On 3/29/06, Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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
