cant install codecs

dw5437 · #1 11th February 2007, 07:24 PM

I was following Stanton Findleys Fedora Core 5 install notes to install Win32 codecs. I am using FC 6. I installed codecs fron Pacman site for Suse since the link on Stantons page didnt work. What I downloaded was w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0.i586.rpm.
What I got was this:

[root@localhost dw5437]# chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# mkdir /usr/lib/win32
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/win32': File exists
[root@localhost dw5437]# mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/codecs': File exists
[root@localhost dw5437]# chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32/
cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp ./all-20061022-0.pm.0/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
cp: cannot stat `./all-20061022-0.pm.0/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp . /w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
cp: omitting directory `.'
cp: cannot stat `/w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp . /w32codec-all-20061022/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/cp: omitting directory `.'
cp: cannot stat `/w32codec-all-20061022/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]#

Any help much appreciated. What am I doing wrong ? The file did install because I can find it in the file system /usr/local/lib/codecs.

leigh123linux · #2 11th February 2007, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dw5437

I was following Stanton Findleys Fedora Core 5 install notes to install Win32 codecs. I am using FC 6. I installed codecs fron Pacman site for Suse since the link on Stantons page didnt work. What I downloaded was w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0.i586.rpm.
What I got was this:

[root@localhost dw5437]# chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# mkdir /usr/lib/win32
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/lib/win32': File exists
[root@localhost dw5437]# mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/codecs': File exists
[root@localhost dw5437]# chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp /usr/local/lib/codecs/* /usr/lib/win32/
cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp ./all-20061022-0.pm.0/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
cp: cannot stat `./all-20061022-0.pm.0/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp . /w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
cp: omitting directory `.'
cp: cannot stat `/w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp . /w32codec-all-20061022/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/cp: omitting directory `.'
cp: cannot stat `/w32codec-all-20061022/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]#

Any help much appreciated. What am I doing wrong ? The file did install because I can find it in the file system /usr/local/lib/codecs.

remove that suse crap and use this

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...061022.tar.bz2

Seve · #3 11th February 2007, 07:37 PM

Hello:
Get rid of the suse rpm ?
rpm -e
and download the codecs from here: ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rele...061022.tar.bz2
and follow Stanton Findleys instructions to isntall them
and you should be good to go.

Seve

dw5437 · #4 11th February 2007, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello:
Get rid of the suse rpm ?
rpm -e
and download the codecs from here: ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rele...061022.tar.bz2
and follow Stanton Findleys instructions to isntall them
and you should be good to go.

Seve

Ok thanks downloaded codecs but get following error with rpm -e

rpm -e w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0
error: package w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0 is not installed

leigh123linux · #5 11th February 2007, 07:46 PM

su -
rpm -e w32codec-all-20061022-0.pm.0.i586.rpm

sdowney717 · #6 11th February 2007, 07:46 PM

http://rpm.greysector.net/mplayer/do...-optional.html
Ok, download the esentials and the extras.
EXTRACT the rpms, dont install them
Copy them into the usr/lib/codecs folder

It is so easy, even I did it this way. The rpm wont 'install' because the codecs are illegal.
But you simply extract them and manually place them in the directory that mplayer wants to find them. mplayer will search thru several dirs looking for codecs. you can see it looking from messages returned in a terminal window wheh you run mplayer from a terminal window.

mplayer nameofvideofile

you will end up with about 128 codec files in the directory. ALSO, pay attention to mplayer messages and you will see if it is missing some codecs like for real player. You can get one of these from dll dump
http://www.dlldump.com/

I found the missing dll here and now can play realplayer video.

leigh123linux · #7 11th February 2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdowney717

http://rpm.greysector.net/mplayer/do...-optional.html
Ok, download the esentials and the extras.
EXTRACT the rpms, dont install them
Copy them into the usr/lib/codecs folder

It is so easy, even I did it this way. The rpm wont 'install' because the codecs are illegal.
But you simply extract them and manually place them in the directory that mplayer wants to find them. mplayer will search thru several dirs looking for codecs. you can see it looking from messages returned in a terminal window wheh you run mplayer from a terminal window.

mplayer nameofvideofile

why would he want to bother with this when he already has a link to a tar.bz2 file?

Seve · #8 11th February 2007, 07:50 PM

Hello Leigh:
Sorry about posting over you ..... @%%! lag.

dw5437
If you are having trouble removing the rpm try

logged in as root
rpm -aq | grep w32codec
and whatever the output is, copy and paste it following
rpm -e
and it will be removed.

Seve

dw5437 · #9 11th February 2007, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello Leigh:
Sorry about posting over you ..... @%%! lag.

dw5437
If you are having trouble removing the rpm try

logged in as root
rpm -aq | grep w32codec
and whatever the output is, copy and paste it following
rpm -e
and it will be removed.

Seve

ok, thanks, that worked. I will try the rest and post results.

dw5437 · #10 11th February 2007, 08:26 PM

Ok, went to the Linspire compatibility site which is where I test codecs and can only play mp4 movies. no wmv/realtime/avi/quicktime etc. went to Apple trailer site and cant play any of them. I followed Stantons instructions to the letter. Maybe I had better start over ?

Seve · #11 11th February 2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dw5437

Ok, went to the Linspire compatibility site which is where I test codecs and can only play mp4 movies. no wmv/realtime/avi/quicktime etc. went to Apple trailer site and cant play any of them. I followed Stantons instructions to the letter. Maybe I had better start over ?

Hello:
The codecs are only part of the solution.
Have you installed the mplayer plugin and gstreamer plugins etc.

Seve

dw5437 · #12 11th February 2007, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello:
The codecs are only part of the solution.
Have you installed the mplayer plugin and gstreamer plugins etc.

Seve

Installed gstreamer plugins but get the following with mplayer

[root@localhost dw5437]# yum install mplayerplugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: mplayerplugin
Nothing to do

dw5437 · #13 11th February 2007, 08:33 PM

Actually their is one difference with my Firefox and Stantons instructions. When I download anything it goes to the desktop, which shouldnt make any difference, but when I tell Firefox to download to my home folder I see the downloaded folder in home directory, but when I do ls command the file is not listed. When I try to install the file anyway I get a file not found error. It shouldnt matter where the file is downloaded to anyway, but thought I would mention it.

sdowney717 · #14 11th February 2007, 07:52 PM

sometimes you cant help anybody even though you know it works fine for you.

Seve · #15 11th February 2007, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdowney717

sometimes you cant help anybody even though you know it works fine for you.

Hello:
You're being too hard on yourself.
You actually provided another way to accomplish the same thing, which is very good.

I'm sure it will help others.

Seve