Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[John L Fjellstad]

Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 04:06:07PM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote:
>> You can get unofficial debs from here: http://marillat.free.fr/
>
> Its been changed, problems with the server, the new address is
> ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ or just put
> deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
> into your /etc/apt/sources.list (see my post for more detail).

Actually http://marillat.free.fr is just the website.  The website tells
you what to put in the source file.  Checked it before I posted.

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Micha Feigin]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 04:06:07PM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> You can get unofficial debs from here: http://marillat.free.fr/

Its been changed, problems with the server, the new address is
ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ or just put
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
into your /etc/apt/sources.list (see my post for more detail).

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Micha Feigin]

Or if you follow my post you can add the line to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
do

aptitude update
aptitude install mplayer-386 mplayer-mozilla mplayer-fonts w32codecs

(or instead of mplayer-386 use accelerated mplayer-686 mplayer-k6
mplayer-k7 and instead of w32codecs there is also w32codecs-light)

and you are up and running. This includes both the non-gui and the gui
versions. The only issue I am having is that for some reason it ignores
entries in /etc/mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf.

If any of the plugins are missing you can just drop them into
/usr/lib/win32

(There is also the mplayerplug-in package I think in unstable but I
never tried it).

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:44:35PM -0600, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Micha:
> 
> I'm enclosing a copy below of my instructions for installing Mplayer and 
> Mplayerplug-in for Xandros/Debian. They will apply just as well to Debian 
> itself. Note that you need to install Mplayer with a special argument in 
> order to get the GUI version. It's all here. Just read below.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> Dear friends:
> 
> If you want to play Windows Media Player and QuickTime on Linux (and the 
> latest versions, to boot), I strongly recommend MPlayer. Using the Mplayer 
> plugin, you will be able to play WMP and QT (and the latest versions, to 
> boot) in Mozilla, Netscape, Konqueror and Opera.
> 
> Since Linux already has great DVD players (Xine, Ogle and Vlc), the main 
> reason for adding Mplayer is not so much for playing DVD's (though it does it 
> as well as the other players). It's for the browser plugins. And, believe me, 
> it's well worth the effort. And that is why I have taken the trouble to write 
> these instructions for those who could not install Mplayer using the other 
> instructions on our forums.
> 
> Before I proceed, you might wonder: Why is Mplayer so difficult to install? 
> Well, in my research online, I came across the following article on this 
> whole issue. Bottom line: the authors of Mplayer apparently have an attitude. 
> Here is the URL (middle of page):
> 
> Mplayer: The Project from Hell
> http://www.linuxworld.com/story/32880.htm
> 
> OK, now on to the instructions. Here goes:
> 
> I. Installing MPlayer.
> 
> We'll install the graphical version of Mplayer.
> 
> 1. In Xandros Networks, download and install the gcc 3.33 file, libgtk1.2-dev 
> and the libpng12-dev libraries. You will need them both to recompile the 
> mplayer file from source.
> 
> 2. Go to the MPlayer home page at:
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html
> 
> If you can't access them directly, do it by typing "mplayer" in Google.
> 
> Now download the following files:
> 
> The MPlayer 1.0pre3. SOURCE tar file.
> The Blue default skin
> The Arial Western-1 font file.
> 
> Binary Codecs:
> 
> All-in-One Package
> More binary packages
> 
> (These are for Linux, of course, NOT for Windows -- that's what the text 
> means)
> 
> 3. Unpack the files above using Ark by first creating a directory for each of 
> the three files (name them whatever you want), e.g. mplayer-basic, blue, 
> arial. Right click on the tar file and click on "Extract". This will extract 
> the contents into the corresponding directory. So the mplayer-basic directory 
> should now be filled with all sorts of subdirectories and files.
> 
> 4. In the console go to the mplayer-basic directory and, AS USER, type:
> 
> ./configure --enable-gui --enable-win32
> 
> This takes about one minute.
> 
> Now type:
> 
> make
> 
> This will create the mplayer program. This takes under 15 minutes (on my Dell 
> Dimension 8200 1.8 G with 512 meg of RAM)
> 
> Then type:
> 
> make install
> 
> This takes a few seconds.
> 
> This will install the GUI version of Mplayer on your system.
> 
> Mplayer will be installed into /usr/local/ and this is a good thing because 
> Xandros/Debian leaves /usr/local alone for users to do with it whatever they 
> want.
> 
> Here is what you should see in the console:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ whereis mplayer
> mplayer: /usr/local/bin/mplayer /usr/local/etc/mplayer /usr/local/lib/mplayer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
> 
> NOTE: Now run /usr/local/bin/mplayer in the console ONCE in order to create 
> the /home/user/.mplayer directory.
> 
> 5. Now comes the funny part: believe it or not, but even though you selected 
> to install the GUI version of mplayer (which ordinarily is a command-line 
> application), you will not see it as yet in X11. That is because Mplayer does 
> NOT, I repeat, does NOT come with a default GUI skin. You have to add a GUI 
> skin for MPlayer to open at all. So, to add the GUI, first extract the Blue 
> default Skin and add it to the /usr/local/share/mplayer. You might as well 
> also add the Arial font. Add them as follows:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /usr/local/share/mplayer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer$ ls
> font Skin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer$ cd font
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/s

