Install MPlayer essential codecs

[Wildthing]

Hello, so I've tried multiple methods of installing mplayer and adding the essential codecs...I have tried manually building from source using a gtk2 patch (http://homepages.ius.edu/CJEZELL/projects.html) (evidently fc3 doesn't have gtk dev?), and I have tried 'yum install mplayer-gui'...which installed mplayer and gmplayer. Afterwards I tried using an essential codecs rpm which stated that mplayer wasn't installed on my system.

I've looked at the other MPlayer threads and have followed them, but I still seem to have issues...there isn't a yum repository that can automatically install these codecs for me is there? :D

Thanks everyone for all your help!

Eric

[ghaefb]

On Fc3 you need to install gtk-devel rpm. The gtk2 patch works with pre5 version, but it's buggy.
I recommend installing from source the latest CVS version.
My howto -> http://ghaefb.fedorausers.org/howto01.html
Make sure you put all the codecs in the correct directory before compiling MPlayer !

I know foolish would say to use rpm/yum like method and he's right.
The from-source method in for advanced users. :)

[Wildthing]

Which version of the gtk-devel rpm should i be looking for? A google search for gtk-devel rpm comes up with a lot of stuff...

Thanks again for helping out a n00b :D

[ghaefb]

http://rpm.pbone.net is a great rpm search engine.
Do a Advanced search and check the Fedora Core version you are using.
You can use the latest gtk-devel version

[Wildthing]

Hmm so i try to install gtk-devel, but it says i need glib-devel, so i try installing glib-devel-2.4.2-2ark.i586.rpm from pbone and that says error: Failed dependencies:
glib = 1:2.4.2-2ark is needed by glib-devel-2.4.2-2ark.i586

I have no idea how far this list of dependencies will go, and what REALLY needs to be installed

[Wildthing]

I still get segmentation faults when trying to play wmv. i hope the gtk2 patch only modified the existing mplayer source files so that future installs would be able to use gtk-devel. I left the codecs in the default directory specified in the README, so i left that part out of the ./configure

[chiku31]

To install codecs, just unpack/copy the codecs to /usr/local/lib/win32. If the folder doesn't exist yet, create it yourself. This should be the default codec dir if you haven't modify it.

[Wildthing]

yeah, my fedora is really weird. mplayer plays everything just fine so far...but when i attempt to use gmplayer, everything crashes.

[ghaefb]

I think the gtk2 patch is still there. Remove the whole source folder and reinstall from beginning.
Don't left out the ./configure part ! it's the most important one. :)

[Wildthing]

Yeah I extracted the MPlayer source again, but now it can't find my gtk-devel...so i do

./configure --enable-gui --with-gtk-config=/opt/gnome/bin/gtk-config

(i found it through rpm -ql gtk-devel) and configuration finishes, however make fails. I have gtk-devel 1.2.10 (gtk-devel-1.2.10-877.i586.rpm)

[krishnamurti]

are there linux codecs for xvid or divx? or quicktime files.. or mpg files.. stuff like that?

[smfinley]

are there linux codecs for xvid or divx? or quicktime files.. or mpg files.. stuff like that?

See the Xine section of Fedora Core 4 Installation Notes (http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html) to learn how to install the codecs required for Xine, mplayer, and others.

[krishnamurti]

thank you, smifinley