x264 RPM installed/not installed

[Michael Schwendt]

On 05/02/2008, Da Rock <rock_on_the_web at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Sounds strange huh?
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> I know I've been pesky with 3 threads on the run, but please bear with me.
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> I've just installed another repo based on info through the list - livna. Since then I've had some weird errors. The updater offers some 14 updates- which I wasn't able to update based on a missing file required: libx264.so.56.
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> So I ran a provides and whatprovides through the cmd yum and it says x264.i386 is to blame. I check if its installed through the software tool and yes it is. So I uninstall and try updating again: it works! But x264 is no longer installed. So I install x264.i386 - only this time its a livna rpm. It installs, but I check mplayer and only 1 option is installed, so no mencoder which is what I need. If I try to install it it says its still missing the shared object library.
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> I check again through yum and it says its installed- except its the freshrpms rpm version. Either way I can't get mencoder installed again.
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> Any ideas?

In the list archives, Jan 29th, subject "‎libx264.so.56, where art
thou?" explains in what way livna and freshrpms conflict with regard
to the x264 package.