Is there a package I should install to use xine embedded in other applications?

[Jonas Norlander]

2009/11/3 Mark Greenwood <fatgerman at ntlworld.com>:
> On Tuesday 03 Nov 2009 00:18:48 Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>> People,
>>
>> I have xine installed in Kubuntu 9.10 and can use it to successfully
>> reproduce any kind of video I have here. However, Kaffeine, Dragon
>> Player and Gwenview, which use xine to play videos, are unable to
>> reproduce the very same videos I can play using xine directly.
>> They show a progress bar as if they were playing the videos, but no
>> sound is heard and no video is displayed.
>> Is there a package I should install to be able to use xine embedded in
>> these other applications?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marcelo
>>
>>
> Kaffeine, Dragon, and Gwenview all use Phonon, which uses xine as the backend. Perhaps you should check your configuration on the 'Multimedia' panel in the system settings.
>
> Mark
>

And make sure kubuntu-restricted-extras is installed. Also you can add
the medibuntu repository to get extra codecs that's not included with
Kubuntu.

/ Jonas