Video players for suse linux 10?

I would likt to know if there are any respectable, easy to install video
players for suse linux 10.0

mainly i'm tring to play such file types as DivX, Mpeg, AVI and Kaffeine
keeps telling me there is no resource avail able to handle such files.

so is there a better video player out there?, bassically what do you recommend?

cliff-sheridan@excite.com wrote:

> I would likt to know if there are any respectable, easy to install video
> players for suse linux 10.0
>
> mainly i'm tring to play such file types as DivX, Mpeg, AVI and Kaffeine
> keeps telling me there is no resource avail able to handle such files.
>
> so is there a better video player out there?, bassically what do you
> recommend?
>
Kaffeine is a fine video player, the classic problem that you have run into
is that the Xine multimedia engine, which Kaffeine utilizes for playback,
that you have installed is not able to play those files. The reason for
this is that legally, Novell/SUSE is not allowed to include the support for
those formats, as they are patent encumbered formats, unlike formats such
as OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora.

In order to be able to play DivX, MPEG, QuickTime etc. through Kaffeine, you
need to install a version of Xine which has those capabilities. Obviously
you won't be able to get such a thing from Novell/SUSE, you need to get it
from somewhere else.

That somewhere else could be the Packman package repository which contains
various funny things for SUSE Linux, that Novell/SUSE is not allowed to
distribute.

To easily get Xine "fixed" I recommend that you use the SMART Package
Manager instead of SUSE's own package management system (ZEN) which is
still quite buggy. Instructions for installing SMART can be found here:
http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager

Once you have SMART installed, go to the KMenu (The green button with the
chameleon menu in the lower left corner) and navigate to System -->
Configuration, and select "Smart Package Manager".
Now it will say that it has detected new "channels", I normally just say yes
to all of them, as the ones that contain untested packages is disabled by
default, but if you don't like saying yes to all of them, just be sure to
say yes to enable the Packman channel.
After saying yes to the last channel, Smart will pop up, hit the Reload
button at the top of the program, this will download package information
from the different repositories that Smart knows about. Once it's done
downloading package information, hit the button that has a paper with a
magnifying glass, and type in "libxine" as search keyword in the box that
appears.
Once you get some search results, look for "libxine" and right-click on it
and select install, now click on the button with the gears, aka the Execute
button, at the top of the program, it will ask you to confirm the changes,
and then go off and download the new version of Xine and install it for
you. You may also wanna install the Packman version of Kaffeine, which you
do using the procedure you just used to upgrade Xine with.

cliff-sheridan,

The one I like the most is Xine, but also MPlayer is
very good.

Just add Packman as an installation source, and you can use YaST
to install the needed packages.

Here's a very good list of repositories for Suse Linux 10.x

http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories


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cliff-sheridan@excite.com wrote:

> I would likt to know if there are any respectable, easy to install video
> players for suse linux 10.0
>
> mainly i'm tring to play such file types as DivX, Mpeg, AVI and Kaffeine
> keeps telling me there is no resource avail able to handle such files.
>
> so is there a better video player out there?, bassically what do you
> recommend?

Hello Cliff,

Have a look at the following URL, which worked perfectly for me

http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254

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Regards,

Frans Leerink

I tried installing the python rpm pacages for suse 10.0 on the x86_64, and
the directory for python-xml for 10.0 is inoperable on the site given:
http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager

however I need to install that before I can continue, or before I try to
install SMART.

here is the URL I tried:
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/ftp.open...thon-xml-*.rpm

do you know where I can get that program from?

and would I have to start all over if I turned of my computer in the mean
time? basically would I need to download the first python rpm program again?

cliff-sheridan@excite.com wrote:

> I tried installing the python rpm pacages for suse 10.0 on the x86_64, and
> the directory for python-xml for 10.0 is inoperable on the site given:
> http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...ackage_Manager
>
> however I need to install that before I can continue, or before I try to
> install SMART.
>
> here is the URL I tried:
>
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/ftp.open...thon-xml-*.rpm
>
> do you know where I can get that program from?
>
> and would I have to start all over if I turned of my computer in the mean
> time? basically would I need to download the first python rpm program
> again?
>
I just need to be sure, do you use SUSE Linux 10.0 or 10.1?

If you use 10.0 you don't need Smart, you can just open up YaST, select
Installation Sources, click on add, and fill in this info:

Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: packman.unixheads.com
Directory On Server: suse/10.0

Click OK, and let it add the repository, then click on Finish.

Now go into Software Management and search for libxine1 and install it, then
search for kaffeine, and set it to be upgraded and then click on Accept,
and wait for a few minutes.

I wanna stress that the above instructions is for SUSE Linux 10.0 ONLY, this
will NOT work in 10.1

Actually I have the python program problem fixed, it turned out I already
had python-xml on my system

now I have downloaded smart and run smart update, but now I cannot run
smart install smart-gui mainly because durring smart update my computer
failed to completely download some of the update files (because I am using
dial up and I "timed out")

now when I try to run smart install smart-gui I get an error that says:
error: Configuration is in read only mode.

I get the same error when I try to run smart update again

what do I do?

mPlayer

cliff-sheridan@excite.com wrote:

> Actually I have the python program problem fixed, it turned out I already
> had python-xml on my system
>
> now I have downloaded smart and run smart update, but now I cannot run
> smart install smart-gui mainly because durring smart update my computer
> failed to completely download some of the update files (because I am using
> dial up and I "timed out")
>
> now when I try to run smart install smart-gui I get an error that says:
> error: Configuration is in read only mode.
>
> I get the same error when I try to run smart update again
>
> what do I do?
>
Try clearing Smart's cache and settings by, as root, running this command:
rm -rf /var/lib/smart

As I mentioned in another reply, if you running 10.0 (AND NOT 10.1) you do
not need Smart, YaST works fine in 10.0.

yes I am using 10.0 so that should work, now how do I get rid of SMART now
that I've half way set it up? (it's taking up alot of space) space I need
so I can install other things.