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    From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sun Mar 3 05:22:14 2024


    Most apps will not play mp4 files.

    If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
    login screen.

    Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.

    The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash

    Xine however will play mp4 just fine

    Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash




    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Sun Mar 3 18:58:55 2024
    On Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:22:14 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:



    Most apps will not play mp4 files.

    If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
    login screen.

    Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.

    The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash

    Xine however will play mp4 just fine

    Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash

    It's working for me. What's the output of "urpmq --list-media active"?

    I have the following vlc packages installed ...
    $ rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
    lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    phonon4qt5-vlc-0.11.3-2.mga9
    svlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-aa-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-chromaprint-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-dv-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-gme-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-gnutls-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-jack-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-kate-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-libass-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-libnotify-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-lirc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-mod-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-mpc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-ncurses-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-projectm-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-schroedinger-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-sdl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-shout-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-sid-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-twolame-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-upnp-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-zvbi-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 4 00:50:54 2024
    On 2024-03-03 00:22, faeychild wrote:


    Most apps will not play mp4 files.

    If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
    login screen.

    Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.

    The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash

    Xine however will play mp4 just fine

    Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash




    I don't have a tuner in my computer for OTA TV. It wouldn't make any difference anyway, as I'm in the U.S. and your broadcast system is
    probably different.

    No problem here with mp4 files, in vlc from the tainted repos, or in
    Dragon Player. I don't have it on this system, but Parole works OK on
    others.

    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
    tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 4 04:32:13 2024
    On 4/3/24 05:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    urpmq --list-media active




    While xine does play mp4 does it use a different set of libraries

    First mga8 which does play mp4

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ urpmq --list-media active
    Core Release (distrib1)
    Core Updates (distrib3)
    Nonfree Release (distrib11)
    Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
    Tainted Release (distrib21)
    Tainted Updates (distrib23)
    Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
    Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
    Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
    Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
    Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
    Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort lib64vlc5-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    lib64vlccore9-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    vlc-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    vlc-plugin-common-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$


    And mga9

    [root@unimatrix ~]# rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
    lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    [root@unimatrix ~]# urpmq --list-media active
    Core Release (distrib1)
    Core Updates (distrib3)
    Nonfree Release (distrib11)
    Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
    Tainted Release (distrib21)
    Tainted Updates (distrib23)
    Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
    Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
    Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
    Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
    Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
    Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
    [root@unimatrix ~]#

    --
    faeychild
    Running plasmashell 5.12.2 on 4.14.131-desktop-1.mga6 kernel.
    Mageia release 6 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso



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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 4 04:36:28 2024
    On 4/3/24 11:50, TJ wrote:


    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
    tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ


    OK How do I check on those
    --
    faeychild
    Running plasmashell 5.12.2 on 4.14.131-desktop-1.mga6 kernel.
    Mageia release 6 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso



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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 4 16:02:03 2024
    On 2024-03-03 23:36, faeychild wrote:
    On 4/3/24 11:50, TJ wrote:


    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While
    it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install
    the tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ


    OK How do I check on those

    Easiest way, if you are GUI-minded like me, is to search in MCC/Install
    and Remove Software.

    The core versions are on the CI, and I believe are installed by default. Updating to the tainted versions should happen if the tainted repos are enabled, but it doesn't hurt to check.

    TJ

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Mon Mar 4 16:11:34 2024
    On 2024-03-03 23:32, faeychild wrote:
    On 4/3/24 05:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    urpmq --list-media active




    While xine does play mp4 does it use a different set of libraries

    First mga8 which does play mp4

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ urpmq --list-media active
    Core Release (distrib1)
    Core Updates (distrib3)
    Nonfree Release (distrib11)
    Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
    Tainted Release (distrib21)
    Tainted Updates (distrib23)
    Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
    Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
    Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
    Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
    Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
    Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort lib64vlc5-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    lib64vlccore9-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    vlc-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    vlc-plugin-common-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$


    And mga9

    [root@unimatrix ~]# rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
    lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
    [root@unimatrix ~]# urpmq --list-media active
    Core Release (distrib1)
    Core Updates (distrib3)
    Nonfree Release (distrib11)
    Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
    Tainted Release (distrib21)
    Tainted Updates (distrib23)
    Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
    Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
    Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
    Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
    Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
    Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
    [root@unimatrix ~]#

    The mga9 vdpau plugin isn't installed. I believe that lets vlc use your
    Nvidia GPU's hardware acceleration for the codecs the GPU supports.

