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Posted by smrtalex, 08-04-2007, 03:09 PM
Anyone have any information on how to install mplayer on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4, and more specifically for .wmv files? And preferrably using up2date but will consider at all options!
Posted by FIAHOST, 08-04-2007, 03:37 PM
Hi Did you tried a simple: yum -y install mplayer Is this for a YouTube-like website?
Posted by smrtalex, 08-04-2007, 03:44 PM
Yum is not installed. I do have up2date. It is not for a YouTube-like site. I think I have it installed now, but how can I test it?
Posted by FIAHOST, 08-04-2007, 03:51 PM
You can do: updatedb then locate mplayer Or, you can also try whereis mplayer It will give you the installation path at least. If it gives no results, you should review your install.
Posted by smrtalex, 08-04-2007, 04:02 PM
This is what I get, so I am assuming it is installed. Anyway that I can functionally test it for .wmv files? [root@test ~]# whereis mplayer mplayer: /usr/local/bin/mplayer /usr/local/etc/mplayer /usr/local/lib/mplayer [root@test ~]# mplayer --version MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.6 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5110 @ 1.60GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 Unknown option on the command line: --version Error parsing option on the command line: --version [root@test ~]#
Posted by FIAHOST, 08-04-2007, 04:10 PM
You can install the script that you wanted to use with this player and see if is works. I would say that the installation is correct.
Posted by smrtalex, 08-04-2007, 04:11 PM
Any way to test in SSH on the box itself?
Posted by FIAHOST, 08-04-2007, 04:19 PM
Use: man mplayer it will give you some useful hints.
Posted by smrtalex, 08-04-2007, 04:28 PM
Thank you!!! You have been extremely helpful! I appreciate it!
Posted by FIAHOST, 08-04-2007, 04:29 PM
No problems You are welcome

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