HOWTO: MPlayer

[ow50]

No, it just does that right away but if i switch drivers it will play just about anything, however it wont remember to use that driver after i close and reopen Mplayer

Copy '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/example.conf' to '~/.mplayer/config' and edit the file to your liking. I use the line 'vo=xv' to specify the video output.

I you use gmplayer and the preferences window, the settings should be remembered and stored in '~/.mplayer/gui.conf'. I have there the line 'vo_driver = "xv"'.

[clparker]

No Dice, I copied the file, and edited it, and changed it to the driver I need and i wont change to VO=GL2

[nocturn]

No Dice, I copied the file, and edited it, and changed it to the driver I need and i wont change to VO=GL2

I followed the HOWTO and it works great, thanks.

I changed one step however, I used checkinstall instead of make install to get a Debian package.

[senectus]

Updated to show new versions (and and I prefer "blue" skin) as of 30 jan 2005 GMT +8

sudo mkdir mplyr
cd mplyr
# get & install Ubuntu packages
apt-get install manpages-dev automake autoconf libtool flex bison gcc-doc g++ x-window-system-dev libgtk1.2-dev libpng12-dev -y
#
# get mplayer program
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre6a.tar.bz2
#
# get codecs
wget http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050115.tar.bz2
#
# get fonts
wget http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/fonts/font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2 
#
# get skin (my default skin is "blue")
# ***********************************
# go to http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html to choose a 
# different skin. Right Click your favourite *** [HTTP] *** skin, Copy Link Location, 
# paste it over the following line after wget)
# ***********************************
wget http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/Skin/Blue-1.4.tar.bz2
#
tar -xjf MPlayer-1.0pre6a.tar.bz2
cd MPlayer-1.0pre6a
./configure --enable-gui
make
make install
#
cd ..
tar -xjf essential-20050115.tar.bz2
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/codecs
cp essential-20050115/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
#
tar -xjf font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2
cp font-arial-iso-8859-1/font-arial-14-iso-8859-1/* /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/
#
# ***********************************
# If you decide on a different skin, you'll have to change the name "phony" 
# (after tar -xfj) to your skin file name 
# ***********************************
tar -xjf Blue-1.4.tar.bz2
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default
# ***********************************
# change the word "blue" with the name of your preferred skin
# ***********************************
cp -r Blue/* /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/
#
cp MPlayer-1.0pre6a/etc/* /usr/local/etc/mplayer/
#
# get dvd codecs
wget http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/debian-marillat/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/libdvdcss2_1.2.8-0.0_i386.deb
#
# install dvd codecs
dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.8-0.0_i386.deb 
#
cd ..
# start gmplayer program
gmplayer
#
exit

[rapala61]

wouldnt it be better to firs install the codecs before installing mplayer, that would make mplayer compile with support for the installed codecs .. right??

[ctt1wbw]

Yes, according to MPlayer's website, you compile and install the codecs first, then the player itself.

[Eastlake]

for those who hav already installed the w32codecs pkg (ubuntu unofficial guide) can we just compile mplayer using --with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 and forget about install the essencial pkg.. ?

and.. do we really need to install all of those pkgs?! manpages-dev.. x-window-system-dev... why? R they required to install mplayer?

tks in advnc..


east.

[rapala61]

for those who hav already installed the w32codecs pkg (ubuntu unofficial guide) can we just compile mplayer using --with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/win32 and forget about install the essencial pkg.. ?

and.. do we really need to install all of those pkgs?! manpages-dev.. x-window-system-dev... why? R they required to install mplayer?

tks in advnc..


east.

i was wondering that as well.. pesonally i didnt install x-window-dev... and no problems that i can tell with mplayer..

[Caesar]

Does this script works for PPC-Ubuntu users too?

[sdn]

That's really cool man! Thank you so much for the script....but i don't know why, but it doesn't run on my ibook.

I have tried it on my ibook, and sure it doesn't work. So i forward you the question of Caesar:

Does this script works for PPC-Ubuntu users too?