Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s). 1) WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy? 2) WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
download the codecs from Mplayer http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
save to your home folder mkdir tmp each line is in the terminal move the archive to the tmp folder open terminal cd tmp tar xvfj *.tar.bz2 cd all-20050412 su mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cp *.* /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cd /usr/local/lib/codecs/ chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/* mkdir /usr/lib/win32 cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32
restart firefox about:config
enjoy --
Registered Linux User: #376813 www.fedorajim.homelinux.com
On 3/29/06, jim lawrence fedorajim@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
download the codecs from Mplayer http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
save to your home folder mkdir tmp each line is in the terminal move the archive to the tmp folder open terminal cd tmp tar xvfj *.tar.bz2 cd all-20050412 su mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cp *.* /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cd /usr/local/lib/codecs/ chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/* mkdir /usr/lib/win32 cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32
restart firefox about:config
enjoy
Registered Linux User: #376813 www.fedorajim.homelinux.com
Thank you! It works! Question: What was I supposed to understand (and didn't) from your instruction to restart firefox? What should I be lookin for (or change) in the about:config? TA nat
Doesn't this leave you with two copies of the codec files, one under /usr/local and one under /usr. Why do you want that?
There are codec rpms on the mplayer site that can save you this trouble.
http://rpm.greysector.net/mplayer/
Follow the link on the left side where it says "CVS" versions. On my system, I'm running:
$ rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-gui-1.0pre7-1
mplayer-codecs-20050412-1 mplayer-1.0pre7-1 mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1 mplayer-font-iso1-1.1-1 mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1
The codec rpm drops the codec files into:
/usr/lib/codecs
I also have this related one from a separate site
mplayerplug-in-3.11-fc4
The mplayer-plugin is a big help, because if you have it, most of the commercial streaming video sites will work. I watched CBS NCAA basketball the last two weekends on cbs.com.
pj
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/29/06, jim lawrence fedorajim@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
download the codecs from Mplayer http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
save to your home folder mkdir tmp each line is in the terminal move the archive to the tmp folder open terminal cd tmp tar xvfj *.tar.bz2 cd all-20050412 su mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cp *.* /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cd /usr/local/lib/codecs/ chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/* mkdir /usr/lib/win32 cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32
restart firefox about:config
enjoy
Registered Linux User: #376813 www.fedorajim.homelinux.com
Thank you! It works! Question: What was I supposed to understand (and didn't) from your instruction to restart firefox? What should I be lookin for (or change) in the about:config? TA nat
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jim lawrence wrote:
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
download the codecs from Mplayer http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
save to your home folder mkdir tmp each line is in the terminal move the archive to the tmp folder open terminal cd tmp tar xvfj *.tar.bz2 cd all-20050412 su mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cp *.* /usr/local/lib/codecs/ cd /usr/local/lib/codecs/ chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
FWIW I created a link instead of copying the files. It makes it easier.
mkdir /usr/lib/win32 cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32
restart firefox about:config
enjoy
Registered Linux User: #376813 www.fedorajim.homelinux.com
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 19:58 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
Nat: download either the all-codecs or the required-codecs packages from mplayer-hq. Make the directory /usr/local/lib/win32 and using either the tar command or the archive tool extract the files to that directory.
That should be all you need.
Scott
On 3/29/06, Oldman talbotscott@cox.net wrote:
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 19:58 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
Nat:download either the all-codecs or the required-codecs packages from mplayer-hq. Make the directory /usr/local/lib/win32 and using either the tar command or the archive tool extract the files to that directory.
That should be all you need.
Scott, maybe that's all I need. But Jim's 'play by play' including details on chmod is a winner! It's the little things that trap Linux newbies. Thanks. nat
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
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livna repos supply (it seems) all codecs in their packages. i prefer installing it via yum, also the firefox-plugin.
yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
...have even .wmv-support with...
Roger
On 3/30/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
livna repos supply (it seems) all codecs in their packages. i prefer installing it via yum, also the firefox-plugin.
yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
...have even .wmv-support with...
Roger
I can use yum to automate *all* aspects of mplayer?? Since I always have problems with the livna repo I used freshrpms, but I didn't realize I can also yum the codecs. My cmdline buffer shows I did: #yum install mplayer # yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins Then I came here to find out about the codecs. So, what now? Thanks nat
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 12:32 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
On 3/30/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
livna repos supply (it seems) all codecs in their packages. i prefer installing it via yum, also the firefox-plugin.
yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
...have even .wmv-support with...
