MPlayer

It is possible to install MPlayer on the XO, without any recompiling. The process is relatively tedious, and will require loading in a large group of dependencies.

Note that MPlayer, or anything functional, may not respect the patent laws of your jurisdiction; make things work at your own risk. See Restricted formats.

Installation

Precompiled binary (outdated: Download Link dead)

Anna Bham reports

The old precompiled binary from http://thepete.com/xo/mplayer.tar.bz2 works on 8.2.0, for playing mp3s, anyway. I haven't tried other media yet.

• get the binary: wget -O http://thepete.com/xo/mplayer.tar.bz2
• unpack it: tar -xvfj mplayer.tar.bz2
• move it to a good place: sudo mv mplayer /usr/local/sbin
• (optional) configure subtitles font used by mplayer ln -s /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuLGCSans.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf

Package installation

This will require a live internet connection, and some quality time in the Terminal Activity.

• become root: su -l
• import the Livna public key: # rpm --import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY
  • As of 2008-11-03, "rpm.livna.org merged into RPM Fusion", so these commands are obsolete.
• install the Livna repository package. There are different versions for Release notes/8.2.0 and earlier OLPC software releases (see What release am I running?):
  • # rpm -i http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm (for 8.2.0)
  • # rpm -i http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm (for earlier releases)
• perform an update of the package database: # yum update
• [optional / obsolete] if you try to install MPlayer: # yum install mplayer - it won't work, but it will list the missing dependencies
• the required libdvdnav-4.1.1-3.fc7 lives outside any known repository - select a mirror and install the repository package: # rpm --nodeps -i [mirror URL]
  (e.g. (link broken) # rpm --nodeps -i http://ftp.belnet.be/pub/mirror/Mandrakelinux/current/i586/media/main/backports/libdvdnav4-4.1.1-0.956.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm)
• install MPlayer: # yum install mplayer
• [optional] install MPlayer GUI: # yum install mplayer-gui

The interface not "Sugar-ified", but the Sugar GUI will simply use a placeholder icon in the running app ring.

Configuration

MPlayer's default settings need a little modification. Modify or create the files as listed below:

File: ~/.mplayer/config

# cache to help with slower flash drives cache=1024 # fullscreen mode fs=yes

Note: The window manager will always give fullscreen, but the MPlayer setting ensures using the right aspect ratio.

File: ~/.mplayer/input.conf

## ## MPlayer input control file ## ## You are able to redefine default keyboard/joystick/mouse/LIRC bindings, or ## add new ones here. ## See DOCS/tech/slave.txt for possible commands that can be bound. ## Also see mplayer -input cmdlist for other possible options. ## The file should be placed in the $HOME/.mplayer directory. ## RIGHT seek +10 KP6 seek +10 LEFT seek -10 KP4 seek -10 DOWN seek -60 KP2 seek -60 UP seek +60 KP8 seek +60 PGUP seek 600 PGDWN seek -600 KP3 pause KP7 volume -1 KP9 volume +1 KP1 osd m mute # switch_audio # switch audio streams + audio_delay 0.100 - audio_delay -0.100 [ speed_mult 0.9091 # scale playback speed ] speed_mult 1.1 { speed_mult 0.5 } speed_mult 2.0 BS speed_set 1.0 # reset speed to normal q quit ESC quit ENTER pt_step 1 1 # skip to next file p pause . frame_step # advance one frame and pause SPACE pause HOME pt_up_step 1 END pt_up_step -1 > pt_step 1 # skip to next file < pt_step -1 # previous INS alt_src_step 1 DEL alt_src_step -1 o osd I osd_show_property_text "${filename}" # display filename in osd z sub_delay -0.1 # subtract 100 ms delay from subs x sub_delay +0.1 # add 9 volume -1 / volume -1 0 volume 1 * volume 1 1 contrast -1 2 contrast 1 3 brightness -1 4 brightness 1 5 hue -1 6 hue 1 7 saturation -1 8 saturation 1 ( balance -0.1 # adjust audio balance in favor of left ) balance +0.1 # right d frame_drop r sub_pos -1 # move subtitles up t sub_pos +1 # down #? sub_step +1 # immediately display next subtitle #? sub_step -1 # previous #? sub_scale +0.1 # increase subtitle font size #? sub_scale -0.1 # decrease subtitle font size f vo_fullscreen T vo_ontop # toggle video window ontop of other windows w panscan -0.1 # zoom out with -panscan 0 -fs e panscan +0.1 # in s screenshot # take a png screenshot with -vf screenshot # S will take a png screenshot of every frame h tv_step_channel 1 l tv_step_channel -1 n tv_step_norm b tv_step_chanlist ## ## GUI ## #l gui_loadfile #t gui_loadsubtitle #a gui_about #s gui_stop #p gui_playlist #r gui_preferences #c gui_skinbrowser ## ## Joystick section ## WARNING: joystick support has to be explicitly enabled at ## compiletime with --enable-joystick ## JOY_RIGHT seek 10 JOY_LEFT seek -10 JOY_UP seek 60 JOY_DOWN seek -60 JOY_BTN0 pause JOY_BTN1 osd JOY_BTN2 volume 1 JOY_BTN3 volume -1

(modified version of the /etc/mplayer example - the early KP* bindings are all that really matter)

See Also

• VLC