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Purps at 18:03, 1 April 2011

2011-04-01T18:03:06Z

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	[[Category:Tutorials]]		[[Category:Tutorials]]

			''Unfortunately the link below no longer works, but the following should help http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11497.0''

	This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce 810 with some limitations.		This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce 810 with some limitations.

	The following instructions will ~~allo~~ playback of most types of mkv containers with VDPAU, but the instructions will break VDR.		The following instructions will allow playback of most types of mkv containers with VDPAU, but the instructions will break VDR.

	You will have to forcefully install a backported libxine prepared by niz23. The debs they are located here: http://tschak.homelinux.com/deb/		You will have to forcefully install a backported libxine prepared by niz23. The debs they are located here: http://tschak.homelinux.com/deb/

Purps at 18:38, 2 January 2011

2011-01-02T18:38:16Z

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	sudo dpkg --install libxine*.deb		sudo dpkg --install libxine*.deb

	For reasons I do not understand, the use of "-i" (instead of "--install") does not work - [[User:Purps.]]		For reasons I do not understand, the use of "-i" (instead of "--install") does not work - [[User:Purps]]

	Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.		Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.

Purps at 18:35, 2 January 2011

2011-01-02T18:35:00Z

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	sudo dpkg --install libxine*.deb		sudo dpkg --install libxine*.deb

	For reasons I do not understand, the use of "-i" instead of "--install" does not work.		For reasons I do not understand, the use of "-i" (instead of "--install") does not work - [[User:Purps.]]

	Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.		Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.

Purps at 23:07, 28 November 2010

2010-11-28T23:07:22Z

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	They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.		They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.

	Download the .debs, place them in their own folder (I created a folder called "MKV" in "/root/home/Desktop", which is where Firefox normally puts downloaded files), and then in a terminal...		Download the .debs, place them in their own folder just to be safe (I created a folder called "MKV" in "/root/home/Desktop", which is where Firefox normally puts downloaded files), and then in a terminal...

	cd /root/Desktop/MKV		cd /root/Desktop/MKV

Purps at 23:05, 28 November 2010

2010-11-28T23:05:20Z

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	You will have to forcefully install a backported libxine prepared by niz23. The debs they are located here: http://tschak.homelinux.com/deb/		You will have to forcefully install a backported libxine prepared by niz23. The debs they are located here: http://tschak.homelinux.com/deb/
	They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.		They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.

			Download the .debs, place them in their own folder (I created a folder called "MKV" in "/root/home/Desktop", which is where Firefox normally puts downloaded files), and then in a terminal...

			cd /root/Desktop/MKV
			sudo dpkg --install libxine*.deb

			For reasons I do not understand, the use of "-i" instead of "--install" does not work.

	Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.		Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.

TrX: Added possible new information about working libxine MKV and VDR info from linuxmce forum.

2010-09-18T17:52:58Z

Added possible new information about working libxine MKV and VDR info from linuxmce forum.

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	They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.		They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.
	Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.		Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.

			Possible Update: When reading about this issue I stumbled across a forum post that suggested the latest linuxmce build after doing a dist-upgrade has a version of libxine that plays MKV via VDPAU like it should but also doesn't break VDR. The link is here: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=10013.30
			I will check into this and report back.

	==Troubleshoting==		==Troubleshoting==
	Another method, if you see green artifacts, is to rename the files to .m2ts and changing media type to "LinuxMCE Blu-Ray". This makes LinuxMCE use mplayer to play mkv files instead of xine, however in that case you loose the ability to pause.		Another method, if you see green artifacts, is to rename the files to .m2ts and changing media type to "LinuxMCE Blu-Ray". This makes LinuxMCE use mplayer to play mkv files instead of xine, however in that case you loose the ability to pause.

Jeangot at 15:36, 24 August 2010

2010-08-24T15:36:47Z

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	[[Category:Tutorials]]		[[Category:Tutorials]]

	This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce.		This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce 810 with some limitations.

			The following instructions will allo playback of most types of mkv containers with VDPAU, but the instructions will break VDR.

			You will have to forcefully install a backported libxine prepared by niz23. The debs they are located here: http://tschak.homelinux.com/deb/
			They need to be installed all at the same time, with dpkg.
			Note that there is no support for these packages, and they WILL break VDR.

	==Troubleshoting==		==Troubleshoting==
	If you see green artifacts, ~~you can avoid them by renaming~~ the files to .m2ts and changing media type to "LinuxMCE Blu-Ray". This makes LinuxMCE use mplayer to play mkv files instead of xine.		Another method, if you see green artifacts, is to rename the files to .m2ts and changing media type to "LinuxMCE Blu-Ray". This makes LinuxMCE use mplayer to play mkv files instead of xine, however in that case you loose the ability to pause.

Cirion: New page: Category:Tutorials This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce. ==Troubleshoting== If you see green artifacts, you can avoid them by rena...

2009-01-02T09:49:50Z

New page: Category:Tutorials This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce. ==Troubleshoting== If you see green artifacts, you can avoid them by rena...

New page

[[Category:Tutorials]]

This page explains how to achieve successful playback of Mkv/H264/X264 files on Linuxmce.

==Troubleshoting==
If you see green artifacts, you can avoid them by renaming the files to .m2ts and changing media type to "LinuxMCE Blu-Ray". This makes LinuxMCE use mplayer to play mkv files instead of xine.