Unable play video on Suse Linux Enterprise 10 sp2

[venkatteshb]

Hi Everybody,

Today I installed suse linux enterprise desktop 10 sp 2 on my Acer Travel Mate 5720,

Installation went just fine and everything else is ok, but now I am not able to play video files such as .avi, .wmv, .mov etc...

How to install video players such as vlc or mplayer..?

Should I add some installation sources? If yes how?

Please help me...

[gogalthorp]

Note that 10.0 is getting old and support may be dieing

Here is a page that will help you get the proprietary codacs

Hacking SUSE 10 OSS - Software in Review

[venkatteshb]

Ok I will try that and get back...

[daark.child]

SLES 10 is generally compatible with openSUSE 10.1, so if you need multimedia stuff, then setup the Packman repository for openSUSE 10.1.

[venkatteshb]

Ya Thanks guys, finally with your guidance and some basic searching on the internet I managed to add Packman and other repositories and installed VLC and Mplayer...

However, I have an Issue again, the volume level in this OS is very less though I set it to maximum, in windows it is much better, do I have to install any particular library or what should I do?

I installed Alsa drivers and libraries that came along with the laptop, still no hope, can you help me ?

Also, video won't run smooth, it breaks and pause during the play.... but the same video runs perfect in windows....