[OpenIndiana-discuss] a MP4 media player which works on openindiana ?

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a MP4 media player which works on...:

> Hello. I've downloaded an mp4 file from the internet and I'm trying to play
> it on openindiana. I tried several players,but none of them worked. For
> example, Totem says : "MPEG-4 AAC decoder plugin is not installed" and it
> won't work. VLC is able to open it but it is not able to play it well at
> all. Rhythmbox is not able to open it at all. Maybe mplayer,but I don't
> know how to install it. Can someone suggest to me what to do ? thanks.

What's included in the main OpenIndiana software repository (repo) is
software that can be installed legally by (almost) anyone.  Not every
last bit is open source, but most people can legally install the
compiled software.

There's a separate repository for software that may have licensing
restrictions that prevents it from being used in certain countries, for
certain purposes, etc.  This repo has more "use at your own risk, be
sure you know the legal ramifications, etc." software.  That happens
to apply to a lot of media encoder/decoder (codecs), including ones
that are needed for formats like mp3, mp4, etc.

I recommend you add that repository (it's a "publisher" in pkg-speak):

  sudo pkg set-publisher \
 	-p https://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-encumbered/  \
 	--search-after openindiana.org \
 	--non-sticky \
 	hipster-encumbered

>From there, you can search and install additional components that may
improve your media experience.

In particular

 	library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/bad
 	library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/ugly
 	library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/libav

May have stuff that helps anything using gstreamer.

I have other codec-related packages installed from hipster-encumbered too.

See:

 	https://www.openindiana.org/packages/
 	http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-encumbered/en/index.shtml

Tim
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