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MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE(2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
Install Mplayer in Ubuntu Dapper
You need to add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list file
There will be occasions when a SUSE RPM of a particular package exists but not for the particular SUSE version you are using.In many other cases although you may not be able to install the binary RPM, you may be able totake a source package and rebuild it according to your needs. In the simplest case, you would do this (as root):
SUSE Tip: Compiling RPM From Source RPMs
The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.
Install apache2 in debian etch
#apt-get install apache2
Install openssl using the following command
#apt-get install openssl ssl-cert
Install PHP5 support for apache2 in debian etch
Install and Configure Apache2 with PHP5 and SSL Support in Debian Etch
I’ve had tutorials coming out my ears lately and I realize that many of them are written for use on the command line. For many of you the command line may be intimidating, especially if you’re more accustomed to the Windows standard GUI. I want to tell you the command line can be a VERY powerful tool if you just learn a few basic things. Please don’t consider the command line a crutch or “Linux is hard because you have to type commands”. You can do everything via a GUI that you can do via the command line, it is simply easier or quicker to do it the latter way.
Below are a few basic command for those of you new to the command line:
Basics for the command line - for newbies : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10)
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