Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs) in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn,Dapper,Edgy
MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-
based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
Install Mplayer in Ubuntu Dapper Drake
You need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
enter these two lines and save your file
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse
Install Mplayer in Ubuntu Edgy eft
You need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
enter these two lines and save your file
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe multiverse
Install Mplayer in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
You need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
enter these two lines and save your file
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty 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 mplayer just type
gmplayer
or
You can Open from Applications—>Sound&Video—> Mplayer Movie Player
Once it opens you should see the following screen
Installing libdvdcss2 and w32 video codecs in Ubuntu
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.
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file and enter the following repositories
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
You can install this DVD playback and w32codecs using Seveas Repository
For Ubuntu Dapper Drake Users
deb http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl dapper-seveas all
deb-src http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl dapper-seveas all
For Ubuntu Edgy Eft Users
deb http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl edgy-seveas all
deb-src http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl edgy-seveas all
Now you need to copy the key using the following command
wget http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl/1135D466.gpg -O- ¦ sudo apt-key add -
For Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Users
deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
Now you need to copy the key using the following command
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- ¦ sudo apt-key add -
Update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Install Codecs using the following command
sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2
Using above download locations you can install most of the mutimedia codecs for ubuntu.
sudo apt-get update
Mplayer Plugin for Firefox
If you want to install Mplayer with plug-in for Firefox run the following command
sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer
