Installing Codecs

Hi I just got my one today and im quite computer literate but new to linux. I need to know how to install the win32 codec pack for the media player so that i can watch mlb.tv in the firefox browser.

 

Hi,

I would like to offer my advise, and ditch Media Master, or whatever it is, and go straight for VLC - it plays EVERYTHING. Here is the URL for a very detailed and easy to follow method of downloading and installing it:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=167

Cheers!

 

You can't use VLC to play Apple trailers or other forms of web based media...

 

Supposedly, you can - scroll down in the discussion, as I did , and you will see a poster offer a second line of instruction, tying VLC to Mozilla - I did it and it seems to work. I believe it's solved......

~R.

 

Here is the post:
To use vlc plugin in firefox for some websites, it's better to use this:

su -
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
yum install vlc
yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc

works fine

 

i spent 2 full days trying to get vlc to work,to no avail.
i think it might have been a codec problem.
i am now trying to install the necassary codecs so that mplayer can play videos,and after will then try again to get flv to work

im getting there but i need to know how to install the win32 codecs

can anyone help?