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Re: [LUG] guidance please

 

On 14/01/07, Simon Robert <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> > Hi, I use mplayer for this. You'll also need w32codecs I think(?)
> > which on Kubuntu you can get by:
> >
> whatever repositories you have set up search for and install most of the
> non ...dev.. packages you find using avi, codec, mpg and mpeg as search
> terms. You'll need the non free repositories enabled, sorry I don't use
> kubuntu any more and can't give you the exact names. w32codecs, or maybe
> its called win32codecs should be in the repositories.
>
> It's also worth installing mplayer, again from a repository, as it seems
> to handle codecs kaffeine doesn't sometimes. Also if non of these do the
> trick you could try installing VLC, videolan, as the codecs it uses come
> packaged with it and you don't need anything else - though it isn't a
> particularly nice player.
>

Whats wrong with it as a player - certainly far better than xine or mplayer

> Although I have a vague recolection that rtsp might be a Real Player
> format, if its not at least you can use it for listening to stuff you
> missed on Radio 4 from the BBC site.
>
> Simon
>
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