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#1 2013-05-21 01:08:49

Konstantin_hu
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Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

Hi!

I am using UmPlayer, I am very satisfied with it. Right now I would have to reinstall it due to some problems, but the compilation from source consumes a lot of time. Is there an official or unofficial repo for this great player?

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#2 2013-05-21 01:21:52

WonderWoofy
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

It would seem that on their site there are downloads for binary rpms and debs.  I am sure you could fanagle that to work with a PKGBUILD.  It certainly wouldn't be the first time.

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#3 2013-05-21 01:26:26

Konstantin_hu
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

I see, but about a year ago I have read about an unofficial repo which can be added to pacman.conf and then the installation is only a few seconds. But now I am unable to find that webpage with google where I have read about that repo.

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#4 2013-05-21 01:54:57

opt1mus
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

There's an umplayer xz package, PKGBUILD and file/dir listing available from Chakra Linux' repo;
Of course, Chakra Linux != Arch Linux, so this isn't a particularly great idea, as that way will quite possibly lead to breakage - an option nonetheless, albeit a poor one.

Personally I'd compile-install from the AUR, I don't find myself regularly compiling such packages to be concerned with finding third-party repos.

-- edit stressing difference --

Last edited by opt1mus (2013-05-21 02:08:28)

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#5 2013-05-21 02:23:33

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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

Honestly, I don't see the advantage over smplayer (which I have installed but don't really use).  I just call mplayer directly... it works in framebuffer as well.

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#6 2013-05-21 02:29:50

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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

WonderWoofy wrote:

Honestly, I don't see the advantage over smplayer (which I have installed but don't really use).  I just call mplayer directly... it works in framebuffer as well.

I wasn't even aware of umplayer until reading this thread. I also use mplayer, well; mpv. The simplicity of calling it from the console is the draw for me, and doesn't complain if you background it and ditch the term you invoked it from.

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#7 2013-05-21 02:32:50

WonderWoofy
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

Yeah, I've been trying mpv, and it is nice.  Though I keep mplayer installed since it is updated by the repos.  I wasn't aware of umplayer either until this thread.  So I built and installed it to give it a whirl, and it is indeed nice, but I see no clear advantage over smplayer.

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#8 2013-05-21 10:09:42

karol
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

archlinuxgr unofficial repo has umplayer-svn 181-5.

+1 for mpv :-)

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#9 2013-05-21 13:04:41

drcouzelis
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Re: Is there any unofficial repository for UMPlayer?

karol wrote:

+1 for mpv

No good! Konstantin_hu would have to compile mpv, and that might take a long time. wink

I use mpv, too. I wonder how long it will be before mpv is in the official repositories...

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