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Micha:

I'm enclosing a copy below of my instructions for installing Mplayer and 
Mplayerplug-in for Xandros/Debian. They will apply just as well to Debian 
itself. Note that you need to install Mplayer with a special argument in 
order to get the GUI version. It's all here. Just read below.

Benjamin

Dear friends:

If you want to play Windows Media Player and QuickTime on Linux (and the 
latest versions, to boot), I strongly recommend MPlayer. Using the Mplayer 
plugin, you will be able to play WMP and QT (and the latest versions, to 
boot) in Mozilla, Netscape, Konqueror and Opera.

Since Linux already has great DVD players (Xine, Ogle and Vlc), the main 
reason for adding Mplayer is not so much for playing DVD's (though it does it 
as well as the other players). It's for the browser plugins. And, believe me, 
it's well worth the effort. And that is why I have taken the trouble to write 
these instructions for those who could not install Mplayer using the other 
instructions on our forums.

Before I proceed, you might wonder: Why is Mplayer so difficult to install? 
Well, in my research online, I came across the following article on this 
whole issue. Bottom line: the authors of Mplayer apparently have an attitude. 
Here is the URL (middle of page):

Mplayer: The Project from Hell
http://www.linuxworld.com/story/32880.htm

OK, now on to the instructions. Here goes:

I. Installing MPlayer.

We'll install the graphical version of Mplayer.

1. In Xandros Networks, download and install the gcc 3.33 file, libgtk1.2-dev 
and the libpng12-dev libraries. You will need them both to recompile the 
mplayer file from source.

2. Go to the MPlayer home page at:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html

If you can't access them directly, do it by typing "mplayer" in Google.

Now download the following files:

The MPlayer 1.0pre3. SOURCE tar file.
The Blue default skin
The Arial Western-1 font file.

Binary Codecs:

All-in-One Package
More binary packages

(These are for Linux, of course, NOT for Windows -- that's what the text 
means)

3. Unpack the files above using Ark by first creating a directory for each of 
the three files (name them whatever you want), e.g. mplayer-basic, blue, 
arial. Right click on the tar file and click on "Extract". This will extract 
the contents into the corresponding directory. So the mplayer-basic directory 
should now be filled with all sorts of subdirectories and files.

4. In the console go to the mplayer-basic directory and, AS USER, type:

./configure --enable-gui --enable-win32

This takes about one minute.

Now type:

make

This will create the mplayer program. This takes under 15 minutes (on my Dell 
Dimension 8200 1.8 G with 512 meg of RAM)

Then type:

make install

This takes a few seconds.

This will install the GUI version of Mplayer on your system.

Mplayer will be installed into /usr/local/ and this is a good thing because 
Xandros/Debian leaves /usr/local alone for users to do with it whatever they 
want.

Here is what you should see in the console:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ whereis mplayer
mplayer: /usr/local/bin/mplayer /usr/local/etc/mplayer /usr/local/lib/mplayer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

NOTE: Now run /usr/local/bin/mplayer in the console ONCE in order to create 
the /home/user/.mplayer directory.

