Thread: Ubuntu: Video opens in MPlayer but not in other players (inc. Avidemux)

Here we go. After some research, it appears that I'm missing the ffrv40 decoder...

Code:

mplayer -vc help | grep rv40
rv40        realvid   working   Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder  [drv4.so.6.0]
rv40win     realvid   working   Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder  [drv43260.dll]
rv40mac     realvid   working   Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder  [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]

Comparable output from others for whom this is working has an additional line:

Code:

ffrv40      ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg RV40  [rv40]

So the question really becomes, "what do I need to do to install that?" (or, "what do I need to do to get ffmpeg to pull its head out of its ass and notice that there are other codecs installed that can read the format just fine?")

I may need to build ffmpeg from scratch, but I'd be shocked if that can't be avoided - you'd think the medibuntu version would come with stuff people care about when switching to medibuntu.