Hello Linux Geeksters!
In this article I will show you how to install MPlayer and the multimedia codecs needed for watching movies on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.
MPlayer is a video/audio player that suports many codecs and file formats.
Install MPlayer on Ubuntu 13.04:
This is how you install MPlayer on Raring Ringtail:
Make sure your system is up to date:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install MPlayer:
$ sudo apt-get install mplayer
Install w32/w64 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 13.04
The w32codecs/w64codecs offers suport for WMV files and libdvdcss2 is essential for playing encrypted DVDs.
This codecs are not available in the Ubuntu repositories due to licence issues, so I will use the Medibuntu rebos:
Adding the medibuntu repo:
$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Update the system:
$ sudo apt-get update
Add the medibuntu repo’s key:
$ sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
Update the system again:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install libdvdcss2:
$ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
Now, depending on your system architecture, install the w32codecs / w64codecs.
For 32 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install --force-yes w32codecs
For 64 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install --force-yes w64codecs