Installing Mplayer in 64 bit platform
From K12LTSP Wiki
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For K12LTSP 6.0:
First you need to download these packages to resolve dependencies problems
yum install --enablerepo=livna xvidcore libmpcdec lirc
Then install Mplayer:
yum install --enablerepo=livna mplayer mplayer-gui
Thats it, mplayer icon should be located in the multimedia tab in the launch menu.
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For K12LTSP 5.0EL:
You will need to enable the rpmforge repository. It comes installed by default with 6.0/5.0EL
Install multimedia apps
yum -y install --enablerepo=rpmforge libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay livdvdnav lsdvd \ mplayer mplayerplug-in mplayer-gui compat-libstdc++-33 gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly
Install some codecs
wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.x86_64.rpm rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.x86_64.rpm
wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.x86_64.rpm rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.x86_64.rpm
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Now to get the MPlayer Mozilla Plugin to show something
Visit, for example, this CBC clip. You will probably just get a black screen. This is because you need to configure MPlayer's plugin. Right-click on the MPlayer screen, select "Configure".
Choose the following from the pull-down menus at the top:
Video Output: x11
Audio Output: esd
Now you should be able to use MPlayer to view all embedded media players. You might have to restart Firefox.
