[Cialug] Re: Cialug Digest, Vol 23, Issue 7

[Jeff]

Allen
I want to thank you for the link. Its almost as if someone read my mind
as far as what I was looking for and put together the info in a how-to.
Simply outstanding and thank you for your help!!!!

Jeff 



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>    1. Re: windows media (kristau)
>    2. Re: Newbie Question (Adk)
>    3. Re: windows media (Nathan Stien)
>    4. Re: Newbie Question (Matthew Nuzum)
>    5. Re: Newbie Question (Brian Quick)
>    6. Re: windows media (Todd Walton)
>    7. RE: windows media (Nathan C. Smith)
>    8. RE: windows media (Dave J. Hala Jr.)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:31:51 -0600
> From: kristau <kristau at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] windows media
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
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> On 3/4/07, Josh More <morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> > Call me old fashioned, but I still like mplayer.  It plays most files
> > just fine if you add the w32 codecs.
> >
> > You can pull much of it from livna and rpmforge.  They keep moving the
> > source of the codecs, but I think that if you dig, you can get them from
> > mplayer's site as a tarball.
> 
> Mplayer rocks!
> 
> I use it from the command line, but in recent months they have
> increased the number and quality of GUI's for it.  The best source for
> all things mplayer is the main site at http://www.mplayerhq.hu.
> 
> -- 
> Tired programmer
> Coding late into the night
> The core dump follows
> 
> My GNUPG public key is available at http://www.kristau.net/public_key.asc
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:41:15 -0600
> From: Adk <adk at 52761.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Newbie Question
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID: <449bfea8e5cae9a61c70ad2c7207819b at 66.207.14.229>
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> This was just posted on tuxmachines today-
> http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfect_desktop_ubuntu6.10
> 
> It gives you Edgy with the kitchen sink built in  and step by step
> instructions.
> 
> Allen
> 
> 
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> To: Cialug at cialug.org <Cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: [Cialug] Newbie Question
> Date: 04/03/07 01:59
> 
> > 
> > Hello All
> > My name is Jeff and I finally took the big step and set up myself a 
> > dual-boot system with Ubuntu Linux and windows. I took the leap with 
> > Ubuntu because from what I've read, it was probably the easiest distro 
> > for a non-techie home user to set up. I found the install very easy and 
> > took less than 30 minutes to do on my home system. My initial experience 
> > has been nothing short of impressive. I've been able to figure out most 
> > everything so far but have some issues I have questions on. I realize 
> > I'm not in the league of power user like most of you gents (and ladies, 
> > where applicable), but if you could give some knowledge and benefit from 
> > your experience I would be greatly appreciated.
> > I've done Google searches and have found a large amount of info to read, 
> > but I have some questions that would help me get myself started since I 
> > learn better by doing than reading. First, as far as I can tell, I've 
> > installed Wine, but cannot find it in the applications menu and don't 
> > know how to launch it. I use  a wysiwyg program that is windows based 
> > and would like to try it using it within Ubuntu, but am not sure how to 
> > do it. I also am looking for a program to make copies of my movie DVD's 
> > but am not sure which one to use. And I want to install the Real media 
> > player to view video on websites I frequent, but not sure what
> &quot;package&quot; 
> > I need to install a &quot;bin&quot; file.
> > As i said, any help/direction would help greatly, and I would thank you 
> > ahead of time.
> > 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:50:17 -0600
> From: "Nathan Stien" <nathanism at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] windows media
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID:
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> On 3/4/07, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/4/07, Josh More <morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> > > Call me old fashioned, but I still like mplayer.  It plays most files
> > > just fine if you add the w32 codecs.
> >
> > Mplayer rocks!
> 
> Indeed.  I think mplayer appeals to me most because i am a very
> command-line guy.
> 
> In practice, though, I favor a mixed approach -- some players like
> some files more than others.  If something looks like crap, I move on
> to the next player.
> 
> mplayer is generally the most badass of media players, but if it
> fails, I try vlc.  Third fallback for me is xine, which seems kind of
> finicky in my experience.
> 
> If I have to be on win32, though, vlc does pretty much everything I
> need.  I like vlc because of its very clean default interface (it has
> skins, but i hate skins) and its nice default keybindings: you can use
> shift-arrow, alt-arrow, ctrl-arrow for various sizes of seeks.  Nice
