How to Play Rmvb Files In Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
If you experienced this topic earlier, you know that it’s tough to solve. Playing Real video format files (e.g. rmvb files) is still a problem in Ubuntu 8.04, but don’t worry, it’s now much easier than before.
So, here we go:
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Follow the official instruction to install all the restricted formats:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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Install MPlayer:
sudo apt-get install mplayer
- Download MPlayer binary codecs package from here.
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Install MPlayer binary codecs package: (Note: the package name may differ from yours.)
tar xjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2 sudo mkdir /usr/lib/codecs sudo cp essential-20071007/* /usr/lib/codecs
At this point, you should be able to play rmvb files now. In case you still can’t, install libstdc++5 as follow:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
Bonus: I highly recommend you to give SMPlayer a try. You can get SMPlayer by:
sudo apt-get install smplayer
THANK YOU kind jaux sir.
I made that but it still not working??!!
it’s my fist visit
sweet blog
:)
regardes
thank you.
it works for me…
Cool!
nice one, that last bit (sudo apt-get install libstdc++5) was the bit i needed. no idea what it is or what it does but apparently i needed it.
cheers
sorry it does not work.
cannot find the directory
tried cd /usr/local but without succes
here you see the results
star39@star39-laptop:~$ cd /usr/local/
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ tar xjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar: essential-20071007.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ cd /usr/bin/
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/bin$ tar xjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar: essential-20071007.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/bin$ cd ~desktop
bash: cd: ~desktop: No such file or directory
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/bin$ cd -Desktop
bash: cd: -D: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/bin$ cd -L
star39@star39-laptop:~$ tar xjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar: essential-20071007.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
star39@star39-laptop:~$ cd /usr/opt/
bash: cd: /usr/opt/: No such file or directory
star39@star39-laptop:~$ cd /usr/etc/
bash: cd: /usr/etc/: No such file or directory
star39@star39-laptop:~$ cd /usr/local/
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ tar sjvf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux’ options
Try `tar –help’ or `tar –usage’ for more information.
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ tar xjf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
tar: essential-20071007.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ cd /usr/local/star39
bash: cd: /usr/local/star39: No such file or directory
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ cd ~desktop-star39
bash: cd: ~desktop-star39: No such file or directory
star39@star39-laptop:/usr/local$ cd ~ desktop
star39@star39-laptop:~$ tar xjf essential-2001007.tar.bz2
tar: essential-2001007.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
star39@star39-laptop:~$
hey!!! Thanks man!
I usually play my media with vlc, but that couldn’t do it, even after having installed all the other requirements…
smplayer did the trick..
thanks!
thank you, works great with kubuntu 8.04
This does not work on x86-64
@ranen: I guess you need 64-bit codecs to make it work.
You gave me so much help. Thanks a lot.
hello, my ubuntu 8.04 cant play any rmvb files, why is like that?
i`ve tried your solution, install mplayer , libstdc and smplayer.. but it seem cannot work..
@azman: Did you get any error messages when you were trying to play a RMVB file?
yes . this is whut i got
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj66/muyyaqdhom/probs.png
@azman: Try to use smplayer to play the file.
i`d try but the output only audio
audio is ok, but video not ok.
@azman: Do you know which version of RealVideo encoding it is for your files? Because I also have the same problem with my old videos which are encoded with older RealVideo codec. My solution should (or maybe only) work well for RealVideo 9/10 encoded videos.
Hi Jaux,
Thanks for the short and clear tutorial. It fixed my RMVB problem nicely.
Stanley
thanx machi …….. It worked for me
you rocks! thx a lot, this worked for me, lucky me to find this :)
thanks, good article
sorry~
i have key the trackback in my article
but it didn’t show on your trackback!
http://justfor1221.pixnet.net/blog/post/23115151
Thanks, for your article. Finally, I can watch RMVB videos in Ubuntu.
pls help me out how to install the binary codecs package.. my bit torrent isn’t workin properly i guess
@anantha Try HTTP or FTP, the links are on the same download page.
thanks a lot man… it works
Muchas gracias por este aporte.
Funcionó inmediatamente.