Howto: Install media players in Linpus

Hi there,

Folow the link below for instructions for installing Media Players ( Mplayer, Vlc..) on Linpus :

http://www.unixmen.com/index.php?op...a-players-in-linpus&catid=13:linpus&Itemid=20

Let me know if works for you ,your feed will be appreciated.

Enjoy !

 

Pffff finaly resolved , thank you

 

Great post , thank you

 

Hi,

I found I had dependency problems when trying to install vlc after following the unixmen instructions, however after some digging I found the following post on the vlc forums sorted me out.

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php ... 59#p178151

Phil.

 

i have done this and i now have vlc on my one but all i get is sound when i try and play xvid files how do i get the picture on screen

mike46

 

i am getting this error now Unable to open '%U'
when i try to play an AVI file that mplayer plays ok VLC just plays the audio
mike46

 

These instructions appear to be a particularly shameless copy of macles instructions. They may now be out of date. You might want to read the comments in macles and see if he's updated them in some way.
Your "%U" is probably due to %U being at the end of the exec= line in the appropriate .desktop file - you can just go in and delete it.

 

please explain how to edit .desktop files i am a complete newbie i only got my ONE on friday and know nothing about linux i followed the macles guide from his blog site. does vlc play xvid files and avi files because it would not play a camera file that mediaplayer does

thanks im 63 and still learning

mike46

 

Try having a look at this thread, which started with a similar question. If it's still clear as mud, just say.

When correctly installed, VLC will play xvid etc. I suspect there's something wrong with the instructions you followed. I think this or this is a good guide, but there's always the danger that they're out of date.

 

I saw the tutorial of macle and the one of unixmen , are totally different !

 

I think my problem is i dont have the codecs because in settings>preferences>input/video>video codecs> i have :-
Theora; X264; dirac; Fake;
this being the case do i have to uninstall VLC and start again or is there a way of getting the needed codecs installed into this version 0.8.7 janus(wxWidgets interface

mike46 :?

 

The 2nd half is a direct copy, right down to even copying some of the commentary. Even though it leaves out a couple of useful steps. The java tutorial is equally obviously sourced from the java site. I'm not sure what the benefit of copying things from other sources with some badly spelt additions is.
I notice the original author isn't here dealing with the queries from his instructions.

 

I have removed vlc now because even after updating to .0.9.5 from kwizart I still could not see the video it played the sound ok
I updated Mplayer using the pup from the right click menu and then typed 'sudo yum install smplayer' on terminal as per the guide and i can now watch xvid on my one thanks to the great info on here

mike46

 

Which copy and past you re talking about?

 

from this link viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3770&p=25335#p25335 click the select all button then right click and copy, open Terminal and paste the instruction, do this for every instruction, some instructions may need to be repeated to get them to work

mike46

 

Ok

 

It is not worth the effort to install VLC because it breaks things like DVD playback. If you don't remove the default mplayer, VLC will not play mp4 (have not tested on other formats although it did also refuse to open and play an audio file... so its almost certain that its totally hosed.). If you do remove mplayer, VLC will play media but not DVDs.
Why suggest installing VLC? It is pointless and breaks things!

 

Advice

My experience with mplayer was the best, it's really the best player of all (windows version have to much bugs to use), i use it since 8 years ago as my first choice player... MKV with high bt rate, that neither vlc or any player, played, with a custom configs can make it really very smooth. But for graphical experience(Since I'm to used to console) I advise u to install mplayer and smplayer, on of best graphical interface to mplayer. The only problem it's to have mplayer with all codecs, I had to compile all by hand, repository binary gave me a lot of problems.... Now there isn't any kind of movie I can't see, even the corrupts on (but it takes a little to make reindixing with corrupt ones).

 

Mplayer is a great media player too