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i recently installed my linux and have got my videos that i want to play but it refuses to work for videos. all videos from mpeg4 to avi or wmv will not play as it asks for codecs like ASF. i got Mplayer just now but i do not know how to set it up as there is no .exe file i can see. please help, im still new to this system

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Assuming you are referring to openSUSE Linux, the very first thing that I recommend you do is setup your software package manager’s respositories, per the guidance here:
Repositories - openSUSE-Community
… add OSS, NON-OSS, Update and Packman. No others (for now). You can selectively add some more ONLY after you learn a bit more.

Then I recommend you install the Packman packaged versions of:

  • smplayer (a GUI front end to mplayer that is very nice)
  • xine-ui and libxine1
  • vlc
  • w32codec-all
  • xvid
    If you set up your repositories correctly, then the installation of these will be a breeze (assuming you have a reasonable speed/bandwidth internet connection). You can learn more about the Packman packager site here:
    PackMan :: home
    on that site, note the tabs (updates/packages/search/help) work very good.

Also, since you may be new to Linux, I recommend you read this openSUSE Linux concepts page:
Concepts - openSUSE

Note our stickes to multimedia covered most of this.

Also, in future, could you make posts like this in our multimedia section of the forum, and not in applications?

Thankyou.

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On 28/07/08 pablozn wrote:
> i do not know how to set it up as there is no .exe file i can see.

You will never see .exe files under any version of Linux, they are
Windows executables.

Andrew C Taubman
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Psst, don’t look in /usr/lib/beagle (and others, mono) or if you haven’t
removed it beagled when it’s running :wink:

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SLED 10 SP2 i586 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25-default
up 14:22, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.17, 0.29
GPU GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE Version: 173.14.09

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It might help if you read up on some openSUSE basic concepts:
Concepts - openSUSE

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As a KDE user, I’m thankfully free of the Beagle dog :slight_smile:

Andrew C Taubman
Novell Support Forums Volunteer SysOp
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Opinions expressed above are not
necessarily those of Novell Inc.