Bug 16720

Summary:	swfdec doesn't support video format in an .flv
Product:	swfdec	Reporter:	Tom Parker <freedesktop>
Component:	library	Assignee:	swfdec ml <swfdec>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	swfdec ml <swfdec>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	0.7.x
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
URL:	http://download.gamevideos.com/19943/gv.com.RageE32008Trailer_640x360.flv
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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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