VLC player wont install on Fedora 10
 

i tried to install VLC player from
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html
but it won install ...here is a veiw from TERMINAL of Fedora 10

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[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ide.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ide.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.CcBvJq: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 16ca1a56
error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 13 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-13-0.1.noarch
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-13-0.1.noarch
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Can i be please told what should be done to install VLC player..as default Totem player doesnt plays any videos or .mp3 files

You should install system-release (version 13 or highter) and rpmlib (version 5.2-1 or lower) packages.

Welcome to LQ.

rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm : Wrong !

" rawhide " is Fedora 13, the files, the vlc will not work
on Fedora 10.

This is what you need :
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm

And better delete all rpmfusion.rawhide : repo files in
/etc/yum.repos.d/ , etc etc.
.....

Or download manually and compile from source, that way you can have the newest version.

I have tried to download from the link you had prescribed above but it says "unable to install as it is already installed"...
Moreover when i try to delete the " rawhide.repos " from /yum.repos.d/ it says unable to delete...
I am totally confused here..please help me!!

Yes, you can't delete system files as unprivileged user.

Please use these commands in the terminal window :

1) su ( and enter password )

2) gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo

.. and change all : enabled=1 ( probably three lines )

to : enabled=0
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Or just do : 1) su , 2) cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
3) mv fedora-rawhide.repo fedora-rawhide.repo-back
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thanks knudfl...
I have VLC player installed and running..
I did yum install vlc
and it worked...but the VLC player is sluggish..the high pitch sounds are not continuous..so they break and spoil the fun..can u help ??

hi jaspreet,





i try this code and it is working in fedora 12
the only problem i face durnning Mplayer
there is variable should be changed in your profile
you will find directory in your home directory calles .mplayer
you will find file named gui.conf change the variable to this value
vo_drive="x11"

Note:-
please reply me if it is working or not

Best Regards
Alexander Corvinus

Hi Alexander Cornivus

I tried the command # yum install m-player-gui
and rest all was done automatically
and m-player got installed..
But i am new to Linux and i didnt found any directory bearing the name .mplayer in my Home Directory
Can you please specify the exact location, i would be interested to know as well where all the softwares get installed when i switch to Superuser

hi jaspreet
i didn't write
# yum install m-player-gui
what i write before is
# yum install mplayer-gui

and you should also do the previous command
which add the repo to your system

assume that your user name is jaspreet
make this command after installation
# cd
# ls -la
you will find file named .mplayer

Hi Alexander Cornivus
I tried the commands and here is the result
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[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package rpmfusion-free-release-10-5.noarch is already installed
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...ble.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...ble.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UBa8wj: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b1981b68
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:rpmfusion-nonfree-relea########################################### [100%]
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# # rpm -Uvh rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# rpm -Uvh rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
error: open of rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm failed: No such file or directory
error: open of rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm failed: No such file or directory
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# yum install mplayer-gui
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
rpmfusion-nonfree | 2.7 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree/primary_db | 68 kB 00:02
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 2.8 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/primary_db | 72 kB 00:02
Setting up Install Process
Package mplayer-gui-1.0-0.104.20090204svn.fc10.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# yum install xine
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Package xine is obsoleted by xine-ui, trying to install xine-ui-0.99.5-16.fc10.i386 instead
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xine-ui.i386 0:0.99.5-16.fc10 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xine-lib-extras for package: xine-ui-0.99.5-16.fc10.i386
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xine-lib-extras.i386 0:1.1.16.3-2.fc10 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
xine-ui i386 0.99.5-16.fc10 updates 1.5 M
Installing for dependencies:
xine-lib-extras i386 1.1.16.3-2.fc10 updates 86 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 1.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): xine-lib-extras-1.1.16.3-2.fc10.i386.rpm | 86 kB 00:03
(2/2): xine-ui-0.99.5-16.fc10.i386.rpm | 1.5 MB 00:54
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 27 kB/s | 1.6 MB 01:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : xine-lib-extras-1.1.16.3-2.fc10.i386 1/2
Installing : xine-ui-0.99.5-16.fc10.i386 2/2

Installed:
xine-ui.i386 0:0.99.5-16.fc10

Dependency Installed:
xine-lib-extras.i386 0:1.1.16.3-2.fc10

Complete!
[root@Jaspreet jaspreet]# yum install vlc
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 3480.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 25 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:07 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 3480
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 15 M RSS ( 25 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:09 ago
State : Running, pid: 3480
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 32 M RSS ( 43 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:11 ago
State : Running, pid: 3480
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 85 M RSS ( 96 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:13 ago
State : Running, pid: 3480
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 85 M RSS ( 96 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:15 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 3480
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 85 M RSS ( 96 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Feb 18 10:58:07 2010 - 00:17 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 3480
Setting up Install Process
Package vlc-1.0.3-1.fc10.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
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I tried the #ls -la command but could not locate the .mplayer directory

[root@Jaspreet ~]# ls -la
total 124
drwxr-x--- 7 root root 4096 2010-02-18 10:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2010-02-18 10:33 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 1475 2009-12-18 17:22 anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw------- 1 root root 607 2010-02-17 02:58 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 2006-07-13 05:36 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 2006-07-13 05:36 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176 2006-07-13 05:36 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 2006-07-13 05:36 .cshrc
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2010-02-15 12:45 .dbus
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-02-15 12:45 .gconf
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-02-15 12:47 .gconfd
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2010-02-15 12:45 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-02-15 12:45 .gnome2_private
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45160 2009-12-18 17:22 install.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4244 2009-12-18 17:22 install.log.syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129 2006-07-13 05:36 .tcshrc
-rw------- 1 root root 53 2010-02-18 10:53 .xauthKTlDNO
-rw------- 1 root root 53 2010-02-16 19:26 .xauthnoKvYc

mplayer is not supposed to be run by root.

And please do not use the ' ls ' command as root.
"root" is for administrative tasks only !

Starting mplayer as ordinary user :
The directory /home/<user>/.mplayer/
is created. ls -la .mplayer/ :
config gui.conf gui.history gui.pl gui.url
.....

hi jaspreet;



And small issue before the end. Instead of playing AVI, mplayer gave me the following message:

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device

The solution was to change output video device in mplayer-gui to xv, gl, ... (depends on your video hardware but in general, xv should work):
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1. mplayer-gui -> Preferences -> Video -> xv