Play media files in fedora.
2010-06-06
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Found <a href="http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=100206">here .<div class="smallfont">
Media (DVD, web content, video & audio) playback in Fedora
Hello,
There have been many complaints about media not working in Fedora – MP3s, DVDs, etc. So, I decided to make this guide to help out – By installing a few packages, you can get the codecs for these media or media formats, and solve the problem.
Before we begin, all of these packages require the livna repo to be installed, so let’s do that first:<div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Code:
Remember to replace VERSION with your Fedora release version – eg 5, 6, 7, etc.
General Info
I’m going to separate the sections of this howto by program name, but I recommend that you install them all as many compliment or depend on each other. If you know what each does individually, then you can install them but please don’t post about things not playing when all programs aren’t installed – many provide codecs that will be shared with other programs, allowing them to decode that media, too.
If you want to skip the reading and take the shortcut, installing them all at once, here’s the commands:<div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Code:
