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'''MPlayer''' is a powerful and customisable video player with support for a large number of audio and video codecs. | '''MPlayer''' is a powerful and versatile media player that can play all types of free media formats (see the FreeFormats page) as well as most 'non-free' media formats. A companion program called [:MEncoder: MEncoder] can be used to encode or transform any audio or video stream that MPlayer can read. See the RestrictedFormats wiki page for instructions for enabling non-free formats in MPlayer and gmplayer. For more information visit the [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html MPlayer web site]. |
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* MPEG-4 in all variants including Div''''''X, Open''''''Div''''''X (Div''''''X4), Div''''''X 5 (Pro), Xvi''''''D | * MPEG-4 SP/ASP (for example, encoded with Div''''''X, Xvi''''''D or FFmpeg MPEG-4) * H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) |
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[[BR]] == See also == * [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html MPlayer Documentation] at the MPlayer web site * [http://videotranscoding.wikispaces.com/?token=23a6250c99d7f8cc9bbbbd70ce80c39f Video Transcoding Wiki] * [:MEncoder: MEncoder wiki page] * [:/CVS: This wiki page] explains how to install MPlayer from CVS [[BR]] ---- CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup |
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MPlayer is a powerful and versatile media player that can play all types of free media formats (see the FreeFormats page) as well as most 'non-free' media formats. A companion program called [:MEncoder: MEncoder] can be used to encode or transform any audio or video stream that MPlayer can read. See the RestrictedFormats wiki page for instructions for enabling non-free formats in MPlayer and gmplayer. For more information visit the [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html MPlayer web site].
Installing MPlayer
attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)
Beginning with Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake, you no longer need to match your CPU to the proper MPlayer package. BR Simply install the mplayer package from the [:AddingRepositoriesHowto: Multiverse repository].
BR attachment:IconsPage/apt.png Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) and earlier
- See this [:/Breezy: wiki page] for installation instructions.
Streaming Video
MPlayer provides excellent streaming video support for Mozilla, Firefox, Epiphany and Konqueror. To enable support for streaming media install the package mozilla-mplayer.
Supported Audio and Video Codecs
- Supported video codecs include:
- MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
MPEG-4 SP/ASP (for example, encoded with DivX, XviD or FFmpeg MPEG-4)
- H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC)
- Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
- Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2)
RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)
Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs
- DV video
- Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or XAnim codecs)
- VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL)
- MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
- FLI/FLC
HuffYUV
- various old simple RLE-like formats
- Supported audio codecs include:
- MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio
- AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF)
- AAC (MPEG-4 audio)
WMA (DivX Audio) v1, v2
- WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs)
RealAudio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries)
RealAudio: DNET and older codecs
QuickTime: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC
- Ogg Vorbis audio
- VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL)
- alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, adpcm and other simple old audio formats
See also
[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html MPlayer Documentation] at the MPlayer web site
[http://videotranscoding.wikispaces.com/?token=23a6250c99d7f8cc9bbbbd70ce80c39f Video Transcoding Wiki]
- [:MEncoder: MEncoder wiki page]
- [:/CVS: This wiki page] explains how to install MPlayer from CVS
MPlayer (last edited 2008-08-06 16:36:03 by localhost)