5. Now comes the funny part: believe it or not, but even though you selected 
to install the GUI version of mplayer (which ordinarily is a command-line 
application), you will not see it as yet in X11. That is because Mplayer does 
NOT, I repeat, does NOT come with a default GUI skin. You have to add a GUI 
skin for MPlayer to open at all. So, to add the GUI, first extract the Blue 
default Skin and add it to the /usr/local/share/mplayer. You might as well 
also add the Arial font. Add them as follows:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /usr/local/share/mplayer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer$ ls
font Skin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer$ cd font
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/font$ ls
font.desc iso-8859-1-b.raw osd-mplayer-b.raw

iso-8859-1-a.raw osd-mplayer-a.raw README-arial-iso-8859-1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/font$ cd ..
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer$ cd Skin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin$ ls
default
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin$ cd default
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default$ ls
about.png barstop.png main.png play.png skinb.png
bareqb.png barzoom.png main-silver.png pos.png stop.png
barexit.png eqb.png menu.png prefs.png subblue.png
barffwd.png exit.png menus.png prev.png subload.png
barfwd.png font.fnt minimize.png progres-long2c.png symbols2.png
barmute.png font-pl.png mute.png progres-long2d.png symbols.fnt
barplay.png forward.png next.png README symbolsg.fnt
barrev.png icons playbar.png rev.png VERSION
barrevv.png load.png playlist.png skin zoom-3.png
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default$
Please note that a) Skin is capitaliz

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[John L Fjellstad]

Thomas Carrià <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have moved from mplayer to xine

Xine can play quicktime?

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[John L Fjellstad]

You can get unofficial debs from here: http://marillat.free.fr/

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Hans du Plooy]

On Tuesday 24 February 2004 16:00, Kent West wrote:
> Paul Mackinney wrote:
> >Thanks very much. I use mplayer, managed to compile it but not the gui
> >package, struggling with optimization. DVD's play tolerably but with
> >some stutter at peak load (Celeron Coppermine/600MHz/512MB/AGP Matrox
> >G400 w/16 MB -- advice appreciated off list). Downloading codecs now.

Make sure that your graphics card is setup up properly (with hardware 
accelleration).  Without it a 600mhz Celeron is going to struggle to play 
DVDs.  run mplayer from a terminal and see what video device it uses.  It 
should use XV.  If it uses x11, that's your problem.

I had a 600mhz Celeron with 256mb Ram and 128mb Radeon 7500 - the difference 
between xv and x11 was the difference between smooth DVD and not.

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Kent West]

Paul Mackinney wrote:

Thanks very much. I use mplayer, managed to compile it but not the gui
package, struggling with optimization. DVD's play tolerably but with
some stutter at peak load (Celeron Coppermine/600MHz/512MB/AGP Matrox
G400 w/16 MB -- advice appreciated off list). Downloading codecs now.
 

You may need to play with hdparm to turn on 32-bit addressing and/or DMA 
for your CD-ROM drive, for example:
   hdparm c1 d1 /dev/hdc
See "man hdparm".

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Micha Feigin]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:26:57PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> Bijan Soleymani declaimed:
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:34:02PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> > > I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn
> > > political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine.
> > 
> > Mplayer can play quicktime files (with the approriate plugin).
> > Check out their homepage:
> > http://www.mplayerhq.hu
> > 
> > Technical/legal/packaging/various other reasons prevent Debian
> > from shipping mplayer, but there are some precompiled debs out
> > there if you don't feel like compiling from source.
> > 
> > Bijan
> Thanks very much. I use mplayer, managed to compile it but not the gui
> package, struggling with optimization. DVD's play tolerably but with
> some stutter at peak load (Celeron Coppermine/600MHz/512MB/AGP Matrox
> G400 w/16 MB -- advice appreciated off list). Downloading codecs now.
> 

You can get mplayer deb (also optimized) using the following line in
sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main


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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Thomas Carrié]

Paul Mackinney wrote:
I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn
political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine.
TIA, PM
I have moved from mplayer to xine

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Paul Mackinney]

Bijan Soleymani declaimed:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:34:02PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> > I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn
> > political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine.
> 
> Mplayer can play quicktime files (with the approriate plugin).
> Check out their homepage:
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu
> 
> Technical/legal/packaging/various other reasons prevent Debian
> from shipping mplayer, but there are some precompiled debs out
> there if you don't feel like compiling from source.
> 
> Bijan
Thanks very much. I use mplayer, managed to compile it but not the gui
package, struggling with optimization. DVD's play tolerably but with
some stutter at peak load (Celeron Coppermine/600MHz/512MB/AGP Matrox
G400 w/16 MB -- advice appreciated off list). Downloading codecs now.

