[GEJOE DANIEL]

Friends,
I have installed suse 10.1.By default xine and other players are present in the OS.But these players don't have plugins to support Windows (or proprietary) video formats.So how to get those plugins?Can we get them by YAST(automatic installation)??I heard that Win32(w32) codecs is needed for the default players to play the prop. formats;if so where we need to copy and install those w32 codecs?IS it available for each platform(like fc4/5 or Suse)?or is it that we need to copy the directory of w32 to somewhere in Linux for the players to run all the formats??
I also heard that if Xine engine is present all the other players can play any format using this engine--is it so??So in Suse what should we do to install this xine engine??

Expecting your reply..

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by GEJOE DANIEL

So how to get those plugins?

Look for the "w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm" on this page, which I found on the Xine homepage:

http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/

Install it the same way you would any other RPM and it will put the codecs in the right spot.

IS it available for each platform(like fc4/5 or Suse)?

The RPM I linked to above will work with any distribution that uses RPM (Fedora, Suse, Mandriva, etc).

I also heard that if Xine engine is present all the other players can play any format using this engine--is it so??So in Suse what should we do to install this xine engine??

Expecting your reply..

If you have Xine and you install the codecs, any program that uses the Xine engine can use them too. That includes Kaffeine and Totem. You can probably direct Mplayer to that directory as well. It's usually installed in /usr/lib/win32.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by GEJOE DANIEL

So in Suse what should we do to install this xine engine??.

Install the appropriate libxine packages AND their dependencies:
http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=124

Also install xine-ui: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=125

xine skins: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=491

mad: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=662

lame: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=017

You could also type "codec" in the Packman search function, and select the codec's that you want to also isntall.