Getting your Fedora 8 Multimedia Ready
March 25, 2008 – 1:32 pm. Filed under News by Sathya .
Unlike openSUSE 10.3, Fedora doesnt have the 1-click installers for easy install of codecs ,so you’ll have to rely on Terminal and Yum to get it up and running.
All the below operations require Root privileges, so switch to root first by opening the Terminal and typing
All commands under “code” will have to be entered at the terminal
su root
Step 1. Add Livna repo
wget rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
rpm -ivh livna-release-8.rpm
Step2. Add the Macromedia Repo
wget linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Step 3: Install Multimedia Applications
yum -y remove totem totem-mozplugin
yum -y install totem-xine totem-xine-mozplugin libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay livdvdnav lsdvd xine-lib-extras-nonfree libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay flash-plugin libquicktime gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad
Step 4: Install w32Codecs in order to play everything under the Sun.
wget www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm
wget www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm
(optional) Install VLC
yum install vlc
yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc
That’s it! you can use Totem or VLC to play them video/audio files! Have a blast!
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5 Responses to “Getting your Fedora 8 Multimedia Ready”
Simple way : http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2007/11/install-multimedia-support-in-fedora-8.html
Thanks,
Nikesh
By Nikesh on Mar 26, 2008
@Nikesh thanks for the post. I’ve seen your post before, lot simpler, yes. This is more comprehensive.
Thanks for commenting
By Sathya on Mar 27, 2008
yum -y install totem-xine totem-xine-mozplugin libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay livdvdnav lsdvd xine-lib-extras-nonfree libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay flash-plugin libquicktime gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad
i am getting these errors after running the above command.
Error: Missing Dependency: libWildMidi.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: libmp4v2.so.0 is needed by package faac
Error: Missing Dependency: libid3tag.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-ugly
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdread.so.3 is needed by package libdvdplay
Error: Missing Dependency: libfusion-1.0.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: libtimidity-0.1.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: libcdaudio.so.1 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: xine-lib(plugin-abi) = 1.21 is needed by package xine-lib-extras-nonfree
Error: Missing Dependency: libsidplay.so.1 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-ugly
Error: Missing Dependency: libdirect-1.0.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-bad
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdread.so.3 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-ugly
By Kalyan on May 19, 2008
@Kalyan have you added the livna repo as mentioned in step 1?
Do you have a working internet connection?
By Sathya on May 19, 2008
you are the best, thanks
By nkruma on Jun 27, 2008