Tom Vacek wrote: > Have you tried Blastwave mplayer? I haven't tried it with many DVDs, > but it's been very good for what I have tested it on. Note: Use > "cdrecord -scanbus" to figure out the SCSI address of your DVD drive, > and then call mplayer like this: /opt/csw/bin/mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device > /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2, but replace the numbers 3, 0 ,0 in the last part with > the address given by cdrecord. The shock value when somebody sees you > type that is priceless. > > As for Skype, I believe there is a way to use the Linux version on > Solaris. You'll have to Google that, and it's not pretty. You would do > much better to use SIP, especially if you live in China, and Ekiga (aka > "Video Conference") works out of the box, even on Linux nowdays. (For a > proxy, Ekiga's own is good, and iptel.org is great.) > > Tom > > > secret squirrel wrote: > >> seems like this is a good place to start moaning if you want skype for >> solaris >> >> http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=26856&st=20&gopid=1052331&#entry1052331 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Gizmo's proxy service also works.
Download their client (Lin/Mac/Win) (There's a url somewhere) to register an account and install onto a computer with one of those os, virtualbox, or brand-z if you're feeling dangerous. Login to gizmo5.com for your sip number Set server to proxy01.sipphone.com Set username and auth username to your id number (Mine is 17472942049 if you wanna call me) Fill in your password Set stun to: stun01.sipphone.com (Ekiga.net should work equally despite them being different. Reference: http://support.gizmoproject.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=402&nav=0 http://forum.gizmo5.com/viewtopic.php?p=37399 Send e-mails at Gizmo's developers to make a Solaris client, they are probably more than willing, and are more open to the public than Skype who mirrors a traditional monolithic evil entity IMHO. I use ekiga too (sparcdr at ekiga.net) but it sometimes goes down giving me stupid errors like Authorization not allowed. (503) James
