well i don't have the latest version of vlc compiled as suggested from the
link you gave me so i will add vlc in portage.keywords for now and then
compile the latest unstable version of it...hope that should solve my
problems...i will post back for results...thanks...

On 03/12/2007, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 2, 2007 6:16 PM, Danis Petkakis <dpetka2001@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > hi there i have some files in .mkv and format and would like to to view
> > them using vlc...the problem is that there is only the sound in the
> > background...by that i mean that i can only hear for example the music that
> > plays in the background and not the people talking in the movie...subtitles
> > and video are all displayed correctly...i just cannot hear the people
> > talking...when i watch the files in kaffeine and kmplayer i have no problem
> > at all...what might be the problem with vlc?? thanks in advance...
>
>
>
> My inclination is that it is a vlc specific bug....check this page to see
> if you have it compiled with the use flag listed there: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-gentoo.html
>
>
> If you have it compiled with all of those use flags, then I'd email vlc at
> video-lan.org: http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html
>