@barto yes ive installed vlc and tried using vlc, mpv, and what comes w fedora which is parole media player and none have worked w the 265 or eac3 audio yet. need help w kitsune’s proposed solution. from what he said that makes sense. just don’t know how to remove the original repos and then reinstall them and ffmpeg and hopefully that works. thanks everyone
using a fedora template w qbittorrent over vpn. wanted the faster download speeds than tor.
No need to remove anything, first check what repositories you have enabled:
# dnf repolist --all
Enable rpmfusion-free-updates if it isn’t enabled:
# dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free-updates.enabled=1
And then search for ffmpeg:
# dnf search ffmpeg
It’s okay if you see both ffmpeg and ffmpeg-free, you only need to install ffmpeg with --allowerasing to let dnf remove the free version:
# dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing
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I think he needs reinstall because dnf won’t install ffmpeg from rpmfusion if there’s one installed already. He tried just install with --allowerasing and have enabled rpmfusion per report of dnf list --installed:
sudo dnf reinstall --allowerasing ffmpeg
PS: @stonehedge , don’t remove anything with sudo rm, it’s not a tool for application uninstalling
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so when i follow your lead i get this first
dnf repolist --all
repo id repo name status
fedora Fedora 42 - x86_64 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_6 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_6 disabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-source Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_6 disabled
fedora-debuginfo Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Debug disabled
fedora-source Fedora 42 - Source disabled
google-chrome google-chrome - x86_64 disabled
qubes-vm-r4.3-current Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates) enabled
qubes-vm-r4.3-current-testing Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates-tes disabled
qubes-vm-r4.3-security-testing Qubes OS Repository for VM (security-te disabled
qubes-vm-r4.3-unstable Qubes OS Repository for VM (unstable) disabled
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free disabled
rpmfusion-free-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Sourc disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updat disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updat disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updat disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Test disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Test disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Test disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - De disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - So disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Up disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Up disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Up disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Te disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Te disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Nonfree - Te disabled
updates Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates enabled
updates-debuginfo Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates - Debug disabled
updates-source Fedora 42 - Updates Source disabled
updates-testing Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Test Updates disabled
updates-testing-debuginfo Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Test Updates Debug disabled
updates-testing-source Fedora 42 - Test Updates Source disabled
then this…
sudo dnf search ffmpeg
Updating and loading repositories:
RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updates 100% | 24.5 KiB/s | 80.0 KiB | 00m03s
Repositories loaded.
Matched fields: name (exact)
ffmpeg.x86_64 Digital VCR and streaming server
Matched fields: name, summary
compat-ffmpeg4-devel.x86_64 Development package for compat-ffmpeg4
ffmpeg-devel.i686 Development package for ffmpeg
ffmpeg-devel.x86_64 Development package for ffmpeg
ffmpeg-free-devel.i686 Development package for ffmpeg
ffmpeg-free-devel.x86_64 Development package for ffmpeg
ffmpeg-libs.i686 Libraries for ffmpeg
ffmpeg-libs.x86_64 Libraries for ffmpeg
ffmpegthumbnailer-devel.i686 Development files for ffmpegthumbnailer
ffmpegthumbnailer-devel.x86_64 Development files for ffmpegthumbnailer
ffmpegthumbnailer-libs.i686 Library for ffmpegthumbnailer
ffmpegthumbnailer-libs.x86_64 Library for ffmpegthumbnailer
ffmpegthumbs.i686 KDE ffmpegthumbnailer service
ffmpegthumbs.x86_64 KDE ffmpegthumbnailer service
mythffmpeg.x86_64 MythTV build of FFmpeg
python3-ffmpeg-normalize.noarch Normalize audio via ffmpeg
python3-ffmpeg-progress-yield.noarch Run an ffmpeg command with progress
vlc-plugin-ffmpeg.x86_64 VLC media player FFmpeg plugins
Matched fields: name
compat-ffmpeg4.x86_64 Digital VCR and streaming server
ffmpeg-free.x86_64 A complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
ffmpegthumbnailer.x86_64 Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers
Matched fields: summary
audacious-plugins-ffaudio.x86_64 FFmpeg input plugin for Audacious
gstreamer1-plugin-libav.i686 GStreamer FFmpeg/LibAV plugin
gstreamer1-plugin-libav.x86_64 GStreamer FFmpeg/LibAV plugin
indi-3rdparty-webcam.x86_64 INDI driver for ffmpeg based webcams
kmplayer.x86_64 A simple front-end for MPlayer/FFMpeg/Phonon
libavcodec-free.i686 FFmpeg codec library
libavcodec-free.x86_64 FFmpeg codec library
libavcodec-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's codec library
libavcodec-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's codec library
libavdevice-free.i686 FFmpeg device library
libavdevice-free.x86_64 FFmpeg device library
libavdevice-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's device library
libavdevice-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's device library
libavfilter-free.i686 FFmpeg audio and video filtering library
libavfilter-free.x86_64 FFmpeg audio and video filtering library
libavfilter-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's audio/video filter library
libavfilter-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's audio/video filter library
libavformat-free.i686 FFmpeg's stream format library
libavformat-free.x86_64 FFmpeg's stream format library
