VLC says missing codec h264 on CentOS/Rhel 7

standards · 05-10-2015, 06:55 PM

Whenever I play a video in VLC,it says:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "h264". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
The audio works though but not the video

veerain · 05-10-2015, 10:51 PM

h264 is proprietary patented video codec. So you to have purchase the rights. There is opensource codec/package x264 to play this.

John VV · 05-11-2015, 01:21 AM

did you fallow the instructions on the cent Wiki ?

http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks...mediaOnCentOS7

and install the third party repos that have the media files
( by law the HD TV codec and not be redistributed in Cent without a very expensive license )
BUT
other country's might not require that

the "gstreamer" files should cover it

also have a look at the fedora "Mjwired" guide
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...l#mediaplayers
Most of that can be ported to CentOS
-- BUT YOU HAVE TO USE THE CENT VERSIONS !!! not the fedora files

standards · 05-11-2015, 04:48 PM

Still not working

John VV · 05-11-2015, 08:56 PM

i will not be using 7 for a long time
( the software I NEED!!! is for rhel6 )

Did you install VLC2 from the "nux" and "EPEL" repos

or

did you try to use the very old RHEL5 version from
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-redhat.html

this one is the old VLC0.9 ( aka 1 )
the version in the nux repo is the current VLC2

standards · 05-12-2015, 05:49 AM

I inaralled VLC2 from the "nux" and "EPEL" repos