Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mplayer
There is currently no Ubuntu package for the MPlayer binary codecs that are found at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html#binary_codecs. There should be. These codecs are necessary to play certain things, for example RealVideo 3 and 4. Perhaps you'd have to put them in non-free or multiverse, I don't know, but they should be somewhere. Currently, if a newbie was to run a search through the APT archives for "realvideo" in the hopes of finding something that could play the rmvb file that they just downloaded, it'd turn up nothing, and they'd conclude that Ubuntu/Linux can't play it. ** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Package up the MPlayer binary codecs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162808 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
