mpg/avi player suggestions

[tek-69]

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

[hijinks]

mplayer rules them all. If you have apt you can install it with apt-get

[tek-69]

errm ahh whats apt? i didnt dload it so if it didnt come stock i dont have it ? is it worth getting?

[hijinks]

[/url][url=http://apt.freshrpms.net]http://apt.freshrpms.net

 

yes its a great apt makes keeping your system updated very simple and such

[anyweb]

once you have installed apt-get you can do the following

 

apt-get install mplayer

 

easy :)

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[tek-69]

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

[hijinks]

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 :)

[tek-69]

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

[hijinks]

there is also a gui to mplayer if you run gmplayer

[grep420]

If you want to check out other players, I suggest xine, vlc, and ogle.