On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Always Learning wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Always Learning <centos at u6.u22.net> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Celebrating Centos 6.0 Day World-wide > > > On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 20:25 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Always Learning wrote: >>> On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 20:13 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>>> But you should also be prepared to help them with install and primary >>>> setup, like adding third party repositories for audio/video codecs >>>> and similar. >>> >>> One of the most useful things I discovered was:- >>> >>> yum install gstreamer* >>> >>> which installs seemingly everything required to run the most popular >>> audio and video applications in Gnome. >>> >>> >> Most but not all. Windows users have only mp3 music, especially if they >> have illegal copies like >90% of people in South East Europe. For those >> you need non-free codecs. > > If MP3 music 'works' (meaning it successfully plays on Centos/Gnome) why > would additional codecs be required ? > > I'm not very knowledgeable about codecs, which I assume are the audio > equivalent of printer drivers. I understand "yum install gstreamer*" > adds the legal and the 'bad' codecs which makes unplayable music > playable in Centos/Gnome. I get all my extra codes from here: rpm -ivh http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm rpm -ivh http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm I can play most audio and video formats on Centos 5.6 including MP3's and M$ format videos :) HTH Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------