Common CodecsEdit

These are the most common Codecs and are a good to have on you Linux system

System independentEdit

Open CodecsEdit

Most codecs have source code for them nowadays. Here is a fairly large, but very incomplete list. Most are not necessary for most users.

Binary CodecsEdit

• Download Binary codecs from mplayer's website
• http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
• binary codecs the common location for copying them is
  • /usr/local/lib/codecs

  however some programs look for certain codes at

  • /usr/local/lib/win32

  If you install prefix is /usr then the codecs should be copied

  • /usr/lib/codecs
  • /usr/lib/win32
• The best way to cover all these cases is to copy all binary codecs to
  • /usr/lib/codecs
• Then make symbolic links to the other directories
  • ln -s /usr/lib/codecs /usr/lib/win32
  • ln -s /usr/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/win32
  • ln -s /usr/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/codecs

Installing Codecs in GentooEdit

To list all the codec library packages available in Gentoo

• Execute: ls /usr/portage/media-libs/
• or visit: Gentoo media-libs

To install the ones you want

• Execute: emerge PACKAGE_NAME

To install the binary packages described above

• Execute: emerge win32codecs

To add the codecs to all installed programs

• Edit /etc/make.conf
• Edit the USE flag
  • Example: USE="quicktime real gif jpeg mpeg matroska xanim png tiff svg a52 aac exif mp3 ogg vorbis theora xpm wmf win32codecs x264 flac postscript xvid mad mp2 divx encode" #Media

• Gentoo media-libs
  
  
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