How do I install MPlayer?

[MBrown]

 

[drag]

mplayer? Movie player for Linux?

What distro?

Use totem instead, or whatever is the default.

 

[Nothinman]

The distro you're using would definintely be relevant.

For ubuntu look here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MplayerInstallHowto?highlight=%28mplayer%29

 

[MBrown]

FC4

 

[daniel49]

install xine its easier

 

[djdrastic]

Are you trying to install via a rpm or tar file ?

 

[Nothinman]

Using tar files or source code should only be used as a last resort.

 

[drag]

With fedora core 4 there are some handy third-party online repositories.

Check out http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php

Read thru the FAQ, especially the part about compatability and mixing problems.

With this it will show you how to setup yum to use third party repositories and install things like libdvdcss2 for decoding dvds and win32 codecs for viewing things like quicktime and wmv files.

Mplayer isn't so nice. It's very handy if you want to do advanced stuff (it's very capable), but for simple media playback things like Xine and VLC are a bit easier.