Just upgraded to 5.4 yesterday morning. (Kudos to those who did that!)
Hello all, How can I install mplayer on a centos 6.0 64bit. I can install it on a centos 5.7 32bit using instruction from this page http://wiki.centos.
* extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net * updates: mirrors.rit.edu Skipping filters plugin, no data Reading version lock configuration Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies Skipping filters plugin, no data --> Running transaction check ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: mplayer-fonts for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libaudio.so.2 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer --> Running transaction check ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer ---> Package mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-3.fc set to be updated ---> Package nas.i386 0:1.9.1-2.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) Error: Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) Error: Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Yep, I did run' # package-cleanup --dupes Setting up yum giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1.i386 giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1.i386 # rpm -qa |grep giflib giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1 giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1 giflib-devel-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1 so erased giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1.i386, but still got the same from yum # package-cleanup --problems Setting up yum Reading local RPM database Processing all local requires No problems found Maybe removing the above dupes fixed it??? Nope, 'yum install mplayer' still flipped me an error. So then tried: # yum install --skip-broken mplayer Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, filter-data, kernel-module, keys, kmod, list- : data, merge-conf, security, upgrade-helper, verify, versionlock Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirrors.serveraxis.net * base: mirror.anl.gov * centosplus: mirror.atlanticmetro.net * contrib: updates.interworx.info * epel: mirrors.dmacc.net * extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net * updates: mirrors.rit.edu Skipping filters plugin, no data Reading version lock configuration Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies Skipping filters plugin, no data --> Running transaction check ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: mplayer-fonts for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libaudio.so.2 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer --> Running transaction check ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer --> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer ---> Package mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-3.fc set to be updated ---> Package nas.i386 0:1.9.1-2.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms) Packages skipped because of dependency problems: mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.fc.noarch from freshrpms nas-1.9.1-2.el5.i386 from epel This looks like it might be the cause: # rpm -ql libmpcdec /usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.5 /usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.5.0.2 /usr/share/doc/libmpcdec-1.2.6 ... <snip> ... i.e., the dependency is already installed, but the installed version is higher than what's requested... or the dependency is misspecified (libmpcdec.so.3)...(?) and/or liblirc/liblirc_client and libaudio aren't available (at least in the repos my yum is set up for. What to do.. what to do??
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VLC (VideoLAN Client) is an open source and free simple fast and much powerful cross-platform player and framework for playing most of multimedia files like CD, DVD, VCD, Audio CD and other various supported streaming media protocols.
It was written by the VideoLAN project and can be available for all operating platforms such as Windows, Linux, Solaris, OS X, Android, iOS and other supported operating systems.
Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of VLC 3.0 with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.
VLC 3.0 Features
VLC 3.0 “Vetinari” is a new major update of VLC
Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!
It supports 10bits and HDR
Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order
Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs
Stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively
Supports browsing of local network drives and NAS
Find out all the changes in VLC 3.0 in the release announcement page.
This is our ongoing Best Linux Players series, in this article, we will show you how to install latest version of VLC 3.0 Media Player in RHEL 8/7/6, CentOS 7/6 and Fedora 25-30 systems using third party repositories with Yum automated package installer.
Suggested Read:10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015
Install VLC 3.0 Media Player in RHEL/CentOS and Fedora
VLC program doesn’t included in the RHEL/CentOS based operating systems, we need to install it using third party repositories like RPM Fusion and EPEL. With the help of these repositories we can install list of all updated packages automatically using YUM package manager tool.
Suggested Read:Install Latest VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Install RPM Fusion and EPEL Repositories on RHEL/CentOS
First, install Epel and RPM Fusion repository for your RHEL/CentOS based distribution using following commands. Please select and install it according to your Linux supported system versions.
For RHEL/CentOS 8
For RHEL/CentOS 7
For RHEL/CentOS 6
Installing RPMFusion Repository on Fedora
Under Fedora distributions, the RPMFusion repository comes as pre-installed, if not you can follow below commands install and enable it as shown:
For Fedora 25-30
Check the Availability of VLC in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
Once you’ve all the repositories installed on your system, do the following command to check the availability of VLC player.
Sample Output :
Installing VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
As you see the VLC player is available, so install it by running the following command on the terminal.
Starting VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
Run the following command from the Desktop terminal as normal user to Launch the VLC player. (Note : VLC is not supposed to be run as root user). if you wish, follow this article to run VLC as root user.
VLC Player Preview
See the preview of VLC Player under my CentOS 7 system.
VLC Preview in CentOS 7
Updating VLC Player in RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
If you would like to Update or UpgradeVLC player to latest stable version, use the following command.