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Old 04-24-2006, 04:27 PM   #1
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Xine Codecs


I am using Totem Media player which is using xine-lib and I have followed the directions quoted below but now need to find the "xine" config file to tell it to use the win32 dir I made and all the files I moved in from the mplayer "essential" codec pack.

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While the container format (system layer) ASF (wmv is just an alias) is fully supported in xine, for newer windows media 9 based streams you'll need to install windows binary codecs (.DLLs).

Possibly the most convenient way to get the Windows DLLs is to download them from the MPlayer website http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html . The package is called "essential". Unpack it and move everything you find inside to /usr/lib/win32 (actually you can place them anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your home directory, but then you'll have to set decoder.external.win32_codecs_path in your xine config file accordingly). Restart xine then and you should be able to watch windows media streams.
 
Old 04-24-2006, 05:25 PM   #2
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I think those directions might be a bit outdated. /usr/lib/win32 is the old method. It is better to put them in /usr/lib/codecs (or /usr/local/lib/codecs) with a link called win32 pointing to this directory. As far as the "xine config file" goes, The path to the codecs is defined at compile './configure --help' should give you the correct options. You can also try ~/.xine/config and see if that is what you need. I'm not sure about xine, but MPlayer requires a .configure/recompile when new codecs are added.

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Old 04-24-2006, 11:17 PM   #3
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You can set codecs path in xine gui and xine uses new added codecs at once. So It might help to start xine once in graphical mode to configure it.
 
Old 04-24-2006, 11:24 PM   #4
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I think those directions might be a bit outdated. /usr/lib/win32 is the old method. It is better to put them in /usr/lib/codecs (or /usr/local/lib/codecs) with a link called win32 pointing to this directory.
I usually just install them to /usr/lib/win32 and then create symlinks to /usr/lib/codecs just in case an app is looking for them there.
 
Old 04-24-2006, 11:41 PM   #5
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Whichever your preference, just make sure all of your bases are coverd. Also, I don't know if this is necisary or not, but I have simlinks at /usr/local/lib/win32 & /usr/local/lib/codecs too. The later is the default folder for MPlayer.

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Old 04-25-2006, 08:22 AM   #6
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OK - so I guess I am confused. I don't have Xine installed itself but just the back end I think since that is what "TOTEM" uses to operate.

I now have the "essential" codecs all in /usr/lib/win32. I am guessing that is no longer the correct path from what you guys mentioned above. I have no idea how or what a symbolic link is

What do I need to do from here? Should I move the files from the "win32" folder and delete that empty dir since I made that per the instructions or leave them there?
 
Old 04-25-2006, 09:59 AM   #7
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Totem used to let you configure the path for win32 codecs, but the option was removed in recent versions. A symbolic link is basically a file that points to another file. In your case, you could do the following,
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#ln -s /usr/lib/win32 /usr/lib/codecs
For learning basic Linux stuff, take a look at rute.
 
Old 04-25-2006, 10:21 AM   #8
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Install xine first and make sure it's working before you start playing with totem. It's best not to over complicate things when trying to debug a problem. By the way, I was not able to get all media types to work with the "sineessential codec" package. I would suggest getting the "all codec" package.

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