medibuntu is the preferred way to get things such as dvd playback, etc in Ubuntu. I say it's a must have as well. :)
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 19:44, Bill Broadley <[email protected]> wrote: > Aaron Brayton wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I was reading some linux related news articles today and came across this: >> >> http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/10-things-you-should-do-immediately.html >> >> Which in turn led me to this: >> >> http://www.medibuntu.org/index.php >> >> What are your opinions of these? I can only assume that I have flash >> and apple codec installed as I watch movie trailers from the apple >> website, and flash applications seem to work. > > They work for me, flash, java plugin, movie playing and related seem to work > well. > >> However, I tried to watch a DVD a few minutes ago and the 20 second MGM >> banner played, but nothing else. > > Umm, which program ran? Pretty sure you can set any to install. Sometimes > playback is separate from menu navigation, not to mention GUI. VLC, g/xine, > g/mplayer, totem, and others are possible choices. > >> I just wanted to get some input/feedback before I downloaded the packs. > > Seems much better than the ugly hacks that people used to run, um, I don't > even remember the name. I'd definitely avoid anything that asks you to run a > script so it can read/write random files on your machine. > > Have you seen https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs? > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
