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Steps
described here requires download stuff from Internet web sites, hence
you might want to read the article on
how to configure Internet access on your Fedora Desktop.
I have demonstrated the steps needed BSNL DataOne Broadband users here
Download
the following source tarballs
- xine-lib-1.1.10.tar.bz2
-
xine-ui-0.99.5.tar.gz
from
the website http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases
(or)
using
either wget utility. To use this utility
Open terminal and issue the following command.
wget
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xine/xine-ui-0.99.5.tar.gz
wget
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xine/xine-lib-1.1.10.tar.bz2
Above step will download a file called xine-ui-0.99.5.tar.gz to your
directory from where you issued wget command
1. Let's assume you downloaded the source tarballs in a directory
called /home/<username>/xine
where <username> is the non-root user you are using for
the Linux Operating System.
2. Issue the following command to uncompress the file for xine library
bunzip2
-d xine-lib-1.1.10.tar.bz2
This step will create a file called xine-lib-1.1.10.tar
Again,
issue
tar
-xvf xine-lib-1.1.10.tar
to extract the tar ball
3. Change
xine-lib-1.1.10 directory where the tar ball is extracted by issuing cd <directory>
Eg.
cd
xine-lib-1.1.10
Issue
./configure
If everything goes fine, denoted by all OK's , it would have created
the appropriate Makefiles in the respective
subdirectories of the source.
Again issue the following command to compile the sources
make
the If the
compilation steps goes fine, you need to change to the "root" user
by issuing
su -
(give root password here when prompted)
cd <to_directory_where_xine-lib-1.1.10> is present and
issue
make install
This step will install the xine library (libxine.so.*) which contains
the Xine Engine
Steps
to compile the XINE-UI Frontend
Goto folder where you have copied the xine-ui-0.99.5.tar.gz
Issue
tar
-zxvf xine-ui-0.99.5.tar.gz
This will create a directory called
xine-ui-0.99.5
Change to the above directory (xine-ui-0.99.5)
Issue
./configure
If everything goes well, you can again issue,
make
to compile the sources
If everything goes well, you could install the xine-ui by doing these
steps.
- Again log in as root user (as you did for xine-lib) by issuing su -
and
cd
/home/<username>/xine/xine-ui-0.99.5
make
install
Now, you are ready to launch the xine video player, just log-in back as
your regular
user by typing "exit" command
and then type
/usr/local/bin/xine
You could also use the following URL for getting the instructions on
how to build xine
http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq#BUILDING
Steps
to install the multi-media codes and libdvdcss rpm (for playing
encryped dvd's)
vi ~/.xine/config
Add the following lines in blue
# path to Win32 codecs
# string, default: /usr/lib/codecs
decoder.external.win32_codecs_path:/usr/lib/win32
Login as root user (by using su - )
and create a directory like
mkdir -p /usr/lib/win32
cd /tmp
wget
http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
bunzip2 -d essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar -xvf essential-20071007.tar
cp essential-20071007/* /usr/lib/win32
Install the following rpm for playing encrypted DVD's
Download libdvdcss-1.2.9-1.1.fc3.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libdvdcss-1.2.9-1.1.fc3.rf.i386.rpm
Now you are ready to enjoy most of the multimedia formats like .mp3,
.mp4, .wmv , .mov etc.etc
No need of any other movie player now !!!
To play any file test.wmv say,
xine test.wmv
from the command prompt
To watch DVD/VCD, lauch xine with
xine &
and click on the "DVD" button on the Xine User Interface.
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