SuSE 10.0 oss DVD, Flash, Acrobat, Windows Media, MP3, and RealMedia
20/12/2005
I've taken select excerpts from Jem Matzan's excellent article over at http://www.thejemreport.com
1. Adding sources to YaST
First you'll need to add some software repositories to your YaST
installation sources list. Go into the YaST utility by clicking on the
green Gecko menu in the lower left corner of your screen. Select
System, then click on Control Center (YaST). You'll be prompted for
your root password. Go ahead and type it in, check the box next to Keep
Password, and click OK.
You're now in YaST, and the Software category is already selected by
default. Click on the Installation Source icon. This will bring up a
window that will allow you to add software repositories so that you can
download the add-on software. You'll notice that your CD or DVD
installation media is already listed. Go ahead and disable it by
clicking the Enable Or Disable button -- we're going to add an Internet
address that will replace your discs. That way if you need to add
software from the CDs or DVD, you can get the packages from the
Internet instead of putting a disc into your computer. If you need to,
you can just as easily enable the CD/DVD source later.
Click the Add button, then click on HTTP in the popup menu. Add the
following Internet address to the Server Name field and then click on
OK:
packman.rsync.zmi.at/suse/10.0
If that repository link does not work, you can choose one of the mirrors from this list.
Now repeat this process and add the following servers to your installation sources using the FTP option instead of HTTP:
- mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java
- mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source
- mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra
Now next to all of your new software sources, change the Refresh
option to On. You can do this by selecting each source and clicking on
the Refresh On Or Off button. The default is Off, so you'll have to
change all of the entries.
Without adding the preceding sources and ordering them to refresh,
it will not be possible to follow the next three steps. You can now
close the Installation Source window.
2. Flash, Acrobat, Windows Media, MP3, and RealMedia support
Go back into the YaST software manager. In the Search box, type in w32codec-all and click on Search. A single package should appear in the right-hand pane. Click the checkbox next to it.
Erase your previous search term in the Search box, type in acroread
and click on Search. Click the checkbox next to the acroread package in
the right-hand pane. You'll have to accept a software license agreement
to continue.
Now search for flash and click Search. Select that package for installation by clicking its checkbox and agreeing to its license.
Search for realplayer and click Search. Click its
checkbox. You only need the RealPlayer package itself -- the other
search results are not necessary.
Search for mplayer and click Search. Click its checkbox. You don't need the other package that appears in the search results.
Search for kaffeine-mozilla and click Search. Click its checkbox.
When you've done all of this, click on Accept. Other packages will
be dependent on some of these, so you'll have to click Continue in the
Automatic Changes screen that comes up. After that, all of the packages
you just selected will be installed and your Firefox Web browser will
have all of the plugins it needs. You'll also have the ability to play
MP3 music files. A popup window will appear when it's done -- just
click on Finish and you'll be brought back to YaST.
3. DVD playback
(64-bit users, skip down to the next section). I couldn't find any
SUSE installation sources for the DVD decoding program, so you'll have
to download it on your own. Go to your Gecko menu, then select
Internet, then Web Browser, then click on Web Browser (Konqueror). When
Konqueror opens, copy and paste in this address:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/rpm/libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm
Or just click here
if you want a link. Konqueror will ask you what you want to do with the
file. You could save it to your Desktop, then double-click it to
install it, but an easier way is to select the Open With button. That
will bring up a popup window. In that window, click on System, then
Configuration, then Package Manager (KPackage). (If you do not have
KPackage installed, go back to the YaST software manager and install
the kdeadmin3 package, then restart this process.) The KPackage program
will read the DVD decoding package from the Web. Click on the Install
button at the bottom of the KPackage window, then click on Install in
the next window too. You will be asked for your root password; type it
in and press Enter. Shortly thereafter, the DVD decoding library will
be installed. Click on the Done button, then close KPackage and
Konqueror.
Next you'll have to modify the video player so that it will play
DVDs. While it originally had this functionality built in, Novell has
removed it to make life more difficult for people who want to watch
DVDs on their computer.
Go into YaST and select Software Management. The familiar package selection screen will come up. In the Search box, type in xine
and then click Search. About two dozen entries will appear in the
right-hand pane. Right-click on all of the blue-colored packages (there
should be at least two) and select Update from the drop-down menu.
Click on Accept when you're done, and then click on Continue in the
ensuing Automatic Changes screen. The updated software will now
download and install properly. When it's finished, a popup window will
ask you if you'd like to install more software. Click on Finish and
you'll be brought back to YaST's software manager.
You now have the ability to play commercial DVD movies on your
computer -- put one in and try it, if it's legal where you are. A popup
message should appear when you put in a DVD movie. If it asks you if
you want to play the movie with Kaffeine, click on Yes and you'll go
straight to the video player. In some instances the disc may be
recognized as a data disc, and SUSE will ask you if you want to open
the DVD with K3b. In that case, click on Ignore, then go to the Gecko
menu, select Multimedia, then Video Player, then click on Media Player
(Kaffeine). When Kaffeine starts, click on the Open DVD icon.
