How To Play WMV,WMA, MP3 Files In Linux?
0 comments 6/14/2010 06:51:00 PM Posted by Surendra Kumar AnneLabels: Audio, How-To's, Videos
By default most of the Linux systems will not support any of the mention formates. In order to play these files in Linux we require to install mplayer or vlc. My favourite one is VLC(VideoLAN Client). With which you can play most of the media files and even we can play streaming video and audio files. VLC uses ffmpeg codecs back end to convert/play many formats.
VLC support below formats :
3GP(.3gp) ==> 3rd generation phone format, This video format is good for mobile phones.
AIFF/ASF(.asf, .wmv) ==> These are windows proprietary format, ASF(Active Streaming Format) is used for streaming purpose and wmv(Windows media video) for playing windows videos.
AU(.au) ==> Simple Audio file introduced by Sun micro systems.
AVI(.avi) ==>AVI(Audio video interleave) ==>This is one more format developed by MS. Due to separation of Audio and Video the file size is less when compared to normal WMV files, So most of the times when you download movies from torrents they are in AVI.
FLV (.flv) ==> FLash Video, which is used for streaming again. For example the popular video site Youtube.com uses this format to play videos for users.
MOV(.mov) ==> Movie file format which is default format in Mac OS.
MP4(.mp4) ==> Compressed format for Audio, The songs which are stored in mp4 occupies less space then mp3. So many users when they want to listen to songs on their mobile phones uses this format to store songs.
OGG(.ogm, .ogg) ==>Again a streaming video/audio format MKV(.mkv, .mka).
MPEG-2/TS(.ts, .mpg) ==> A Video format.
MPEG-2/ES, PS, PVA, MP3(.mpg, .mp3, .mp2) ==> Audio format
NSC(.nsc)
NSV(.nsv)
Nut(.nut)
Real(.ra, .ram, .rm, .rv , .rmbv) ==> Real media formats, previous versions did not support will. But now this format is supported well.
Raw(a52, dts, aac, flac, .dv, .vid)
True Audio Codec(.tta, .tac)
Ty Tivo(.ty)
Wav(.wav, .dts)
Xa(.xa)
To install in VLC in Redhat :
#rpm -ivh vlc
To install vlc in Ubuntu :
apt-get install vlc
Once you install vlc will be there in applications -->Sound and Video in menu. Just open any mp3/video file with VLC and enjoy.
These days people are using VLC extensively for playing their Video/Audio files. This download counts are huge.
How To Play .ram(Real Audio Metadata) In Redhat/Ubunto
0 comments 2/02/2010 08:31:00 AM Posted by Meghana M BhombhoreLabels: Audio, Troubleshooting
The .ram (Real Audio Metadata) is an properitery audo formate from Real media network's which is having its player called Real player.
This format is a stream media format, ie media is stramed from other source.
So how to play this file in Linux?
Ans : To play this we have to install mplayer. you may get doubt that why I am saying mplayer, i dont suggest to you a properitery real plyaer which will be annoying you all sorts of ads etc. mplayer is a good open source software with which you can play almost every formate. This is my favorite player after VLC player, which is once again a open source.
These are the file formates supported by mplayer
1. Physical media : CDs, DVDs, Video CDs
2. Container formats : 3GP, AVI, ASF, FLV, Matroska, MOV (QuickTime), MP4,
NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia
3. Video formats : Cinepak, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo, Sorenson, Theora, WMV
4. Audio formats : AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, FLAC, Intel Music Coder, Monkey's Audio, MP3, Musepack, RealAudio, Shorten, Speex, Vorbis, WMA
5. Subtitle formats : AQTitle, ASS/SSA, CC, JACOsub, MicroDVD, MPsub, OGM, PJS, RT, Sami, SRT, SubViewer, VOBsub, VPlayer
6. Image formats: BMP, JPEG, MNG, PCX, PTX, TGA, TIFF, SGI, Sun Raster
7. Protocols : RTP, RTSP, HTTP, FTP, MMS, Netstream (mpst://), SMB –wikipedia.org
How to install mplayer in linux?
In Ubuntu Linux:
sudo apt-get install mplayer
In Redhat Linux:
yum install mplayer
