quick-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/installing-plugins-for-playing-movies-and-music.adoc

= Installing plugins for playing movies and music
Weverton do Couto Timoteo; JetStream ; The Fedora Docs team
:revnumber: F37
:revdate: 2022-10-05
:category: Administration
:tags: How-to Plugins Multi-Media


As a Fedora user and system administrator, you can use these steps to install additional multimedia plugins that enable you to play various video and audio types.

WARNING: If you live in a country where software patents apply, such as in the United States or in Japan, you need to obtain multimedia codecs from a source that legally distributes patented software in your country. For example, see the Fluendo Codec Pack: link:https://fluendo.com/en/products/enterprise/fluendo-codec-pack/[].

[discrete]
== Prerequisites

* xref:setup_rpmfusion.adoc[Enable the RPMFusion repositories].

[discrete]
== Procedure

* Use the `dnf` utility to install packages that provide multimedia libraries:
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sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel

sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel 

sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia
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[id='related-information-{context}']
== Related information

* There are also media players that include all relevant codecs by themselves. Consider using one of the following for offline video viewing:
** VLC, available from the `vlc` package in RPM Fusion Free
** MPV, available from the `mpv` package in RPM Fusion Free
moved some partials into its main article 2023-08-04 00:41:37 +00:00			`= Installing plugins for playing movies and music`
Added categories to another bunch of articles. 2023-08-07 07:20:52 +00:00			`Weverton do Couto Timoteo; JetStream ; The Fedora Docs team`
			`:revnumber: F37`
			`:revdate: 2022-10-05`
			`:category: Administration`
			`:tags: How-to Plugins Multi-Media`

moved some partials into its main article 2023-08-04 00:41:37 +00:00
			`As a Fedora user and system administrator, you can use these steps to install additional multimedia plugins that enable you to play various video and audio types.`

			`WARNING: If you live in a country where software patents apply, such as in the United States or in Japan, you need to obtain multimedia codecs from a source that legally distributes patented software in your country. For example, see the Fluendo Codec Pack: link:https://fluendo.com/en/products/enterprise/fluendo-codec-pack/[].`

			`[discrete]`
			`== Prerequisites`

			`* xref:setup_rpmfusion.adoc[Enable the RPMFusion repositories].`

			`[discrete]`
			`== Procedure`

			* Use the `dnf` utility to install packages that provide multimedia libraries:
			`+`
			`----`
			`sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\,good-\,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel`

			`sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel`

			`sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia`
			`----`

			`[id='related-information-{context}']`
			`== Related information`

			`* There are also media players that include all relevant codecs by themselves. Consider using one of the following for offline video viewing:`
			** VLC, available from the `vlc` package in RPM Fusion Free
			** MPV, available from the `mpv` package in RPM Fusion Free