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-====== Video - Install multimedia codecs ======
-<WRAP todo>
-TODO:  Check this is still working...
-</WRAP>
-Codecs, is an important element when we are talking about playing and watching multimedia files.
-Download the codecs source from [[http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20061022.tar.bz2|here]] which is from the mplayer team.
-Extract the downloaded archive.
-<code bash>
-tar -xvjf all-20061022.tar.bz2
-</code>
-Make 2 directories if they are not already exist.
-<code bash>
-mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
-mkdir /usr/lib/win32
-</code>
-Copy the content of the extracted directory to the newly created directory:
-<code bash>
-cp all-20061022/* /usr/local/lib/codecs
-cp all-20061022/* /usr/lib/win32
-</code>
-Change the permission of the directories to 755
-<code bash>
-chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs
-chmod 755 /usr/lib/win32
-</code>
-Test it by playing any video with your favorite media player.
-===== References =====
-http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20061022.tar.bz2