DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Sharpe, Richard
Hi I am trying to find a Linux based DVD movie player to run one of my LINUX installation's, I have one provided with the distro is crippled. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Rich Richard A Sharpe (DBA) Sqlserver/DB2 Amherst Technologies 40 Continental Blvd Merrimack, NH 03054

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Travis Roy
Sharpe, Richard wrote: Hi I am trying to find a Linux based DVD movie player to run one of my LINUX installation's, I have one provided with the distro is crippled. Any help is greatly appreciated. What distro are you running? It might just require you to install a library for decrypting

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:21:59 -0400 Sharpe, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am trying to find a Linux based DVD movie player to run one of my LINUX installation's, I have one provided with the distro is crippled. Any help is greatly appreciated. xine is shipped without codecs

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Here's my vote for Ogle and VLC: both have come a long way, and do a fine job. For that matter, I heartily recommend VLC for most all video playback; it's gotten really nice as of late. -Ken Jerry Feldman wrote: On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:21:59 -0400 Sharpe, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Greg Rundlett
Jerry Feldman wrote: On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:21:59 -0400 "Sharpe, Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am trying to find a Linux based DVD movie player to run one of my LINUX installation's, I have one provided with the distro is crippled. Any help is greatly

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 08:53:40AM -0400, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Here's my vote for Ogle and VLC: both have come a long way, and do a fine job. For that matter, I heartily recommend VLC for most all video playback; it's gotten really nice as of late. VLC is also ported to Windows - it's not

Re: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread John Abreau
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 07:21, Sharpe, Richard wrote: Hi I am trying to find a Linux based DVD movie player to run one of my LINUX installation's, I have one provided with the distro is crippled. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Rich You didn't mention what distribution

RE: DVD movie player in Linux

2004-07-01 Thread Sharpe, Richard
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Command to test if a CD/ISO is bootable?

2004-07-01 Thread Scott Garman
Here's a silly question: Is there a command or byte sequence I can extract from an ISO or CD-ROM to test if it is bootable without actually trying to boot from it? Overall I'm also curious exactly what it is that makes a bootable CD bootable. Scott -- Scott Garman sgarman at iname dot com

Re: Command to test if a CD/ISO is bootable?

2004-07-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
These sites are keepers in their own right, and will very likely have your answers, or at least point you in the right direction: http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq.html http://www.phoenix.com/resources/specs-cdrom.pdf ( http://www.phoenix.com/en/customer+services/white+papers-specs/ )

Re: Command to test if a CD/ISO is bootable?

2004-07-01 Thread John Abreau
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 15:10, Scott Garman wrote: Here's a silly question: Is there a command or byte sequence I can extract from an ISO or CD-ROM to test if it is bootable without actually trying to boot from it? Overall I'm also curious exactly what it is that makes a bootable CD

InstallFest

2004-07-01 Thread David J Berube
Hey all, Bad news: the Tech is closed on July 5th, the first monday, so we won't be having a CentraLUG meeting. Fantastic news: we're having an Installfest, hosted by Bruce Dawson at Miles Smith Farm. Anyone is welcome to come - you can get your machine installed with a high quality Free