Roger
I can use yum to automate *all* aspects of mplayer?? Since I always have problems with the livna repo I used freshrpms, but I didn't realize I can also yum the codecs. My cmdline buffer shows I did: #yum install mplayer # yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins Then I came here to find out about the codecs. So, what now? Thanks nat
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also covers mplayer codec installation.
On 3/30/06, Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net wrote:
I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
livna repos supply (it seems) all codecs in their packages. i prefer installing it via yum, also the firefox-plugin.
yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
...have even .wmv-support with...
Roger
I can use yum to automate *all* aspects of mplayer?? Since I always have problems with the livna repo I used freshrpms, but I didn't realize I can also yum the codecs. My cmdline buffer shows I did: #yum install mplayer # yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins Then I came here to find out about the codecs. So, what now?
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also covers mplayer codec installation.
I suspect that the best way to install mplayer codecs is to use greysector repository with yum
and then
yum install mplayer-codecs mplayer-codecs-extra
Paul
I suspect that the best way to install mplayer codecs is to use greysector repository with yum
and then
yum install mplayer-codecs mplayer-codecs-extra
But, greysector is not up to fc5 yet. nat
On 3/30/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
I suspect that the best way to install mplayer codecs is to use greysector repository with yum
and then
yum install mplayer-codecs mplayer-codecs-extra
But, greysector is not up to fc5 yet.
But its rpms seem to work fine on FC5. Well, at least here...
Paul
On 3/30/06, Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net wrote:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 12:32 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
On 3/30/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
livna repos supply (it seems) all codecs in their packages. i prefer installing it via yum, also the firefox-plugin.
yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
...have even .wmv-support with...
Roger
I can use yum to automate *all* aspects of mplayer?? Since I always have problems with the livna repo I used freshrpms, but I didn't realize I can also yum the codecs. My cmdline buffer shows I did: #yum install mplayer # yum install mplayerplug-in mplayer-skins Then I came here to find out about the codecs. So, what now? Thanks nat
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also covers mplayer codec installation. -- Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/
Ah. Seems like Jim's instruction set. Anyhow, my key issue now is how to UNinstall conflicting codecs. What else is inside /usr/lib/win32? I would like to delete it along with /usr/local/lib/codecs/ and start all over. Thanks; nat
Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net writes:
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also covers mplayer codec installation.
May I ask why you suggest that I copy the codecs from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32, rather than making /usr/lib/win32 a symbolic link to /usr/local/lib/codecs?
Regards Ingemar
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 18:26 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net writes:
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also covers mplayer codec installation.
May I ask why you suggest that I copy the codecs from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32, rather than making /usr/lib/win32 a symbolic link to /usr/local/lib/codecs?
Regards Ingemar
Because in the past others have reported problems with either Xine and / or Mplayer having trouble accessing the codecs via a symbolic link rather than directly. It seems to be more reliable this way.
Hi Finley,
Do you know if it's possible to use win codecs for mplayer on x86_64 FC5? How could i do in order to play wmv in x86_64?
Regards. Ariel
On 4/7/06, Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 18:26 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net writes:
You could follow the directions in the Xine section of http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It
also
covers mplayer codec installation.
May I ask why you suggest that I copy the codecs from /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32, rather than making
/usr/lib/win32
a symbolic link to /usr/local/lib/codecs?
Regards Ingemar
Because in the past others have reported problems with either Xine and / or Mplayer having trouble accessing the codecs via a symbolic link rather than directly. It seems to be more reliable this way. -- Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/
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On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 21:23 -0300, Ariel Frozza wrote:
Hi Finley,
Do you know if it's possible to use win codecs for mplayer on x86_64 FC5? How could i do in order to play wmv in x86_64?
