I did a new install of Salix 13.1 x86_64 a few days ago and was having problems playing FLAC files using Quodlibet and Exaile. I noticed there were two versions of gst-plugins-good: 0.10.22-x86_64-1 and 0.10.22-x86_64-1gv. The latter was installed. I ran Quodlibet at the terminal and saw lots of errors when playing FLAC, such as "gstreamer encountered a general stream error". Similarly with Exaile.
So I removed the 0.10.22-x86_64-1gv version and installed the 0.10.22-x86_64-1 instead. Quodlibet was then able to play FLAC files and the errors at the terminal were gone.
Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
Re: Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
No such problems here. Do they files play anyway, but you get more output in the terminal? What are the exact errors?
Re: Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
It's weird that I cannot reproduce the problem now with the system that I'm working on, even after reverting the Slackware version (the one that ends in "-1") back to the Salix version (the one that ends in "-1gv"). Everything is working fine. I have installed other things since then (such as the multilib libraries) so that may have changed things.
So I did a fresh install on another partition and reproduced the problem with it. I did a basic install, ran gslapt-get, clicked on "Update", then installed packages "quodlibet" and "salix-codecs-installer", then use the Salix code installer to install codecs, installed packages "gst-plugins-good" (the Salix version) and "flac".
When I ran Quodlibet at the terminal and tried to play a flac file, the following error messages appeared at the terminal:
Quodlibet did not play the FLAC files. It just showed next to each song title an icon that looked like the traffic sign for "no entry".
So I did a fresh install on another partition and reproduced the problem with it. I did a basic install, ran gslapt-get, clicked on "Update", then installed packages "quodlibet" and "salix-codecs-installer", then use the Salix code installer to install codecs, installed packages "gst-plugins-good" (the Salix version) and "flac".
When I ran Quodlibet at the terminal and tried to play a flac file, the following error messages appeared at the terminal:
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[flac @ 0x2a66b50]extradata NULL or too small.
W: GStreamer encountered a general stream error.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c004800]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c00b400]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c012500]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c0274d0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x2bdb000]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c022be0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c0297c0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c02a2f0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c027630]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c038800]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c03c2a0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c045400]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c040350]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c054730]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c054000]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c05d950]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c05f2d0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c069a00]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c063770]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c05ec00]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c062fa0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c07a800]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c08b800]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c091800]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c09a4b0]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c0a0b80]extradata NULL or too small.
[flac @ 0x7fbb0c0ac9f0]extradata NULL or too small.
Re: Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
Can you please clear that up? If you used the salix-codecs-installer to install codecs, then gst-plugins-good and flac should have been installed anyway and there should be no reason to install them separately.hcl wrote:then installed packages "quodlibet" and "salix-codecs-installer", then use the Salix code installer to install codecs, installed packages "gst-plugins-good" (the Salix version) and "flac".
Re: Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
Yes, that was exactly what I did. I did the install twice tonight and I think what happened on the night before may be caused by not exiting from gslapt-get when I ran salix-codecs-installer. So gslapt-get didn't know that gst-plugins-good was already installed by salix-codecs-installer.
After each new install tonight, quodlibet was able to play flac files just fine, with no errors at the terminal. So I don't know what's going on now. Maybe the gst-plugins-good package was not downloaded correctly previously? But gslapt-get would have detected it when it verified the checksum, wouldn't it?
I'm happy that things are working now. Thanks a lot for a great OS!
After each new install tonight, quodlibet was able to play flac files just fine, with no errors at the terminal. So I don't know what's going on now. Maybe the gst-plugins-good package was not downloaded correctly previously? But gslapt-get would have detected it when it verified the checksum, wouldn't it?
I'm happy that things are working now. Thanks a lot for a great OS!
Re: Problems with gst-plugins-good in Salix64 13.1?
Still, there should have been no problem at all, even if gslapt wasn't aware that gst-plugins-good was already installed. It would try to install it and find that it is already installed.hcl wrote:Yes, that was exactly what I did. I did the install twice tonight and I think what happened on the night before may be caused by not exiting from gslapt-get when I ran salix-codecs-installer. So gslapt-get didn't know that gst-plugins-good was already installed by salix-codecs-installer.
Yes.hcl wrote:previously? But gslapt-get would have detected it when it verified the checksum, wouldn't it?