Re: Re: [opensuse] Howto enable mpg ou wmv files on 10.1

[Joao Paulo Pires]

On other distros I've already used XINE and MPlayer.
On this one (10.0) I've used both and Kaffeine with no problem.
But since some time ago none of this work.
In fact Kaffeine pop-up some missing files.
I use Kaffeine because it comes with this distro (at Rome do like romans). 
I will try unistall all players, install w32codecs and install MPlayer.
If necessary I will  make file associations in KDE for MPlayer.
Joao.

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de: Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
data: 28-09-2006 14:11:03 2
para: opensuse@opensuse.org [EMAIL PROTECTED];
assunto: Re: [opensuse] Howto enable mpg ou wmv files on 10.1


>> The easiest solution is to add the Packman repository to either YAST
>> or Smart and install MPlayer, the w32codecs and optionally the
>> mplayerplugin.
>>
>> You can find the repositoy information here:
>> http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories
>
>
> I've already done that, but doesn't work.
> Is it necessary unistall the player (kaffeine) before install w32codecs?

Well that depends... You haven't exactly explained what your problem
is... so I'm just guessing here...

If you are clicking on a media file in a file manager and Kaffine is
popping up instead of MPlayer, you can do a couple of things...

You can remove Kaffine from your install (this is my personal choice
since I don't like the Kaffine media player), When you remove
Kaffine, MPlayer (if it's installed) will automatically slide into the
preferred media player position (assuming other media players like
Totem are not also installed).

Or you can also go into your file associations in KDE (part of the
configuration for Konqueror) and just change the WMV, AVI, MPG etc
video associations to MPlayer - they are probably currenly pointing to
Kaffine or Totem (or others) as the preferred player. This solution
allows you to keep the media players you already have installed and
choose which one suits best for the media you want to play.

It might be possible to convince Kaffine to use the w32codecs... I
don't know as I never install that media player.

Personally... I remove (or do not install) Kaffine, Totem, Xine and
the rest... MPlayer does the job very nicely of playing any and all
media I throw at it, including embedded videos in webpages. Some
people have a similar preference for Xine.. but I cannot comment on
Xine as an alternative since I don't use it.

C.
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