as i wrote to personally, Ken, this advice worked a charm... this is just to acknowlege it publicly..
thanks heaps; the learning experience was great fun and has launched my linux boat! regs, rufus On 3 Aug, 23:20, Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On feisty or dapper you will still need to install required codecs to be > able to watch dvds, same work finding and installing the packages for > ?libdvdcss and friends. Google and ubuntu forums can guide you. > libdvdcss2 and w32codecs for Ubuntu December 4, 2005 > Posted by carthik in ubuntu. trackback > > You need codecs (decoders) and software to read the contents of DVDs to > be able to see multimedia files of different formats, as well as DVDs. > These software are provided free for use in Ubuntu - however due to > restrictions on distributing these modules in countries like the USA, > they are not always easy to find. This post will tell you how to find > them to install them on your Ubuntu computer. The libdvdcss2 package > helps you play dvds. The w32codecs package is used to play some media > file formats in mplayer, xine etc. > > Update: The following instructions have been updated & work perfectly > fine! Some of the old repositories that do not work anymore have been > moved to the very end of this post for archival purposes. Last Updated: > April 08, 2007 > Installation instructions for libdvdcss2 and w32codecs in Ubuntu > > To add libdvdcss2 and win32codecs to your Ubuntu installation, you have > to add the Medibuntu package repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > To do this, you have to: > 1. Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list using either of the following > commands in a terminal: > $gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list to open it in the GUI text editor > or > $sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list to open it in the Vim command line text > editor > > 2. Add the following lines to add the Medibuntu repository to the file: > > ## Medibuntu - Ubuntu 6.10 "edgy eft" > ## Please report any bug onhttps://launchpad.net/products/medibuntu/+bugs > debhttp://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/edgy free non-free > deb-srchttp://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/edgy free non-free > > If you are running Feisty or some other release, other than edgy, > replace the word "edgy" in both lines above with the name of the release > you are using. > > 3. Import the gpg key for the Medibuntu repository to ensure that the > packages are installed without warnings/errors regarding trust: > To do this, run the following command from the terminal: > wget -qhttp://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg-O- | sudo > apt-key add - > > 4. Now update the local list of packages to get the list of packages > from the newly added Medibuntu repository: > In a terminal execute the following command: > sudo apt-get update > > 5. Now you can install libdvdcss2 and w32codecs using the following command: > sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs > > Note: There are installation instructions on the Medibuntu page for > Dapper and newer that are different - only because the instructions help > you create a new sources.list file without mucking around in the old > sources.list file. Feel free to follow them instead. I posted the > old-style instructions that modifies the existing sources.list file to > ensure that the instructions work for everyone - those using Warty(the > first release ever) through those using the latest release of Ubuntu. > > There are a lot of wonderful packages provided by Medibuntu. Feel free > to install any other you like, or might want. > Just in case... > > In case the medibuntu repositories go down, you can add and use Seveas' > repositories. You will then have to add similar line to the > /etc/apt/sources.list file, with the Seveas repository url etc. Seveas' > repository has a few mirrors as listed below: > > *http://free.linux.hp.com/~brett/seveas/freenx(Sponsored by Brett > Johnson) > *http://seveas.imbrandon.com(Sponsored by Brandon Holtsclaw) > *http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl/(Sponsored by Niels Roosen) > *http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas(Sponsored by Henri > Cook (orion-hosting.co.uk) > *http://mirror2.ubuntulinux.nl/(Sponsored by Peter Lieverdink) > > As a quick guide to using Seveas' repository instead of the Medibuntu > repository, you should change the lines added to the sources.list file > to read like: > debhttp://mirror.ubuntulinux.nledgy-seveas all > deb-srchttp://mirror.ubuntulinux.nledgy-seveas all > > and the gpg-key add command will now be: > wgethttp://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl/1135D466.gpg-O- | sudo apt-key add - > > The other commands/steps can be modified as neccessary - it is not too > difficult to figure it out, and the exercise is left to the reader for now > Ken > > > > Rufi_Dukes wrote: > > i got a new machine a few days ago with ubuntu feisty pre-installed > > and i can't watch a video; > > I'm not ready for the all the hard work just yet, I want a bit of > > straightforward pleasure first... > > > so... > > I was thinking of installing dapper (a copy of which i have); > > but would this mean that, after an install, i could immediately use my > > dvd drives to burn iso, watch dvds and stuff? > > bc frankly, i just haven't got the energy to stuff around trying to > > tweak the drives; i just want them to be mounted during the install... > > > coz otherwise, if i was still stuck with drives i couldn't use, then > > i'm no better off > > > thx, > > rufus > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs:http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