libavformat-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's stream format library
libavformat-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's stream format library
libavutil-free.i686 FFmpeg's utility library
libavutil-free.x86_64 FFmpeg's utility library
libavutil-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's utility library
libavutil-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's utility library
libpostproc-free.i686 FFmpeg post-processing library
libpostproc-free.x86_64 FFmpeg post-processing library
libpostproc-free-devel.i686 Development files for the FFmpeg post-processing library
libpostproc-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for the FFmpeg post-processing library
libswresample-free.i686 FFmpeg software resampling library
libswresample-free.x86_64 FFmpeg software resampling library
libswresample-free-devel.i686 Development files for the FFmpeg software resampling library
libswresample-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for the FFmpeg software resampling library
libswscale-free.i686 FFmpeg image scaling and colorspace/pixel conversion library
libswscale-free.x86_64 FFmpeg image scaling and colorspace/pixel conversion library
libswscale-free-devel.i686 Development files for FFmpeg's image scaling and colorspace library
libswscale-free-devel.x86_64 Development files for FFmpeg's image scaling and colorspace library
nv-codec-headers.noarch FFmpeg version of Nvidia Codec SDK headers
THEN I RUN INTO THIS…
sudo dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Failed to resolve the transaction:
Problem: package ffmpeg-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires ffmpeg-libs(x86-64) = 7.1.2-1.fc42, but none of the providers can be installed
- conflicting requests
- nothing provides libx264.so.164()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
- nothing provides libx265.so.215()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
You can try to add to command line:
--skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing --skip-broken
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Problem: package ffmpeg-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires ffmpeg-libs(x86-64) = 7.1.2-1.fc42, but none of the providers can be installed
- conflicting requests
- nothing provides libx264.so.164()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
- nothing provides libx265.so.215()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
ffmpeg x86_64 7.1.2-1.fc42 rpmfusion-free-updates 2.5 MiB
ffmpeg-libs x86_64 7.1.2-1.fc42 rpmfusion-free-updates 21.2 MiB
Nothing to do.
this is what i keep running into. @otter2 @KitsuneNoBaka thx for all your help and others!
With --skip-broken you are skipping uninstallable packages. It skips your only requested package.
dnf has provides command that allows searching your enabled repositories for specific features and files. Not sure what is a good way to search disabled repositories, I ended up enabling them in a disposable to do this little search. In any case, the things you need are in the rpmfusion-free repository, enable it as well.
Ok.
Somehow you have disabled rpmfusion repositories - all of them.
sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free
sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free-updates
sudo dnf update
and then
sudo dnf repolist
should list this two enabled repositories
then you can install ffmpeg:
sudo dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing
PS: sudo dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free.enabled=1 needs template restart to be reflected in yum files
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free-updates
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf update
Updating and loading repositories:
RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Upda 100% | 1.4 KiB/s | 8.2 KiB | 00m06s
Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 4.3 KiB/s | 20.3 KiB | 00m05s
Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates) 100% | 1.1 KiB/s | 2.8 KiB | 00m03s
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Reposit Size
Upgrading:
librsvg2 x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 5.1 MiB
replacing librsvg2 x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 5.0 MiB
librsvg2-tools x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 6.1 MiB
replacing librsvg2-tools x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 6.0 MiB
rav1e-libs x86_64 0.8.1-2.fc42 updates 3.1 MiB
replacing rav1e-libs x86_64 0.7.1-8.fc42 updates 3.0 MiB
rsvg-pixbuf-loader x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 335.7 KiB
replacing rsvg-pixbuf-loader x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 339.4 KiB
Transaction Summary:
Upgrading: 4 packages
Replacing: 4 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 5 MiB. Need to download 5 MiB.
After this operation, 337 KiB extra will be used (install 15 MiB, remove 14 MiB).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/4] rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0:2.60.0-5.fc4 100% | 128.3 KiB/s | 164.0 KiB | 00m01s
[2/4] rav1e-libs-0:0.8.1-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 211.6 KiB/s | 1.1 MiB | 00m05s
[3/4] librsvg2-0:2.60.0-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 275.6 KiB/s | 1.9 MiB | 00m07s
[4/4] librsvg2-tools-0:2.60.0-5.fc42.x8 100% | 294.5 KiB/s | 2.1 MiB | 00m07s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[4/4] Total 100% | 726.9 KiB/s | 5.3 MiB | 00m07s
Running transaction
[ 1/10] Verify package files 100% | 235.0 B/s | 4.0 B | 00m00s
[ 2/10] Prepare transaction 100% | 23.0 B/s | 8.0 B | 00m00s
[ 3/10] Upgrading rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0: 100% | 12.2 MiB/s | 336.7 KiB | 00m00s
[ 4/10] Upgrading librsvg2-0:2.60.0-5.f 100% | 128.2 MiB/s | 5.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 5/10] Upgrading librsvg2-tools-0:2.60 100% | 112.3 MiB/s | 6.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 6/10] Upgrading rav1e-libs-0:0.8.1-2. 100% | 81.0 MiB/s | 3.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 7/10] Removing librsvg2-tools-0:2.60. 100% | 238.0 B/s | 5.0 B | 00m00s
[ 8/10] Removing librsvg2-0:2.60.0-2.fc 100% | 1.4 KiB/s | 14.0 B | 00m00s
[ 9/10] Removing rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0:2 100% | 1.2 KiB/s | 6.0 B | 00m00s
[10/10] Removing rav1e-libs-0:0.7.1-8.f 100% | 0.0 B/s | 11.0 B | 00m13s
Complete!
