How to install Mplayer from source code

Installing Mplayer from source code

first you need to download the source code you can find that on link below

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc2.tar.bz2

now locate the downloaded file and give following command

[ismail@localhost ~]$ tar -jxvf MPlayer-1.0rc2.tar.bz2

[ismail@localhost ~]$ cd MPlayer-1.0rc2

[ismail@localhost MPlayer-1.0rc2]$ ./configure

[ismail@localhost MPlayer-1.0rc2]$ make

[ismail@localhost MPlayer-1.0rc2]$ su -c 'make install'

Locate the media file and open with following command

[ismail@localhost Songs]$ mplayer bourne.mp3 /code>

playing WMV and WMA file format follow this link

how to play windows media format on mplayer