Video File Playback on Linux ...

[hellomcfly]

i want to be able to play some MPG's AVI's and MPEG's and such on my linux box. is there something i have to enable or install to view them ??

thanks !
~McFly

 

[Haden]

What distro?
Mplayer

 

[chsh1ca]

Xine is always a good option.

 

[Flatline]

Or Mplayer

Just be sure to download the codecs and place them in /usr/lib/win32

 

[hellomcfly]

doh yea i forgot to put it is on Redhat 9 .

 

[Flatline]

Should have known...they kind of crippled RH9's multimedia capabilities; not a big deal, you just have to install some packages on your own

 

[Flatline]

install apt for RedHat and type apt-get update
once that's done type apt-get install <package name>

Apt

resolves dependencies for you so you don't get rpm hell

 

[hellomcfly]

ok im confused .. do i just need the APT or Mplayer ??

 

[Haden]

apt is suggested as tool to easilly install mplayer (or xine or whatever).
Imo you should just compile mplayer from sources (given you have little experience with that).

 

[darktubbly]

You can get prebuilt binaries for Xine here and for Mplayer here. Both are simple to install.

 

[hellomcfly]

thanks ! ill try Xine .. if it stinks ill try mplayer.

 

[hellomcfly]

ok i "installed" xine .. now how do i open it ? i cant find it anywhere nor do any of my files work yet

(sorry for the linux newb questions)

 

[darktubbly]

If the RPM's didn't add Xine to your menus, open up a terminal window and type xine. In addition, you may wish to run xine-check to make sure your system is configured properly.