VLC cannot play any file.No suitable decoder module [Solved]

[Richlion]

Hello,

after last nights updates VLC cannot play any .wmv file - no codecs found. Can this be somehow fixed?
Mp4 files cannot be played:

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No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "mp4v". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.


Opening .wmv files:

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No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMA2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMV3". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.


Regards,
Richard

[Richlion]

Seems that updates have arrived and fixed the problem.

[cnotis]

Hello,

I have the same problem with vlc. The version of the VLC is 1.1.12 on Sabayon 7.

Any help???

[operative.terminus]

Same problem here. Since the update, VLC doesn't support most of the formats it did just a few days ago. I can get a few videos in my collection to play, but just a few. My AVIs, MKVs, and FLVs won't play at all. More than half of my WMVs play, though. This is not the VLC I know and love. I logged in on Windows and VLC plays all of them perfectly.

Hope this is fixed soon...

[operative.terminus]

Updates have come, and VLC is now working again on my PC

Thanks!

[aquarius]

The problem is back with the yesterdays update.
Trying to play .wmv file, got just audio and no video. The error message is:
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MSS2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

[svantoviit]

@aquarius: using 64 bit? 64-bit versions of Linux multimedia players cannot play .wmv files that use the MSS2 codec
In Fitzcarraldo's blog you can read how to play such files with wine:
How to play MSS2 codec (Windows Media Video 9 Screen) .wmv files in 64-bit Linux

[aquarius]

@svantoviit
Thanks! That explains everything