Bug 16720 - swfdec doesn't support video format in an .flv
Summary: swfdec doesn't support video format in an .flv
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: swfdec
Classification: Unclassified
Component: library (show other bugs)
Version: 0.7.x
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: swfdec ml
QA Contact: swfdec ml
URL: http://download.gamevideos.com/19943/...
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Reported: 2008-07-15 06:00 UTC by Tom Parker
Modified: 2008-07-16 23:11 UTC (History)
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Description Tom Parker 2008-07-15 06:00:29 UTC
The .flv at http://download.gamevideos.com/19943/gv.com.RageE32008Trailer_640x360.flv (a trailer from E3) gives the error 
"SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_resource.c(252): swfdec_resource_stream_target_parse: no decoder found for format" and refuses to play. Is there anything I can do to attempt to further narrow down *which* format this is, even if it can't be played yet?

(This is with version 0.7.2)
Comment 1 Benjamin Otte 2008-07-15 09:38:34 UTC
Swfdec is a Flash player, not a video player. We used to support FLV playback in the 0.4 series, but since setup for SWF and FLV is completely different and confused the player, I dropped it.
Use Totem to play back FLV files.
Comment 2 Tom Parker 2008-07-15 09:45:24 UTC
I submitted this because the URL turned up as one of the "Loaded stream" urls while trying to view the movie at http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/15/rage-trailer-now-with-ea-logo/. Admittedly, I'm now getting a different error ("SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_video_decoder.c(368): swfdec_video_decoder_errorv: error decoding video: failed to pull decoded buffer") but the result is the same: no video.
Comment 3 Pekka Lampila 2008-07-16 23:11:33 UTC
The video in question plays fine here, git version


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