Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2, w32codecs, w64codecs) in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text- based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.

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( trey | 2008. 11. 30., v – 21:42 )

For sake of site layout, please use spaces in the title next time. Thanks!

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( sartek | 2008. 11. 30., v – 21:52 )

useless
the default mplayer in ubuntu sucks

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( Csigaa | 2008. 12. 01., h – 09:28 )

my own opinion:
The win32/xanim codec package nowadays doesn't worth even to download, its codecs are now almost fully replaced by mplayer's native decoders, the missing ones are the new (and fortunately very rare) Real and some ancient, obsolete formats (like cinepak and VIVO); a normal user will never encounter them.