fc-5 video playback software

[gary]

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 22:22 -0600, Peter Horst wrote:
> I'm just not getting this video playback installation thing
> (2.6.18-1.2239.fc5). When I try using Yum extender to install xine, I
> get:
> 
> Missing Dependency: libssl.so.5 is needed by package xine
> Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.5 is needed by package xine
> 
> And when I try to install videolan-client (from freshrpms) I get:
> 
> Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.11(GNUTLS_REL_1_0_9) is needed by
> package videolan-client
> Missing Dependency: libgnutls.so.11 is needed by package videolan-client
> Missing Dependency: libcdio.so.6 is needed by package videolan-client
> Missing Dependency: libiso9660.so.4 is needed by package videolan-client
> Missing Dependency: libcdio.so.6(CDIO_6) is needed by package
> videolan-client
> 
> I got mplayer installed, but it doesn't work: "Error
> opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device."
> 
> I didn't think I was this clueless, but apparently I was wrong. Any
> hints on getting any of these packages properly installed?
> 
> Thanks much -
> 
 1. With mplayer - it appears you need to get into Mplayer> Preferences>
Video and setup driver (maybe X11 xv?) vo=video output. Make sure you
have the necessary codecs. Also =Mplayer> prefences> misc  - indentify
your dvd or cdplayer with /dev/xxx

2. I did not have a dependency issue when I installed vlc using the
livna and fedora extras repos.