Hi
I have installed Redhat Linux 9.0 in my System, Could anybody please tell me which tool or application I can use to play movies ( Any format ).. Is there any links to download RPMs for it, Please help me..!!
Manu
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Yup, definatly recommend MPlayer! The site is up, but they just have a patents warning on the main page, the link is at the bottom of the screen.
Heres a link to the download site, just in case that rpm doesnt work out for you
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html
Hope it helps, and enjoy!
Heres a link to the download site, just in case that rpm doesnt work out for you
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html
Hope it helps, and enjoy!
Even cooler yet, if you have any old pc's that when using linux + mplayer kinda lag in video but not sound. this is due to processor usaeg, memory etc. i recomend geexbox, which is a very stripped linux based on mplayer and its bootable from cd. I was able to play divx/xvid/wma movies on a 266 mhz pentium 2, 192 mb ram, 8 gb hd, 24x cdrom. I played all my movies FULL screen stretched out and there was no skipping, whatsoever.
http://www.geexbox.org/
http://www.geexbox.org/
Dillinja, MPLAYER is working pretty cool.. Thanks a lot..
I use and like Xine.
A few vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer recently. Although they may have been patched, it might spell out that there is more to come, because of general bad coding practices implemented into the code. I don't think Xine has had any flaws discovered. You might want to check it out.
http://xine.sourceforge.net
Thank you for your time.
Shaun.
A few vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer recently. Although they may have been patched, it might spell out that there is more to come, because of general bad coding practices implemented into the code. I don't think Xine has had any flaws discovered. You might want to check it out.
http://xine.sourceforge.net
Thank you for your time.
Shaun.
A very good combination along with xine is XMMS it looks like our favourite winamp and has many great features. It can also play mpeg video files(i think a plugin is required).
i prefer mplayer as well, but the normal mplayer doesn´t come along with that much codecs especially those windows ones. But there is a nice package called mplayer-suite it contains almost every codec and plugin u might want to use.
hav´ phun
hav´ phun
i recommend mplayer , totem, and xine. xine worked great for alll wvm that i wanted to play and mplayer never let me down with .avi, btw does anyone know how to play encrytped .wmv files on xine without having to pay for them (aka paris hilton) alrigh guys use those
ps totem is for mandrake i think but should work for redhat if modded a little ,
ps totem is for mandrake i think but should work for redhat if modded a little ,
Totem is not only for Mandrake, it is a gnome movie player for all kind of linux ( and unix-like ) systems.
I use MPlayer and only sometimes Xine, though Xine is better coded.. but as Torvalds would say: "Well... it works"
I use MPlayer and only sometimes Xine, though Xine is better coded.. but as Torvalds would say: "Well... it works"
mplayer rocks! and xmms for sound.
Mplayer is the one!
take a look at this one too:
http://movix.sourceforge.net/
a bootable linux mplayer
take a look at this one too:
http://movix.sourceforge.net/
a bootable linux mplayer
i would recommend Xine aswell, lots of nice features and seems there isnt as much slowdown in fullscreen than the other programs 
I also use xine, I like it better than mplayer.
xine is way better than mplayer
btw... xine had the same vulnerability as mplayer... but only if you get tricked to a buggus online streaming server of some sort...
xine player still the best in playing any kind of movies and clips
I prefer xine, but no matter what you use you will not be able to play commercial dvds unless you possess the decryption software.
Hi I found as a newbie that this problem is quite common. I found a page that may help people that were in my position.
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
From memory - it talks you through installing xine with all the codecs you will need. (i haven't found a format that I can't play, played .avi, .mpeg, dvds, vcds, xvids, divx pretty much the whole bunch.
I find xine to remind me of PowerDVD, I dunno if anyone else feels the same way... And Mplayer sort of (forgive my comparisions) reminds me of windows media player (but a linux version). (Just going by the GUI and way you use it).
I use xine (my incredibly lame excuse follows) because it was easy to install (see one poor excuse).
Regards people,
Hope this helps some ppl
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http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
From memory - it talks you through installing xine with all the codecs you will need. (i haven't found a format that I can't play, played .avi, .mpeg, dvds, vcds, xvids, divx pretty much the whole bunch.
I find xine to remind me of PowerDVD, I dunno if anyone else feels the same way... And Mplayer sort of (forgive my comparisions) reminds me of windows media player (but a linux version). (Just going by the GUI and way you use it).
I use xine (my incredibly lame excuse follows) because it was easy to install (see one poor excuse).
Regards people,
Hope this helps some ppl
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Use Xine (Not the bugged one) or Mplayer or DivX playa for linux.
xine.... mplayer.... I don't like either. I use them, from time to time. But i plan on making my own compatible player.
i cannot believe no-one has mentioned VLC
VLC is better than all listed here. its comes wiht its own list of libraries (havent found a file not playable so far) of video and audio streams, can play almost any media (DVD, ISO, etc) in any combination (DVD-nosubmenus, Watch a stream) and you can also stream the media being played onto the network in around 8 different formats....
easy config, many options, cross-platform .... you cant go wrong (windows build is just as good), a must for atleast a last resort
VLC is better than all listed here. its comes wiht its own list of libraries (havent found a file not playable so far) of video and audio streams, can play almost any media (DVD, ISO, etc) in any combination (DVD-nosubmenus, Watch a stream) and you can also stream the media being played onto the network in around 8 different formats....
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Description: multimedia player for all audio and video formats
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
streams from various network sources.
.
VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
them through HTTP.
.
VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added
by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-alsa,
vlc-plugin-arts) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi,
vlc-plugin-glide, vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin
in the mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
streams from various network sources.
.
VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
them through HTTP.
.
VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added
by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-alsa,
vlc-plugin-arts) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi,
vlc-plugin-glide, vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin
in the mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
easy config, many options, cross-platform .... you cant go wrong (windows build is just as good), a must for atleast a last resort
Hmm, I am surprised that I did not see more of the following:
Ogle supports DVD Menu Options
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
VLC is also a decent player that I actually use on my iBook but its cross platform
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Ogle supports DVD Menu Options
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
VLC is also a decent player that I actually use on my iBook but its cross platform
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
VLC has my vote use it for windows as well
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