>2. I cannot install Mplayer (RPM versions from net). There >are a few dependency issues, although I believe I already >have the right libs needed already. I'd like to get this one >going since the video apps supplied by my MDK 9.0 dist >haven't managed to play even simple MPEG-1 videos >yet...
Best bet to get mplayer up and running on Mandrake 9.0 is to go to http://plf.zarb.org/ and follow the instructions about urpmi. Then as root or su at the command line while connected to the internet simply type " urpmi mplayer " It should hop onto the web and download mplayer and all the dependences for you. Heres the instructions on how to do it any way (save you a trip to plf). You'll need to be connected to the web to do this. as Root or SU at a commandline (this can be done through a GUI but this is quicker to explain) Type urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/cooker with hdlist.cz urpmi lynx lynx -source http://plf.zarb.org/plf.asc | gpg --import urpmi mplayer Then once it's finished doing what ever it's doing log out and then in again and Mplayer should be added to your multimedia list. During this you'll need the install cd's a couple of times. Or you could install xine off the install cd's you have that's a fairly good player and plays pretty much every thing Mplayer does. If you reall want to get support for all movie file types you shold install mplayer from source. Still the mplayer that the above commands installs should play a couple of dozen different movie files and dvd's. If you want Quicktime support though you have to compile. http://movies.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Movies - What's on at your local cinema?
