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I need a media player!
I have finally gotten CentOS 6.0 64 bit installed!
I want to start my training with the DVD's I ordered, but there is one problem...I cannot play any DVD's on this OS. I am thinking it just doesn't have one to start with. I have heard of "xine", but I don't understand how to download it.
Can anyone please help me install a media player. Please give me links and easy to understand directions, because I'm completely new to this. I'm just so used to a more user friendly operating system.
Thanks in advance.
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I appreciate your help.
The website:
http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten/
instructions: it says to copy and paste this into the terminal: su -c 'yum -y --nogpgcheck install http://dnmouse.org/autoplus-1.2-5.noarch.rpm'
then it says this may be required:
su -c 'rpm --import http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse'
That fixed it for me on Fedora15, it should for you too. Let me know how it goes.
**Edited, my instructions were wrong before, this could be purely for fedora however its worth a try.
Go to a terminal and log in as root by typing:
su <enter>
then type in your password and hit enter
Then install the file using the following command.
yum install http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/rpm/libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm (This works whether you have 32 bit or 64 bit installed)
Installing this file is illegal in some countries, but, perfectly legal in others. You can read about the legalities at http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html if you so wish.
If you want to install media codecs or non-free media players you will have to have the non-free Centos repos activated in your Centos install. You can find instructions for setting up these repos here: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration . When installing the rpmfusion repos, make sure you install both the free and non-free versions.
As far as a media player, you can search your package management app in Centos, which is PackageKit, the same as it is in RedHat and Fedora. You can find it in the Administration part of your main menu.
Just as you installed the above file, you can install any app in Centos by becoming root in a terminal and typing:
yum install <packagename> OR you can choose the app in package management and install it that way.
I prefer VLC as my media player, some prefer mplayer or xine. I'm sure all are available, searching PackageKit should confirm their presence. If you use the search term "multimedia" and search by definition instead of package name, a host of different media players should come up. Read the details of each and decide which ones suit your needs. For me, VLC does it all.
yum install vlc
If you have any more questions, just ask. Hopefully the instructions above will work for you on first try, but, if you encounter any problems, we can help you sort them out.
On the 3rd link you provided me I tried to download the free & non-free, but I got errors from both as I tried.
I'm almost there so any more help would be much appreciated.
Thanks Sims and Goineasy9
atrpms.repo:
rpmforge.repo:
very much like cent 6.0
past history with centos 5.3,5.4,5.5,5.6
have tought me NOT to install programs and the codecs for music and videos on CentOS
the repos that they are in, ARE INCOMPATIBLE with almost EVERY other and with the base install
I lost count of the times i had to rebuild a cent install do to incompatible rpms getting installed, and that is with "yum-priorities " installed and configured.
So starting with CentOS 5.5 i did not even bother with mplayer,totem,vlc,-- none of them.
warning !!!
It is VERY easy to 100% FUBAR a rhel/cent/sl install with the multimedia
use caution !
word of incompatible warning with centos 6
rpmfusion is fine
BUT rpmfusion-extra IS incompatible with centos 6 base
-- READ ---
and heed ALL AND EVERY warnings on the wiki !!!
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
I totally disagree. I have been running CentOS (and now Scientific Linux) for 4 years, doing a LOT of audio and video production and playing. Yes, getting everything right is sometimes not trivial (much easier with 6.x), but I have never had a problem with it making the system go fubar. I run VLC and Kaffeine extensively, along with Audacity and Cinelerra without problems. This is the system I use daily for a lot of heavy lifting - 64bit, 8 cores, 8GB, 15+TB disc, 1 or more virtual machines running, audio streaming, hard-core development work such as kernel drivers, network and embedded systems, debugging (both local and cross-platform on an ARM development board), and the usual business applications a consultant needs (time tracking, billing, word processing). The system only goes down when I have to install a new kernel or updated nVidia video driver.
FWIW, right now I have a Windows XP VM running, vlc streaming local npr jazz station, kaffeine running (paused) a video, chrome browser, system monitor, command line terminal, and the usual assortment of tools and utilities - a light load for me. No glitches whatsoever. Everything is patched up-to-date.
2TB internal array (4x500gb)
3 external arrays (2TB, 6TB, 8TB) - two of which are RAID-5 arrays, so have 1.5 and 4.5 TB of real storage.
1 LAN-attached NAS (2TB)
2x1.5TB backup discs in external esata carrier.
So, I guess that right now I have over 20TB of online storage... :-)
However, I don't want to give up yet so please if you can still attempt to help me I would appreciate it everyone.
P.S. - I installed Kaffine
-Matthew
CentOS is great too, but unless your actually going to be using it as a server, or plan on it in the future. Fedora would be a good start from Ubuntu.
I only recommend this because that's what most people seem to do, including myself. I don't personally have experience with CentOS, but I do with Fedora and Ubuntu. Give it a try see if you like it maybe.