Comments on: Adding Support for almost All Video Formats/Codecs in Linux http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/ Linux - on the Desktop Wed, 09 May 2012 23:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Two to Three | Binny VA http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4562 Two to Three | Binny VA Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:18:27 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-4562 [...] I hate it when that happens. Plus, there are other things I call Trinity. No, not The Trinity. I’m talking about video players. [...] [...] I hate it when that happens. Plus, there are other things I call Trinity. No, not The Trinity. I’m talking about video players. [...]

]]> By: BinnyVA http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4040 BinnyVA Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:20:27 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-4040 @tad You don't have to use Yum - that's for Red Hat based systems. You are using a Debian based system - so you can do... sudo apt-get install xine-ui @tad
You don’t have to use Yum – that’s for Red Hat based systems. You are using a Debian based system – so you can do…
sudo apt-get install xine-ui

]]> By: tad http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4039 tad Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:59:41 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-4039 I had the following problem installing zine, it asked me to install yum which I did and then got the message at the bottom -I don't know any code so simple suggestions only please! tad@tad-desktop:~$ yum install xine xine-lib xine-skins xine-lib-extras-nonfree The program 'yum' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install yum bash: yum: command not found tad@tad-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install yum [sudo] password for tad: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libbeecrypt6 librpm4.4 python-celementtree python-elementtree python-rpm python-urlgrabber rpm Suggested packages: python-celementtree-dbg python-elementtree-doc alien Recommended packages: python-sqlite The following NEW packages will be installed libbeecrypt6 librpm4.4 python-celementtree python-elementtree python-rpm python-urlgrabber rpm yum 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2422kB of archives. After this operation, 8913kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libbeecrypt6 4.1.2-6build1 [108kB] Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main librpm4.4 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [953kB] Get: 3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-elementtree 1.2.6-11ubuntu1 [30.4kB] Get: 4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-celementtree 1.0.5-9 [23.6kB] Get: 5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main python-urlgrabber 3.1.0-4 [56.6kB] Get: 6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main rpm 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [625kB] Get: 7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-rpm 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [422kB] Get: 8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe yum 2.4.0-3.1 [202kB] Fetched 2422kB in 2s (1098kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package libbeecrypt6. (Reading database ... 118759 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libbeecrypt6 (from .../libbeecrypt6_4.1.2-6build1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package librpm4.4. Unpacking librpm4.4 (from .../librpm4.4_4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package python-elementtree. Unpacking python-elementtree (from .../python-elementtree_1.2.6-11ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package python-celementtree. Unpacking python-celementtree (from .../python-celementtree_1.0.5-9_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package python-urlgrabber. Unpacking python-urlgrabber (from .../python-urlgrabber_3.1.0-4_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package rpm. Unpacking rpm (from .../rpm_4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package python-rpm. Unpacking python-rpm (from .../python-rpm_4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package yum. Unpacking yum (from .../archives/yum_2.4.0-3.1_all.deb) ... Setting up libbeecrypt6 (4.1.2-6build1) ... Setting up librpm4.4 (4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6) ... Setting up python-elementtree (1.2.6-11ubuntu1) ... Setting up python-celementtree (1.0.5-9) ... Setting up python-urlgrabber (3.1.0-4) ... Setting up rpm (4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6) ... Setting up python-rpm (4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6) ... Setting up yum (2.4.0-3.1) ... /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/__init__.py:1129: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/depsolve.py:73: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:236: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:260: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:263: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:614: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:615: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 /usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:616: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place tad@tad-desktop:~$ yum install xine xine-lib xine-skins xine-lib-extras-nonfree There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: No module named cElementTree Please install a package which provides this module, or verify that the module is installed correctly. It's possible that the above module doesn't match the current version of Python, which is: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please send this message to . tad@tad-desktop:~$ I had the following problem installing zine, it asked me to install yum which I did and then got the message at the bottom -I don’t know any code so simple suggestions only please!

