Mplayer How To Install From Yum.

[imdeemvp]

I suggest to read the entire thread so you can understand the process. I will be using atrpms repo to install all the components for mplayer. Do NOT mix with Livna's and freshrpm's. UPDATE: YOU MAY NEED TO INSTALL THE libdc1394_control.so.13 DEPENDENCY FOR FC 4.If you dont have atrpms repo just added to you list.

UPDATED for fedora core 5

TIP 1: Disable all the other repos for faster installation and only enable atrmps.

TIP 2: If you are getting this: Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo)device error when you run mplayer for the first time, open terminal and run this command:

 gmplayer -vo x11 -ao oss

and play your file. REMEMBER this only applies after installing mplayer and codecs.
Open terminal, become root and run:

gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo

and add these lines:

[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/fc$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

and click on SAVE.

Import the key:

rpm --import http://atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms

IF, for any reason you dont want to use atrpms repositories you can also use freshrpms for the installation. For fedora core 5 users just run:

rpm -ivh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/5/freshrpms-
release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

Run these commands to install all mplayer components including the browser's plug-in via yum:

yum install mplayer mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts mplayerplug-in mplayer-gui

You can also get mplayer plugin from mplayer site. Just donwload it.

Transaction Listing:
Install: mplayer.i386 4:1.0-44_pre7.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
Install: ffmpeg.i386 0:0.4.9-7_cvs20050418.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: imlib2.i386 0:1.2.0-7.fc3 - extras
Install: libdc1394.i386 0:1.0.0-3.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.4-3_1.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: libraw1394_8.i386 0:1.2.0-0_5.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: lzo.i386 0:1.08-2_1.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: mplayer-fonts.noarch 4:1.0-6.at - atrpms-stable
Install: nvidia-graphics4496-libs.i386 1:1.0_4496-65.1.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Install: xvidcore.i386 0:1.0.3-0.lvn.1.3 - livna-stable
Update: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Update: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Update: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Update: xorg-x11-devel.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Update: xorg-x11-libs.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Update: xorg-x11-xfs.i386 0:6.8.2-1.FC3.13_2.rhfc3.at - atrpms-stable
Total download size: 38 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

accept the packages to install by typing "y"
Make sure everything is installed correlty run:

 rpm -qa | grep mplayer

and this will be your result:

[imdeemvp@myfc3 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep mplayer
mplayer-skins-1.0-pre3_12.at
mplayer-fonts-1.0-6.at
mplayer-codecs-essential-20040704-1
mplayerplug-in-2.75-0.FC3
mplayer-1.0-44_pre7.rhfc3.at
[imdeemvp@myfc3 ~]$


If you need the codecs do the following from terminal

$ wget ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.bz2
$ tar jxvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2
$ mkdir /usr/lib/win32
$ cp essential-20050412/* /usr/lib/win32

You can log out and login again but if you prefer you can reboot (and I know this is not windoz) but sometimes is needed.

UPDATE to FC 4: you will need to edit the /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and add this lines so that mplayerplug-in and mplayer can operate properly:

# Default video output is xvidix, then xv, then try others
vo=xvidix,xv,
# Default audio output is alsa, then try others
ao=alsa,alsa1x,
[imdeemvp@FC4Laptop ~]$ cat /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
# Default video output is xvidix, then xv, then try others
vo=xvidix,xv,
# Default audio output is alsa, then try others
ao=alsa,alsa1x,

Please note I am only use freshrpms, livna-stable, and atrmps repos. Freshrpm is down for the moment (5.1.05) so I need to disable livna-stable to only use atrmps and this is the command:

yum --disablerepo=linva-stable install package_name_here

Maybe I have to make something very clear I dont use repos to keep my system up-to-date JUST to install extra software that we ALL know does not come with fedora. YUM is only to install third party applications not to keep my box updated. That is why my box is trouble free since I installed fc3. Need help with rythmbox, totem, xmms, go HERE.

See screenshots and the entire terminal procedure attached

[PeTzZz]

You should add that there are two compatible groups of repositories and mixing them may lead to conflicts. Those compatible groups are Livna and Fedora Extras (previously named as Fedora.us) as one group and FreshRPMS, DAG, Newrpms, Dries and ATrpms as the other group.

You may say that you mix them and don't have any problems, but the fact is that they are not compatible and I have seen quite many situations in this forum where mixing not compatible repositories have led to conflicts.

[imdeemvp]

Please note I am only use freshrpms, livna-stable, and atrmps repos. Freshrpm is down for the moment (5.1.05) so I need to disable livna-stable to only use atrmps and this is the command:
Code:

yum --disablerepo=linva-stable install package_name_here

did you miss this?

[jim]

You should add that there are two compatible groups of repositories and mixing them may lead to conflicts. Those compatible groups are Livna and Fedora Extras (previously named as Fedora.us) as one group and FreshRPMS, DAG, Newrpms, Dries and ATrpms as the other group.

