Need help with mplayer install.

buckwheat12 · 04-27-2004, 08:32 PM

I want to use mplayer to go out to a website and click on an .asx/windows media file and listen to a radio station online. I have gotten mplayer installed in the past w/ no problems, but what steps must I take to be able to listen to such things as .asx files online. How would I go about installing mplayer to do this. Can anyone using Fedora that has this working give me a rundown of the steps they take to get mplayer and the win32 codec's to work? Is there a certain way I should install mplayer if I intend to use the codec's or can I just go out and do an apt-get install mplayer and then add the codec's/plugin afterward?

Frank_Drebin · 04-27-2004, 08:45 PM

When I was running Fedora, I used apt-get to install mplayer and all of the plugins and it worked perfect.

buckwheat12 · 04-27-2004, 09:09 PM

Could you give me an example of the apt-get install statement you used for the installation of the plugins? Thanks.

elnoxvie · 04-28-2004, 02:54 AM

Check out this link:
http://linuxquestions.org/questions/...hreadid=174408

I post some basic function of apt. Anyway, if you don't have apt installed. get one in:
www.freshrpms.net

Cheers,
Elnoxvie

buckwheat12 · 04-28-2004, 06:28 AM

I have apt installed, and I have installed mplayer in the past with it. But I guess what I'm confused about is, if I do an apt-install mplayer, will it automatically install the plugins, or is there more I have to do. I'm assuming there's more. Is there a way to use apt to install the plugins after I install mplayer.

acid_kewpie · 04-28-2004, 06:44 AM

unfortunately for some plugins and additional libraries are detected and linked during the compile process. as such you can't add in additional codecs like that.

elnoxvie · 04-28-2004, 12:08 PM

Why don't you just give it a try? i am not that sure regarding the plugin that you want.
When apt runs, it does install some plugins. Give it a try, if it doesn't then dun give up. there post your problem here. There will be kind people who is willing to help you.

Cheers,

Elnoxvie
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buckwheat12 · 04-28-2004, 09:25 PM

I did infact give it a try and it worked! I did an 'apt-get install mplayer' and it installed mplayer, the gui and it looks like pretty much all the codec's. Wow, that was easy. I just had to go out and get the mplayer plugin for mozilla and install after the mplayer install and I was able to go out to a website and click on a link for an .asx file and it worked fine.