Common codecs

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GStreamer codecs

If you find that you cannot play common audio (such as MP3) or video files, you might not have the correct codecs installed to play them. Media players using the gstreamer backend (such as Totem) will be able to play most multimedia files after installing these codecs:

pacman -S gstreamer0.10-{{bad,good,ugly,base}{,-plugins},ffmpeg}
Note: codecs package is out-of-date and no longer needed!

Useful media players

VLC

You may still find that some files (especially Windows video files) won't play properly in Totem. VLC is a multipurpose media player which has many of its own codecs and can handle the tricky video files, as well as DVD movies with menus.

pacman -S vlc

VLC Homepage

MPlayer

MPlayer also plays many files. Many times it will play things that won't play in VLC.

pacman -S mplayer

Note that MPlayer's GUI is disabled by default. The best way to enable it is the installation of one of the external frontends. For example:

pacman -S smplayer

If you want to play media such as Quick Time, Real Player or Windows Media Player in your browser install gecko-mediaplayer.

The "mplayer-plugin" package is no longer available in official repositories.

MPlayer Homepage

Install Mplayer binary codecs

As an ultimate solution you can try to install MPlayer binary codecs.

If you are not able to play some files go to http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html, read the instructions and install the codec you need to play your files.

They can also be found in AUR with the name codecs.

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