No videos

carlosinfl · 05-15-2004, 01:28 PM

When I click on a site that has a link to a .WMV or something that would normally run in WMP or something that can play back video files, nothing opens and I get an error?

Does FC1 not have a built in media player? Must I install one from the web?

Thank you for a push in the right direction.

whansard · 05-15-2004, 02:16 PM

there are a few video formats you can't play natively in linux. there is a plugin somewhere that let's the browser know to play stuff with mplayer. you can get the crossover office plugin for some things ( demo).

320mb · 05-15-2004, 02:18 PM

if you use mplayer, you will need to "compile" the win32 codecs into it...................

carlosinfl · 05-15-2004, 05:55 PM

What is mplayer? Does FC1 have this?
Is it something that I can download?

cabo · 05-16-2004, 04:40 AM

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html

MPlayer

carlosinfl · 05-16-2004, 10:06 AM

These are my options. which would I select for Fedora Core 1?

MPlayer v1.0pre4 source
MPlayer v0.92.1 source (obsolete)
daily CVS snapshot
MPlayer RPM packages for Red Hat
GOOM support for MPlayer (source patch)

cabo · 05-16-2004, 11:18 AM

use apt or yum to install, that is the easiest way...

here's a yum howto: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/howto/2...um-intro.shtml

whansard · 05-16-2004, 02:40 PM

mplayer rpm's are your easiest way to go. and yum can do that for you, and install other software for you too, later.