Regards. Ariel
On 4/7/06, Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 18:26 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote: > Stanton Finley stanfinley@comcast.net writes: > > > You could follow the directions in the Xine section of > > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It also > > covers mplayer codec installation. > > May I ask why you suggest that I copy the codecs from > /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32, rather than making /usr/lib/win32 > a symbolic link to /usr/local/lib/codecs? > > Regards > Ingemar >
Because in the past others have reported problems with either Xine and / or Mplayer having trouble accessing the codecs via a symbolic link rather than directly. It seems to be more reliable this way. -- Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list-- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Yes it is possible but you have to also run 32 bit version of Mplayer. (The codecs are 32 bit.) 32 bit Mplayer runs just fine on x86_64. Just use the instructions at http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html.
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
For the good or.... This is what I did: 1. rm /usr/lib/win32/* 2. rm /usr/local/lib/codecs/ 3. yum remove mplayer 4. freshrpms.repo, enable=0 5. installed the new fc5 livna enablling rpm. 6. yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in Now, # rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
However, now it wants me to pass it parameters, if I type #mplayer, I get: MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
Basic options: (complete list in the man page) -vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list) -ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list) vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount) dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file -alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code) -ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position -nosound do not play sound -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page) -x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom) -sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay) -playlist <file> specify playlist file -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate -pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page) -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines) .... First off, I do not know what options to use. Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters? Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'. Fourth, What about Firefox?
Thank you all, and please help me thru here. nat
On 3/29/06, Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Hi; I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. Simple question(s).
- WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
- WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a newbie.) 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
Thanks in advance. -nat
For the good or.... This is what I did:
- rm /usr/lib/win32/*
- rm /usr/local/lib/codecs/
- yum remove mplayer
- freshrpms.repo, enable=0
- installed the new fc5 livna enablling rpm.
- yum install mplayer mplayer-gui mplayer-skins mplayerplug-in
Now, # rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
However, now it wants me to pass it parameters, if I type #mplayer, I get: MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
Basic options: (complete list in the man page) -vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list) -ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list) vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount) dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file -alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code) -ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position -nosound do not play sound -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page) -x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom) -sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay) -playlist <file> specify playlist file -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate -pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page) -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines) .... First off, I do not know what options to use. Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters? Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'. Fourth, What about Firefox?
Thank you all, and please help me thru here. nat
--
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in gnome too...
HTH Roger
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in
gnome too...
Ok. It works via 'mplayer <filename>' and that includes avi files (something that didn't work before for me).
However, I am having gui problems. Besides not appearing in the right-click menu, entering just 'mplayer' should bring up a gui. yum is having a problem installing the gui: ------------------- Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio : rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete! -------------------- It said complete!. Nada. By the way 'ls /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default' shows 0 files.
thanks nat
Am Freitag, den 31.03.2006, 12:52 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in
gnome too...
Ok. It works via 'mplayer <filename>' and that includes avi files (something that didn't work before for me).
However, I am having gui problems. Besides not appearing in the right-click menu, entering just 'mplayer' should bring up a gui. yum is having a problem installing the gui:
Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio : rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete!
It said complete!. Nada. By the way 'ls /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default' shows 0 files.
thanks nat
Nat,
No right-click-menu.
go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
Roger
Nat Gross wrote:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in
gnome too...
Ok. It works via 'mplayer <filename>' and that includes avi files (something that didn't work before for me).
However, I am having gui problems. Besides not appearing in the right-click menu, entering just 'mplayer' should bring up a gui. yum is having a problem installing the gui:
Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio : rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete!
It said complete!. Nada. By the way 'ls /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default' shows 0 files.
thanks nat
The gui version is named "gmplayer".
Regards,
John
On 3/31/06, John Wendel john.wendel@metnet.navy.mil wrote:
Nat Gross wrote:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in
gnome too...
Ok. It works via 'mplayer <filename>' and that includes avi files (something that didn't work before for me).
However, I am having gui problems. Besides not appearing in the right-click menu, entering just 'mplayer' should bring up a gui. yum is having a problem installing the gui:
Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio : rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete!
It said complete!. Nada. By the way 'ls /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default' shows 0 files.
thanks nat
The gui version is named "gmplayer".
Regards,
John
It seems like its missing the skins. Here is a dump of my terminal: ------------------------------- ]$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts. Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found. Skin not found (default) ------------------------------- It seems like a minor thing to fix manually. (I don't know how.) But I prefer to use yum for it, in order to automate future upgrades. And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post.
Thanks nat
Am Freitag, den 31.03.2006, 13:15 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 3/31/06, John Wendel john.wendel@metnet.navy.mil wrote:
Nat Gross wrote:
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 17:48 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
First off, I do not know what options to use.
