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, you'll 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. Install the following packages ('Packman Repository' required):

• libxine1-codecs
• w32codec-all
• k3b-codecs
• ffmpeg
• lame

DVD movies are encrypted, to play them with Kaffeine you need to install libdvdcss. Manually add the repository http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3/ to YaST and install the package libdvdcss.

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


Add the necessary repositories:
Then install the necessary packages:
You will be asked if you want to allow vendor change for some packages - allow it.