Howto: Utilise the svn MPlayer to Improve Karmic Koala's 'mplayer-nogui' Package

[zanadou]

This dosn't work for me:

$ sudo apt-get install ladspa-sdk libaa1-dev libasound2-dev libatk1.0-dev \
libaudio-dev libaudio2 libaudiofile-dev libavahi-client-dev libavahi-common-dev \
libcaca-dev libcairo2-dev libcdparanoia-dev libcelt0 libdbus-1-dev libdc1394-22 \
libdca-dev libdca0 libdirectfb-dev libdirectfb-extra libdts-dev libesd0-dev \
libexpat1-dev  libffado1 libfontconfig1-dev libfreebob0 libfreetype6-dev \
libfribidi-dev libgif-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglib2.0-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
libgsm1 libgtk2.0-dev libice-dev libjack-dev libjack0 libjpeg62-dev liblzo2-2 \
liblzo2-dev libmail-sendmail-perl libncurses5-dev libogg-dev liboil0.3-dev \
libopenal-dev libopenal1 libpango1.0-dev libpixman-1-dev libpng12-dev \
libpthread-stubs0 libpthread-stubs0-dev libpulse-dev libruby1.8 \
libschroedinger-dev libsdl1.2-dev libslang2-dev libsm-dev libsmbclient-dev \
libspeex-dev libsvga1 libsvga1-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libsysfs-dev \
libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libvorbisidec-dev libvorbisidec1 libx11-dev libxau-dev \
libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev \
libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxft-dev \
libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxml++2.6-2 libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxt-dev \
libxv-dev libxvidcore4 libxvidcore4-dev libxvmc-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev \
mesa-common-dev vstream-client-dev x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev \
x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev \
x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xext-dev \
x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xtrans-dev \
zlib1g-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev

It just outputs:

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgl1-mesa-dev: Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx (= 7.6.0-1ubuntu4) but 7.6.1~git20091107.9348ac03-0ubuntu0~xup~1 is to be installed
  libglu1-mesa-dev: Depends: libglu1-mesa (= 7.6.0-1ubuntu4) but 7.6.1~git20091107.9348ac03-0ubuntu0~xup~1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

How can I get around this? I'm running x64, btw.

[Arup]

This dosn't work for me:

$ sudo apt-get install ladspa-sdk libaa1-dev libasound2-dev libatk1.0-dev \
libaudio-dev libaudio2 libaudiofile-dev libavahi-client-dev libavahi-common-dev \
libcaca-dev libcairo2-dev libcdparanoia-dev libcelt0 libdbus-1-dev libdc1394-22 \
libdca-dev libdca0 libdirectfb-dev libdirectfb-extra libdts-dev libesd0-dev \
libexpat1-dev  libffado1 libfontconfig1-dev libfreebob0 libfreetype6-dev \
libfribidi-dev libgif-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglib2.0-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
libgsm1 libgtk2.0-dev libice-dev libjack-dev libjack0 libjpeg62-dev liblzo2-2 \
liblzo2-dev libmail-sendmail-perl libncurses5-dev libogg-dev liboil0.3-dev \
libopenal-dev libopenal1 libpango1.0-dev libpixman-1-dev libpng12-dev \
libpthread-stubs0 libpthread-stubs0-dev libpulse-dev libruby1.8 \
libschroedinger-dev libsdl1.2-dev libslang2-dev libsm-dev libsmbclient-dev \
libspeex-dev libsvga1 libsvga1-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libsysfs-dev \
libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libvorbisidec-dev libvorbisidec1 libx11-dev libxau-dev \
libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev \
libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxft-dev \
libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxml++2.6-2 libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxt-dev \
libxv-dev libxvidcore4 libxvidcore4-dev libxvmc-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev \
mesa-common-dev vstream-client-dev x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev \
x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev \
x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xext-dev \
x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xtrans-dev \
zlib1g-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev

It just outputs:

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libgl1-mesa-dev: Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx (= 7.6.0-1ubuntu4) but 7.6.1~git20091107.9348ac03-0ubuntu0~xup~1 is to be installed
  libglu1-mesa-dev: Depends: libglu1-mesa (= 7.6.0-1ubuntu4) but 7.6.1~git20091107.9348ac03-0ubuntu0~xup~1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

How can I get around this? I'm running x64, btw.

Enable medibuntu repos and check all the repos in synaptic.

[zanadou]

Enable medibuntu repos and check all the repos in synaptic.

Hmm, I have "deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free" in my sources.list, I've updated and it still gives the same error. From Synaptic, when I go to install "libgl1-mesa-dev", it gives me a similar error:

libgl1-mesa-dev:
  Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx (=7.6.0-1ubuntu4) but 7.6.1~git20091107.9348ac03-0ubuntu0~xup~1 is to be installed

Why the hell is it talking about a git version??

[mc4man]

Why the hell is it talking about a git version??

You apparently have updated those libs past the karmic versions, most likely thru a ppa and then removed/disabled the source.

(and not that long ago, look at the date

Your best bet, considering the libs involved, is to re-enable the source, update and then proceed.

This seems like a possible ppa where you may have got the updated mesa libs

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat...ates/+packages

[andrew.46]

Hi viking_maniac,

I've decided to try this guide out!

I have one question though: when you are about to compile this, is it possible to make your own deb or any sort of package that makes is easier to install again later? Or do you need to enter all these commands each time you install?

I hope you have fun with the guide, it is a fascinating exercise to build a program like this from source . The guide uses checkinstall to create a debian package that you can save if you wish for reinstallation later but it is often a better idea to return to the MPlayer source every week or so and issue the command svn up and then recompile to gain improvements and new functionality.

All the best,

Andrew

[drewlong]

Hi Andrew a couple of questions if I may

I was wondering why Gecko rather than the mplayer mozilla plugin ?
From what I can see in mozilla's plugins they both seam to serve the same media types.

On a slightly different tack why mplayer rather than VLC ?
I have no real preference so long as it works .....

Would appreciate your guidance so I dont mess my system up again. PM would be fine if you prefer so as not to fill up the forum.

Thanks

[andrew.46]

Hi drew,

I was wondering why Gecko rather than the mplayer mozilla plugin ? From what I can see in mozilla's plugins they both seam to serve the same media types.

The same man created both plugins. The MPlayer plugin was last released on June 24th 2008 while the gecko-mediaplayer was last released on September of this year. So or me this was an easy choice .

On a slightly different tack why mplayer rather than VLC ?
I have no real preference so long as it works .....

They are certainly 2 sides of the same coin but attract a subtly different clientele. Perhaps try vlc first before launching into MPlayer, it may very well meet all of your needs without the pain of compiling . The version in the Ubuntu repositories is more than reasonable...

Would appreciate your guidance so I dont mess my system up again.

I still mess my own system from time to time so perhaps you are talking to the wrong person .

Andrew

[Bachstelze]

On a slightly different tack why mplayer rather than VLC ?
I have no real preference so long as it works .....

VLC is much more complicated to compile than MPlayer, so if you want the latest codecs, MPlayer is a better choice. However, if you don't feel the need to compile, both are pretty much equivalent, the only differences I can remember being that VLC doesn't support VDPAU (yet), and MPlayer does not support playing a DVD directly from an ISO, and has also very poor support for some MKV features like subchapters (though on this, both are quite poor and don't support the most advanced of them, like ordered chaptering and editions).

[Arup]

Plus for nvidia users, there is no vdpau support in VLC yet so it makes sense to use mplayer.

[drewlong]

thanks guys