Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's. Even though I get system sounds. Is there something I've missed? I've followed most of the online forums which recommed installing something called RPM Fusion, but when I did that and then tried the Movie Player again I got the same window now telling me that there's an ASF demuxer missing........(sigh!) why couldn't the building of these distros have included this stuff? I'm getting tired of having to search for things that should be included with an OS, and I'm not realy bashing or complaining to anyone in particular, but it just seems to me that these things should be "standard" no?....I mean whether it's a $82,000.00 or a $4,000.00 car they BOTH come with a steering wheel, brakes, windows, headlights, brake-lights a trunk, windshield wipers etc.....those things are STANDARD.....why cannot these distros be the same?.....if it's a licensig issue or some sort of violaton of some technology thing, why can't someone create the substitute?.....kind of like how they came out with LightSpark & GNash to replace Flash.....it's just kind of annoying is all But any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks In Advance.... EGO II
Error From Video Player: Movie Player requires additional plugins to decode this file The following plugins are required: MPEG-4 AAC decoder H.264 decoder Do you want to search for these now?
Error from RhythmBox Media Player: Rhythmbox requires an additional plugin to decode this file The following plugin is required: MPEG-1 Layer 3 decoder Do you want to search for this now?
On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:38:40 -0400 "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." eoconnor25@gmail.com wrote:
Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's.
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Eddie:
Go here: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f17.html
It's kind of like a cafeteria -- take what you need or want, but don't try to take all of it at one time.
-- cmg
On 08/05/2012 12:38 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
<snip rant which has been raised too many times and answered too many times>
Error From Video Player: Movie Player requires additional plugins to decode this file The following plugins are required: MPEG-4 AAC decoder H.264 decoder Do you want to search for these now?
Error from RhythmBox Media Player: Rhythmbox requires an additional plugin to decode this file The following plugin is required: MPEG-1 Layer 3 decoder Do you want to search for this now?
I've no problems to play all video and audio formats. Configured rpmfusion-free and rpmfusion-nonfree and installed these....
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.22-3.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-good-extras-0.10.31-4.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-4.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-python-0.10.22-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-rtsp-0.10.8-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-7.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.23-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-tools-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64
Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's.
snip
Eddie:
Go here: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f17.html
It's kind of like a cafeteria -- take what you need or want, but don't try to take all of it at one time.
-- cmg
Cool!.....thank you so much! I will try this and see what happens!>...
EGO II
On 08/05/2012 01:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 08/05/2012 12:38 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
<snip rant which has been raised too many times and answered too many times>
Error From Video Player: Movie Player requires additional plugins to decode this file The following plugins are required: MPEG-4 AAC decoder H.264 decoder Do you want to search for these now?
Error from RhythmBox Media Player: Rhythmbox requires an additional plugin to decode this file The following plugin is required: MPEG-1 Layer 3 decoder Do you want to search for this now?
I've no problems to play all video and audio formats. Configured rpmfusion-free and rpmfusion-nonfree and installed these....
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.22-3.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-good-extras-0.10.31-4.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-4.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-python-0.10.22-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-rtsp-0.10.8-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-7.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.23-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-tools-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64
Sorry for the unintentional rant...I was just "venting" because there's no one else here to talk to except the poster of Jimi Hendrix, or the small plastic version of The Joker!.....just to clarify...I have to go and install these one at a time? using yum?....(still not a master of Linux yet!....but getting there!)
EGO II
the topic is not related to this issue, u should use another post so next guy asking here the same thing can retrieve it using google, like this: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=installing+mp3+plugin+fedora
reading here and there, i got that mp3 is not a free codec, so it is not released with fedora; if u want use closed codec u should use unofficial repo like fusion
i do not suggest you to use it if u are not very very familiar with fedora upgrades: the next upgrade u will have trouble having included rpmfusion and u will think back to my suggestion
u suggest you to play music with other codec like ogg, it's free
regards m.
On 08/05/2012 04:03 AM, Maurizio Marini wrote:
the topic is not related to this issue, u should use another post so next guy asking here the same thing can retrieve it using google, like this: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=installing+mp3+plugin+fedora
reading here and there, i got that mp3 is not a free codec, so it is not released with fedora; if u want use closed codec u should use unofficial repo like fusion
i do not suggest you to use it if u are not very very familiar with fedora upgrades: the next upgrade u will have trouble having included rpmfusion and u will think back to my suggestion
u suggest you to play music with other codec like ogg, it's free
regards m.
Cool...thanks to all of you for your help. I will be trying any and ALL suggestions offered, and again I apologize if my initial e-mail sounded like a hot-headed i.d. ten "t"....I didn't mean for it to come out like that. Enjoy!
Long Live Fedora!...LoL!
EGO II
I think you should install EasyLife Fedora. It installs códecs and other stuff, is very useful.
Regards and hope this helps, Lailah El dom, 05-08-2012 a las 00:38 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. escribió:
Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's. Even though I get system sounds. Is there something I've missed? I've followed most of the online forums which recommed installing something called RPM Fusion, but when I did that and then tried the Movie Player again I got the same window now telling me that there's an ASF demuxer missing........(sigh!) why couldn't the building of these distros have included this stuff? I'm getting tired of having to search for things that should be included with an OS, and I'm not realy bashing or complaining to anyone in particular, but it just seems to me that these things should be "standard" no?....I mean whether it's a $82,000.00 or a $4,000.00 car they BOTH come with a steering wheel, brakes, windows, headlights, brake-lights a trunk, windshield wipers etc.....those things are STANDARD.....why cannot these distros be the same?.....if it's a licensig issue or some sort of violaton of some technology thing, why can't someone create the substitute?.....kind of like how they came out with LightSpark & GNash to replace Flash.....it's just kind of annoying is all But any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated! Thanks In Advance.... EGO II
Error From Video Player: Movie Player requires additional plugins to decode this file The following plugins are required: MPEG-4 AAC decoder H.264 decoder Do you want to search for these now?
Error from RhythmBox Media Player: Rhythmbox requires an additional plugin to decode this file The following plugin is required: MPEG-1 Layer 3 decoder Do you want to search for this now?
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 00:38 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's. Even though I get system sounds. Is there something I've missed? I've followed most of the online forums which recommed installing something called RPM Fusion, but when I did that and then tried the Movie Player again I got the same window now telling me that there's an ASF demuxer missing........(sigh!) why couldn't the building of these distros have included this stuff?
I'd say what you've "missed" is the philosophy of this particular distribution, of being free from various legal encumbrances.
Yes, you can add other things to do what you want, but you're going to have to manage that, yourself, potentially breaking the law. And that's why Fedora doesn't include them.
The alternative is to go for another distribution, which either doesn't care about breaking laws, or has made some form of arrangement that makes it legal (they've sought permission to use proprietary stuff, or paid for the rights, or have set themselves up somewhere where such laws don't apply to them - but may still apply to you, et cetera).
Most distros have a certain ethos to them, and it's easier to go with one that's already what you want, rather than trying to change its nature. It's not impossible, just easier.
I after with you....and I "take back" all that I've said!...Fedora is to me....PERFECT!...and I Will overlook any perceived shortcomings from now on.... On Aug 7, 2012 6:33 AM, "Tim" ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
On Sun, 2012-08-05 at 00:38 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
Ok so FINALLY I've gone ahead and gotten my laptop upgraded to Fedora 17! But I now am trying to play .mp4 / .flv/ .avi movies on it and getting an error message telling me that there are plugins missing. I also get error messages when I try to play mp3's. Even though I get system sounds. Is there something I've missed? I've followed most of the online forums which recommed installing something called RPM Fusion, but when I did that and then tried the Movie Player again I got the same window now telling me that there's an ASF demuxer missing........(sigh!) why couldn't the building of these distros have included this stuff?
I'd say what you've "missed" is the philosophy of this particular distribution, of being free from various legal encumbrances.
Yes, you can add other things to do what you want, but you're going to have to manage that, yourself, potentially breaking the law. And that's why Fedora doesn't include them.
The alternative is to go for another distribution, which either doesn't care about breaking laws, or has made some form of arrangement that makes it legal (they've sought permission to use proprietary stuff, or paid for the rights, or have set themselves up somewhere where such laws don't apply to them - but may still apply to you, et cetera).
Most distros have a certain ethos to them, and it's easier to go with one that's already what you want, rather than trying to change its nature. It's not impossible, just easier.
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On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 07:13 -0400, Eddie O'Connor wrote:
I Will overlook any perceived shortcomings from now on....
I wouldn't go that far, just have a look into why it doesn't do something you thought it ought to.
Perhaps it's a legal reason. Perhaps it conflicts with a goal of the distro. Perhaps it's simply that nobody's implemented what you wanted. Perhaps what you want isn't ready for inclusion, yet.
You'll get short shrift, on this list, if you were to rant about how the distro doesn't support MP3 playback, for instance. But if you'd simply said that you couldn't find anything to play MP3s, you would have been told Fedora can't/won't support it, but there's at least one external repo that you can use that does. And some clues to start you off installing what you needed from it.
It's the approach that matters.
On 08/07/2012 02:32 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 07:13 -0400, Eddie O'Connor wrote:
I Will overlook any perceived shortcomings from now on....
I wouldn't go that far, just have a look into why it doesn't do something you thought it ought to.
Perhaps it's a legal reason. Perhaps it conflicts with a goal of the distro. Perhaps it's simply that nobody's implemented what you wanted. Perhaps what you want isn't ready for inclusion, yet.
You'll get short shrift, on this list, if you were to rant about how the distro doesn't support MP3 playback, for instance. But if you'd simply said that you couldn't find anything to play MP3s, you would have been told Fedora can't/won't support it, but there's at least one external repo that you can use that does. And some clues to start you off installing what you needed from it.
It's the approach that matters.
WOW!.....You sound SO much like my college professor!.....LoL! But message received, I will from now on take the "Logical" approach before letting my emotions run rampant!...LoL! It's just frustrating though, to see a distro that you fell in love with from a while ago (F13) not be all it can be. ...but when you mention the legal aspect of it, I realize that although people love to create and run free software....NO ONE wants to go to court...or worse JAIL for it!...LoL!
EGO II