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Linux Video Playback

2010-09-04T14:16:57Z

Koolabsol: minor changes, removed compiling mplayer section as it is out of date

==Recommended Media Players==
;* [[Wikipedia:MPlayer|MPlayer]]
;* [[Wikipedia:SMPlayer|SMPlayer]]

==MPlayer==
===Installation===
Perform one of the following commands as root, depending on your distribution. If you do not find information pertaining to the distribution you use, refer to your distributions documentation.

====Debian Based Distributions (Including Ubuntu)====
aptitude install mplayer
For additional codecs:
# Visit http://debian-multimedia.org/ and add it as a package repository using the instructions in the red boxes.
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install mplayer w32codecs

=====Ubuntu PPA=====
The MPlayer version in the default Ubuntu repositories is outdated, look for a [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas PPA] with an updated version.

====OpenSuse====
zypper in mplayer

====Red Hat Based Distributions (Including Fedora)====
MPlayer is not in the official Fedora repositories. You will have to add and enable the [http://rpmfusion.org/ RPM Fusion] third-party repositories before being able to install MPlayer.
yum install mplayer

====Arch Linux====
pacman -S mplayer

====Gentoo====
emerge -ptva mplayer

===MPlayer codecs===
Not all distributions include the full set of MPlayer codecs in their repositories. To install the full set follow these easy steps.

# Download: http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2
# Extract with: tar xvf all-20071007.tar.bz2
# Copy the codecs (but not the directory) to the MPlayer codec directory. Default is /usr/lib/win32

====NVIDIA VDPAU====
If you use an NVIDIA GPU be sure to install their latest binary drivers as they offer a feature that enables offloading video decoding from the CPU to GPU which may provide smoother video playback, especially for h264 encoded videos while keeping CPU usage at low levels. Check your MPlayer configuration to use both the VDPAU video option (-vc) and video output (-vo). Type "mplayer -vo help" to list available outputs.

====ATI====
The open source video driver provides hardware accelerated video decoding for R600+ based GPUs.

===MPlayer tweaks===
This is a sample configuration file tailored for specific preferences. The MPlayer configuration file can be found at: ~/.mplayer/config. All of the options are documented in [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html the manual].

# If no GPU-specific video output driver is available, xv is the best choice,
# followed by x11 (which doesn't not do software zooming unless passed "-zoom" or "zoom=1")
vo=xv
ao=alsa
# 4 audio channels for surround sound files
channels=4
# Default audio and subtitle tracks. (Not all files use the correct tags,
# so sometimes it will be necessary to switch streams manually with '#' and 'j'
# or from the command line with "-aid x" and "-sid x")
alang=jp,jpn,
slang=en,eng,
# Find ASS subs and use the fonts provided in the file if possible
ass=1
embeddedfonts=1
fontconfig=1
# The highest level of subtitle anti-aliasing
spuaa=4
# Less stdout text
quiet=1

====MPlayer Tricks====
MPlayer has a large collection of video filters included. You may use them to achieve different results.

* Play interlaced video without combing:
mplayer -vf pullup myvideo.ext
* Increase saturation and contrast:
mplayer -vf eq2=0.8 myvideo.ext
* Remove "mosquito" noise:
mplayer -vf hqdn3d myvideo.ext
* Make crappy video look good:
mplayer -vf pp7 myvideo.ext
* Combine:
mplayer -ass -embeddedfonts -vf pullup,eq2=0.8,unsharp=l3x3:0.2,hqdn3d myvideo.ext

==SMPlayer==
SMPlayer provides a QT based front-end to MPlayer. It contains useful features such as saving the video position allowing you to continue watching the video from that point at a later date.

===Installing SMPlayer===
====Debian Based Distributions (Including Ubuntu)====
sudo apt-get install smplayer
You can also:
* Download the .deb file from [http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php the SMPlayer website] or
* Add the SMPlayer repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
8.04 (hardy):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/ubuntu hardy main
8.10 (intrepid):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/ubuntu intrepid main

====Arch Linux====
pacman -S smplayer

====Gentoo====
emerge -ptva smplayer

====Red Hat Based Distributions (Including Fedora)====
You will need to enable the [http://rpmfusion.org/ RPM Fusion] third-party repositories to be able install SMplayer.
yum install smplayer

====Building from Source (Compiling)====
Grab the tarball from [http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php the SMPlayer download page]. Decompress it, cd into the directory, and run
./configure
make
sudo make install
If you don't have sudo installed/configured, then the last step will be instead
su
make install

===SMPlayer tweaks===
After installation you may want to configure SMPlayer. Start SMPlayer, open the options (Ctrl + P), go to the subtitles section, within the section go to the SSA/ASS library tab and check the check box for using SSA/ASS library.