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Bijan Soleymani]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:34:02PM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn
> political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine.

Mplayer can play quicktime files (with the approriate plugin).
Check out their homepage:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Technical/legal/packaging/various other reasons prevent Debian
from shipping mplayer, but there are some precompiled debs out
there if you don't feel like compiling from source.

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QuickTime for Linux?

[Paul Mackinney]

I'm running Debian/Sarge. Bummed that I can't watch those funny MoveOn
political ads. Help? Other streaming video works fine.

TIA, PM
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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Roberto Sanchez]

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
On 2003-12-19 16:35:04 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main


Why isn't it in Debian?

Patent issues in the US and several other countries preclude its
distribution.  The MPlayer developers have asked that people not
distribute crippled versions of MPlayer, as it has the potestial
to tarnish their images.  Debian has decided to not include in
the distribution.

they have debs there for all versions.


and for all architectures?

Not sure.

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2003-12-19 16:35:04 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main

Why isn't it in Debian?

> they have debs there for all versions.

and for all architectures?

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Micha Feigin]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:25:39PM +0800, csj wrote:
> On 20. December 2003 at 12:56AM -0800,
> Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Thanks.  MPlayer installed fine.  Now I need to figure out how
> > to install additional codecs for it.
> >

You can go to the mplayer site and download the file. You then just
drop them into the directory and they are accessed next time mplayer is
run, at list its worked for me. (its /usr/lib/win32 under debian).
There is an /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf file but I don't think you
actually need it to use the codecs but I don't know (like I said, just
dropping the new ones from the mplayer site worked for me, but maybe
they already appeared there and only the files were missing).
It looks from the files in my directory that it may be able to use the
win32 dlls but you'll have to check that out.

> > Also, for some odd reason, the only way I can seem to run
> > mplayer is by clicking on the KDE "Start Button" and selecting
> > Run Command, and entering mplayer.  I tried making an mplayer
> > shortcut on the desktop, but it doesn't work.  Any hints as to
> > what I need to do to get the link to work?
> 
> Try running gmplayer?
> 
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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[csj]

On 20. December 2003 at 12:56AM -0800,
Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[...]

> Thanks.  MPlayer installed fine.  Now I need to figure out how
> to install additional codecs for it.
>
> Also, for some odd reason, the only way I can seem to run
> mplayer is by clicking on the KDE "Start Button" and selecting
> Run Command, and entering mplayer.  I tried making an mplayer
> shortcut on the desktop, but it doesn't work.  Any hints as to
> what I need to do to get the link to work?

Try running gmplayer?


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Re: 4MB s3 video card (was QuickTime for Linux?)

[James Miller]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Scarletdown wrote:

> James Miller wrote:
> >
> > Be interested to know if that 4MB s3 video card is a Virge VX PCI?  I
> > installed Sid recently on a machine with the s3 Virge/VX 4MB video
> > card and was unable to get a display out of it.  I tried both the s3 and
> > the s3virge xservers.  It would be interesting to know if someone else has
> > gotten a working display out of this same card, and some details about how
> > (e.g., which xserver, what version of XFree they used).
>
> Without opening up the case, all I can do is consult my notes on the
> system.  My notes just say:
>
> PCI0:  S3 Virge - 4MB - 86C325 (Card Type: 383)
>
> I don't have that system hooked up right now.  The keyboard cable and
> monitor cable that it uses to connect to my KV switch are currently
> attached to my Win-98 hardware testing station, which I am planning on
> firing up later this evening to see if I have Shorewall set up properly
> as a router.
>
Hmmm.  Mine is s3 Virge/VX 86C988 - sounds slightly different somehow.
And which version of XFree and what xserver did you use?  I used Sid's
XFree - 4.2.1.1.  I got a working display on a different s3 card - the
Trio 64v+ - under 4.2.1.1, but only by using the vesa xserver (the s3
xserver, which is supposed to work for that card, would not cooperate).

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Re: 4MB s3 video card (was QuickTime for Linux?)

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:51:49 -0800, 
Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> James Miller wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Scarletdown wrote:
> > 
> Without opening up the case, all I can do is consult my notes on the 
> system.  My notes just say:
> 
> PCI0:  S3 Virge - 4MB - 86C325 (Card Type: 383)
> 
> I don't have that system hooked up right now.  The keyboard cable and 
> monitor cable that it uses to connect to my KV switch are currently 
> attached to my Win-98 hardware testing station, which I am planning on
> firing up later this evening to see if I have Shorewall set up
> properly as a router.

