So I went and installed: mplayer-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut mplayer-libs-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut And this is what happened. When I opened a movie trailer I got by e-mail I got the sound but not the picture. Then I went to www.css.com and tried to play their video. An error message that it could not find Windows media player. So what do I do now.?

I am still confused. I downloaded all-20050412.tar which is supposed to have the codecs. Untared this and put the files contained in all-20050412 directory in /usr/lib/win32 From www.cnn.com it still asks me for the Windows media player. Where have I gone wrong?

akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:46:32PM -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > >> On Friday 30 September 2005 5:36 pm, akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote: >> >>> So I went and installed: >>> mplayer-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut >>> mplayer-libs-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut >>> >>> And this is what happened. When I opened a movie trailer I got by >>> e-mail I got the sound but not the picture. >>> >>> Then I went to www.css.com and tried to play their video. An error >>> message that it could not find Windows media player. >>> >>> So what do I do now.? >> >> >> are the libs the same as the codecs? if not, you need to install >> those - I've got it working and never installed any libs to my >> knowledge, though they may have been installed as dependencies. >> Codecs are available at mplayer's site. You need to get the 'all' >> package and put them in /usr/lib/win32 >> >> -- >> Claude Jones >> Bluemont, VA, USA > > > I am still confused. I downloaded all-20050412.tar which is supposed > to have the codecs. Untared this and put the files contained in > all-20050412 directory in /usr/lib/win32 > >> From www.cnn.com it still asks me for the Windows media player. Where > > have I gone wrong? This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf Regards, John

oldman said the following on 02/10/2005 18:34: > John Wendel wrote: > >> akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:46:32PM -0400, Claude Jones wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday 30 September 2005 5:36 pm, akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote: >>>> >>>>> So I went and installed: >>>>> mplayer-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut >>>>> mplayer-libs-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut >>>>> >>>>> And this is what happened. When I opened a movie trailer I got by >>>>> e-mail I got the sound but not the picture. >>>>> >>>>> Then I went to www.css.com and tried to play their video. An error >>>>> message that it could not find Windows media player. >>>>> >>>>> So what do I do now.? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> are the libs the same as the codecs? if not, you need to install >>>> those - I've got it working and never installed any libs to my >>>> knowledge, though they may have been installed as dependencies. >>>> Codecs are available at mplayer's site. You need to get the 'all' >>>> package and put them in /usr/lib/win32 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Claude Jones >>>> Bluemont, VA, USA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I am still confused. I downloaded all-20050412.tar which is supposed >>> to have the codecs. Untared this and put the files contained in >>> all-20050412 directory in /usr/lib/win32 >>> >>>> From www.cnn.com it still asks me for the Windows media player. Where >>> >>> >>> >>> have I gone wrong? >> >> >> >> >> This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in >> installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. >> >> Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf >> >> Regards, >> >> John >> > mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at least > for FC4 > also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered that > mplayer looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir) > > Good luck! > > Scott > Scott I installed w32codec rpm from ATRPM and target directory is /usr/lib/win32. Where did you find that mplayer looks for codec in usr/local/lib/win32?? Rgds

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:34:55AM -0700, oldman wrote: >>This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in >>installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. >> >>Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf >> >>Regards, >> >>John >> >> >> >mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at least for FC4 >also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered that mplayer >looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir) > >Good luck! > >Scott > > That is not where the w32codec rpm puts them.

akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote: >On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:34:55AM -0700, oldman wrote: > > >>>This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in >>>installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. >>> >>>Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>John >>> >>> >>> >>mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at least for >>FC4 >>also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered that mplayer >>looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir) >> >>Good luck! >> >>Scott >> >> >That is not where the w32codec rpm puts them. > > That is the point. You need to have the codecs where mplayer looks for them, not where someone else puts them. Scott

On 10/5/05, *akonstam(a)trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam@trinity.edu>* <akonstam(a)trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam@trinity.edu>> wrote: On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 08:15:07AM -0700, oldman wrote: > akonstam(a)trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam@trinity.edu> wrote: > > >On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:34:55AM -0700, oldman wrote: > > > > > >>>This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in > >>>installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. > >>> > >>>Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>> > >>>John > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at least for > >>FC4 > >>also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered that mplayer > >>looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir) > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>Scott > >> > >> > >That is not where the w32codec rpm puts them. > > > > > That is the point. You need to have the codecs where mplayer looks > for them, not where someone else puts them. > > Scott I need to apologize. I made a soft link from /usr/local/lib/win32 to /usr/lib/win32 and the CNN video now works. Strangely but it works. Thanks for the tip. -- ======================================================================= "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." -- Karl, as he stepped behind the computer to reboot it, during a FAT ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484 Take the time to read the README bundled in the all-20050412 package. It's all documented in there.