If you see a black screen at playing, the colors don't seem to be right, or playback is too slow, you may need to change the video rendering mode. To do this go to the Options > general section > general tab > output drivers > Video, and set it to <tt>x11</tt> - this will use software rendering. Alternatively you can use <tt>xv</tt> for XVideo rendering or either <tt>gl</tt> or <tt>gl2</tt> for OpenGL rendering. In general you should try these options in the following order for best quality and performance: <tt>xv</tt>, <tt>gl2</tt>, <tt>gl</tt> and finally <tt>x11</tt>.

Talk:Linux Video Playback

2010-08-21T19:22:54Z

Koolabsol:

==Level of detail==
Is it necessary to add installation instructions for every combination of player and distribution, or
should we just add a generic section referring users to their package manager to install software?
Also don't most distributions already come with a load of players preinstalled, so perhaps we can just list the configuration options
required to get the most out of them. /[[User:Daf0x|Daf0x]]

* I think it's important to list the different methods for package managers, it helps Linux n00bs figure out the system they use, it's very encouraging. Those preinstalled players are usually just useless frontends to broken MPlayer and Xine installations. Never mind encouraging mediocrity, it's easier to get people in the mindset of starting from scratch. All we need is instructions for a fully codec'd up MPlayer and Xine, as those are the most popular players. /[[User:iddqd|iddqd]]
** Those pre-installed players are actually frontends for gstreamer and xine, but I agree. -[[User:Raylu|Raylu]] 17:57, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

* I agree with iddqd, that's the way I will keep the wiki too. I won't like it if people go erasing the work unless you have a good reason. --[[User:Koolabsol|Calvin]] 02:56, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

* I made some changes, but there is still some work to be done, mostly by people familiar with distros that I am not. [[User:Xiong Chiamiov|Xiong Chiamiov]] 08:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

==Nov '09, March '10==
I don't understand the logic for those two edits by Koolabsol. Why was the option to compile MPlayer from source removed? The other changes break formatting consistency. I'm reverting to my last edit in October '09 and reapplying some of the typos he fixed. -[[User:Raylu|Raylu]] 17:56, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

:Well whoops. Sorry about that. Hope you don't mind me adding back in some of the changes I made. Hopefully I don't delete entire sections this time. --[[User:Koolabsol|Koolabsol]] 19:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Linux Video Playback

2010-03-19T17:29:12Z

Koolabsol:

==Recommended Media Players==
;* [[Wikipedia:MPlayer|MPlayer]]
;* [[Wikipedia:SMPlayer|SMPlayer]]
==MPlayer==
===Installation===
Perform the one of the following commands as root, depending on your distribution.

====Debian Based Distributions (Includes Ubuntu)====
aptitude install mplayer
For additional codecs:
1. Visit http://debian-multimedia.org/ and add it as a package repository using the instructions in the red boxes. 
2. sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install mplayer w32codecs

=====Ubuntu PPA=====
Usually the version in Ubuntu default repos is pretty old, you might want to check [https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas PPA] for updated versions.

====OpenSuse====
zypper in mplayer

====Fedora/Red Hat Based Distributions====
yum install mplayer

====Arch Linux====
pacman -S mplayer

====Gentoo====
emerge -ptva mplayer

===Obscure Codecs===
Not all distributions include the full set of mplayer codecs in their repositories. To install the full set follow these easy steps. 
1. Download: http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2 
2. Extract with: tar xvf all-20071007.tar.bz2 
3. Copy the codecs (but not the directory) to the MPlayer codec directory. Default is /usr/lib/win32 

====Nvidia GPU Acceleration====
If you use Nvidia GPU, be sure to install their latest binary drivers, as they offer offloading video decoding from CPU to GPU which provides far smoother playback, especially for h264 video, while keeping CPU usage at vero low level. Check your mplayer configuration to use both vdpau video codec (-vc) and video output (-vo). Type "mplayer -vo help" to list available outputs.

====ATI GPU Acceleration====
The upcoming (as of 2009.10.04) open source driver should provide hardware accelerated video decoding for R600+ based GPUs. This will most likely happen around Linux Kernel 2.6.32 release.

===Tweaks===
This is a sample configuration file tailored for specific preferences. The MPlayer configuration file can be found at: <tt>~/.mplayer/config</tt>. All of the options are documented in the manpage and also [online http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html].