> if you have to sit down and play some exotic format of movie file on
> someone else's [windows] machine.
> 
> -- 
> Nathan P. Stien
> Consulting Engineer / Software Developer
> Embedded Systems Electronics and Software
> http://linkedin.com/in/nathanstien
> Mobile: 309.241.2581
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:37:42 -0600
> From: Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Newbie Question
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID: <1173065862.2466.11.camel at matts-laptop>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 02:05 -0600, Jeff wrote:
> > First, as far as I can tell, I've 
> > installed Wine, but cannot find it in the applications menu and don't 
> > know how to launch it. I use  a wysiwyg program that is windows based 
> > and would like to try it using it within Ubuntu, but am not sure how to 
> > do it. 
> 
> Well, I use a few windows programs, and I've found it worth the money to
> buy Crossover Office. Even if you don't want to buy their product, since
> it's just a commercial version of wine, you can use their database to
> see if the program you use has much chance of working.
> www.codeweavers.com
> 
> > I also am looking for a program to make copies of my movie DVD's 
> > but am not sure which one to use. 
> 
> I've heard that k9copy is good. http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ I've
> never used it, but Mark Pilgrim says it's good: http://diveintomark.org/
> 
> > And I want to install the Real media 
> > player to view video on websites I frequent, but not sure what "package" 
> > I need to install a "bin" file.
> 
> You can install this quite easily by using the Canonical commercial
> repository:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RealplayerInstallationMethods
> 
> Or, for an even easier way, go to Applications, Add/Remove, search for
> "Real"
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Nuzum
> newz2000 on freenode
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:50:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brian Quick <bdquick at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Newbie Question
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID: <363501.35204.qm at web50905.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> If you have a dual layer dvd burner the easiest way to make a backup of
> your movies is to create an image(.iso) using K3B, and then burning that
> image back to a blank DL DVD.  Just make sure that you have the proper
> software installed to allow playing dvds.
> 
> 
>  
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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> in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 07:17:09 -0600
> From: "Todd Walton" <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] windows media
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID:
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> 
> On 3/4/07, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a player for windows media files on  RHEL 3.x using
> > the firefox 2.x browser?
> 
> As already noted, mplayer kicks butt.  As not yet noted, there's an
> "mplayerplug-in" available that plays videos right there in the
> browser window, using mplayer as the back end.
> 
> -todd
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:43:43 -0600 
> From: "Nathan C. Smith" <smith at ipmvs.com>
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] windows media
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group' <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID: <E10143BCF174D211BB2E00805FCBDD23057245A7 at DSMEXCH>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> 
> > As already noted, mplayer kicks butt.  As not yet noted, there's an
> > "mplayerplug-in" available that plays videos right there in the
> > browser window, using mplayer as the back end.
> > 
> > -todd
> 
> I was blown away when I saw firefox on Linux playing CNN video.  It's like
> "wow, this is really coming together".
> 
> FYI, on Ubuntu Automatix can d'l and install a lot of this stuff for you.
> It has been somewhat controversial though.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:53:22 -0600
> From: "Dave J. Hala Jr." <dave at 58ghz.net>
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] windows media
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Message-ID: <1173110002.19689.83.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> I'm working on getting mplayerplug-in installed. I spent about an hour
> this morning in dependancy hell, and decided to take a break.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 09:43, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > > As already noted, mplayer kicks butt.  As not yet noted, there's an
> > > "mplayerplug-in" available that plays videos right there in the
> > > browser window, using mplayer as the back end.
> > > 
> > > -todd
> > 
> > I was blown away when I saw firefox on Linux playing CNN video.  It's like
> > "wow, this is really coming together".
> > 
> > FYI, on Ubuntu Automatix can d'l and install a lot of this stuff for you.
> > It has been somewhat controversial though.
> > 
> > -Nate
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