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| attachment:IconsPage/mplayer.png '''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. 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. [[BR]] == 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 }}} [[BR]] == 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'''. [[BR]] == 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 Div''''''X, Xvi''''''D or FFmpeg MPEG-4) * H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) * Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2) * Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL) * Real''''''Video 1.0, 2.0 (G2) * Real''''''Video 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries) * Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other Quick''''''Time codecs * DV video * Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2) * Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or X''''''Anim 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 * Huff''''''YUV * 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 (Div''''''X Audio) v1, v2 * WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs) * Real''''''Audio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries) * Real''''''Audio: DNET and older codecs * Quick''''''Time: 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 ---- CategoryDocumentation CategoryCleanup |
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