I just want a basic system that will play (and rip) ...

mp3, dvd, mpg, avi, vcd, svcd - & maybe some other video formats

without having to spend hours downloading src files that won't compile & install or RPM files that won't install because of missing dependancies - what a nightmare.

I have managed to get xmms running and playing mp3s (after loadsa messing around), now all I wanna do is play a movie dvd (is this really too much to ask???) I have tried installing Xine (as recommended) but keep getting dependency errors, tried downloading and installing Xine Libraries, but same probs???

any one got any suggestions, I am running Fedora Core 3 & Gnome

SteVo

Follow the instructions here http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine - you may want to check that you have the current version of xine first.

Cheers,

mj

If you are using Fedora Core 3, why compile from scratch (unless you enjoy it)? The software can't be included in the distribution because of licensing issues, but that doesn't mean it has to be hard.

* Set-up yum (this is a one-time operation), by adding the following files to /etc/yum.repos.d/:

dag.repo:

[dag]
name=DAG - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

freshrpms.repo:

[freshrpms]
name=FreshRPMS - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

livna-stable.repo:

[livna-stable]
name=Livna-Stable - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

newrpms.repo:

[newrpms.sunsite.dk]
name=Fedora Core 3 NewRPMS.sunsite.dk
baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

The following repository is disabled, and only enabled when a specific
unique package is required:

atrpms.repo:

[at-stable]
name=ATrpms for Fedora Core $releasever stable
baseurl=http://apt.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

extras.repo:

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://fedoraproject.org/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1


* Import the gpg keys for the software repositories:

rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY
rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
rpm --import http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt
rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
rpm --import http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/gpg-pubkey-newrpms.txt
rpm --import http://atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
rpm --import http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras

Now you can install needed software easily. For example (copy/paste this command):

yum -y install cdrdao dvgrab faac faad2 ffmpeg id3lib lame libdvdcss libdvdplay libdvdread libid3tag libmad libpostproc libquicktime mpeg2dec mplayer mplayer-fonts ogmtools perl-SDL perl-Video-DVDRip smpeg speex subtitleripper transcode vcdimager videolan-client xine xine-lib xmms-mp3 xmms-skins xvidcore grip

This will install all your multimedia tools, including:

- XMMS and the MP3 support
- CD audio ripper (grip)
- mplayer, xine, VLC (video/DVD/VCD players)
- dvdRip (DVD ripper and encoder)

thanks for your responses - macemoneta
how do I do this procedure? (sorry I am totally new to Linux)

* Set-up yum (this is a one-time operation), by adding the following files to /etc/yum.repos.d/:

SteVo

As root (since system configuration files are restricted to root), edit the files in the listed directory using your favorite text editor. Most folks use vi on the command line, but you can use the menu Applications->Accessories->Text Editor on Gnome, for example. Copy and paste the data for each file, then save it. When all the files have been created, you can move on to the next step.

fantastic - done all that and hopefully installed all my required tools

How do I now (for example) run the DVDRip program? can't seem to find it in a menu - is it a command line util?

SteVo

It will likely appear in the Applications->Sound and Video menu after you logout and log back in. You can run it on a command line with:

dvdrip

Documentation is online at the web site:

http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/

Hi I have been having problems installing mplayer and I wouldn't mind getting the extra tools mentioned above but I made the Files to /etc/yum.repos.d and I also did the extra commands for importing stuff to the rpm