    TJ

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 06:18:23 2024
    On 5/3/24 03:02, TJ wrote:
    On 2024-03-03 23:36, faeychild wrote:
    On 4/3/24 11:50, TJ wrote:


    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While
    it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install
    the tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ


    OK How do I check on those

    Easiest way, if you are GUI-minded like me, is to search in MCC/Install
    and Remove Software.

    The core versions are on the CI, and I believe are installed by default. Updating to the tainted versions should happen if the tainted repos are enabled, but it doesn't hurt to check.

    TJ


    I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.


    But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
    vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.

    I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
    do the upgrades
    Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
    reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long overdue for a clean up


    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.8.6 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 07:58:29 2024
    On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

    Helps if the correct names are used. :-)

    $ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

    But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
    vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.

    I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
    do the upgrades
    Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
    reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long overdue for a clean up

    Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 20:10:04 2024
    On 2024-03-04, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 4/3/24 11:50, TJ wrote:


    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
    shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
    tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ


    OK How do I check on those

    rpm -qa|grep codec

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 21:41:47 2024
    On 5/3/24 18:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

    Helps if the correct names are used. :-)

    $ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
    task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$


    That's interesting video is not tainted but this is also mga8 and it
    plays mp4.
    I didn't select these, the installer did, one tainted and one untainted. ???

    But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
    vlc plays  mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.

    I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
    do the upgrades
    Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
    reinstall everything.  I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
    overdue for a clean up

    Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

    Fingers crossed!! archaic,but you never know
    After the videos render I will do the mga9 update.

    I still may reorganize the SSD but some days I get overcome by "who
    gives @^%$&" it's working, don't fix it.
    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.8.6 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 22:24:23 2024
    On 2024-03-05 02:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

    Helps if the correct names are used. :-)

    $ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

    Oops. That's what I get for typing from memory.

    TJ


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 23:17:49 2024
    On 6/3/24 07:10, William Unruh wrote:
    On 2024-03-04, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 4/3/24 11:50, TJ wrote:


    Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
    shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
    tainted versions of those two tasks.

    TJ


    OK How do I check on those

    rpm -qa|grep codec


    Damn I should have known that. I have used it lots of times.

    More and more mental blocks. Blindsided by the immediate drama

    Thanks
    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.8.6 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Tue Mar 5 22:55:34 2024
    On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:41:47 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    On 5/3/24 18:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

    Helps if the correct names are used. :-)

    $ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
    task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$


    That's interesting video is not tainted but this is also mga8 and it
    plays mp4.
    I didn't select these, the installer did, one tainted and one untainted. ???

    But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
    vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.

    I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and >>> do the upgrades
    Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
    reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
    overdue for a clean up

    Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

    Fingers crossed!! archaic,but you never know
    After the videos render I will do the mga9 update.

    I still may reorganize the SSD but some days I get overcome by "who
    gives @^%$&" it's working, don't fix it.

    Mageia 8 has ... https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
    https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

    It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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    * Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:250/1@fidonet)
  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Wed Mar 6 06:35:24 2024
    On 6/3/24 09:55, David W. Hodgins wrote:

    Mageia 8 has ... https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
    https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

    It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.


    So does mga9

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep code
    lib64avcodec59-5.1.3-3.mga9
    perl-Encode-Locale-1.50.0-6.mga9
    iso-codes-4.13.0-1.mga9
    dmidecode-3.5-1.mga9
    fonts-otf-adobe-source-code-pro-2.030.1.050-3.mga9 lib64opencv_imgcodecs406-4.6.0-5.mga9
    lib64qrencode4-4.1.1-2.mga9
    lib64recode3-3.7.14-1.mga9
    recode-3.7.14-1.mga9
    mencoder-1.5-12.mga9
    microcode_ctl-2.1-11.mga9
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9
    kcodecs-5.114.0-1.mga9
    lib64kf5codecs5-5.114.0-1.mga9
    lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
    microcode-0.20231114-1.mga9.nonfree lib64gsttranscoder1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$


    The update went in without drama.
    mp4's will now play and the quirkiness has gone
    The same hardware software and install media, so maybe it was procedural.

    Regards

    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Wed Mar 6 19:58:50 2024
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 6/3/24 09:55, David W. Hodgins wrote:

    Mageia 8 has ...
    https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
    https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

    It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.


