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== Configuration ==

The configuration options for MPlayer given here are mostly taken from Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) and should work on most computers.

attachment:IconsPage/terminal.png To use this configuration, open MPlayer's configuration file
 {{{
~/.mplayer/config
}}}

 and edit the file as follows:
 {{{
# Specify default video driver (see mplayer -vo help for a list).
vo=xv,sdl,x11

# Specify default audio driver (see mplayer -ao help for a list).
ao=alsa,oss,sdl,esd,arts

# Drop frames to preserve audio/video sync.
framedrop = yes

# get a default OSD font from fontconfig
fontconfig = yes
font = "Sans"
subfont-text-scale = 3
}}}

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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].

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  • See this [:/Breezy: wiki page] for installation instructions.

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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.

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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

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See also

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CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup

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