video player for redhat EL 5.3
 

hi

i have successfully installed in my compaq CQ40-330TU Laptop,

and trying to play some video for preparation of my redhat exam,but unable to play,

please help me which version of the player supports and how to install a video player in
redhat enterpize linux 5.3.


Thanks & Regards
Ramunaidu,
System Admin,
Bangalore.

What about...

There is vlc for RHEL 5.

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/vlc/

The site also has information on mplayer and it seems that it is also possible to install mplayer.

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/mplayer/

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B

Also, look at this posting here at LQ for a start. You might also search LQ for more information on playing media in RHEL 5.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rhel-5-594980/

VLC Player
 

Not sure what video format you wnat to play but you could start by trying VLC player. This player supports a lot of video formats.

VLC can be installad from the RPMforge repository.
A way to add this repos is with the following command:

(for i386)
(for x86_64)
after that install VLC
Hope this helps.

thorkelljarl beat me to it.

It's not...

The grounds for the Thanks is not for how quick you are, but how willing and helpful.

Thank you for your wise words thorkelljarl.
Will remember that.

hi

i am trying to install vlc and mplayer rpm's without adding repository as follows,

First i am copying to desktop and then performing installtion.

rpm -ivh packagename-path and also tried

yun -i packagename-path

it's showing dependencies error.

please help me which version of vlc and mplayer support redhat linux 5.3,

and it's very helpfull ,if you give information about installtion steps....


Thanks & Regards
Ramunaidu,
System Admin,
Bangalore.

rramunaidu9

If you want to stay with a rpm (a very good idea with a rpm based system) you have to fulfill the missing dependencies(install them). The reason adding another repo(rpmforge/dag in this case) is a good idea is that then yum can automatically handle fulfilling those dependencies. If you do not add the repo you will have to manually install each of the missing dependencies (and any dependencies they in turn may have) one after the other.

You can try...

It will resolve any dependencies for you (NOTE: if the dependencies AREN'T in your repo...you will have to manually download the RPM...in which case you are better off installing the repo for VLC).

-C

While localinstall is a great option I would strongly urge you to never use the -y option. Basically it is like giving somebody a blank check that you have signed. Take the extra minute to review what yum is going to do and then enter yes. While it is relatively rare cross dependency issues do arise.

Edit: For VLC there are addition, non base repo, packages that will need to be installed.