Generally, I've not had to use any.
Secondly, for each movie type I will have to use diferent parameters?
I haven't had to do so. "mplayer something.avi" "mplayer something.mpg" "mplayer something.mov" have all worked just as simply as that.
Third, its not part of the gui any longer; can't right-click and choose 'play in mplayer'.
There should also be some sort of mplayer-gui package (or command, it might be included in the base package). I haven't installed mplayer the way that you did, though; but it works in the same way once installed.
Hey,
the only parameter you have to give is the filename of the movie you wanna watch: mplayer moviename.mpg -> thats all....
why not using mplayer in the gui? you can open it should be soemewhere in the multimedia section of gnome...it doesnt seem that you installed the gui... yum -y install mplayer-gui, this should make it available in
gnome too...
Ok. It works via 'mplayer <filename>' and that includes avi files (something that didn't work before for me).
However, I am having gui problems. Besides not appearing in the right-click menu, entering just 'mplayer' should bring up a gui. yum is having a problem installing the gui:
Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio : rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete!
It said complete!. Nada. By the way 'ls /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default' shows 0 files.
thanks nat
The gui version is named "gmplayer".
Regards,
John
It seems like its missing the skins. Here is a dump of my terminal:
]$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts. Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found. Skin not found (default)
It seems like a minor thing to fix manually. (I don't know how.) But I prefer to use yum for it, in order to automate future upgrades. And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post.
Thanks nat
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
Nat,
No right-click-menu. go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
yum replies 'nothing to do'.
nat
su rpm -qa | grep mplayer
whats the result? Roger
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
Nat,
No right-click-menu. go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
yum replies 'nothing to do'.
nat
su rpm -qa | grep mplayer
whats the result? Roger
# rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
nat
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
Nat,
No right-click-menu. go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
yum replies 'nothing to do'.
nat
su rpm -qa | grep mplayer
whats the result? Roger
# rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
nat
Nat,
mine:
mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5 mplayer-gui-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
see last line? you need to install mplayer-gui to get gmplayer working.
if you still get a "not found" make sure:
1) livna's repo is set enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo 2) if it is set, try 1st yum clean all and then again yum install mplayer-gui
HTH Roger
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
Nat,
No right-click-menu. go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
yum replies 'nothing to do'.
nat
su rpm -qa | grep mplayer
whats the result? Roger
# rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
nat
Nat,
mine:
mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5 mplayer-gui-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
see last line? you need to install mplayer-gui to get gmplayer working.
if you still get a "not found" make sure:
- livna's repo is set enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
- if it is set, try 1st yum clean all and then again yum install
mplayer-gui
HTH Roger
ok. The problem is as follows: --------------------------------------------- Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: mplayer-gui i386 1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 livna 243 k
Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 243 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): mplayer-gui-1.0-0. 100% |=========================| 243 kB 00:03 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio: rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete! --------------------------------------------- Notice the error? Although yum is happy and thinks it completed, there was an error. And I have no idea what 'cpio rename' error is. Beacuse I have no files whatsoever in /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default
nat
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 11:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
Nat,
No right-click-menu. go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
yum -y install mplayer-skins
Roger
yum replies 'nothing to do'.
nat
su rpm -qa | grep mplayer
whats the result? Roger
# rpm -qa | grep mplayer mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
nat
Nat,
mine:
mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5 mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5 mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5 mplayer-gui-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
see last line? you need to install mplayer-gui to get gmplayer working.
if you still get a "not found" make sure:
- livna's repo is set enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
- if it is set, try 1st yum clean all and then again yum install
mplayer-gui
HTH Roger
ok. The problem is as follows:
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: mplayer-gui i386 1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 livna 243 k
Transaction Summary
Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 243 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): mplayer-gui-1.0-0. 100% |=========================| 243 kB 00:03 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mplayer-gui ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio: rename
Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5 Complete!
Notice the error? Although yum is happy and thinks it completed, there was an error. And I have no idea what 'cpio rename' error is. Beacuse I have no files whatsoever in /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default
nat
or a conflict. lets make mplayer unusable.
