Need help getting h264 encoder x264
by fredmyra from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6J0E4)
The Context:
I am still getting acquainted with Plasma after many years of using exclusively XFCE (which may be a reason for this post?)
Running Slackware 15.0 with the purpose of using it as a DAW, fully installed on an external USB disk from the LiveSlak iso for Slackware64-15.0 and then installed the daw-base using its template, and most things seems fine so far.
The Problem:
When I use SimpleScreenRecorder I am not able to save my videos as MP4, I get a warning that H264 is not installed.
I then made sure (I guess?) that I installed it, after downloading the https://slackware.nl/people/alien/sb..._64-1alien.txz package:
Code:root@fujieq:~# installpkg /home/arthur/Downloads/x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz Verifying package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Installing package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# x264 (a free h264/avc encoder)
#
# x264 is a free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.
# The code is written from scratch.
# This package includes a commandline H.264 encoder.
#
# x264 home: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
#
Executing install script for x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz installed.
root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search x264
Looking for x264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
msx264-1.5.3-sbo-15.0
x264-git_20210613_5db6aa6c-sbo-15.0I am curious about the above result for the search. Was I wrong in assuming that x264 would provide the h264 encoder?
Code:root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search h264
Looking for h264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
openh264-2.3.1-sbo-15.0
root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search 264
Looking for 264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
msx264-1.5.3-sbo-15.0
openh264-2.3.1-sbo-15.0
x264-git_20210613_5db6aa6c-sbo-15.0And now when I use SimpleScreenRecorder I still get the warning that h264 is not installed.
What/where am I missing? I am pretty sure I am doing something wrong but have no idea of what.
I am still getting acquainted with Plasma after many years of using exclusively XFCE (which may be a reason for this post?)
Running Slackware 15.0 with the purpose of using it as a DAW, fully installed on an external USB disk from the LiveSlak iso for Slackware64-15.0 and then installed the daw-base using its template, and most things seems fine so far.
The Problem:
When I use SimpleScreenRecorder I am not able to save my videos as MP4, I get a warning that H264 is not installed.
I then made sure (I guess?) that I installed it, after downloading the https://slackware.nl/people/alien/sb..._64-1alien.txz package:
Code:root@fujieq:~# installpkg /home/arthur/Downloads/x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz Verifying package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Installing package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# x264 (a free h264/avc encoder)
#
# x264 is a free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.
# The code is written from scratch.
# This package includes a commandline H.264 encoder.
#
# x264 home: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
#
Executing install script for x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz.
Package x264-20211120-x86_64-1alien.txz installed.
root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search x264
Looking for x264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
msx264-1.5.3-sbo-15.0
x264-git_20210613_5db6aa6c-sbo-15.0I am curious about the above result for the search. Was I wrong in assuming that x264 would provide the h264 encoder?
Code:root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search h264
Looking for h264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
openh264-2.3.1-sbo-15.0
root@fujieq:~# slackpkg search 264
Looking for 264 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No package name matches the pattern.
Also found in SBo (download it with 'slackpkg download <package>'):
[ package ]
msx264-1.5.3-sbo-15.0
openh264-2.3.1-sbo-15.0
x264-git_20210613_5db6aa6c-sbo-15.0And now when I use SimpleScreenRecorder I still get the warning that h264 is not installed.
What/where am I missing? I am pretty sure I am doing something wrong but have no idea of what.