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The lack of a DVD/Video player is my <b><big>pet peve</big></b> with
FC2, but it's rectified easily enough;<br>
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There are 9 players (or more) that can be installed on your system, but
for ME, the two that were easy are<br>
VLC and XINE.<br>
<br>
VLC is my favorite, and it plays DVDs extremely well. Go to
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-redhat.html">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-redhat.html</a> <br>
<br>
FOR VLC, they say to rpm FORCE *, but that's not how I recommend the
install, (First, you'll need to download the vlc-binary plus
fedora1-updates.) to INSTALL, do this;<br>
1. gzip -dc vlc-binary....gz |tar -xvof-<br>
2. gzip -dc fedora1....gz | tar -xvof-<br>
3. For easy install, move all the resulting rpms to the SAME directory<br>
4. rpm -ivh vlc* - this will fail with MANY dependencies, <br>
5. rpm -ivh each dependency in order until vlc will install. (repeat
steps 4 & 5 as often as needed) - easy just takes 10 minutes....<br>
<br>
Remember that sometimes a dependency will say lib-something, but the
needed rpm is named something-lib...<br>
<br>
That will make VLC work, AND will create an icon in the sound&video
section of your X menu<br>
<br>
To install XINE, go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases">http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases</a> You need to
download step 1 and 2 (xine-lib and xine-ui)<br>
<br>
then, (from their website)<br>
<p> Download the latest xine-lib and gxine/xine-ui tarballs, then
follow these instruction. To unpack a tarball, use: </p>
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<pre class="SCREEN"> <b class="COMMAND">tar xfvz tarballname.tar.gz</b></pre>
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<p> The following instructions will install xine in <tt
class="FILENAME">/usr/local</tt> where it will be visible for all
users. You need root privileges to do this on most systems. </p>
<p> After unpacking xine-lib, issue: </p>
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<pre class="SCREEN"> <b class="COMMAND">./configure</b>
<b class="COMMAND">make install</b></pre>
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<p> Make sure your <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/ld.so.conf</tt> contains <tt
class="FILENAME">/usr/local/lib</tt> and continue with: </p>
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<pre class="SCREEN"> <b class="COMMAND">ldconfig</b></pre>
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<p> Now unpack your frontend (gxine or xine-ui or ...), then: </p>
<pre class="SCREEN"> <b class="COMMAND">./configure</b>
<b class="COMMAND">make install</b></pre>
PS. You MUST type the command: ldconfig (after editing the
/etc/ld.so.conf as shown above that) or the xine-ui will say xine-lib
isn't installed...<br>
<br>
XINE will NOT create a shortcut or put a launcher anywhere I could
fine, but you can execute it by typing xine at a command prompt.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<big>The reason you WANT xine is that it will play AVI files (the ones
my Finepix camera creates) and others that I couldn't get other players
to play easily...<br>
</big><br>
<br>
AGAIN, one or both of these SHOULD have been included in FC2 (IMHO)<br>
<br>
-Mickey<br>
-Linux MASTER wannabe -- but currently just scratchin' the surface I'm
affraid!<br>
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Andy Green wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Is there a video player (not xmms) that is bundled with FC2? If there is,
I can't find it.
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There is some demonic crud in kdemultimedia, Noatun and Kaboodle that keep
grabbing mime types in KDE and have to be exorcised. But I never found a
use for either, maybe in stock KDE they actually do useful things. But the
Undead versions in FC do not in my experience.
- -Andy
- --
Automatic actions for USB cameras, cardreaders, memory sticks, MP3 players
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://warmcat.com/usbautocam">http://warmcat.com/usbautocam</a>
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