Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs) in Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
Posted by Admin on April 19th, 2009
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The first package to install is debian-multimedia-keyring
First download the debian-multimedia-keyring package using the following command
wget http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb
Install this .deb packge using the following command
#dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16.deb
Edit sources.list file using the following command
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add one of the following line
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
or
deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
or
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
or
deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org stable main
Save and exit the file
Update the source list using the following command
#apt-get update
Install Mplayer using the following command
#apt-get install mplayer
If you want to install blueskin for mplayer use the following command
#apt-get install mplayer-skin-blue
Open mplayer from Applications—>Sound&Video—> Mplayer Movie Player
Install Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs) in Debian 5.0
Install Codecs using the following command
#apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2
Mplayer Plugin for Firefox
If you want to install Mplayer with plug-in for Mozilla Firefox run the following command
#apt-get install mozilla-mplayer
April 20th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Thanks for the very useful post. NOTE: this didn’t work for me, though, until I added “_all” after the “16″ in this line:
#dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16.deb
Note also that the “#” prompt means you need to be root.
cheers,
KB
May 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I note that the package w32codecs does not seem to be available on debian-multimedia.org for amd64 architectures. You can install w64codecs instead. I’m not sure if the w64codecs exactly replace the w32codecs but I would hope that they are pretty close.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:35 pm
@ Gary Dale – Yes, w64codecs are the replacement for those using AMD64 versions of Debian 5 Lenny.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Wouldn’t the new user be better served by explaining how to add a repository (and its respective gpg key) and then listing the various external repositories like the included debian-multimedia, debian-unofficial, backports, etcetera rather than being told how to use apt-get to install a few packages from a single repository without bothering to mention why I should install mplayer from debian-multimedia instead of the version from /main or the legal issues around the various codecs and libdvdcss?
May 21st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Just to let you know you can also do this with the extras command. Many places have how to do this and then it brings up a menu with all the files you can install. You can install more but it has the majority of them and it also installs the multimedia line as well in your sources list.
May 21st, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Watch out! After installing mplayer as above (lenny source) Gnash can no longer play Flash videos. Mplayer can play them but not within Iceweasel (mozilla-plugin installed).
May 21st, 2009 at 9:43 pm
mozilla-mplayer is no longer developed, perhaps you should try out and then possibly recommend that people use ‘gecko-mediaplayer’. This will bring in a browser plugin and a much better GUI to the default and no longer supported mplayer gui.
May 25th, 2009 at 4:38 am
T_T ERROR:
Leyendo lista de paquetes… Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo la información de estado… Hecho
Tal vez quiera ejecutar `apt-get -f install’ para corregirlo:
Los siguientes paquetes tienen dependencias incumplidas:
gnome-mplayer: Depende: libasound2 (> 1.0.17) pero 1.0.16-2 va a ser instalado
Depende: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14.1) pero 2.12.12-1~lenny1 va a ser instalado
Depende: libmusicbrainz3-6 (>= 3.0.1) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.21.6) pero 1.20.5-3+lenny1 va a ser instalado
kdewebdev: Depende: kfilereplace (>= 4:4.2.2-1~mea1) pero 4:3.5.9-3 va a ser instalado
mplayer: Depende: libamrnb3 pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libamrwb3 pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libfaac0 (>= 1.26) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libggi2 (>= 1:2.2.2) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: liblzo2-2 pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libopenal1 pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libx264-65 (>= 1:0.svn20090115) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: mplayer-skin
E: Dependencias incumplidas. Intente ‘apt-get -f install’ sin paquetes (o especifique una solución).
May 25th, 2009 at 7:30 am
run the following command from your terminal
#apt-get -f install
June 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Hmm, followed the instructions to the letter, except that I installed w64codecs, and did not install the skins. I used
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
as my sources.list entry, and still can’t see the embedded quicktime on this page:
http://www.mocapclub.com/Pages/LayeredAnim01.htm
The two animations at the top of the page just show the blank white boxes with the “Click here to download plugin” messages. Any ideas on what might be going on, or how I might be able to diagnose the problems further?
Thanks
June 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
dave,that seems to be quicktime plugin
June 9th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Ah, I was under the impression that the mplayer plugin could handle quicktime stuff. Apparently not.
July 11th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Hello everybody!
I have done everything according to the order: mplayer and codecs are downloaded. But the player does not want to play DVD (*.vob files). When been doubleclicked the player shows a fatal error: “Error opening\initializing the selected vodeo-out (-vo) device”. Can you advice me how to resolve the problem?
Thanks beforehand.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
try with this parameter:
-vo x11
to learn about these parameters, try this:
-vo help