Installing "gstreamer1-libav" for the Parole Media Player
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What is the parole Media Player?
Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop. Parole features playback of local media files, DVD/CD and live streams. Parole is extensible via plugins.
The source code for Parole can be found on Github: Parole source
Missing gstreamer plugin: "gstreamer1-libav" Package From Fedora DNF Repository
The Fedora DNF Repository currently does not include the "gstreamer1-libav" package which is required by Parole for playing mp4 videos. The following error message is displayed if the package is missing: "H.264 (High Profile) decoder" is need by Parole.
The source code for "gstreamer1-libav" can be found on Github: gst-libav source
The RPM Fusion DNF repository does include the "gstreamer1-libav" package. Use the following sections to install the RPM Fision repository for DNF usage and installation of the "gstreamer1-libav" package.
How do I install the VideoLAN VLC Media Player?
VLC is packaged at the RPM Fusion Site. First we need to add this repository to NST.
Install The RPM Fusion Repository Into NST
dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Install VLC From RPM Fusion Repository
Once the repository is added, we next add VLC. It is that simple!
dnf install vlc
