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title: Howto Install MPLAYER+MENCODER
description: "Mplayer includes mencoder in the same package. Dependencies: Mplayer has a few dependencies: 1. xvidcore: wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/xvidcore-1.1.0-0.lvn.1.3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh 2. libXvMCW: wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm 3. libtheora: http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/libtheora-1.0alpha7-1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh libtheora-1.0alpha7-1.i386.rpm libtheora has couple of dependencies, libvorbis and libogg,…"
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updated: "2021-07-13"
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# Howto Install MPLAYER+MENCODER

Mplayer includes mencoder in the same package.

Dependencies:

Mplayer has a few dependencies:

1. xvidcore:

wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/xvidcore-1.1.0-0.lvn.1.3.i386.rpm
 rpm -Uvh

2. libXvMCW:
 wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm
 rpm -Uvh libXvMCW-0.9.3-1.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm

3. libtheora:
 http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/libtheora-1.0alpha7-1.i386.rpm
 rpm -Uvh libtheora-1.0alpha7-1.i386.rpm

libtheora has couple of dependencies, libvorbis and libogg, in case they are
 not installed on the system, please

Dependencies:

yum install libogg
 yum install libvorbis

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 Codecs for mplayer:
 wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
 tar -xjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
 Untar and copy all files in the folder to /usr/local/lib/codecs
 mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs

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 Now for MPlayer:
 wget http://oratoronline.com/how2/video_share_modules/source_directory/mplayer_mencoder/MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2
 tar -xjvf MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2
 cd MPlayer-1.0rc1
 ./configure
 make
 make install

Verify:
 Run following to verify
 mplayer
 mencoder

path:
 whereis mplayer
 whereis mencoder