Talking about the media player under Linux (on)

The development of Linux is fast, and in a few short years, it has not only laid a solid network foundation, but also developed into the desktop field. As a network operating system, although it is difficult to compete with Windows at one time, its development momentum is unabated, and it is a flourishing scene in China.

The meaning of the graphical desktop is that it can use the colorful window to bring the user closeness, so that people are no longer strange, and the humanized design will trigger people to try Linux, so that more People understand Linux. X
window is an open window in Linux, no matter how its design, after all, this "window" interface brings a lot of practical and easy to use things. With the release of Windows XP, Linux vendors are not outdone, and have launched their own "desktop" products. These versions have a strong multimedia core, and there is no small improvement in audio and video support, and a large number of application software is bundled.

Today, Linux can basically meet the needs of computers for people to provide office, entertainment, and life. Although many places are still not perfect, basic Office software, players, games, and so on. In the Linux OA office software test that just ended in our lab, we found many good products. Nowadays, there are more and more audio and video playback software under Linux. It is easy to listen to CD, MP3 or VCD and DVD movies under Linux. A variety of player software is available for you to choose from. Some styles are streamlined and powerful. Most of them support all common media formats, which is almost the same as the player under Windows. Below, let's introduce a few models, and let's take a look at the world of playback in Linux.

For a Linux novice, the first time you set foot on this unknown world, you may encounter problems like this in use. This article will use the popular Xteam Linux Chinese version as a test platform to introduce common multimedia software installation methods.

Initial Installation

Under Linux, files are most common with "executable" and "compressed" files. First, let's take a look at the ".rpm" file - rpm is an executable package. The rpm package installation is relatively simple. The graphical interface application can be directly double-clicked and executed in KDE. The system will automatically install it, or you can install it directly in the command line state with "rpm-ivh.rpm (file name)".

In addition, the compressed format of the file is also everywhere, just like the zip file under Windows. The compressed package of ".tar.gz" format needs to be decompressed and installed. It also has the ability to directly decompress in the X window. Clicking to execute can be decompressed and installed. The "tar" format is packaged and "gz" is compression. The compression of group files in Linux is performed simultaneously through these two processes. You can directly unpack the two layers by using tar-xzvf .tar.gz (file name) under the command line. After unpacking the files, it is likely that additional installation procedures will be required.

The most troublesome thing is to "compile". Usually in a bunch of files that are unpacked, there will be similar instructions and installation files such as "Install", "configure" or "readme". Installation is best done according to the instructions (vi README