## page was renamed from MultimediaApplications/MPlayer ||<>|| {{attachment:mplayer.png}} '''MPlayer''' is a powerful and versatile media player that can play all types of free media formats (see the FreeFormats page) as well as most 'non-free' media formats. A companion program called [[MEncoder]] can be used to encode or transform any audio or video stream that MPlayer can read. == Installing MPlayer == Install the [[apt:mplayer|''mplayer'' package]] from the [[Repositories| Multiverse repository]]. == Streaming Video == '''MPlayer''' provides excellent streaming video support for Mozilla, Firefox, Epiphany and Konqueror. To enable support for streaming media install the package '''mozilla-mplayer'''. == Tips Tricks & Techniques == === Audio Video Syncing on FLV files === *To correct problems of audio and video being out of sync, edit or create the file '''~/.mplayer/config'''. Then add this text as a line anywhere in the file: '''mc=0''' == Supported Audio and Video Codecs == * Supported video codecs include: * MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video * MPEG-4 SP/ASP (for example, encoded with Div''''''X, Xvi''''''D or FFmpeg MPEG-4) * H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) * Windows Media Video 7/8/9 (WMV1/2/3) * Real''''''Video 1.0, 2.0 (G2) * Real''''''Video 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries) * Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other Quick''''''Time codecs * DV video * Intel Indeo 2, 3 (3.1, 3.2) * Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or X''''''Anim codecs) * VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL) * MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats * FLI/FLC * Huff''''''YUV * various old simple RLE-like formats * Supported audio codecs include: * MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio * AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF) * AAC (MPEG-4 audio) * WMA (Div''''''X Audio) v1, v2 * WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs) * Real''''''Audio: SIPRO (using Real libraries) * Real''''''Audio: DNET, Cooker, ATRAC3 and older codecs * Quick''''''Time: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC * Ogg Vorbis audio * VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL) * alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, adpcm and other simple old audio formats == See also == * [[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html|MPlayer Documentation]] at the MPlayer web site * [[MEncoder| MEncoder wiki page]]