Medibuntu - Media Playback Problem

[Zaraphrax]

Yesterday, I did a fresh install of Intrepid 8.10 (64 bit). I wanted to have it set up, so I could play all video files (and DVD's) with VLC and audio files with Amarok. I tried following the guide at the top of this page, but something got messed up. Whenever I tried to play a file, Totem Movie Player would crash. It would play like a second of the file, and then disappear, never to return. I tried restarting the X server, I tried rebooting, I tried reinstalling the packages from the repository and nothing seemed to make a difference. I also couldn't set file associations to VLC player. I didn't even bother trying to install Amarok, and figured that I'd just format my Ubuntu partition and start again (now typing this on the same machine from Windows, lol). I'll have to install Intrepid again later to try out what you guys suggest.

So, my question.

1) What packages do I need to install so that I can play every sort of video file (including DVD's) with VLC Player, and all sorts of audio files with Amarok (or, is there something better than Amarok? I'd prefer something lightweight yet functional.)?

2) How do I set file associations to these applications?

3) After this, how do I remove all other AV apps from my system? Which packages are able to be removed without breaking something? I don't want to have Totem Movie Player or any of that installed, I just want what I need.

Any help is appreciated - Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm not that skilled with stuff like this.

[soxs]

Yesterday, I did a fresh install of Intrepid 8.10 (64 bit). I wanted to have it set up, so I could play all video files (and DVD's) with VLC and audio files with Amarok. I tried following the guide at the top of this page, but something got messed up. Whenever I tried to play a file, Totem Movie Player would crash. It would play like a second of the file, and then disappear, never to return. I tried restarting the X server, I tried rebooting, I tried reinstalling the packages from the repository and nothing seemed to make a difference. I also couldn't set file associations to VLC player. I didn't even bother trying to install Amarok, and figured that I'd just format my Ubuntu partition and start again (now typing this on the same machine from Windows, lol). I'll have to install Intrepid again later to try out what you guys suggest.

So, my question.

1) What packages do I need to install so that I can play every sort of video file (including DVD's) with VLC Player, and all sorts of audio files with Amarok (or, is there something better than Amarok? I'd prefer something lightweight yet functional.)?

2) How do I set file associations to these applications?

3) After this, how do I remove all other AV apps from my system? Which packages are able to be removed without breaking something? I don't want to have Totem Movie Player or any of that installed, I just want what I need.

Any help is appreciated - Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm not that skilled with stuff like this.

Get what you need:
various media players:

 sudo apt-get install -y mplayer mencoder vlc qtiplot

gstreamer codecs:

sudo apt-get install -y gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo*  gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-sdl python-gst0.10

xine codecs:

sudo apt-get install -y libxine1-plugins libxine1-all-plugins

dvd stuff:

sudo apt-get install -y libdvdcss2 libdvdread3 libdvdnav4

Setting file associations is easiest, right clicking a file and defining the open with default for that media type you just clicked on.

Amarok is quite fast. there are other solutions (with bling bling and without, with and without ....), but most of them are _A LOT_ slower than Amarok (in case they are as feature rich).

For leightweight only, I suggest

sudo apt-get install -y audacious

[Zaraphrax]

Get what you need:
various media players:

 sudo apt-get install -y mplayer mencoder vlc qtiplot

gstreamer codecs:

sudo apt-get install -y gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo*  gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-sdl python-gst0.10

xine codecs:

sudo apt-get install -y libxine1-plugins libxine1-all-plugins

dvd stuff:

sudo apt-get install -y libdvdcss2 libdvdread3 libdvdnav4

Setting file associations is easiest, right clicking a file and defining the open with default for that media type you just clicked on.

Amarok is quite fast. there are other solutions (with bling bling and without, with and without ....), but most of them are _A LOT_ slower than Amarok (in case they are as feature rich).

For leightweight only, I suggest

sudo apt-get install -y audacious

Hey, thanks for the help so far. There must be something I'm not doing right. Everything was working fine up until the

sudo apt-get install -y libdvdcss2 libdvdread3

It came up and said that libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate. Just to try and troubleshoot it, I added the Medibuntu repository to the sources list to no avail. I also ran a:

wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_amd64.deb

To try and install the package manually, but that didn't do anything either.

If I try and play an AVI file with VLC or Totem, I get the same thing. The file begins to play, then the player disappears. The same thing happens with MP3 files.

Any ideas on what's going on?

[Zaraphrax]

Just got Amarok installed. MP3's play fine with it. What the heck?

[mc4man]

Just go here and download directly, you can square up your sources later

http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/libdvdcss2.html

There's not that much of value from medibuntu for intrepid atm anyway

list - http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/index.html

[Zaraphrax]

Just go here and download directly, you can square up your sources later

http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/libdvdcss2.html

There's not that much of value from medibuntu for intrepid atm anyway

list - http://packages.medibuntu.org/intrepid/index.html

Ok, have done that. AVI files still won't play, nor will DVD's. The player opens, then disappears again.

[mc4man]

And what player would that be?
And how are you trying to access the video?

[Zaraphrax]

And what player would that be?
And how are you trying to access the video?

I've tried both Totem Movie Player and VLC Player.

The files are stored on an NTFS formatted internal disk. I'm simply going Right Click>Open with VLC from File Explorer.

[mc4man]

As far as accessing a ntfs volume I can only do so in 8.04 with vlc 0.9.6.

It plays a video_ts fine, as far as .avi's, I've only a couple, one it plays the other it doesn't.
Vlc can be a little picky as to the encoding whereas mplayer or totem-xine have no issues.

I'd try with the .avi's with something else.

Playback of dvd disks you should be fine with vlc in 8.10


Totem movie player (gstreamer) is pretty much worthless in 8.10, I wouldn't waste your time, certainly with dvd's.

[Zaraphrax]

As far as accessing a ntfs volume I can only do so in 8.04 with vlc 0.9.6.

It plays a video_ts fine, as far as .avi's, I've only a couple, one it plays the other it doesn't.
Vlc can be a little picky as to the encoding whereas mplayer or totem-xine have no issues.

I'd try with the .avi's with something else.

Playback of dvd disks you should be fine with vlc in 8.10


Totem movie player (gstreamer) is pretty much worthless in 8.10, I wouldn't waste your time, certainly with dvd's.

MPeg's don't play either. Totem, VLC, nothing works.