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 42 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
qubes-vm-r4.3-current Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates)
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updates
updates Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Failed to resolve the transaction:
Problem: package ffmpeg-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires ffmpeg-libs(x86-64) = 7.1.2-1.fc42, but none of the providers can be installed
- conflicting requests
- nothing provides libx264.so.164()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
- nothing provides libx265.so.215()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
You can try to add to command line:
--skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free.enabled=1
```[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free-updates
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf update
Updating and loading repositories:
RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Upda 100% | 1.4 KiB/s | 8.2 KiB | 00m06s
Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 4.3 KiB/s | 20.3 KiB | 00m05s
Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates) 100% | 1.1 KiB/s | 2.8 KiB | 00m03s
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Reposit Size
Upgrading:
librsvg2 x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 5.1 MiB
replacing librsvg2 x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 5.0 MiB
librsvg2-tools x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 6.1 MiB
replacing librsvg2-tools x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 6.0 MiB
rav1e-libs x86_64 0.8.1-2.fc42 updates 3.1 MiB
replacing rav1e-libs x86_64 0.7.1-8.fc42 updates 3.0 MiB
rsvg-pixbuf-loader x86_64 2.60.0-5.fc42 updates 335.7 KiB
replacing rsvg-pixbuf-loader x86_64 2.60.0-2.fc42 updates 339.4 KiB
Transaction Summary:
Upgrading: 4 packages
Replacing: 4 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 5 MiB. Need to download 5 MiB.
After this operation, 337 KiB extra will be used (install 15 MiB, remove 14 MiB).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/4] rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0:2.60.0-5.fc4 100% | 128.3 KiB/s | 164.0 KiB | 00m01s
[2/4] rav1e-libs-0:0.8.1-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 211.6 KiB/s | 1.1 MiB | 00m05s
[3/4] librsvg2-0:2.60.0-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 275.6 KiB/s | 1.9 MiB | 00m07s
[4/4] librsvg2-tools-0:2.60.0-5.fc42.x8 100% | 294.5 KiB/s | 2.1 MiB | 00m07s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[4/4] Total 100% | 726.9 KiB/s | 5.3 MiB | 00m07s
Running transaction
[ 1/10] Verify package files 100% | 235.0 B/s | 4.0 B | 00m00s
[ 2/10] Prepare transaction 100% | 23.0 B/s | 8.0 B | 00m00s
[ 3/10] Upgrading rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0: 100% | 12.2 MiB/s | 336.7 KiB | 00m00s
[ 4/10] Upgrading librsvg2-0:2.60.0-5.f 100% | 128.2 MiB/s | 5.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 5/10] Upgrading librsvg2-tools-0:2.60 100% | 112.3 MiB/s | 6.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 6/10] Upgrading rav1e-libs-0:0.8.1-2. 100% | 81.0 MiB/s | 3.1 MiB | 00m00s
[ 7/10] Removing librsvg2-tools-0:2.60. 100% | 238.0 B/s | 5.0 B | 00m00s
[ 8/10] Removing librsvg2-0:2.60.0-2.fc 100% | 1.4 KiB/s | 14.0 B | 00m00s
[ 9/10] Removing rsvg-pixbuf-loader-0:2 100% | 1.2 KiB/s | 6.0 B | 00m00s
[10/10] Removing rav1e-libs-0:0.7.1-8.f 100% | 0.0 B/s | 11.0 B | 00m13s
Complete!
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 42 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 42 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
qubes-vm-r4.3-current Qubes OS Repository for VM (updates)
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 42 - Free - Updates
updates Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf install ffmpeg --allowerasing
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Failed to resolve the transaction:
Problem: package ffmpeg-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates requires ffmpeg-libs(x86-64) = 7.1.2-1.fc42, but none of the providers can be installed
- conflicting requests
- nothing provides libx264.so.164()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
- nothing provides libx265.so.215()(64bit) needed by ffmpeg-libs-7.1.2-1.fc42.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
You can try to add to command line:
--skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages
[user@fedora-42-xfce ~]$ sudo dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free.enabled=1
I’ve done everything you said to do. I started trying to trouble shoot with google AI before posting on the forum. Maybe I messed something up in that process. It had also told me to enable cisco 264 I’m not sure if that’s messing something up too. Will edit after restarting template.
EDIT: Those same two file types still not working
Something seems to be wrong with your dnf configuration. rpmfusion-free doesn’t show up among active repositories after you enable it.
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It’s up to you but why not reinstall the template, to start with something fresh?
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Again
sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf repolist
@kitsunenobaka i did all that. it still wouldnt work.
I’m gonna try to run it in a debian template and see if its better. any commands that enable everything there would be great. think that would be better so once configured it should be more stable.