I can't find my codec folder

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 06:53 AM

Hi, i was told that my codec folder is at /usr/lib/win32/ but i cannot find it. How?

Nylex · 01-03-2008, 06:56 AM

What exactly are you trying to do? If you're trying to install MPlayer codecs, then you may need to create the directory if it doesn't exist, or maybe the codecs are already in /usr/lib/codecs. Please give us more info on what you're trying to accomplish.

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 07:01 AM

I want to install win32 codec that can play rmvb format. I cannot play rmvb format on mplayer.

sycamorex · 01-03-2008, 07:15 AM

On which distro are you trying to do it?

On my Debian and F8 all the codecs are in /usr/lib/codecs/

Just unpack the codecs that you downloaded and copy (as root) them to /usr/lib/codecs/
If you don't have the directory 'codecs' - create it as root: mkdir /usr/lib/codecs

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 07:20 AM

I am using Ubuntu 7.10, i didnt have /usr/lib/codecs/ or /usr/lib/win32. where can i install my codecs?

Nylex · 01-03-2008, 07:22 AM

Create the directory. It doesn't matter which one you use to be honest, you just need to tell MPlayer and whatever software where to find the codecs.

sycamorex · 01-03-2008, 07:25 AM

In case of Ubuntu, unless you changed it, you can't log in as root, you'll probably need to use 'sudo'

eg. sudo mkdir /usr/lib/codecs
type your password

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 07:28 AM

How can i set mplayer to locate my codecs folder?

colucix · 01-03-2008, 07:29 AM

You can go to the Mplayer download page, download the binary package (see section "Binary Codec Packages") that matches your system and unpack them under /usr/lib/win32, e.g. if you have downloaded the package called essential_20071007.tar.bz2

Code:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/win32
sudo tar -C /usr/lib/win32 -jxvf essential_20071007.tar.bz2

directory /usr/lib/win32 is that used by default in Ubuntu.

sycamorex · 01-03-2008, 07:30 AM

don't worry about it, if you copy the codecs to the above mentioned location, mplayer will find it.

Once you've done it, try to play some rmvb or mov file, and you'll check if mplayer has found the codecs

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 07:32 AM

i already to do, but i still cannot open rmvb format video.

sycamorex · 01-03-2008, 07:37 AM

try 3 locations for codecs, one of them must work on Ubuntu. According to mplayer's documentation the default location is /usr/local/lib/codecs/ for mplayer built from the source. If you use a prebuild package, it should be /usr/lib/codecs.
In the past /usr/local/lib/win32 or /usr/lib/win32 was the default directory,

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 07:55 AM

i tried all already. but still cannot. error occur when i open rmvb format. the error is Error Opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device.

sycamorex · 01-03-2008, 08:00 AM

go to the mplayer preferences, go to the video tab and change the device to xv (i believe that's the one you need)

tahrenyie85 · 01-03-2008, 08:02 AM

Thx, i can play rmvb format now after i tried on other mplayer. Last time i used mplayer movie player, now i use gnome mplayer.