Play RMVB under Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64
Introduction :
RMVB is short for RealMedia Variable Bitrate. Its the multimedia format by RealNetworks. To play multimedia file with this format requires either the RealPlayer or installing the codec to allow Totem to play it.
Enviroment :
Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64
Installation / Usage :
This installation is for Totem, the default movie player that gets installed. By default Totem is not able to play RMVB formats, but this get fix by installing the codec from MPlayer.
Download the x64 codec from MPlayer (Linux AMD64)
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
The package (essential-amd64-xxxxxxxx) comes in a Bzip2 format. Extract it out to a folder and you would find the listed files :
cook.so
drvc.so
sipr.so
README
Create a the codec folder under /usr/local/lib/
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/
Then copy all the codec files to the newly created folder
sudo cp * /usr/local/lib/codecs/.
!! I tried the w64codecs install method but it didn’t work
In the past /usr/local/lib/win32 or /usr/lib/win32 was the default directory, some packages as well as a few other Unix players like xine and avifile still use it, refer to their documentation for further details.
References :
Explanation of RMVB
MPlayer Codecs
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