playing video

tannu_ah · 02-19-2009, 01:41 AM

can anybody tell me the complete procedure to play a video in fedora 9.I have downloaded xine but unable to install plz tell me how to install xine..

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-19-2009, 01:55 AM

Best way to install any package in Fedora is to use the package manager for it. YUM is the default.
Use

Code:

yum install <package-name>

In this case

Code:

yum install xine

I do not know about xine , I have not used it but find mplayer and vlc a must keep. They play almost any format.
Also F9 is growing old and F10 has come and F11 is on the way. The support for F9 will be taken back soon as F11 is out. Keep track of it. Fedora has got a small life cycle. You might want to consider upgrading to F10 to continue to get updates.

tannu_ah · 02-19-2009, 03:03 AM

I have installed Mplayer when i play a movie I can only hear the audio.I cant see the video....
also can u tell me what is this command
yum install libdvdcss libdvdnav totem-xine xine-lib-extras-freeworld.
it was given in fedora community...

tannu_ah · 02-19-2009, 03:20 AM

I have installed xine also.It is not displaying video and showing the message "no demuxer found for ....

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-19-2009, 03:45 AM

Yum is a package manager that is used to install packages in Linux with all the dependency packages.
YUM install <package> will install the package and all the other packages on which the package is dependent.
If xine is not working or mplayer is not working may be there are codecs that you need to install. Or better install vlc.

Code:

yum install vlc

tannu_ah · 02-19-2009, 02:13 PM

I have installed vlc .but when I try to open video in vlc it(vlc itself) is not getting opened...

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-20-2009, 12:10 AM

Are you playing the videos from the dvd or cd media or you have them saved on the system?

Tux Rules · 02-20-2009, 07:06 AM

I use Mplayer, in mandriva and it works fine, maybe in fedora it needs some codecs to be installed so it could show the video and not only the sound. When u start Mplayer doesn it request for some codecs or something like that?

DragonSlayer48DX · 02-20-2009, 07:46 AM

To install Mplayer codecs in Fedora:

Code:

cd /tmp
wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf all-20071007.tar.bz2
su -c 'mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/codecs'
su -c 'cp all-20071007/* /usr/local/lib/codecs'
rm -rf /tmp/all-20071007*

To use those codecs with different applications:

Code:

su -c 'ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/codecs && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/win32 && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/win32'

tannu_ah · 02-21-2009, 10:43 PM

when I open a video in Mplayer it is asking for plugin

tannu_ah · 02-21-2009, 10:45 PM

The video is saved in my system..

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-23-2009, 12:42 AM

If you do not have right plugin installed it will not play the video. Install the plugin.

tannu_ah · 02-24-2009, 12:31 AM

when I open a video in xine.it is saying "problem occured while loading a library or decoder divxc32.dll" also one more window shows "the stream(video) uses an unsupported codec:MS MPEG-4 V3(win32)(DIV3)"

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-24-2009, 01:19 AM

divxc32.dll???? This seems to be something to do with windows. As far as my knowlwdgw goes, dlls are not supported on Linux. They are windows library files.

Tux Rules · 02-25-2009, 02:09 AM

dll's are from windows libraries. You can try to run it using wine emulator, 'cause I'm guessing that xine it's a windows application. Vine will allow you to install Divx codecs and everything you need, to run your movie player.