Multimedia & Package Manager

[zkat]

Hello. Glad to be here. Looking forward to installing Mageia. So far I've had a few problems getting the darn iso downloaded then burned, but I'll manage. Think I'm just getting a bad burn. Or maybe my download file was messed up. So, I'm starting over, but the speed is really slow.

To my question...what programs do I need to install for full multimedia functionality? Is there a list? Reading through the forum I see where one needs to enable the "tainted" repository. My intention is to install Banshee (sorry, don't like Amorak). I listen to radio streams and mp3's.

My next question..Could someone please point me to whatever documentation is available for the command line? In particular, package installation/removal, updates..etc. I'm very familiar with yum and apt. In my long Linux history, never used Mandriva, so I need some point of reference. I'm sure there's a package manager of some kind, but I prefer the command line, (much faster).

Now, if I can just it downloaded and burned, should be good to go! BTW - I'm Steve and I'm in Texas.

[Sfiet_Konstantin]

I completey lost what I was writing
Let's try again :

Hi Steve

1. Installing softs, the graphical way.
Launch MCC (Mageia Control Center) and go to "install and remove software". If it is the first time that you do this, you should go to "manage repositores", to get the list of all repositores. Don't worry, it is done automatically, you do not need to do anything (except click on "manage repositories" icon.

2. Installing softs, the command way

Mageia uses urpm* tools.

Install a package

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urpmi package1 package2

I stants for install, packages names are separated with a space

Auto update all packages

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urpmi --auto-update

very useful

Remove a package

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urpme package1 package2

E stands for erase

Find a package

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urpmq packagename

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urpmq -i packagename

for more informations
Q stands for query

What package contains this file ?

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urpmf nameorpathofafile

F stands for find

Enjoy Mageia

[zkat]

Ah! Thanks..that's what I was looking for. I did find some documentation on umpi, just haven't had the chance to actually read it. Once I get the DVD burned, everything went smooth. I still haven't been able to get flash installed, but I'm working on it. I managed to get some codecs installed. I can play some radio streams, not all (.asx files). It's been awhile since I've actually had to install these myself. Last time was Debian, but I'll get it, eventually get it done. Yet to get my printer set up.

Overall I'm impressed. Mageia runs snappy on my system. Installation was easy. I've had some funky things happen, which I fully expected and fixed. Already discovered the Control Center and it's been a great help. Only issue is lack of documentation, which I attribute to this being so new.

Thanks, again.

[ahmad]

What problems did you hit trying to install flash?

Easiest way about asking for help playing online streams is giving links, so that others can try playing them :)

Which parts exactly lack documentation? urpm* man pages are already available, they're very extensive. For the highlights about package management in Mageia: http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id= ... ment_tools

[zkat]

As for flash, I had no problem once I got into it. Here's what I did..and it works using Opera and Chrome :

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs ... 710.tar.gz
tar xzvf flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz
mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/

As for radio streams, it's mixed. I can play some, other I can't. Here's one I can't : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx None of the .asx files play. Suspect I'm missing a codec.

I've been using urpm* with no problem. It's new to me, but I've managed fine.

[isadora]

As for flash, I had no problem once I got into it. Here's what I did..and it works using Opera and Chrome :

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs ... 710.tar.gz
tar xzvf flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz
mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/

As for radio streams, it's mixed. I can play some, other I can't. Here's one I can't : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx None of the .asx files play. Suspect I'm missing a codec.

I've been using urpm* with no problem. It's new to me, but I've managed fine.

When i copied your link into VLC, it played just fine, Radio Ulster.
But just clicking the link only opened up Movie Player embedded in Firefox, and just keeps quiet.

[isadora]

And as a test i disabled "Windows Media Player-plugin" in Firefox.
After clicking the link again, i get the question to open with.....
Choose VLC, and "Do this always etc....".

[dubigrasu]

Suspect I'm missing a codec.

It's a wma codec.
If I open your link with Totem the info says: wma version 8
with smaplayer: ffwmav2
with Xine (Kaffeine) : MS Windows Media Audio 2 (ffmpeg)
with VLC: Windows Media Audio 2 (WMA2)

[ahmad]

As for flash, I had no problem once I got into it. Here's what I did..and it works using Opera and Chrome :

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs ... 710.tar.gz
tar xzvf flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz
mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/

Well, the 64bit Adobe Flash hasn't been updated since last November, so it's full of security holes that's been fixed since then in the 32bit version, consequently it was decided not to provide it in the repos (i.e. no skeleton package, like the one used for the 32bit version, was added to the Mageia repos).

As for radio streams, it's mixed. I can play some, other I can't. Here's one I can't : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx None of the .asx files play. Suspect I'm missing a codec.

I could also play it with VLC, the same as isadora; also with SMPlayer, or mplayer from terminal:

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mplayer -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx

If you want to play it from within a browser, I suggest you install gecko-mediaplayer, this one embeds gnome-mplayer inside a web browser, and mplayer can handle all sorts of codecs. It works with Firefox and Chromium (I didn't test Opera).