Updated: 11 April, 2013

by FreeFind

This chapter describes three different methods for installing the packages needed to playback most multimedia formats - including MP3, DVDs etc., with Kaffeine (video) and Amarok (audio). You can use 1-Click Install, manual installation or use the command line - whichever method you prefer.

By default only free, open, non-patent encumbered formats such as Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis and Flac are supported for legal reasons (US software patents and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)).

Click on the button below to install multmedia codecs with 1-click install.


Note, if you get a warning dialog like this don't panic! Simply select the top option, to allow changing the vendor for some packages from openSUSE to Packman, then click OK -- Try Again.


You can install the packages manually instead if you prefer.

First add the repositories with YaST Software Repositories:

• Packman Repository
• libdvdcss repository (skip if you don't need DVD playback)

Then install the following packages with YaST Software Management:

• libxine2-codecs
• k3b-codecs
• ffmpeg
• lame
• gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad
• gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly
• gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ugly-orig-addon
• gstreamer-0_10-plugins-ffmpeg
• libdvdcss2 (skip if you don't need DVD playback)

To install codecs using the terminal instead, do these steps:

Add the needed repositories (skip the dvd repo if you don't need DVD playback):
Then install the necessary packages (skip libdvdcss2 if you don't need DVD playback):
You may be asked if you want to allow vendor change for some packages - allow it.