Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-06 Thread Tom
Robert Yu wrote: Anne, why uninstall Xine? Shouldn't I just be able to update it? The Mandrake versions of mplayer and xine are not compiled to take advantange of the 'unfree' codecs and apps that they can't distribute for legal reasons. Anne's advice was correct, uninstall the Mdk versions

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Yu
Anne, why uninstall Xine? Shouldn't I just be able to update it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-02 Thread Robert Yu
Anne, is there a way of finding out whether the updated packages are really installed when I do follow the instructions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 03 Apr 2005 02:46, Robert Yu wrote: Anne, is there a way of finding out whether the updated packages are really installed when I do follow the instructions? The instructions from easyurpmi set up your sources. You then need to use urpmi or Software Installer to do the updates -

[newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Ian
On Friday 01 Apr 2005 13:52, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Most of the media players in Mandrake's

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 01 Apr 2005 13:52, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? You can indeed. However, commercial dvds are encoded, and thanks

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 1, 2005 3:05 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? You can indeed. However, commercial dvds are encoded, and