug
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>       On Wed, 7 May 2014, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
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>             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.
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>             I've also encountered crashes on Chroumium, but suspect that is also related to the media codec problem.
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>             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.
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>             --
>             Evan Leibovitch
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