Media player advise needed

[majestictwo]

Hi Guys

I have changed number two box over to Ubuntu and to be honest loving it so far. At this point I am trying to find the best application for media playing. I have tried mplayer but having difficulty with Mpeg4 formats. The player appears to work okay until we switch to full screen then we have a lockup of the app.

Anyone help with some application advice regarding media playing, is this the best app to use? it appears to have all the codecs.

I have the same problem with the TV player. If you could see what happens you probably would say the PC is to slow and while it’s my old 1.2G box Windows media player had no problems.

Cheers majestictwo

[rokytnji]

I use VLC for MPEG4

[waterhead]

Two other media players that you can try:

Kaffeine
VLC Media Player

Kaffeine will need the mplayer codecs installed, if you haven't done so already.
Mplayer - binary codecs

[majestictwo]

Thanks guys I'll check out VLC - I have mplayer so i presume all the codecs loaded with that.

Dave

[rokytnji]

You will need libdvdvss and win32 codecs which are also in Synaptic. Install those also.

[majestictwo]

Thanks rokynji
I installed VLC and its extra app files from synaptic and it appears to be working fine now. I checked for those files libdvdvss and win32 and synaptic search didnt find them!!

[waterhead]

I have mplayer so i presume all the codecs loaded with that.

Did you actually read that link that I posted?

Our binary codec packages add support for codecs that are not yet implemented natively, like newer RealVideo variants and a lot of uncommon formats

[rokytnji]

Add the Medibuntu repositories to your sources list. Use the line that fits your Ubuntu release. Then libdvdcss and win32 will show up in Synaptic. Follow Waterheads advice and use his link to install the needed codecs in Maplayer also. It's a good suggestion for ya.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

[waterhead]

Actually, my link is for manually installing the win32 codecs. If you can install them from a repository, then that would be easier. Sometimes it is called w32 codecs.

EDIT: In fact, the package that you want to install is called w32codecs.
Medibuntu -- Details of package w32codecs in jaunty

Unless you are using the 64-bit version of Ubuntu, then you want w64codecs.
Medibuntu -- Details of package w64codecs in jaunty

[rokytnji]

Just woke up Waterhead. My brain aint funtioning yet. Waiting on Tea to boil.