1) uninstall mplayer skins using rpm -e mplayer-skins[Version] 2) do 'updatedb' 3) locate mplayer 4) find the directory within mplayer, that still has some Skin-Files in. Delete this directory 5) re-install mplayer-skins via yum.
...seems that lots of fiddling corrupted mplayer...
Roger
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 11:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
<snip>
or a conflict. lets make mplayer unusable.
- uninstall mplayer skins using rpm -e mplayer-skins[Version]
- do 'updatedb'
- locate mplayer
- find the directory within mplayer, that still has some Skin-Files in.
Delete this directory 5) re-install mplayer-skins via yum.
...seems that lots of fiddling corrupted mplayer...
Roger
Bravo!!!! It's fixed! Thank you!
nat
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 12:06 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 11:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler roger@gwch.net wrote:
Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
<snip>
or a conflict. lets make mplayer unusable.
- uninstall mplayer skins using rpm -e mplayer-skins[Version]
- do 'updatedb'
- locate mplayer
- find the directory within mplayer, that still has some Skin-Files in.
Delete this directory 5) re-install mplayer-skins via yum.
...seems that lots of fiddling corrupted mplayer...
Roger
Bravo!!!! It's fixed! Thank you!
nat
no prob, nat, have fun with loooooots of good movies
Roger
Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote: ------------------------------- ]$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts. Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found. Skin not found (default) -------------------------------
It seems like a minor thing to fix manually. (I don't know how.)
You can find out how if you goggle search mplayer and goto their site. I installed their latest rpm, then downloaded the complete codex package and followed the instructions to install them. Next, I dnloaded some fonts and followed their install instructions, to the tee. It works better than it did with FC4.
But I prefer to use yum for it, in order to automate future upgrades.
Sometimes the FC team has a very full plate, like right now. So, I just grab the latest and install it and then sit back to actually enjoy using it. At some point, it'll get included in extras and yum will update it.
And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post.
Yup... everyone is getting hit. I feel your pain. I had to install gnome and kde completely while 'yum update' merrily announced that all was good.
Really, all I had to do was goto: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html install one rpm, the Redhat/Fedora one notice where it says in small print that the 'installation documentation' (that is a link that you can click on... using the mouse, it's highlighted) Now.. http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html download the 'complete codex' (referenced on this page as 'all') open a terminal window as root, where you dnloaded the file to: bunzip2 completecodex.bz2 --that will bunzip the file to a 'tar-file' tar -xvf completecodex.tar (whatever it gets named to...) cd into the directory it made. type: more README --read what it sez cp * /usr/local/lib/win32 (create that directory if you don't have it using "mkdir /usr/local/lib/win32" ) then! to make sure that other apps or updated fedora rpms of mplayer could find them... ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/local/lib/codecs now mplayer will find either of the three, now you are more yum-proof.
do the same thing with the skins... just get what you need from their site and enjoy it now. Follow their instructions first, they worked just fine for me. Hope this helps you some. Ric
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On 3/31/06, Rickey Moore wayward4now@yahoo.com wrote:
Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
]$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 4) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts. Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found. Skin not found (default)
It seems like a minor thing to fix manually. (I don't know how.)
You can find out how if you goggle search mplayer and goto their site. I installed their latest rpm, then downloaded the complete codex package and followed the instructions to install them. Next, I dnloaded some fonts and followed their install instructions, to the tee. It works better than it did with FC4.
But I prefer to use yum for it, in order to automate future upgrades.
Sometimes the FC team has a very full plate, like right now. So, I just grab the latest and install it and then sit back to actually enjoy using it. At some point, it'll get included in extras and yum will update it.
And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post.
Yup... everyone is getting hit. I feel your pain. I had to install gnome and kde completely while 'yum update' merrily announced that all was good.
I was under the impression that if I didn't use yum to install [any software] then yum could/would be confused by it later and would *not* automatically update to later revs.
Really, all I had to do was goto: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html install one rpm, the Redhat/Fedora one
I only see fedora 3 and 4 pkgs.
notice where it says in small print that the 'installation documentation' (that is a link that you can click on... using the mouse, it's highlighted)
Neat, didn't notice that [it's a link] before.
