How to Install mplayer on Fedora Core 12

[Rajnikant-Deva]

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I have just installed the Fedora Core 2 on my new desktop computer system and I have successfully installed many softwares but I am unable to install the mplayer. Though it would be much easier to install it but I don't believe it that it is not working on my fedora after installing. Can you guys tell me that what is the proper way to install mplayer on this operating system.

[Badrunath]

Installing MPlayer from source

I will detail the installation from source, because it is one that ensures the best adaptation to the processor and is more generic. That said, there are more and more binary packages (. Rpm. Deb) which require some additional handling, refer to sites that talk about it for more information. To install MPlayer simply type the following lines in a terminal (the small black tv bottom left):

 $ Tar-xjvf / o_est/mplayer-xxx.tar.bz2 $ cd mplayer-xxxx / $. / Configure - prefix = / usr - datadir = / usr / share / mplayer - confdir = / etc / mplayer - enable-gui - enable-largefiles - enable-menu - enable-shared-pp - enable-dynamic-plugins - enable-real - enable-freetype - language = en - with-codecsdir = / usr / lib / codecs - with-xvidlibdir = / path / to / libxvidcore.a - with-xvidincdir = / path / to / xvid.h

If you have a Matrox card, add: - enable-mga If you have a 3dfx card, add: - enable-3dfx - enable-tdfxfb If you have a RedHat 7.x or 8.x Mandriva, add: - -disable-gcc-ckecking If you use devfs, add: - enable-linux-devfs If you use KDE, add: - enable-arts At the end of sets you'll need something like:

Successfully generated by config files. / Configure!  Install prefix: / usr Data directory: / usr / share / mplayer Config direct. / Etc / mplayer Byte order: Little Endian Optimizing for: athlon-tbird mmx 3dnow mmx2 3dnowex mtrr Enabled optional drivers: Input: streaming tv edl cdda vcd mpdvdkit2 Codecs: xvid libdv libavcodec qtx real dshow / dmo win32 libvorbis libmad gif Audio output: esd oss sdl alsa9 mpegpes (file) Video output: sdl vesa xvidix gif89a jpeg png mpegpes (file) fbdev svga aa opengl dga xv xmga mga x11 Disabled optional drivers : Input: tv-v4l tv-dvdnav dvdread bsdbt848 dvdcss Codecs: OpenDivX xanim liblzo Audio output: sgi sun Arts dxr2 nas win32 Video output: bl zr dxr3 dxr2 directx ggi directfb tdfxfb 3dfx

As you read, the executable (mplayer) will be in / usr / bin / pay and codecs: qtx, xvid libdv, libavcodec, real, dshow / dmo, win32, libvorbis, libmad, gif. Mplayer support for a codec, you must install it before, note that the essential are win32 and libavcodec. Also take a look at the video output for use mplayer comfortably in graphical mode, you need at least one of the 2 fat (xv and sdl), but the 2 is good too. Compile it with:

  $ Make all

If you have a Matrox, type also:

  Drivers $ cd / $ make all $ cd ..

For all, install it with:

 $ Su # make install # cd etc / # cp codecs.conf example.conf input.conf menu.conf / etc / mplayer / # chmod 644 / etc / mplayer / * # cd ..  # Cp Gui / mplayer / pixmaps / logo.xpm / usr / share / pixmaps / mplayer.xpm

If you have a Matrox, type also:

 # Cp drivers / mga_vid.o / lib / modules / uname-r / kernel / drivers / char / # depmod-a &> / dev / null

If you have at least a 2.4.19 kernel (uname-r to know), you can type:

# Echo "1024"> / proc / sys / dev / rtc / max-user-freq

Always if you have at least a 2.4.19 kernel, add this line in your / etc / rc.d / rc.local. That is installed, it remains only to configure the set for each user. Finally, for some reason, mplayer no longer installs the file / usr / lib / libpostproc.so. If your version of mplayer, install this file, you can skip the following lines. Otherwise type:

 # Cd libavcodec / libpostproc # make prefix = / usr SHARED_PP = "yes" install

[sergioKomic]

Install mplayer using subversion

Here is the procedure if you want to install the development sources for mplayer. Since their new server, the protocol has been replaced by the cvs protocol subversion. First make sure you have svn installed the tool on your distribution.

  $ Whereis svn / usr / bin / svn

If the command whereis remains unanswered, use your package manager to install it.

For users of Fedora:

  # Yum install subversion

Once subversion is installed, go back to your console, but using this time and do this command:

  $ Svn checkout svn: / / svn.mplayerhq.hu / mplayer / trunk mplayer

A directory named mplayer will be created. It contains the latest sources from the mplayer and the various files Libava * ffmpeg project for compiling. You can then continue the installation by following the procedure of compiling the source stable. If you wish to update your sources, move mplayer folder and run this command:

  $ Svn update

[CitricAcid]

Use:
To start mplayer you can type in a terminal: mplayer, or add it to your menus.
To play a video file with the options set in your configuration files, simply type:

  mplayer / path / file.mpg

If you can not read your files with xv, sdl use, it generally provides better quality but is more resource-intensive:

 mplayer-vo sdl: x11-nogui / path / file.mpg

To play a realplayer file:

  mplayer-forceidx / path / file.rm

To play a DVD, you must locate the title with the movie here (5):

 mplayer-dvd 5-dvd-device / dev / hdc alang = en

To play a DVD with subtitles in French, it must locate the title with the movie, here is the FIML in 5:

mplayer-dvd 5-dvd-device / dev / hdc slang = en

Some gadgets:

To switch to full screen press [f] Thus to know the available codecs: mplayer-vc help to test the codec on a file: mplayer-vc nom_codec / path / file.avi Know The video outputs arranged: mplayer - And vo help for test: mplayer-vo nom_sortie_vieo / path / file.avi Knowing the audio outputs arranged: mplayer-ao help and testing: mplayer-ao sortie_audio / path / to / file.avi