Restricted formats/11.2
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In openSUSE 11.2 all our codec handling will be done using One-Click-Install. This provides a simple wizard to guide you through everything, and you have to install absolutely nothing extra to be good to go!
Restricted Multimedia Formats (MP3, MPEG-4, etc.)
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To go through a simple wizard guiding you through the installation process of some additional multimedia codecs where necessary, simply click on one of the links below:
 | For the KDE Desktop Environment:
Note 1: On 32-bit systems there'll be a dialog asking for about architecture change for libxine1 from from i586 to i686, accept that change. Note 2: If you have already installed xine components (most people) then there is a version conflict with two codec packs: libxine1-codecs and k3b-codecs. You are presented with a warning dialog and conflict resolutions. Select the topmost "install" option "with vendor change" for everything to work. |
| | For the KDE Desktop Environment:
Instead of using the 1-click you can install the codecs using a root terminal instead. Simply copy/paste the commands. Add the required software repositories: zypper addrepo -f http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.2 packman zypper addrepo -f http://www.opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.2 libdvdcss Install the packages: zypper install ffmpeg flash-player libdvdcss libxine1-codecs w32codec-all lame |
 | For the GNOME Desktop Environment: |
This will enable you to have:
- Flash
- Java
- Latest Amarok (with MP3 Support) for KDE, or Helix-Banshee for GNOME users
- Encrypted DVD (libdvdcss)
- Extra xine codecs, for MPEG-4 etc. (libxine1)
- K3b with MP3 Support (k3b-codecs)
- Win 32 Codecs (w32codec-all)
..as well as the option of installing many more applications (select Customise mode at the screen), including:
- Opera
- VLC
- ..and more
TROUBLESHOOTING
Sometimes things are not installed correctly. When that happens, you will find that you cannot play mp3, mp4, wmv using totem. At that point the key to making it work correctly may not be so obvious. Here is what I did to get things working after the default install attempt went badly.
The key was to DISABLE all repositories but the packman and libdvdcss repositories... then remove all of the gstreamer packages and totem. Then do the install using the link from http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/11.2. After this, re-enable all of repositories that you disabled before and then install totem. At that point everything works.