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Complete Linux Newbie here, so keep in mind I know nothing about this. Finally got tired of Windows, and got RH9. Installations was simple, and quick (compared to windows). I am trying to get Mplayer to work, and am completely clueless. I downloaded a bunch of rpm files from their site, but now what? How do I install and run Mplayer? I am using the GUI that auto installs with RH9. I want to play / backup my dvds. Thanks in advance for any help. Nick
download all those mplayer, mplayer-common, mplayer-gui and skin pack. you also have to download the codecs. you need to download mencoder package for dvd-ripping
I think using terminal to install those packages is simpler. Open your terminal, login an root and go to the folder where you keep all the download files, and
rpm -ivh mplayer*
after that
rpm -ivh mencoder*
then type 'mplayer' to run your newly insatlled program
post again if there is any errors encountered when installing.
chii-chan -
I downloaded all the rpms from the link you provided.
When I did the rpm -ivh got all errors
ex: when I did rpm -ivh mplayer-common1.0pre2-1.athlon.rpm
it says
warning: mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1.athlon.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 28a26067
error: Failed dependencies:
mplayer = 1.0pre2 is needed by mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1
another question;
why wont the terminal access any folders of files that are in anything deeper than one sub-dir?
It will access the deeper files / folders that were created by the installer, but for instance, I downloaded the mplayer files to /downloads/mplayer and it wont access the mplayer folder I made. I don't get it
I thank all of you for your help and patience. Nick
why don't you go to mplayerhq.hu and download the source file, with codecs and skins, then compile the software.
compilcation is easy, unzip the mplayer file you have downloaded and go into the unzipped directory. then type "./configure --enable-gui". this will print some messages, check out at the end of the messages to look for any error during confiure.
No eoor? good then type "make".
this will take some time (in my pc it takes 20 minutes!)
now become super user by typing "su" and giving root password when prompted.
as super user type "make install"
after the installation is complete, unzip the skin file and copy the contents to /usr/local/share/mplayer/skin/default (if default doesnot exist create the directory)
download the font file and unzip it. copy all the contents (after choosing which font size you will use) of a particular font-size directory to /usr/local/share/mplayer/fonts
you must be super user or root to copy these files.
Doing the ./configure --enable-gui worked. no probs
make worked
make install worked
all three only took about 5 min
gmplayer works well. won't play dvd's though. says "can't open dvd device /dev/dvd"
the only way I can get it to see the dvd is to mount the dvd drive as a folder in mnt, and open the vob file
how do I get it to see the drive?
Thanks
Originally posted by Giallo998 chii-chan -
I downloaded all the rpms from the link you provided.
When I did the rpm -ivh got all errors
ex: when I did rpm -ivh mplayer-common1.0pre2-1.athlon.rpm
it says
warning: mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1.athlon.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 28a26067
error: Failed dependencies:
mplayer = 1.0pre2 is needed by mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1
another question;
why wont the terminal access any folders of files that are in anything deeper than one sub-dir?
actually in my previous posting I intentionally write the command like this:
rpm -ivh mplayer*
so that it will install every packages that start with 'mplayer-'. You got the error bcs you don't install the mplayer-common and mplayer packages at the same time; the packages are interdependent upon each other. In other word you're supposed to rpm like this:
use yast to download gtk-devel packages. you probably have the vanilla gtk packages that render what's been compiled. to complile something new, you'll need the -devel packages.
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