the easy way (but not as much control) is to go to
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
and set up your urpmi config files using this, enable PLF )Penguin
Liberation Front).
You can then install transcode with urpmi.
ted morris wrote:
>
> Hi Gunnar,
>
> you build things as *root user under Linux, using a terminal shell* --
> typically
> interpreting the commands, etc. under bash is what I use. The general flow
> of configuring, compiling, and installing codes from tar-balls typically
> always
> work in this fasion:
>
> your-bash-shell-prompt$./configure --<various flags that you may want to
> use if you don't like the defaults, which you can see what is available
> via the --help argument as mentioned below>
>
> ... next compile all the codes, etc.:
>
> your-bash-shell-prompt$./make
>
> .... then install all the libraries, etc., to the correct paths under
> your OS:
>
> your-bash-shell-prompt$./make install
>
> You might have to grab various other 'dependencies' in order to compile
> things correctly. In the case of transcode, the actual configure script
> will catch most of these and give you the link where to find the source
> (which you compile using the same steps above). I run Debian/Etch these
> days myself (as well as iMedia 5.0.4 -- an embedded linux meant to fit
> on flash for building media machines), and many of these dependencies
> can be obtained automagically with the package manager.
>
> HTH,
>
> T
>
> On Dec 18, 2007 12:40 PM, Gunnar Sjoo < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Dear forum,
>
> my problem is that I want to be able to burn video files to CD:s or
> DVD:s and
> I want to do it with Linux (Mandriva 2008 free).
> My cousin does this regularly, he's using Windows and says it's
> a piece
> of cake.
> I've tried to burn video files with K3b, but I always fail, the
> text "Error" shows and if I have the audio on I can hear a sound like a
> scornful laughter from the loudspeakers. This is not to my liking.
> Looking for a solution, I found an article about the program ManDVD
> claiming that "Let me tell you beforehand that this program is simply
> amazing. The amount of tasks it can achieve is enormous........."
> Well, I downloaded it but it didn't work, probably because some
> support
> programs were missing, among them Transcode.
> Tried to download Transcode and studied the instructions in
> Transcode
> Wiki, such as Documentation - Building Transcode - Installation
> instructions
> and understood absolutely nothing.
> Starting with the first command in the instructions
> ./configure --help
> in what catalogue am I supposed to be when I write this command?
> I've tried with my home catalogue but the only result is the
> message "Doesn't exist such a file or folder" (my translation from
> the Polish
> language).
> The instructions under the headers Building Transcode -
> Introduction are
> also very puzzling to me.
> So, if anybody in this world knows how to install and use
> Transcode and
> knows how to tell it, please tell me.
>
> Newbie for ever.
>
>
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