%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The MPlayer package contains an audio/video player controlled via the command line or a graphical interface which is able to play almost every popular audio and video file format and CODEC (COder/DECoder, also COmpressor/DECompressor). With supported video hardware and additional drivers, MPlayer can play video files without an X window system installed. For a full list of file formats, CODECs and output devices supported by MPlayer, visit the MPlayer web site. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &mplayer-size; Estimated Disk space required: &mplayer-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mplayer-time; Patches Required Patch (for fbdev driver support): CODECs Proprietary CODECs: Additional CODECs: Skins Default GUI skin: Additional skins: Fonts Prerendered fonts: Additional fonts: The CODECs, skins and fonts are not required to build and use MPlayer. X ( or ), , , , DirectFB, SVGAlib, , , or , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Theora, MP1E, FAAD2, GGI, FriBidi, unrarlib, LIRC, lirccd, libcaca, libmatroska, LIVE.COM Streaming Media, bio2jack, Dxr2, libdxr3 and Enca If you downloaded any proprietary CODECs (which can provide support for additional audio and video formats such as Real, Indeo and QuickTime), extract them to /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs using the following commands (substitute and/or add different CODEC filenames, if necessary): install -d -m755 /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs && tar xjfv ../&mplayer-default-codec; \ -C /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs --strip-path=1 && chown -R root:root /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs If you installed any CODECs, ensure you add --with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/mplayer/codecs to the configure script. To enable building the GUI version of MPlayer (requires ), add --enable-gui to the configure script. You'll also need to extract at least one skin. Extract the desired skin to the default location: install -d -m755 /usr/share/mplayer/Skin && tar xjvf ../&mplayer-default-skin; \ -C /usr/share/mplayer/Skin && chown -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue && ln -sf Blue /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default To enable OSD (On Screen Display) and subtitles support, add --enable-menu to the configure script. You'll also need to set up at least one font (see font installation instructions a little later). The package maintainers recommend building without any optimizations. Install MPlayer by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-kernel_2.6-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer \ --enable-largefiles && make && make install && install -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/mplayer && cp -R DOCS/* /usr/share/doc/mplayer && chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/mplayer You will need codecs.conf only if you want to change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy of it. Ensure any changes you make to codecs.conf achieve the desired results, as incorrect entries in this file have been known to cause errors. If necessary, create the file using the following command. cp etc/codecs.conf /etc/mplayer The recommended method to set up a font for MPlayer is to link a TTF file to your ~/.mplayer directory. A link should be created in each user's home directory who may use MPlayer. For example: mkdir ~/.mplayer && ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luxisri.ttf \ ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf There are several other ways to set up a font package. To use a prerendered MPlayer font package, extract and link one of the font tarballs using the following commands: tar xjvf ../&mplayer-default-font;.tar.bz2 \ -C /usr/share/mplayer/font && chown -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/font && cd /usr/share/mplayer/font && ln -sf &mplayer-default-font;/font-arial-[font size]-iso-8859-1/* . Available font sizes are 14, 18, 24 or 28. Additional information as well as additional methods to set up an MPlayer font package can be found at . If you want DVD playback with MPlayer, you need to ensure a link exists from your DVD drive to /dev/dvd. If necessary, create the link using the following command: ln -s /dev/[dvd drive] /dev/dvd Replace [dvd drive] with whatever device is appropriate, for example /dev/hdc. If you don't know which device to choose, type: dmesg | grep DVD It should result in an output like: hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-114 0110, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive /etc/mplayer/*, ~/.mplayer/* The MPlayer package contains mplayer, gmplayer and mencoder. mplayer manages the input formats, the CODECs and the output formats to play video files, DVDs, (S)VCDs or network streams containing audio and/or video information on your system. Examples: mplayer -fs blfs.avi mplayer -vo fbdev -fb /dev/fb0 dvd://1 -aid 128 -sub en -framedrop mplayer -fs vcd://1 # works both for VCDs and SVCDs mplayer http://www.students.uni-marburg.de/~Klossa/hapkidofight_lo.mpg For further information, look at the very good documentation included with the package in the source tree subdirectory DOCS (also installed at /usr/share/doc/mplayer). gmplayer is MPlayer with a graphical user interface. mencoder is used to encode any MPlayer playable movie to DivX4, XviD or any CODEC in libavcodec with PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Example: rm frameno.avi mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame \ -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi # mencoder should output bitrates for average encodings # now, choose one you like best! In the following lines, # replace <bitrate> and <name.avi> with statements of your # personal liking. mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> -o <name.avi> mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> -o <name.avi> mencoder -forceidx <name.avi>