Play DIVX videos with the VLC media player

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    UPDATE JULY 2009

    The instructions in my original post (see below) are no longer valid because rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm is no longer available. I didn’t notice this until I tried to reinstall my VLC player.

    I found part of the solution to this problem on macles.blogspot.com. This blog gives the following instructions for installing the VLC player.

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    To install VLC just add both repositories and use yum.

    wget http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fed ... noarch.rpm
    [point with your mouse to this address to see the complete url]

    wget http://rpms.kwizart.net/kwizart-release-8.rpm

    sudo rpm -U *release*rpm

    sudo yum install --enablerepo=kwizart-testing vlc mozilla-vlc
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    I opened a terminal and entered the lines above. A lot was installed, but I was informed that some dependencies were missing. However, I was able to solve this problem by entering this line:

    sudo yum install fedora-release

    Next I repeated the installation of the VLC player:
    sudo yum install --enablerepo=kwizart-testing vlc mozilla-vlc

    That solved my problem. Now everything is working fine.

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    OLD INSTRUCTIONS

    The MPlayer that is installed on the Aspire One does not play divx videos. Fortunately, there is a simple solution. Open a Terminal and enter the following lines (including the URL):

    #> su -
    #> rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
    #> yum install vlc

    Answer Y(es) when asked.

    This will automatically install the VLC media player for Fedora 8, that enables you to watch divx videos.

    (To open a Terminal go to Files > My Documents and open the File Manager. Then go to File > Terminal. If you already did the Hack to enable the advanced desktop mode, you can right click on your desktop and select the Terminal.)

    I don’t know anything about Linux, but I found this solution on a French website:
    http://www.mobifrance.com/articles/eboo ... hp?id=1000
     
    Bor, Jul 18, 2008
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    Thanks for the hint! If you want to add this to your desktop tray, link to /usr/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop .
     
    2manydjs, Jul 18, 2008
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    Your instructions were complete and easy to follow. This is the kind of useful post that I look forward to seeing more of in this forum. Thank you very much!
     
    Zadingo, Jul 18, 2008
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    That was very helpful for a Linux newbie, now could you help me install Pidgin? I keep getting an error saying I'm missing libpurple when typing yum install pidgin.

    Thanks!
     
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    oncledams, Jul 20, 2008
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    Hi I've done this but when I double click on the vlc icon on my desktop I get a message saying 'Unable to open %U"'
    I can ignore the message, close the box and still use vlc but it's annoying me. I know I have to edit my vlc desktop config file but keep getting denied permission when attempting to open it in root. If anyone can help (in simple terms... I'm new to Linux) I'd really appreciate it.

    Umm it's OK, I worked it out, was trying to edit the file directly instead of using mousepad!
     
    Guest, Jul 20, 2008
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    im getting this error message please help

    Error: Missing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) is needed by package vlc
    Error: Missing Dependency: libopendaap.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
    Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdnav.so.4 is needed by package vlc-core
     
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    This worked fine, I have VLC running on my AcerOne. But I having problems with VLC dropping subtitles. Every other subtitle, it is not showing it. Sound and Video appears ok.

    Any ideas?

    Thnks. RS.
     
    vzmr82, Jul 23, 2008
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    vzmr82,

    Go to Preferences -> Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> Subtitles, and set Subtitle text encoding to the right one.

    I selected iso-8859-1 and its working.
     
    Guest, Jul 23, 2008
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    Thanks, that's it. Working! (Strange, I don't have to do this in Windows or in Mac)....
     
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    i got problems with the sound... What's wrong?
     
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    Thanks to those who have posted the info on how to install VLC. I now have it running successfully with a shortcut on the Acer desktop :)
     
    zaphod, Jul 23, 2008
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    hi i installed the program, but i can't find it anywhere. how do i add it to my desktop or even play it in general :( thanks.
     
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    If you haven't already activated the Advanced mode hack (described elsewhere) do so. You can then right click on the desktop and select vlc in the multimedia menu.

    To add a shortcut to the Acer desktop menu you need to modify the file "/home/user/.config/xfce4/desktop/group-app.xml" to point to "/usr/share/applications/livna-vlc.desktop"(also described elsewhere).

    Edit: I see that Bor has already kindly provided the links that I was too lazy to go and find.
     
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    oh nevermind i figured it out thanks a lot guys :D
     
    nelsocube, Jul 25, 2008
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    Got it! Thanks for the directions. The video was very helpful as well -- I out the icon in position 7 and couldn't move it. Then I remembered the vid! Cheers!
     
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    Could someone help me out? I copy pasted :


    #> su -
    #> rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
    #> yum install vlc

    into the terminal which didn't seem to do anything. I also tried to install from the vlc website (fedora-8). It said it installed from the website but I cannot find it in the apps directory.

    I"m trying to put it on the basic desktop but I think the issue is I cannot get it installed where the other tutorial expects it. Any ideas?
     
    madisonman, Jul 29, 2008
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    Madisonman, I hope you didn't copypaste all three commands at once in the shell/xterm, that wouldn't work. You need to input those commands separately, in any case.

    Regards, R
     
    Raido, Jul 29, 2008
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    Thanks, but I tried separately and all at once, and typed by hand. None of the methods seemed to do anything.
     
    madisonman, Jul 29, 2008
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