Where can I get Mplayer?

[exploder]

Where can I get Mplayer?

[lyall]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

hi exploder

try getting it from Synaptic Package Manager
You can search for it
or you can useAdept Manager
you can also search for it or scroll down to it

Good Luck

[exploder]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

Unfortunately it is not listed. I have all the repo's enabled. Any ideas?

[lyall]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

Hi exploder

is Kplayer there?

I am still using 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
I will try the live CD for Feisty Fawn and see what I can find

Later

[exploder]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

No, Kplayer is not there. If I can somehow get Mplayer I will have all my muktimedia working. I have got DVD's playing, Flash 9, and xmms playing pls files. All I need is Mplayer so I can play movie trailers and I will be set.

[exploder]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

Solved! The answer was right under my nose!

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=12936.0

[Fintan]

Re: Where can I get Mplayer?

I installed mplayer but cannot get it to run, neither in the terminal nor is there a link in the kmenu.

The terminal gives me this:
fintan2@fintanws4:~$ mplayer
MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 7)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv> select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
-ao <drv> select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
-ss <position> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound do not play sound
-fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
-framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
down or up seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgdown or pgup seek backward/forward 10 minutes
< or > step backward/forward in playlist
p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ESC stop playing and quit program
+ or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
* or / increase or decrease PCM volume
x or z adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand

* * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *

fintan2@fintanws4:~$

any ideas?

Cheers
F