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mpg/avi player suggestions - tek-69 - 2004-01-07
now that i have mp3's up an workin my next task is movies an such. anybody here have a suggestion
as to which mpg/avi player i should use ? please remember i am a total linux/c/c++ noober, so try to not suggest the most super leet hard to configure progs, you my almighty linux gurus [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_wacko.png[/img]
have fun ,
tek
mpg/avi player suggestions - hijinks - 2004-01-07
mplayer rules them all. If you have apt you can install it with apt-get
mpg/avi player suggestions - tek-69 - 2004-01-07
errm ahh whats apt? i didnt dload it so if it didnt come stock i dont have it ? is it worth getting?
mpg/avi player suggestions - hijinks - 2004-01-07
[/url][url=http://apt.freshrpms.net]http://apt.freshrpms.net
yes its a great apt makes keeping your system updated very simple and such
mpg/avi player suggestions - anyweb - 2004-01-07
once you have installed apt-get you can do the following
apt-get install mplayer
easy :)
cheers
anyweb
mpg/avi player suggestions - tek-69 - 2004-01-07
Sup yo's,
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[root@localhost tarballs]# rpm -Uvh apt*.rpm
warning: apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:apt ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost tarballs]# apt-get install mplayer
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package mplayer
[root@localhost tarballs]# man apt
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as you can see apt was a snap, i did however have some trouble with the mplayer.
I checked the website but didnt see an apt version, am i sposed to dowload and rpm
or the src maybe ?
have fun,
Tek
mpg/avi player suggestions - hijinks - 2004-01-07
apt-get update
apt-get install mplayer
Its always a good idea to update before. What update does is query the sites you have in your source.list file and find all the rpms each site has to download. Then it saves them on your computer and figures out what might need to be upgraded and what needs to be installed. So to upgrade your system run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
that should be down at least once a week to sty current :)
mpg/avi player suggestions - tek-69 - 2004-01-07
Everything went great, mplayer works nicely. You guys rawk. I think i'd be alot
more frustrated with linux without ya's. Thanks guys
have fun,
tek
mpg/avi player suggestions - hijinks - 2004-01-07
there is also a gui to mplayer if you run gmplayer
mpg/avi player suggestions - grep420 - 2004-01-07
If you want to check out other players, I suggest xine, vlc, and ogle.