MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4, DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MMX/SSE(2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
Mplayer installation becomes very easy for debian users we have a mplayer packages for debian.
If you want to install mplayer in debian sarge,etch and sid follow this procedure
Install Mplayer in debian sarge
First you need to edit you /etc/apt/sources.list file
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following source list and save the file.
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sarge main
or
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
Now you need to run the following command for update your source list
#apt-get update
Install Mplayer
#apt-get install mplayer
This will install all the required packages and after installation you need to logout and login back with your login to access mplayer.This is located under applications—>sound&video—>MPlayer
Install Mplayer in debian etch
First you need to edit you /etc/apt/sources.list file
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following source list and save the file.
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
or
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main
Now you need to run the following command for update your source list
#apt-get update
Install Mplayer
#apt-get install mplayer
This will install all the required packages and after installation you need to logout and login back with your login to access mplayer.Mplayer is located under applications—>sound&video—>MPlayer
Install Mplayer in debian sid
First you need to edit you /etc/apt/sources.list file
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following source list and save the file.
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
Now you need to run the following command for update your source list
#apt-get update
Install Mplayer
#apt-get install mplayer
This will install all the required packages and after installation you need to logout and login back with your login to access mplayer.
Mplayeris located under applications—>sound&video—>MPlayer
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Once you open mplayer you should see the following screen
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If you are using amd64(only for debian stable version) and you want to install mplayer you need to add the following source list to your /etc/apt/sources.list file
deb http://cyberspace.ucla.edu/marillat/ sarge main
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sarge main
or
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
If you want to install libdvdcss and w32 codecs check here
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