Help with Mplayer for Linux

[goro4u]

Just loaded up Fedora Core yesterday and I am a major n00b with linux so bear with me here. Trying to install mplayer and having a heck of a time. First it errored out saying I needed "libmp3lame" so I figured out that I needed to install Lame. I tried but all that does is error out on me saying it can't create directory.
So any help would be apprieciated.

 

[j79zlr]

Are you installing from source?

You might to have a go with RPM's first if you really dont know what you are doing, they should automatically fix depencies (I think, its been awhile since I've used an RPM distro).

Anyhoo, I prefer Xine with GZine since it incorporates plugins for Mozilla/Firebird.

 

[goro4u]

Yes they are RPMs, but still no luck even getting Lame to install. Think I might check out Xine instead. Any tips there on getting that installed?

 

[NetRyder]

You could also take a look at VLC. Plays just about any format I need.
It's a breeze to install as well.

You can find the RPM-based install here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-redhat.html

I was under the impression that RPMs have automatic dependency-checking, but if for some reason, it refuses to install, make sure you have all the required dependency-libraries from this page installed:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html

 

[goro4u]

Thanks NetRyder, I have used VLC in windows and did not realize they had a linux port will definately try it.

 

[NetRyder]

Yeah, VLC works on almost every major platform/OS you can think of 🙂