You may say that you mix them and don't have any problems, but the fact is that they are not compatible and I have seen quite many situations in this forum where mixing not compatible repositories have led to conflicts.

That is a point that I have tried to stress to everyone who has been told to use the yum.conf from fedorafaq.ordg
I did send a message to the mail provided to make light of the situation. Lets hope that something will be done

[AndyGreen]

Hum, but what is the right "something" to be done :-( Delete the Dag/Fresh/etc and just have "Official" Extras? That is certainly a reasonable technical solution but it doesn't seem to do the right thing by Dag and the others.

Maybe you can make an empty yum.conf and then two alternate .repo files, one with all the Dag/Fresh/etc in the one .repo and one with Extras/Livna in the one .repo, and explain to download one file or the other. But while karmically immaculate this is not very "user friendly".

[PeTzZz]

did you miss this?

No I didn't, but it says nothing about the mixing repository thing to the reader. You say that you use freshrpms, livna-stable and atrmps and then you temporary disable livna to install a package. If you temporary disable a conflicting repository from compatible ones then it does not mean that you may not get compatible problems later. It would be good if methods with both group is explained.

That is a point that I have tried to stress to everyone who has been told to use the yum.conf from fedorafaq.ordg
I did send a message to the mail provided to make light of the situation. Lets hope that something will be done

Haven't you read through that yum.conf? It has only extras and livna enabled, others are disabled. After not compatible repositories there is an entry enabled=0. It means that yum does not use that repository.

Didn't you notice for example this text in that yum.conf:

############################
## Alternate Repositories ##
############################

# To use these repos, either use the --enablerepo 
# command-line argument to yum, or change "enabled=0"
# to "enabled=1". Note: Some packagesfrom these repositories
# may conflict with the fedora.us packages. If you use these
# repositories, you may wish to disable the fedora.us and 
# livna.org repositories.

But while karmically immaculate this is not very "user friendly".

Unfortunately there is no other way at the moment. Actually one reason why fedorafaq uses the yum.conf method is user friendlyness as I have heard.

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The how-to should be built up so (my view):

1. Set up yum to use compatible extra repositories, fix any compatible issues.
2. Use the command yum install mplayer mplayer-gui to install mplayer with it's gui.

And that's it.

The first step should actually be another how-to: "How to set up yum repositories the right way" or something similar. So it is good to link to it if you see someone mixing repositories or want to suggest to add extra repositories beside the default one.

I think I will do that how-to at the end of this week.

Maybe you can make an empty yum.conf and then two alternate .repo files, one with all the Dag/Fresh/etc in the one .repo and one with Extras/Livna in the one .repo, and explain to download one file or the other.

I will include something similar in that how-to.

[imdeemvp]

Maybe I have to make something very clear I dont use repos to keep my system up-to-date JUST to install extra software that we ALL know does not come with fedora. YUM is only to install third party applications not to keep my box updated.

[AndyGreen]

So how do you keep your box updated, imdeemvp? yum seems the obvious candidate for that job too?

[imdeemvp]

So how do you keep your box updated, imdeemvp? yum seems the obvious candidate for that job too?

Simple, I use up2date. Since I knew about the conflict in fedora core 2 I stopped using yum and started to use up2date (you know the little red icon in the taskbar). It does all the job for me.

[radu.b]

Hello, I tryed the mplayer yum install but I get an missing dependency. why?

Error: missing dep: libdc1394_control.so.11 for pkg ffmpeg

[jim]

Hello, I tryed the mplayer yum install but I get an missing dependency. why?

Error: missing dep: libdc1394_control.so.11 for pkg ffmpeg

have you updated the system yet ?


try

yum install mplayer mplayer-fonts mplayer-skins

all on one line no sense in installing the packages one at a time when you can install all of them at once

[Sarnix]

Thanks for the howto, but now i have a problem. Before this howto i could listen to mp3's in xmms, but know i can play them but there is no sound. Do you know what might have caused this and/or how to solve this?

[jim]

you getting a error message ?
run xmms from the command line and see if any text is outputted to the terminal

then copy & paste that to a post here

make sure in xmms's preferences that the libpm123 (close to that) is still enabled & that all the volume controls didn't get reset

[Sarnix]

argh, yes all the volume controls did get reset. all muted. i had set them back, but it wasnt saved or something, so i had to do it again. Thanks for your help.

[ah.heng]

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: missing dep: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.14_FC3 for pkg kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.11-1.14_FC3

i'm getting this error when i do yum install mplayer.

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep mplayer
mplayerplug-in-2.70-0.lvn.1.3
mplayer-skins-1.0-pre3_12.at
mplayer-fonts-1.0-6.at



i tried earlier and managed to get mplayer installed, but no matter what file it played there was no sound, and there was no GUI either. so i figured i'd uninstall and reinstall everything again following the same steps, and now it seems like mplayer can't even be installed.