..if you have it up, ssh in and do 'lspci' and 'cat /proc/pci'.

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Re: 4MB s3 video card (was QuickTime for Linux?)

[Scarletdown]

James Miller wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Scarletdown wrote:


I'll give it a try on my testing station later to see if I can get it to
run on older hardware.  The testing station is a Packard Bell Multimedia
C115 with a Pentium-200. 96MB RAM, 4MB S3 video card, and some sort of
Be interested to know if that 4MB s3 video card is a Virge VX PCI?  I
installed Sid recently on a machine with the s3 Virge/VX 4MB video
card and was unable to get a display out of it.  I tried both the s3 and
the s3virge xservers.  It would be interesting to know if someone else has
gotten a working display out of this same card, and some details about how
(e.g., which xserver, what version of XFree they used).
Without opening up the case, all I can do is consult my notes on the 
system.  My notes just say:

PCI0:  S3 Virge - 4MB - 86C325 (Card Type: 383)

I don't have that system hooked up right now.  The keyboard cable and 
monitor cable that it uses to connect to my KV switch are currently 
attached to my Win-98 hardware testing station, which I am planning on 
firing up later this evening to see if I have Shorewall set up properly 
as a router.



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4MB s3 video card (was QuickTime for Linux?)

[James Miller]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Scarletdown wrote:

> I'll give it a try on my testing station later to see if I can get it to
> run on older hardware.  The testing station is a Packard Bell Multimedia
> C115 with a Pentium-200. 96MB RAM, 4MB S3 video card, and some sort of
>
Be interested to know if that 4MB s3 video card is a Virge VX PCI?  I
installed Sid recently on a machine with the s3 Virge/VX 4MB video
card and was unable to get a display out of it.  I tried both the s3 and
the s3virge xservers.  It would be interesting to know if someone else has
gotten a working display out of this same card, and some details about how
(e.g., which xserver, what version of XFree they used).

Thanks, James


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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[David]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 01:50:18PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
> David wrote:
> >On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:56:21AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
> >
> >>I tried making an mplayer shortcut on the desktop, but it doesn't work.
> >
> >Try calling "gmplayer" instead of mplayer in your shortcut.  That's
> >what's update-menus put in my menu.
> >
> 
> That worked, and in the process, I discovered the Add Application Button 
> on the Task Bar 

> >BTW, does it run alright on your system?  I have both stable and testing
> >installed (separately) on my computer and both segfault.  If I start it
> >from my menu, it begins to load, a splash screen pops up and vanishes so
> >quickly that I cannot see what it says.  If I start gmplayer under X, or
> >mplayer from the console, it reports a segfault.  My hardware is pretty
> >old - P-166, Waverider ?? soundcard (not made anymore), Number Nine (S3
> >chip) graphics card, if that matters.  My sound is Alsa - the current
> >version for the respective systems.
> 
> It runs quite well on this system (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with an Athlon 2500 
> Barton, 512MB RAM, on-board sound, GeForce 5600FX 256MB video card). 
> I'll give it a try on my testing station later to see if I can get it to 
> run on older hardware.  The testing station is a Packard Bell Multimedia 
> C115 with a Pentium-200. 96MB RAM, 4MB S3 video card, and some sort of 
> SoundBlaster sound card.

That sounds something on the order of my system.  What version of X do
you run on it?  I have xfree v4.2.1 on my testing system, but have been
running xserver-s3 V3.3.6.  I tried to upgrade to xserver-xfree86 but
can only get a black screen.  No fatal errors in the log.  After a few
seconds, the monitor goes into "Power Saving" mode.  Either the monitor
is shutting down for its own protection or the card is shutting down.
It all comes back up after I go back to a text screen.  It really
appears that my chipset is supposed to be supported, but I dunno.  It
also looks like I am trying to use the same video modes on it as I am on
v3.3.6...