# If no GPU-specific video output driver is available, xv is the best choice,
# followed by x11 (which doesn't not do software zooming unless passed "-zoom" or "zoom=1")
vo=xv
ao=alsa
# 4 audio channels for surround sound files
channels=4
# Default audio and subtitle tracks. (Not all files use the correct tags,
# so sometimes it will be necessary to switch streams manually with '#' and 'j'
# or from the command line with "-aid x" and "-sid x")
alang=jp,jpn,
slang=en,eng,
# Find ASS subs and use the fonts provided in the file if possible
ass=1
embeddedfonts=1
fontconfig=1
# The highest level of subtitle anti-aliasing
spuaa=4
# Less stdout text
quiet=1

====Tricks====
MPlayer has a huge collection of filters included. Some of them are magical.

* View styled subs, even if you only have plain subs:
** <tt>mplayer -ass -embeddedfonts myvideo.ext</tt>
* View external subs:
** <tt>mplayer -ass -sub mysubs.srt myvideo.ext</tt>
* Play interlaced video without combing:
** <tt>mplayer -vf pullup myvideo.ext</tt>
* Increase saturation and contrast:
** <tt>mplayer -vf eq2=0.8 myvideo.ext</tt>
* Remove "mosquito" noise:
** <tt>mplayer -vf hqdn3d myvideo.ext</tt>
* Make crappy video look good:
** <tt>mplayer -vf pp7 myvideo.ext</tt>
* Combine:
** <tt>mplayer -ass -embeddedfonts -vf pullup,eq2=0.8,unsharp=l3x3:0.2,hqdn3d myvideo.ext</tt>

==SMPlayer==
SMPlayer provides an easy-to-use QT interface to MPlayer. It contains a couple of nice features including saving the playback position so you can continue watching your video the next time you start it (this feature can be disabled of course).

=== Installation ===
====Debian Based Distributions (Includes Ubuntu)====
sudo apt-get install smplayer
You can also:
* Download the .deb file from [http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php the SMPlayer website] or
* Add the SMPlayer repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
8.04 (hardy):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/ubuntu hardy main
8.10 (intrepid):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/ubuntu intrepid main

====Arch Linux====
pacman -S smplayer

====Gentoo====
emerge -ptva smplayer

===Tweaks===
After installation you'll need to configure it a little:
Start SMPlayer, open the options (Ctrl + P), go to the subtitles section, within the section go to the SSA/ASS library tab and check the check box for using SSA/ASS library.

If you see a black screen at playing, the colors don't seem to be right, or playback is too slow, you may need to change the video rendering mode. To do this go to Options > Preferences > General (This is open by default) > Video > Output driver > <tt>x11</tt>. This will set it to use software rendering. Alternatively you can use <tt>xv</tt> for XVideo rendering (Best Performance) or <tt>gl</tt>/<tt>gl2</tt> for OpenGL rendering (Slow).

2008-08-24T03:38:31Z

Koolabsol: The almighty creation

This article explains to you the best playback options for Linux and how provides installation instructions.

==Recommended Players==

;SMPlayer/MPlayer :MPlayer by itself is fine but SMPlayer auto loads subtitle files, autosaves your position (can be configured), and has an easier to use interface than MPlayer so it is a better choice for most.
If you are using Ubuntu you can install it with the following command:
sudo apt-get install smplayer

After installing you'll need to configure it a little:

Start SMPlayer, open the options (Ctrl + P), go to the subtitles section, within the section go to the SSA/ASS library tab and check the check box for using SSA/ASS library. With this you can see the subtitle's colors and fonts (Note: the used fonts must be installed on the system for this).

If you see a black screen at playing, or the colors doesn't seems to be right, or the playing is too slow or wrong you may need to change the video rendering mode. To do this go to the options, general section, general tab, output drivers, Video, and set it to X11 - this will use software rendering. Alternatively you can use xv for Xvideo rendering or gl/gl2 for OpenGL rendering mode (gl2 a bit better, but slower).

Main Page

2008-08-24T03:29:06Z

Koolabsol: Linux playback page is created

<big>'''Boxtorrents Wiki'''</big>

Welcome to the new Boxtorrents Wiki. It's still under heavy construction.

'''General Information About BitTorrent'''

*[[BT Terminology]]

'''Video Playback'''
*[[Windows Video Playback]] ''Still needs some work''
*[[Mac Video Playback]]
*[[Linux Video Playback]]

'''To Do List'''

*[[IRC]] (still needs some work)
*[[CCCP]] (Raw Version)
*CCCP Install Walk Through with screen Caps ([[Special:Upload| Upload]] needs to be enabled first)
*Codecs
*Containers
*[[BT Clients]] (still needs work)

==Important Information==

* [http://wiki.boxtorrents.com/index.php/Rules Site Rules] (A must read).
* [http://wiki.boxtorrents.com/index.php/DO_NOT_UPLOAD Blacklist] (Content not allowed to be uploaded/requested on BoxTorrents).