Hi, On 21 September 2010 22:43, Robert Marma <robert_marma at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > (1) Has anyone in the group had any experience with media players in > openSUSE? I could get > neither Banshee nor Totem--the default Gnome media players--to play > ANY of > my video > files. Then I recalled having used VLC in Windows a few years ago, > and > decided to check > out their web site. Being a Newbie, I wasn't sure about the > installation > procedure, but > tried downloading their latest RPM, and the package installer took > care of > the rest. To > my utter amazement, VLC played EVERY video file format perfectly, > except > for my .mov > files, which it also played, but in a jumpy, hesitating fashion. To > be > perfectly honest, > I've also had trouble getting media players to play my .mov files in > Windows. Even with > additional XP or Vista codecs installed, Windows Media player usually > was > useless, and > even iTunes and QuickTime didn't do the job, and .mov is supposed to > be a > QuickTime > format! The only media player that appears to play my .mov files > halfway > decently in > Windows is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, which is also free. > Unfortunately, they > don't appear to offer a Linux version. My question is: "Does anyone > know > of a reliable > media player--or at least codecs--that will play my .mov files?" > > Opensuse does by default exclude most libraries needed for playing audio and video files (apart from some free formats). A guide for installing the needed libraries can be ound here: http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats > (2) In intend to log onto the Linux and openSUSe forums for advice, but I > also > was wondering > if anyone knows of an instructive document or publication available > for > download--perhaps > something along the lines of "Linux for Dummies" or "Bash for > Dummies"--that would offer > examples with illustrations for learning the Bash commands and writing > scripts. > There are some how-tos for bash programming. For example: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html And generally if you want to know the specifics how to use a certain programm you can use *man <program name>*. Most of the docs are quite good. Jan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100921/53f0d05b/attachment.htm>
