Fedora Core 3 and Xine / Newbie

richchase · #1 28th November 2004, 12:18 AM

So I am running on amd 64 on a gigabyte microatx motherboard, and I just installed Fedora Core 3. I am trying to install xine (to play dvd's in totem, right?) , but I am having mondo problems. I orginally got the source code and tried to compile it and install it myself, but when I compiled the code, it just kept running in a loop and never finsihed compiling. (Same with a lot of things ive downloaded...hmmm) So i found the xine-0.99.2-1.1.fc3.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm and tried to install it, but it says I am missing:

libaa.so.1()(64bit)
libxine.so.1()(64bit)
xine-lib

So i grabbed the xine library xine-lib-1.0.0-0.15.rc6a.1.fc3.rf.x86_64.rpm, and that told me i was missing

libaa.so.1()(64bit)
libdvdcss

Any suggestions? I am completely lost and have no idea what to do. I thought Fedora was supposed to be the bomb, yet I am having all these problems with it. Im almost about to go back to 32 bit window$......ugh

bcl · #2 28th November 2004, 12:42 AM

You need to check out http://www.freshrpms.net they have everything you need pre-compiled.

brian

richchase · #3 28th November 2004, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcl

You need to check out http://www.freshrpms.net they have everything you need pre-compiled.

brian

Got the xine files form there and im getting the same error messages.

When i install the library xine-lib-1.0.0-0.15.rc6a.1.fc3.fr.x86_64 it says i missing:

libaa.so.1()(64bit)
libdvdcss

And when Install the program xine-0.99.2-1.1.fc3.fr.x86_64 it says im missing:

libaa.so.1()(64bit)
libxine.so.1()(64bit)
xine-lib

richchase · #4 28th November 2004, 01:16 AM

Ok i did some googling and got it working. I found them all at that site, thanks. However, I cant get it to read my dvd player. When i try to play a dvd i get:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-xine engine error-

There is no input plugin available to handle
'x-nautilus-desktop:///CD-RW/DVD+-R
Drive Ts5'.

Maybe MRL syntax is wrong or file/stream source doesnt exist
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For this, I am clueless.......

bcl · #5 28th November 2004, 01:38 AM

That's a new one to me, but it may be related to the device name for the drive. I usually have to add a symlink from /dev/hdc to /dev/dvd before players will start working properly (note, I don't have it running under FC3 yet, just reinstalled this afternoon).

brian

richchase · #6 28th November 2004, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcl

That's a new one to me, but it may be related to the device name for the drive. I usually have to add a symlink from /dev/hdc to /dev/dvd before players will start working properly (note, I don't have it running under FC3 yet, just reinstalled this afternoon).

brian

what the hell is a symlink? haha. This is my first ever linux install. I still havent even learned the fiel system yet. Ill google it....

JLF_65 · #7 28th November 2004, 11:00 PM

I ran into the same thing. That's a known bug in the 64-bit version of xine. One user claims to have fixed it, but hasn't published the fix yet. While awaiting the fix (if they ever get around to it), remove the 64-bit xine and libxine and install the 32-bit version instead. The 32-bit xine/libxine works just peachy on FC3 64-bit.

sornen · #8 29th November 2004, 09:12 AM

If you use yum as well than you don't have to worry about all the dependent packages, yum takes care of it.

richchase · #9 29th November 2004, 08:14 PM

what is yum?

JLF_65 · #10 29th November 2004, 10:46 PM

Yellowdog Updater Modified - it's the package manager originally developed for the Yellowdog Linux distribution. It's a command line tool to access a repository, check for updated or new packages, resolve dependancies, download, and install all packages needed to make a specific package work.

For example, let's say I type "yum install xine-skins" into the command line, as long as I have a repository in the yum configuration which has all the xine packages, something like this happens: first pass, yum looks for and finds xine-skins rpm. It notices that xine-skins requires xine, so it adds it to the list of packages to fetch and starts the next pass. In the second pass, it notices that xine requires xine-lib, so it adds it to the list and starts the next pass. In the third pass, it notices that xine-lib requires a52dec, libdvdcss, and libdvdread (and maybe others you don't have installed), and adds them to the list. Repeat until all dependancies are resolved. It then downloads all the packages needed and installs them. So I got everything needed for xine just from typing "yum install xine-skins".

"man yum" will give you the manual page for yum so you can see all the options available.

sornen · #11 30th November 2004, 01:54 AM

There is a sticky about yum on this forum.

reindeerstalker · #12 1st December 2004, 01:59 PM

well i'm using the 32 bit version of xine and it works great for just about everything but i still get that same -xine engine error- error

32 bit fc3 32 bit xine a symlink to /dev/dvd what am i doing wrong?

JLF_65 · #13 2nd December 2004, 02:09 AM

In FC3, you should be using "/media/cdrecorder" anywhere xine asks for the DVD or CD device. I just double-checked that on mine and it works great. No sym-links needed. Note that the name might be a little different depending on the drive. Insert a DVD in the drive and when it shows on the desktop, type "ls /media" in a terminal and see what cd/dvd device name is there. My DVD writer always shows as cdrecorder.

Buddhika · #14 8th December 2004, 12:56 PM

i am using intel 32 bit procesor but i couldnt insatll xine on my fedora core 3. please help me step by step. i am new to Linux

Thanxs

JLF_65 · #15 8th December 2004, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddhika

i am using intel 32 bit procesor but i couldnt insatll xine on my fedora core 3. please help me step by step. i am new to Linux

Thanxs

Add this to /etc/yum.conf (in root mode)

Code:

[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms

Then just enter in a terminal (also in root mode)

Code:

yum install xine-skins

YUM will then install xine-skins and all its dependencies, which includes xine, xine-lib, and all the libs xine-lib needs to play.

If you need to play Windows media files, QuickTime files, or Real media files, you should get the codec packs for these files from
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/

That site also has versions of xine made daily from the cvs. After using YUM to install xine and its dependencies, get the libxine RPM from that site for the very latest version of xine.