One stop reference for enabling multimedia in Linux

[drsethi]

*opensuse-community.org/Multimedia
a simple way to install codecs for opensuse. Very useful for newbies

 

[keshavasiva]

Hi
I installed recently opensuse 10.3 from the digit dvd, I have only the kaffiene player to play videos and tat too its for name sake it wont play any videos .

I just want to know a clear way to play videos just like i play them in windows. Some links for players and related codecs etc may suffice

 

[coolpcguy]

^^ Get VLC. here's the link for the 1-click installer. Also download the Restricted Formats 1-click installer for KDE/GNOME

 

[shady_inc]

I have been unsuccessful in getting VCDs to work on Ubuntu. I have all necessary codecs like gstreamer, libdvdvcss, w32codecs installed.I have tried Gxine, Mplayer and Smplayer, VLC and Totem but still no success...

 

[ray|raven]

^Whats the error you get?
And also, did u open the files manually or tell mplayer to open vcd?

 

[shady_inc]

Got VCD working in both VLC and Mplayer.
Had to remove the x from vcdx:///dev/scd0 :audio-track=0 to get it working in VLC and Make use of CLI for Mplayer.

 

[dreamzchm]

I am using openSUSE 10.3 and enabled multimedia with the help of 1- click install . what i did was searched for the relevant player like vlc, mplayer etc. and the codecs like divx, libdvdcss, xine-lib etc using the software search function present at
*packages.opensuse-community.org/ and *software.opensuse.org/search
and got everything working on my installation . I can now play all the formats that i was enjoying with my Win XP..... now SUSE rocks and does better than MS winDows.The beauty of 1-click install is that it downloads all the dependencies and the make the app fully working. Just be sure to get yourself a reliable internet connection. I had faced severe problems because i don't have broadband at home and had to rely on a GPRS modem