It’s not easy to install MPlayer in Fedora if you’re totally new to
Linux. But with this guideline, you’ll find it’s actually a piece of cake!
1. mkdir and cd /usr/local/lib/codecs/
2. download all-20071007.tar.bz2 at
http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/
3. #bzip2 -d all-20071007.tar.bz2
4. #tar zxvf all-20071007.tar
5. download mplayer source code at
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
6. extract it and cd its
root directory.
7. #./configure --enable-gui
8. #
make
9. #make install
10. download skins at
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
11. extract skins to /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default
12. add the following line to ~/.mplayer/config:
font=/usr/share/fonts/zh_CN/TrueType/zysong.ttf
13. play videos using: /usr/local/bin/gmplayer