    So does mga9

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep code

    I would have put in codec not just code, since that produces all maner
    of false postivies

    Anyway tainted has both
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
    Not sure why your system did not pick them up. But try doing
    urpmi task-codec-video-9-1
    (assuming you use urpmi)
    and give the error message if it refuses to install that.

    Note your mirror might be bad as well.

    lib64avcodec59-5.1.3-3.mga9
    perl-Encode-Locale-1.50.0-6.mga9
    iso-codes-4.13.0-1.mga9
    dmidecode-3.5-1.mga9
    fonts-otf-adobe-source-code-pro-2.030.1.050-3.mga9 lib64opencv_imgcodecs406-4.6.0-5.mga9
    lib64qrencode4-4.1.1-2.mga9
    lib64recode3-3.7.14-1.mga9
    recode-3.7.14-1.mga9
    mencoder-1.5-12.mga9
    microcode_ctl-2.1-11.mga9
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9
    kcodecs-5.114.0-1.mga9
    lib64kf5codecs5-5.114.0-1.mga9 lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
    microcode-0.20231114-1.mga9.nonfree lib64gsttranscoder1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$


    The update went in without drama.
    mp4's will now play and the quirkiness has gone
    The same hardware software and install media, so maybe it was procedural.

    Regards


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Wed Mar 6 21:34:22 2024
    On 7/3/24 06:58, William Unruh wrote:


    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep code

    I would have put in codec not just code, since that produces all maner
    of false postivies

    If certainly did. I wasn't trying for pretty I was hunting around

    Anyway tainted has both
    task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
    Not sure why your system did not pick them up. But try doing
    urpmi task-codec-video-9-1

    [root@unimatrix ~]# urpmi task-codec-video-9-1
    No package named task-codec-video-9-1
    [root@unimatrix ~]#

    (assuming you use urpmi)
    and give the error message if it refuses to install that.

    Note your mirror might be bad as well.

    princeton

    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From jim whitby@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 02:01:19 2024
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    <snip>

    (assuming you use urpmi)
    and give the error message if it refuses to install that.

    Note your mirror might be bad as well.

    princeton

    From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/ tainted/release/>
    [ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
    6.8K


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 02:59:48 2024
    On 7/3/24 13:01, jim whitby wrote:
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    princeton

    From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/ tainted/release/>
    [ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
    6.8K



    And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
    advised to remove old video and replace with tainted
    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 06:06:26 2024
    On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:48 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    On 7/3/24 13:01, jim whitby wrote:
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    princeton

    From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/ >> tainted/release/>
    [ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
    6.8K



    And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
    advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

    It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted repo
    is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after (is considered greater than) "rpm"

    $ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 07:57:30 2024
    On 7/3/24 17:06, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:48 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    On 7/3/24 13:01, jim whitby wrote:
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    princeton

     From
    <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
    tainted/release/>
    [ ]    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm    2022-12-05 07:09
    6.8K



      And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
    advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

    It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted repo
    is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after (is considered
    greater than) "rpm"

    $ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM  : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM  : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


    After installing the tainted video codec

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$

    no apparent change


    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.18-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From jim whitby@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 10:36:00 2024
    On 7/3/24 17:06, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:48 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    On 7/3/24 13:01, jim whitby wrote:
    On 2024-03-06, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

    princeton

     From
    <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
    tainted/release/>
    [ ]    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm    2022-12-05 >>>> 07:09 6.8K



      And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
    advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

    It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted
    repo is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after
    (is considered greater than) "rpm"

    $ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V Source RPM  :
    task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm Source RPM  :
    task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


    After installing the tainted video codec

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$

    no apparent change

    Am I missing something or did I understand you to say you installed the sourece rpm for the codec?

    If yes, then, please, try
    urpmi task-codec-video
    and see what happens. If there are any errors or warnings pr other
    problems, please post them.

    If I'm miss informed, please feel free to ignore me.




    --
    Jim Whitby


    The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been
    changed to protect the innocent.
    ----------------------
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
    6.6.18-server-1.mga9 unknown
    ----------------------

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 16:01:20 2024
    On Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:57:30 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


    After installing the tainted video codec

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
    Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$

    no apparent change

    The urpmq command shows what's available in the enabled repositories, not what's installed on that system.

    Use "rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to see what is currently installed for those two, and
    "urpmi task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to install both of the rpm
    packages.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 20:37:59 2024
    On 7/3/24 21:36, jim whitby wrote:

    If yes, then, please, try
    urpmi task-codec-video
    and see what happens. If there are any errors or warnings pr other
    problems, please post them.

