I get the same thing occasionally, and fix it by hitting the play button until it works :-)
Kris On 11/11/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris, > > Chris Rowson wrote: > >>> Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing > >>> as you said, "word processing and email" Ubuntu really sticks out as a > >>> green light, mainly because of how suitable it is for that, not all pc's > >>> are for the power user *cough Slackware *cough* and it's nice to see > >>> someone that is finding Ubuntu a comfortable distro to use. > >>> > > > > I recently tested Linux Mint (basically Ubuntu with gnome-main-menu > > and all the codecs preinstalled) on a non-techie user (my other half > > in fact). > > I tried Mint recently in a virtual machine on my desktop. I had problems > watching NASA TV (it was during the recent shuttle mission). It would > start up, make the connection and then stop playing. Looks like it was > using mplayer to do all this. I had the same problem with mplayer on > gutsy. Did you ever try this and have any success? > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, > IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. > T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