the log looks something like this:
[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
aðvörun: cannot get einka lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# rpm --import http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/gpg-pubkey-newrpms.txt
[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# rpm --import http://atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# yum -y install cdrdao dvgrab faac faad2 ffmpeg id3lib lame libdvdcss libdvdplay libdvdread libid3tag libmad libpostproc libquicktime mpeg2dec mplayer mplayer-fonts ogmtools perl-SDL perl-Video-DVDRip smpeg speex subtitleripper transcode vcdimager videolan-client xine xine-lib xmms-mp3 xmms-skins xvidcore grip
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
cdrdao is installed and is the latest version.
dvgrab is installed and is the latest version.
Cannot find a package matching faac
Cannot find a package matching faad2
Cannot find a package matching ffmpeg
Cannot find a package matching id3lib
Cannot find a package matching lame
Cannot find a package matching libdvdcss
Cannot find a package matching libdvdplay
Cannot find a package matching libdvdread
Cannot find a package matching libid3tag
Cannot find a package matching libmad
Cannot find a package matching libpostproc
Cannot find a package matching libquicktime
Cannot find a package matching mpeg2dec
Cannot find a package matching mplayer
Cannot find a package matching mplayer-fonts
Cannot find a package matching ogmtools
Cannot find a package matching perl-SDL
Cannot find a package matching perl-Video-DVDRip
Cannot find a package matching smpeg
speex is installed and is the latest version.
Cannot find a package matching subtitleripper
Cannot find a package matching transcode
Cannot find a package matching vcdimager
Cannot find a package matching videolan-client
Cannot find a package matching xine
Cannot find a package matching xine-lib
Cannot find a package matching xmms-mp3
xmms-skins is installed and is the latest version.
Cannot find a package matching xvidcore
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[update: grip 1:3.2.0-3.fc2.i386]
Downloading Packages
Getting grip-3.2.0-3.fc2.i386.rpm
grip-3.2.0-3.fc2.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 439 kB 00:05
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
grip 100 % done 1/2
Completing update for grip - 2/2
Updated: grip 1:3.2.0-3.fc2.i386
Transaction(s) Complete

BTW. I'm running fedora core 2 and kernel 2.6.10-1.9_FC2

It would be very nice if you knew what is wrong there
Thank you

FUTURE READERS: DON'T DO THIS... USE THE FC2 yum.conf BELOW.

Fedora Core 2 uses an older version of yum. I'm pretty sure all the entries need to be added to /etc/yum.conf on that release. Just edit that file, and append all the entries onto the end.

Well I tried putting the entries into yum.conf and I got this:

[root@lina MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# yum -y install cdrdao dvgrab faac faad2 ffmpeg id3lib lame libdvdcss libdvdplay libdvdread libid3tag libmad libpostproc libquicktime mpeg2dec mplayer mplayer-fonts ogmtools perl-SDL perl-Video-DVDRip smpeg speex subtitleripper transcode vcdimager videolan-client xine xine-lib xmms-mp3 xmms-skins xvidcore grip
Error: Cannot find baseurl or name for server 'freshrpms'. Skipping
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms for Fedora Core 2 stable
Server: Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Base
Server: DAG - i386 - Base
Server: Livna-Stable - i386 - Base
retrygrab() failed for:
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/R...rs/header.info
Executing failover method
failover: out of servers to try
Error getting file http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/R...rs/header.info
[Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found


Well would be VERY nice if you knew what is going on here.

Thanks a lot.

Iḿ also wondering would it be more simple to update the yum if it is posible.

Sorry, I forgot that they changed the syntax of the entries slightly. Use this for the yum.conf in FC2 (just replace the existing file):

# FC2 yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=10

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
gpgcheck=1

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
gpgcheck=1

[fedora-stable]
name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable)
baseurl=http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
gpgcheck=1

[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable
gpgcheck=1

[freshrpms]
name=FreshRPMs
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
http://ftp.us2.freshrpms.net/linux/freshrpms/ayo/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
gpgcheck=1

[dag]
name=Dag APT Repository
baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
http://dag.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
gpgcheck=1

[newrpms]
name=NewRPMs
baseurl=http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever
http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/redhat/en/$basearch/fc$releasever
gpgcheck=1

[atrpms-stable]
name=ATrpms - Stable (Most Stable)
baseurl=http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/atrpms/download.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ATrpms/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/at-stable
gpgcheck=1

I tried running DVDrip from command but not installed - i tried installing again, but got the following error message - can you help me out please macemoneta, as you really seem to know your stuff :-)

Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.0 for package: vcdimager
--> Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.0(CDIO_0) for package: vcdimager
--> Processing Dependency: libiso9660.so.2(ISO9660_2) for package: vcdimager
--> Processing Dependency: libiso9660.so.2 for package: vcdimager
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libcdio.so.0(CDIO_0) is needed by package vcdimager
Error: Missing Dependency: libcdio.so.0 is needed by package vcdimager
Error: Missing Dependency: libiso9660.so.2 is needed by package vcdimager
Error: Missing Dependency: libiso9660.so.2(ISO9660_2) is needed by package vcdimager

SteVo

Well it seems to be finding the packages so Iĺl just leave it on and see what happnes
It's really greate thanx a lot

Stevo- You'll need to add one more repo to get that:

extras.repo

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://fedoraproject.org/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1


Import the key:

rpm --import http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras

That should do it.

sorry...

error: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...Y-Fedora-Extras: import read failed

SteVo