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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Scarletdown]

David wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:56:21AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:


I tried making an mplayer shortcut on the desktop, but it doesn't work.
Try calling "gmplayer" instead of mplayer in your shortcut.  That's
what's update-menus put in my menu.
That worked, and in the process, I discovered the Add Application Button 
on the Task Bar (or whatever we call it in KDE) to make a quick launch 
link.  :D

BTW, does it run alright on your system?  I have both stable and testing
installed (separately) on my computer and both segfault.  If I start it
from my menu, it begins to load, a splash screen pops up and vanishes so
quickly that I cannot see what it says.  If I start gmplayer under X, or
mplayer from the console, it reports a segfault.  My hardware is pretty
old - P-166, Waverider ?? soundcard (not made anymore), Number Nine (S3
chip) graphics card, if that matters.  My sound is Alsa - the current
version for the respective systems.
It runs quite well on this system (ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with an Athlon 2500 
Barton, 512MB RAM, on-board sound, GeForce 5600FX 256MB video card). 
I'll give it a try on my testing station later to see if I can get it to 
run on older hardware.  The testing station is a Packard Bell Multimedia 
C115 with a Pentium-200. 96MB RAM, 4MB S3 video card, and some sort of 
SoundBlaster sound card.



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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[David]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:56:21AM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

> >deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main
> >
> >they have debs there for all versions.
> 
> Thanks.  MPlayer installed fine.  Now I need to figure out how to 
> install additional codecs for it.
> 
> Also, for some odd reason, the only way I can seem to run mplayer is by 
> clicking on the KDE "Start Button" and selecting Run Command, and 
> entering mplayer.  I tried making an mplayer shortcut on the desktop, 
> but it doesn't work.  Any hints as to what I need to do to get the link 
> to work?

Try calling "gmplayer" instead of mplayer in your shortcut.  That's
what's update-menus put in my menu.

BTW, does it run alright on your system?  I have both stable and testing
installed (separately) on my computer and both segfault.  If I start it
from my menu, it begins to load, a splash screen pops up and vanishes so
quickly that I cannot see what it says.  If I start gmplayer under X, or
mplayer from the console, it reports a segfault.  My hardware is pretty
old - P-166, Waverider ?? soundcard (not made anymore), Number Nine (S3
chip) graphics card, if that matters.  My sound is Alsa - the current
version for the respective systems.




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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Craig Jackson]

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 15:12, Scarletdown wrote:
> Is there any way to get XMMS to play Quicktime .MOV files?  Or if not, 
> how about a stand-alone QuickTime player?  

apt-get install totem

it's a xine frontend that plays quick time formats. IMHO, the best. I've
NEVER had it crash, unlike XMMS which crashes all the time.


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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Scarletdown]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Bijan Soleymani wrote:




deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main

they have debs there for all versions.
Thanks.  MPlayer installed fine.  Now I need to figure out how to 
install additional codecs for it.

Also, for some odd reason, the only way I can seem to run mplayer is by 
clicking on the KDE "Start Button" and selecting Run Command, and 
entering mplayer.  I tried making an mplayer shortcut on the desktop, 
but it doesn't work.  Any hints as to what I need to do to get the link 
to work?



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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:12:21PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:

Is there any way to get XMMS to play Quicktime .MOV files?  Or if not, 
how about a stand-alone QuickTime player?  I tried apt-get install 
xanim, but all I got was the following error:


You should get mplayer. Mplayer can handle:
windows media
real video
quicktime
any other format ever invented (almost)
source code at www.mplayerhq.hu
you can compile it (even comes with a debian directory to make a .deb)
or you can get precompiled .deb files somewhere on the net.
Bijan
deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main

they have debs there for all versions.

Hugo.

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Re: QuickTime for Linux?

[Bijan Soleymani]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:12:21PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
> Is there any way to get XMMS to play Quicktime .MOV files?  Or if not, 
> how about a stand-alone QuickTime player?  I tried apt-get install 
> xanim, but all I got was the following error:

You should get mplayer. Mplayer can handle:
windows media
real video
quicktime
any other format ever invented (almost)

source code at www.mplayerhq.hu
you can compile it (even comes with a debian directory to make a .deb)
or you can get precompiled .deb files somewhere on the net.

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QuickTime for Linux?

[Scarletdown]

Is there any way to get XMMS to play Quicktime .MOV files?  Or if not, 
how about a stand-alone QuickTime player?  I tried apt-get install 
xanim, but all I got was the following error:

Package xanim has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
E: Package xanim has no installation candidate
And while we're at it, is there a plugin for WMMV to allow it to handle 
Windows Media files as well as RealPlayer files?

I want to be able to have all of my video files handled by a single App 
(in this case, XMMV), instead of having several different apps for the 
different formats.

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