====== Codec Installation ======

This process will install codecs for audio and video playback
  * mp3 codec (libmad? and lame?)
  * faad2
  * gstreamer-ugly

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**To Do**
  * <del>rebuild totem to use xine-lib instead of gstreamer (this should fix my lack of video problem)</del> - [[:linux:fedora:totem-xine]]

===== mp3s =====

Info from: [[http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc6-tips.php]]

<code bash>
# yum install faad2 gstreamer-plugins-ugly libmad libid3tag
</code>

The above should give you a list of things to install similar to:
<code bash>
Installing:
 faad2                   x86_64     2.5-2.fc6        freshrpms         189 k
 gstreamer-plugins-ugly  x86_64     0.10.5-1.lvn6    livna             226 k
 libid3tag               x86_64     0.15.1b-3.fc6    extras             47 k
 libmad                  x86_64     0.15.1b-4.lvn6   livna              79 k
Installing for dependencies:
 a52dec                  x86_64     0.7.4-10.lvn6    livna              50 k
 lame                    x86_64     3.97-1.fc6       freshrpms         423 k
 libdvdread              x86_64     0.9.7-2.fc6      extras             66 k
 libsidplay              x86_64     1.36.57-11.fc6   extras             89 k
 mpeg2dec                x86_64     0.4.1-2.lvn6     livna              94 k

Transaction Summary
</code>

===== xine-lib =====

This was where things got mucky for me I think, so I recommend going into the Package Manager (Add/Remove Software) and do the following:

  - search for "xine-lib"
  - make sure xine-lib is picked (I have version 1.1.4-1.fcx86_64)
  - select:
    - xine-lib-devel (make sure the version matches the xine-lib version)
    - xine-lib-extras
    - xine-lib-moles

===== xvid =====

Add/Remove Software - search for xvid
Fedora seems to have "official" packages for the following (and that's what I installed):
  - install xvidcore
  - xvidcore-devel
  - ffmpeg


===== w32codecs (from mplayer) =====

Info from: [[http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=100206]]


<code bash>
su -
wget http://dl.atrpms.net/all/w32codec-1.0_20050412-13.at.i386.rpm
yum install compat-libstdc++-33 -y
rpm -ihv w32codec-1.0_20050412-13.at.i386.rpm
rm w32codec-1.0_20050412-13.at.i386.rpm
</code>



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