Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs,w64codecs) in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
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Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
You need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file or you need to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse repositories Using GUI.
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Make sure you have the following two lines save and exit your file
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid universe multiverse
Now you need to run the following command to update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install mplayer using the following command
sudo apt-get install mplayer
If you want to open mplayergo to Applications—>Sound&Video—> Mplayer Movie Player
Install Smplayer (Mplayer Front-end)
Qt Mplayer front-end, with basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...
sudo apt-get install smplayer
Install smplayer themes using the following command
sudo apt-get install smplayer-themes
Install libdvdcss2 and w32 video codecs in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions.
For Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Users run the following command
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list
--output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Then, add the GPG Key using the following commands
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get update
For i386 Users install Codecs using the following command
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2
For amd64 Users install Codecs using the following command
sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2
Using above download locations you can install most of the mutimedia codecs for ubuntu.
Mplayer Plugin for Firefox
If you want to install Mplayer with plug-in for Mozilla Firefox run the following command
sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer
First of all, thanks for your great tutorials — a few of them really saved days, as I haven’t to search for the information on the net by myself. Well, I’m not really sure, but as far as I know the mozilla-mplayer plugin isn’t able to play embedded divx content in websites (but maybe this has changed with Intrepid, didn’t try it so far). If this should be still the case, check out my tutorial Embedded DIVX Content For Firefox.
Another cool mplayer gui (ubuntu package): http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Xt7-Player?content=86197
Any particular reason you chose SMPlayer over Gnome MPlayer (gnome-mplayer). Also, note that mozilla-mplayer has been superseded by gecko-mediaplayer (which uses gnome-mplayer) for actually playing the media files.
I suggest you give it a try and see how it works.
@kevin: I think mplayer has too much potential (which i dont want to drop) to be driven by such a minimalist gui.
@Andy: gnome-mplayer is a gui just like SMplayer that sits on top of mplayer. So you still have the mplayer application.
As for minimalist GUI, the feature set of gnome-mplayer and SMPlayer is quite close in some areas, and varies widely in others. For example gnome-mplayer supports DVD menus and will load files from an ipod and obtains album covers for tagged audio files, I don’t believe that SMPlayer will do any of that.
Hi!
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That all worked out for me perfectly.
So finally i can watch DVDs properly…
greets
Gerald
thanks dude.
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i’m using ubuntu 8.10…some audio & video formats(mp3,wav,dat,etc.) are not supported…give me any sugesstion to use …
Wow, very nice!!!!! And thank you so much.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D.!
Now i can see movies..=P
Great! This is the most complete description about the Mplayer and Smplayer installation in Ubuntu. THanks!
Thanks for the excellent/detailed directions. A snap to follow with perfect results!
Cheers!
This tutorial really help me.. Thank you 😀
awww… what fantastic results!!
this has really been helpful. mplayer works like a charm.
thanx for the awesome tutorial.
BA
this tutorial realy help me. i thank you a lot
These are the steps I used.
Very helpful tutorial. Thanks
I did these steps to get Totem Media Player to work on Ubuntu 8.1:
Add two lines to sources.list:
Type sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list to access file.
Add:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid universe multiverse
There may be similar sources in the file, usually preceded by us.archive.ubuntu.com. Leave those there.
Then do update:
sudo apt-get update
Then type the following:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Wait until it completes, then update:
sudo apt-get update
Then install “key” by typing:
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
Update:
sudo apt-get update
Then add library
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2
Then update
sudo apt-get update
Voila! It should play dvds.
Thanks again for everything.
Many thanks, very helpfull
Hello every one and lots of thanks to the writer of this tutorial.I installed the mplayer with the gr8 help.I request for some help with the mplayer plugin for firefox in intrepid for ubuntu.I am a new user and dont know much about using command line now so am sorry for this.plz help
The mplayer plugin plays only one video with audio but then only plays audio for wmv and other windows media files that I want to play with it.I dont know how to correct this but if I reboot then again I can play one file but no more.Please email if possible
thanks
varun
Thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial.
I have been using Ubuntu OS system for 9 months and it just keeps getting better & better.
Thanks to all
B. Blackwell
thanks admin!
i do exactly the tutuoral at my ubuntu8.10,
but still can’t play rm/rmvb files.mplayer just display ‘fatal error!’
i don’t know where’s the problem.
I seem to have a few problems here… 1. The wget with the output documents medibuntu.list always fails. doesn’t understand output command. I saw another example provided the used less — dashes and spaces but that was worse. Also had no luck with w32codec has no installation candidate… maybe was moved?!!
I have Ubuntu 8.10 with Totem and Transmission as defaults. I also have Deluge and Mplayer installed. Totem and Transmission open automatically when download or video are selected but I want Deluge and Mplayer to do this, they do not I must drag and drop. How do you change the default applications?
Guys, i have installed all these according to the tutorial (with success). I can play some dvd’s now.
THere are some (the romantic ones f.e. P.S. I Love You) where I get the error stream scrambled.(gxine) in VLC it just opens 1/10 sec an closes.
In MoviePLayer is opens and i can hear really annoying radio and see verry irritating snow and squares.
I have also posted on ubuntu forums.
I am using ubuntu for like a year or so and i got most to work.
Does anybody know what could be wrong why I can not decode these DVD’s?
-> I did set region and DMA
-> I did follow tutorial above entirely successfull.
Please Help, my girlfriend wants to see this romantic dvd (I need to backup my personal collection…)
Have upgraded to umbuto 9.4 but having nightmares trying to get the sound to work on either games or media players.It worked fine on the previous version but since I’ve upgraded I can get no sound.
I have an HP Pavillion 6170 notebook.
Its the wubi version that I am using.
Any Suggestions welcome. Apart from sound everything else is running as it schould.
The sound light is on & I can see the players playing the music but no sound I’ve tried loading codecs etc but to no avail.I’m quite new to the platform so layman’s terms as far as possible please.I know how to use the terminal as have tried several items I googled
Duncan
thanks a lot !!
works flawlessly on my eeepc 1005ha with UNR 9.10
Thanks a lot for the information above. This really helped me a lot. Keep updating the website here to help others.