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how to play divx, xvid, mpeg, avi, etc... media in debian

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lucho115
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how to play divx, xvid, mpeg, avi, etc... media in debian

#1 Post by lucho115 »

iam using debian sarge, what packages i have to install?
there is a metapackage thats install all?

bye
luchox

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manny
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#2 Post by manny »

This works for me using Totem http://ubuntuguide.org/#codecs

harfooz
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#3 Post by harfooz »

First, open a terminal and su to the root user. Then add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

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## Marillat repo for multimedia and acroread
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
Save the file and exit. Then run the following commands as root:

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apt-get update
apt-get install libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread3 w32codecs
apt-get install xine-ui mplayer-586 totem-xine mplayer-plugin
apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-alsa videolan-doc
apt-get install libavifile-0.7c102 libdivxdecore0
(Note that I'm assuming you are running a processor that is compatible with mplayer-586. If that is not the case, then run apt-cache search mplayer and use the mplayer that works for your processor.)

Restart your browser, and you should be good to go. The mplayer plugin will be used for multimedia files that you open while in your browser, such as the trailers found at http://www.apple.com/trailers. If you have files saved locally and want to play them, you can use totem, xine, mplayer or vlc. There are others that are good too, such as olge.

These commands will also allow you to play commercial DVDs on your Debian box also.

Hope this helps,
harfooz

hakker82
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#4 Post by hakker82 »

Just try gxine. It's in testing.
IBM R50e
debian testing
kernel-2.6.14.4

Scotti
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#5 Post by Scotti »

harfooz ftw.

lucho115 just needed the w32codecs package in order to play the file types in the thread title, and harfooz told him exactly how.

Nice job. :)

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#6 Post by Mexican_Pirate »

From what I've read, Kaffeine is supposed to be a good media player that can integrate into your browser just like Quicktime or Windows Media Player.
Arr, ese!

Guest

#7 Post by Guest »

yes, thanks for the information- I too am in the process of d/l ing the info.

just a note- it would help for folks to know that some of these may be big files, a few of us are still (!!) on 56k modems.

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