tad@tad-desktop:~$ yum install xine xine-lib xine-skins xine-lib-extras-nonfree
The program ‘yum’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install yum
bash: yum: command not found
tad@tad-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install yum
[sudo] password for tad:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libbeecrypt6 librpm4.4 python-celementtree python-elementtree python-rpm
python-urlgrabber rpm
Suggested packages:
python-celementtree-dbg python-elementtree-doc alien
Recommended packages:
python-sqlite
The following NEW packages will be installed
libbeecrypt6 librpm4.4 python-celementtree python-elementtree python-rpm
python-urlgrabber rpm yum
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2422kB of archives.
After this operation, 8913kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libbeecrypt6 4.1.2-6build1 [108kB]
Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main librpm4.4 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [953kB]
Get: 3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-elementtree 1.2.6-11ubuntu1 [30.4kB]
Get: 4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-celementtree 1.0.5-9 [23.6kB]
Get: 5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main python-urlgrabber 3.1.0-4 [56.6kB]
Get: 6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main rpm 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [625kB]
Get: 7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe python-rpm 4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6 [422kB]
Get: 8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe yum 2.4.0-3.1 [202kB]
Fetched 2422kB in 2s (1098kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libbeecrypt6.
(Reading database … 118759 files and directories currently installed.)
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Selecting previously deselected package librpm4.4.
Unpacking librpm4.4 (from …/librpm4.4_4.4.2.1-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) …
Selecting previously deselected package python-elementtree.
Unpacking python-elementtree (from …/python-elementtree_1.2.6-11ubuntu1_all.deb) …
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Setting up yum (2.4.0-3.1) …
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/__init__.py:1129: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/depsolve.py:73: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:236: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:260: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/yum/repos.py:263: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:614: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:615: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py:616: Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6

Processing triggers for libc6 …
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
tad@tad-desktop:~$ yum install xine xine-lib xine-skins xine-lib-extras-nonfree
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

No module named cElementTree

Please install a package which provides this module, or
verify that the module is installed correctly.

It’s possible that the above module doesn’t match the
current version of Python, which is:
2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please send this
message to .

tad@tad-desktop:~$

]]> By: Dotan Cohen http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4037 Dotan Cohen Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:22:32 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-4037 AMR support, please! All the new phones record in this format. AMR support, please! All the new phones record in this format.

]]> By: phil http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4028 phil Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:49:45 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-4028 well on ubuntu 8.10 i just went to add/remove installed "movie player totem (xine backend)" and it all started working :) Hope that helps anyone well on ubuntu 8.10 i just went to add/remove installed
“movie player totem (xine backend)”
and it all started working :)
Hope that helps anyone

]]> By: michael http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 michael Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:05:46 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-3910 why don't you tell the 1000 new linux users how to deal with tarballs. why don’t you tell the 1000 new linux users how to deal with tarballs.

]]> By: michael http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 michael Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:01:22 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-3909 So after reading your so wonderfull article - I am still wondering how one would get codecs into mplayer in ubuntu. Guess I will just keep wondering. Thanks a bunch. So after reading your so wonderfull article – I am still wondering how one would get codecs into mplayer in ubuntu.

Guess I will just keep wondering.

Thanks a bunch.

]]> By: SMPlayer - Linux Video Player | LinDesk http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3885 SMPlayer - Linux Video Player | LinDesk Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:07:40 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-3885 [...] have used a lot of video players on Linux - and over the time my favorite video player have changed. When I wrote the post Top 5 Video [...] [...] have used a lot of video players on Linux – and over the time my favorite video player have changed. When I wrote the post Top 5 Video [...]

]]> By: What is? http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3877 What is? Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:50:57 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-3877 How about adding support for the AMR and 3GP files from cellular phones? How about adding support for the AMR and 3GP files from cellular phones?

]]> By: Oliver http://lindesk.com/2008/09/adding-support-for-almost-all-video-formatscodecs-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3876 Oliver Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:20:23 +0000 http://lindesk.com/?p=126#comment-3876 Install MPlayer in Ubuntu: apt-get install mplayer mplayer-fonts gnome-mplayer Install MPlayer in Kubuntu: apt-get install mplayer mplayer-fonts kmplayer Thanks for your post, Binny! Install MPlayer in Ubuntu:
apt-get install mplayer mplayer-fonts gnome-mplayer

Install MPlayer in Kubuntu:
apt-get install mplayer mplayer-fonts kmplayer

Thanks for your post, Binny!

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