    If I'm miss informed, please feel free to ignore me.


    No No It was the tainted version installed through MCC.
    Although why it wasn't install originally with the tainted audio codec
    seems to be the the anomaly. And it still doesn't show up

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep codec task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.18.5-1.mga8.tainted
    lib64kf5codecs5-5.76.0-1.mga8
    task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
    lib64opencv_imgcodecs4.5-4.5.1-1.3.mga8 lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.18.5-1.mga8.tainted
    lib64avcodec58-4.3.6-1.mga8.tainted
    kcodecs-5.76.0-1.mga8
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$


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    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Mar 7 20:50:13 2024
    On 8/3/24 03:01, David W. Hodgins wrote:


    The urpmq command shows what's available in the enabled repositories, not what's installed on that system.

    Use "rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to see what is currently installed for those two, and
    "urpmi task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to install both of the rpm packages.

    OK I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm confusing mga9 and mga9.

    So I have installed tainted video for mga8 and now

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
    task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$
    with a resounding sigh

    I will boot mga9 and check that out


    faeychild
    Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Fri Mar 8 05:45:11 2024
    On 8/3/24 07:50, faeychild wrote:

    OK I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm confusing mga9 and mga9.

    No That's MGA8 and MGA9 (^$%#@$&#$)

    Or to quote Maxwell Smart, "It's craw not craw"

    Some days seem very long. But, also, the Brother printer is in



    So I have installed tainted video for mga8  and  now

    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
    task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted
    [faeychild@unimatrix ~]$
      with a resounding sigh

    I will boot mga9 and check that out

    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted
    [faeychild@unmatrix ~]$


    "Great suffering blood oranges" finally!!


    I damn near have everything running flawlessly on "9" even sig file and TV.

    It's almost trustworthy. but tonight I'll return to the soothing comfort
    of mga8

    How long have I got until MGA-10

    Regards


    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.18-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Fri Mar 8 14:23:56 2024
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:11 -0500, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    How long have I got until MGA-10

    When it's ready. :-)

    Given the amount of work involved, a release is generally done when there
    is a really big new or changed feature, or there's enough differences between cauldron and the latest release to warrant it.

    The main reason mga9 was released was so that the build system could be updated.
    as the build system is based on with the latest stable release, and some packages could not be built any more without newer versions of gcc, llvm, etc.

    I haven't seen any discussions yet on a schedule. There likely are not enough differences between mga9 and cauldron to warrant the amount of work involved
    to start building and testing mga10.

    That will be up to the council, which is made up of the team leaders.

    Don't forget, skipping a release means doing a clean install. The obsoletes
    in rpm packages are written to handle the prior release during upgrade, and
    are unlikely to work after skipping a release. Same with the scriplets that alter existing config files in /etc.

    And just a reminder, I'm no longer leader of the qa team, the council, or the board.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Fri Mar 8 19:14:05 2024
    On 2024-03-08 09:23, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:11 -0500, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    How long have I got until MGA-10

    When it's ready. :-)

    Given the amount of work involved, a release is generally done when there
    is a really big new or changed feature, or there's enough differences between
    cauldron and the latest release to warrant it.

    The main reason mga9 was released was so that the build system could be updated.
    as the build system is based on with the latest stable release, and some packages could not be built any more without newer versions of gcc,
    llvm, etc.

    I haven't seen any discussions yet on a schedule. There likely are not enough
    differences between mga9 and cauldron to warrant the amount of work
    involved
    to start building and testing mga10.

    That will be up to the council, which is made up of the team leaders.

    Some have floated the idea of a 9.1 release, but I don't believe we are
    ready for that yet. There's a large wave of Plasma application updates
    in the pipeline, for example, and they would need to be cleared by QA first.

    A 9.1 release would be like previous .1 releases, where the install isos
    would contain packages that have been updated since the original Mageia
    9 release. That's mostly for newcomers to Mageia 9, so that they don't
    have as many updates to get at the end of the install. Anyone who has
    already installed Mageia 9 and kept it fully updated would have the same thing.

    BTW, I am the current QA team leader, formerly Dave's deputy. As such, I
    am on the Council, but I am not on the board. I'm just trying very hard
    to fill Dave's shoes, with some limited success. Fortunately, he still
    has had my back when I really need it.

    TJ

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