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Re: [LUG] Recommending GNU/Linux

 

On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 09:45 +0000, Vivi Griffin wrote:
> Thanks very much - I didn't find this when I was looking before. I
> will go through and see if it helps.
> 
> 
> Viv
> 
> 2009/12/13 Steph Foster <steph.p.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         
>         Google to the rescue ?
>         
>         http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5644
>         
>         Steph
>         
>         
>         Vivi Griffin wrote:
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>                 
>                 2009/12/13 bas <baslake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 <mailto:baslake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
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>                 
>                 
>                         I am currently using Mint on my workaday
>                 laptop. Despite much
>                        effort, I have not been able to get it to play
>                 DVD's or avi's
>                 
>                    Have you installed win 32 codecs, libdvdcss2,
>                 Vlc-plugin-dvdnav,
>                    xine-plugins, and lame for mp3's ?
>                    bas.
>                 
>                    Hi Bas - thanks for that. I have everything but,
>                 the
>                    "vlc-plugin-dvdnav" which I cannot find using
>                 Synaptic. 
>                 
>                 
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> mint is based on ubuntu. there are repositories for the medibuntu
> which has pretty much everything, go to the medibuntu site and copy
> the code to paste in the command line. also a vlc repository, go to
> their site. To get playback working I've had to install stuff from
> vlc, though not quite sure why?

Simon



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