Get audio/video codecs on fedora 15/16/17, cent OS

Get audio/video codecs on fedora 15/16/17, cent OS

Codecs are required to play some proprietary file formats are not shipped with fedora. codecs are the programs that encode and decode digital data. these codecs are available in the rpmfusion repository for Fedora. you will be able to play MPEG, MP3, Avi, FLV
And other commonly used file formats for music and video. You will require an Internet connection to download and install these packages on your computer.

1. Switch to root user

Su-C

##Or ##

Su

2. Get
Rpm fusion Repository

Rpm fusion repository for fedora 15/16/17 bothFreeAnd
Nonfree

Yum localinstall -- nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm 

Rpm fusion repository for RHEL 6 or compatible like centos

Rpm-uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/testing/6/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-6-0.1.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/testing/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-0.1.noarch.rpm

3. Check for repository update

[Root @ localhost ~] # Yum repolist
[Root @ localhost ~] # Yum check-Update
##Or ##
[Root @ localhost ~] # Yum update

4. Install codecs  

A) gstreamer

Yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad-extras gstreamer-plugins-uugly

B) FFMPEGIs a complete and free Internet live audio and video

Yum install FFMPEG-devel FFMPEG-libs ffmpeg2dirac ffmpeg2theora

C) audicious

Yum install audacious-libs audacious-plugins-freeworld-mp3 audacious-devel audacious-plugin-Fc audacious-plugin-XMP audacious-plugins-amidi dacious-plugins-freeworld audacious-plugins-freeworld-AAC
Audacious-plugins-freeworld-ffaudio audacious-plugins-Jack audacious-plugins-Sid

Launch your favorite multimedia application from the GNOME panel and play your favorite music or video.

PS: This article is from

Http://www.gofedora.in/2012/06/get-audiovideo-codecs-on-fedora.html