相撲外：Installing mplayer on the Universal

Other Debian GNU/Linux on Universal tips

The mplayer in Debian armel feed doesn't play video on the Universal well, having problems with speed. Therefore a custom-compiled mplayer needs to be installed.

Install necessary dependencies:

# aptitude install libmad0 libsdl1.2debian-alsa libjpeg62 libxv1 libfontconfig1 libxext6

Now, following Yonggun's mplayer install page, originally found here, download the following packages: libmp3lame0_3.96.1-r4_armel.deb
mplayer-common_0.0.1-r0_armel.deb
mplayer_0.0+1.0rc1+svnr24587-r3_armel.deb
and install them:

# wget http://sumoudou.org/uni/libmp3lame0_3.96.1-r4_armel.deb
# wget http://sumoudou.org/uni/mplayer-common_0.0.1-r0_armel.deb
# wget http://sumoudou.org/uni/mplayer_0.0+1.0rc1+svnr24587-r3_armel.deb
# dpkg -i mplayer-common_0.0.1-r0_armel.deb mplayer_0.0+1.0rc1+svnr24587-r3_armel.deb libmp3lame0_3.96.1-r4_armel.deb
# aptitude hold mplayer

For info how to encode movies, so they play in high quality smoothly on the Universal, and how to play them in mplayer, consult 相撲外：High quality 640x480 video in mplayer on the Universal.