Bug#516520: vlc: will not play videos in Lenny which used to work in Etch

[Axel K. Stammler]

Package: vlc
Version: 0.8.6.h-4+lenny2
Severity: important

Files which could be played only give audio, for instance:

File: /Video/DerAugenzeuge/(Doku).- Der DEFA-Augenzeuge 1961.09.12 - Nr. 37-61 - Titow in Leipzig, Belgrad - NPG-Konf., MBD in Polen, Freiw.f.NVA, Universiade, Fu?ball-WM-Qual. (10'16'')
-rw-r----- 1 axxel axxel axxel 84M Jul 13  2008 /Video/DerAugenzeuge/(Doku).- Der DEFA-Augenzeuge 1961.09.12 - Nr. 37-61 - Titow in Leipzig, Belgrad - NPG-Konf., MBD in Polen, Freiw.f.NVA, Universiade, Fu?ball-WM-Qual. (10'16'')
RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 640 x 480, 25.00 fps, video: DivX 5, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz)
video/x-msvideo
tcprobe: /usr/lib/libtheora.so.0: no version information available (required by tcprobe)
[tcprobe] RIFF data, AVI video
[avilib] V: 25.000 fps, codec=DX50, frames=15416, width=640, height=480
[avilib] A: 44100 Hz, format=0x55, bits=0, channels=2, bitrate=128 kbps,
[avilib]    15406 chunks, 9866240 bytes, CBR
[tcprobe] summary for /Video/DerAugenzeuge/(Doku).- Der DEFA-Augenzeuge 1961.09.12 - Nr. 37-61 - Titow in Leipzig, Belgrad - NPG-Konf., MBD in Polen, Freiw.f.NVA, Universiade, Fu?ball-WM-Qual. (10'16''), (*) = not default, 0 = not detected
import frame size: -g 640x480 [720x576] (*)
       frame rate: -f 25.000 [25.000] frc=3 
      audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 44100,0,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x55 [0x2000] (*)
                   bitrate=128 kbps
           length: 15416 frames, frame_time=40 msec, duration=0:10:16.640

VLC prints this error message:

$ vlc /Video/DerAugenzeuge/\(Doku\).-\ Der\ DEFA-Augenzeuge\ 1961.09.12\ -\ Nr.\ 37-61\ -\ Titow\ in\ Leipzig\,\ Belgrad\ -\ NPG-Konf.\,\ MBD\ in\ Polen\,\ Freiw.f.NVA\,\ Universiade\,\ Fu\?ball-WM-Qual.\ \(10\'16\'\'\) 
vlc: /usr/lib/libtheora.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libvlc.so.0)
vlc: /usr/lib/libtheora.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavcodec.so.51)
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
[00000277] main input error: no suitable access module for `'
[00000310] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.4 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                 1.4p5-37+b1       ascii art library
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libavcodec51           3:20080706-0.3    library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0               0.99.beta14-1     colour ASCII art library
ii  libcairo2              1.6.4-7           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcdio7               0.78.2+dfsg1-3    library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libcucul0              0.99.beta14-1     low-level Unicode character drawin
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.1-5           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.76-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.7-2           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0            0.10.9-1          Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.2-1.1       GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-7           A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.6-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 7.0.3-7           The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.11-4         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libiso9660-5           0.78.2+dfsg1-3    library to work with ISO9660 files
ii  libjpeg62              6b-14             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.5-3          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.27-2          PNG library - runtime
ii  libsdl-image1.2        1.2.6-3           image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian        1.2.13-2          Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-2         X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.2-1.1         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                 1.2.11-5          C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libtiff4               3.8.2-11          Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libvcdinfo0            0.7.23-4          library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc0                0.8.6.h-4+lenny2  multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libwxbase2.6-0         2.6.3.2.2-3       wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.6-0          2.6.3.2.2-3       wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.5-2         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxosd2               2.2.14-1.6        X On-Screen Display library - runt
ii  libxv1                 2:1.0.4-1         X11 Video extension library
ii  ttf-dejavu-core        2.25-3            Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox                0.8.6.h-4+lenny2  multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlc            <none>     (no description available)
ii  videolan-doc                  20070626-1 documentation for the VideoLAN str

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