Install mplayer and w32codecs in Ubuntu

InUbuntuIf you want to see a movie, The "movie player" installed by default does not seem to support files in rmvb format. Only the installationMplayer.

Mplayer installation is simple. You only need to enter the following information on the terminal:

sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts mplayer mplayer-skins mozilla-mplayer

Start after installation. Right-click the main menu and choose preferences/Properties> video/video. In "available Drivers/available driver", select "X11" or "XV ", in the lower part of the same window, you can "drop frames/enable frame dropping ". (From the gutsygibbon quick setup guide above) after mplayer is installed, it supports a small number of video formats by default. To play various types of videos in Windows, you must installW32codecs. The following are several installation methods:

1. • Enter sudo gedit/etc/APT/sources. List on the terminal
   • Add Sourcedeb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu-cn/ feisty main restricted universe multiverse(Or other sources containing w32codecs)
   • Save and thensudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install w32codecsInstallation Complete
2. • Enter at the terminal:wget http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/debian-multimedia/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20071007-0.0_i386.deb
   • Waiting for downloaddpkg -i w32codecs_20071007-0.0_i386.deb
   • The installation is complete (this Deb package may change due to updates. If 404 is prompted, goBytes)
3. • In
   • Copy to/usr/lib. If the Win32 folder already exists, back up the file first.sudo cp /usr/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32-backup
   • If mplayer does not recognize the account after installation, pleasesudo ln -s /usr/lib/codecs /usr/lib/win32And try again.
4. • A method from abroad (DVD playerback and Win32 codecs)
   • Add Sourcesudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
   • Thenwget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
   • Lastsudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecsInstallation Complete

So far, if all four methods have been tried and failed, congratulations, please go to Google to continue searching for the answer.

By the way, write down the installation of the multimedia decoder, once and for all (from the Quick Guide ):

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras

Of course, you can install them one by one. For details, refer to wiki.

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