Now.. http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html download the 'complete codex' (referenced on this page as 'all') open a terminal window as root, where you dnloaded the file to: bunzip2 completecodex.bz2 --that will bunzip the file to a 'tar-file' tar -xvf completecodex.tar (whatever it gets named to...) cd into the directory it made. type: more README --read what it sez cp * /usr/local/lib/win32 (create that directory if you don't have it using "mkdir /usr/local/lib/win32" ) then! to make sure that other apps or updated fedora rpms of mplayer could find them... ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/local/lib/codecs now mplayer will find either of the three, now you are more yum-proof.
do the same thing with the skins... just get what you need from their site and enjoy it now. Follow their instructions first, they worked just fine for me. Hope this helps you some. Ric
================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Well, I am trying to overcome both! (as evident by this thread!)
Now, in order to take this route (first I need to be convinced that yum will update it in the future) I will need to 'yum remove mplayer*'? Will that clean what all that yum did?
Thanks, nat. ps. I kept away on April 1. Was afraid someone will pull a trick on my poor soul.
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 22:22 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
On 3/31/06, Rickey Moore wayward4now@yahoo.com wrote:
Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
]$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post.
Yup... everyone is getting hit. I feel your pain. I had to install gnome and kde completely while 'yum update' merrily announced that all was good.
I was under the impression that if I didn't use yum to install [any software] then yum could/would be confused by it later and would *not* automatically update to later revs.
Yum will try to update anything that has been installed as an rpm. It uses the rpm database to identify what is installed.
Really, all I had to do was goto: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html install one rpm, the Redhat/Fedora one
I only see fedora 3 and 4 pkgs.
Do you have the fedora-release package installed? I assume since you make this statement you probably have FC5, and may have done an install as an upgrade.
notice where it says in small print that the 'installation documentation' (that is a link that you can click on... using the mouse, it's highlighted)
Neat, didn't notice that [it's a link] before.
Now.. http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html download the 'complete codex' (referenced on this page as 'all') open a terminal window as root, where you dnloaded the file to: bunzip2 completecodex.bz2 --that will bunzip the file to a 'tar-file' tar -xvf completecodex.tar (whatever it gets named to...) cd into the directory it made. type: more README --read what it sez cp * /usr/local/lib/win32 (create that directory if you don't have it using "mkdir /usr/local/lib/win32" ) then! to make sure that other apps or updated fedora rpms of mplayer could find them... ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/local/lib/codecs now mplayer will find either of the three, now you are more yum-proof.
do the same thing with the skins... just get what you need from their site and enjoy it now. Follow their instructions first, they worked just fine for me. Hope this helps you some. Ric
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Well, I am trying to overcome both! (as evident by this thread!)
Now, in order to take this route (first I need to be convinced that yum will update it in the future) I will need to 'yum remove mplayer*'? Will that clean what all that yum did?
Yum being able to do the update is a configuration issue. You need to have the appropriate repo enabled and yum can then use it to search/update anything that has been installed.
On 4/2/06, Jeff Vian jvian10@charter.net wrote:
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 22:22 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
On 3/31/06, Rickey Moore wayward4now@yahoo.com wrote:
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I was under the impression that if I didn't use yum to install [any software] then yum could/would be confused by it later and would *not* automatically update to later revs.
Yum will try to update anything that has been installed as an rpm. It uses the rpm database to identify what is installed.
It does get confused based on the packaging of the rpm's. It once *deleted* [active!] mySql from my system.
Do you have the fedora-release package installed?
You mean the yum repo for fedora-release? I have three fedora repos enabled: 1)fedora-core, 2)fedora-updates, 3)fedora-extras. I also have the livna repo enabled. By the way, Livna changed their entire naming scheme for FC5 so not to clash with other repos.
I assume since you make this statement you probably have FC5, and may have done an install as an upgrade.
Yes. I installed as an upgrade fc5 over fc4. But I miss the point.
Thanks nat
Nat Gross nat101l@gmail.com wrote:
Now, in order to take this route (first I need to be convinced that yum will >update it in the future) I will need to 'yum remove mplayer*'? Will that clean >what all that yum did?
rpm -e mplayer would do it. But, as the mplayer rpm at their website sez, it's for RedHat and Fedora. Whether that is accurate or not is beyond me. It works, I use it with great satisfaction and I choose to do it that way. But, a walk on the wild side, a daily dose of larceny, or cheating on your taxes, keeps life just marching along. Hence my handle "Wayward4now" <cackles> Ric
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