Ubuntu8.10 by default, the installed player cannot play files in movie format such as AVI. Therefore, we need to install a multimedia decoder for the player to support files in various formats. After installation, the default ToTem player can play video files in KMV format. (See) before installation, an error will be prompted (SEE) when playing files in AVI or other formats (SEE) or opening the terminal of Ubuntu8.10. Enter the following command to enter sudoapt-ge.
By default, players installed in Ubuntu 8.10 cannot play files in movie formats such as AVI. Therefore, we need to install a multimedia decoder for these files to support files in various formats. After installation, the default ToTem player can play video files in KMV format. (See)
Before installation, an error will be prompted when playback of files in AVI or other formats (see)
Or open the terminal of Ubuntu 8.10 and enter the following command:
Sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins
W32codecs can be downloaded and installed on its own, but it does not exist in the source. Http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/ OS /Linux/distributions/debian-multimedia/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20071007-0.1_i386.deb
Configure the movie player, change gstreamer to xine, and enter the command
Sudo apt-get remove totem-gstreamer-y
Sudo apt-get install totem-xine totem-mozilla-y
Install mplayer and its front-end smplayer:
Sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts mozilla-mplayer smplayer
Looking at RM or RMVB, the system prompts that the database is loaded or the decoder has a problem:
Sudo ln-s/usr/lib/codecs // usr/local/lib/