Install Multimedia Codec on Fedora To Play All Video and Audio Formats
For some reason, Fedora didn’t include some multimedia codecs by default in their system. So when it is first used after the installation process, there are many audio and video formats that cannot be played or played on Fedora.
In order to be able to play and play these video and audio formats, you need to install multimedia codecs additional first. You have to use another repository to install multimedia codec the.
Install RPMFusion Repository on Fedora 23
Before installing multimedia codecsyou have to add or install RPMFusion repository first. There are many apps or utilities available in RPMFusion repository which is not available on Fedora repositories.
To add RPMFusion repository on your Fedora. Open Terminal on your Fedora by pressing the keyboard combination or open Terminal via the application menu, then enter or copy the following command in Terminal:
su -c 'dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'
After the process is complete, then multimedia codecs which will be needed is ready to be installed on Fedora.
Many media players, both video players and music players such as Banshee, Totem and others, use gstreamer plugins. By installing codec plugins Thus, the media players can play more additional video and audio formats.
To install it, enter or copy the following command in Terminal:
sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras ffmpeg
Wait for the download and installation process to complete.
Install VLC Player on Fedora 23
VLC Player is a powerful video player application that is widely used and popular. Not only on the GNU/Linux operating system, VLC Player is also widely used on Microsoft Windows and other operating systems.
By using VLC Player, we can play all video formats that are widely used today.
To install VLC Player on Fedora, open Terminal and type the following command.
sudo dnf install vlc
Then wait for the download and installation process to complete. After the installation process is complete, open VLC Player in the Fedora application menu. Now you can play various video formats on Fedora.
