Hi Klaus, I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to computers generally and linux specifically - but on your 7 CDs you got a fantastic operating system and about half a million ;) packages including office suites and loads of other stuff - seems like a good deal to me I didn't think xine was on the Suse CDs (not 7.3 anyway, or else I am dumber thsn I realised) - It took me about 20 minutes to download xine on a 56k modem - and I managed to compile it and run it first time (using info from suse and others) - and this group (maintained by Suse) helped me understand how to get the sound working (thanks people) - GNU/linux/open source is a self/mutual help thing giving you control over what you run on your computer - all seems like a good thing to be part of, especially as I am a taker rather than a giver (no-one would want any of my code) Gerry PS to everyone else - if anyone could please help understand how to get a simple sequence looping on Jazz++ (say 4 chords, 1 to a bar) I'd be unbelievably grateful On Sunday 03 February 2002 1:08 pm, you wrote:

Hello Just a question! Can anybody explain to me why I cant play .avi+.divx videos when I install xine from the suse cd? When I use downloaded rpms (other source) and install xine with those it plays anything you throw at it. What exactly would be the reason I payed for 7cds if I have to download the program from a third source to get it to work?

klaus imgrund wrote:

Hello Just a question! Can anybody explain to me why I cant play .avi+.divx videos when I install xine from the suse cd? When I use downloaded rpms (other source) and install xine with those it plays anything you throw at it. What exactly would be the reason I payed for 7cds if I have to download the program from a third source to get it to work?

Sorry if everyone is jumping on you concerning this. I am a UNIX NetBSD diehard (blowhard) that converted to Redhat a few years ago, only because Linux seemed inevitable and they always had the most up to date Java JDKs. I even paid several hundred dollars for a source license to BSDI years ago. I switched to SuSE (7.2) six months ago and now I run 7.3 and all I have to say is wow. It is so well done and so easy to install and maintain. The people there work REALLY hard and it is an excellent product. They blow Redhat away. In any case, every operating system has bugs and so does every release. The only perfect code is code you write yourself (only in my imagination). ;-) I see that looking through ftp.suse.com they have a: /pub/suse/i386/7.3/full-names/i386/xine-0.4.3-63.i386.rpm /pub/suse/i386/7.3/full-names/i386/xine-dvd-0.4.3-63.i386.rpm Both dated Nov 5 2001, for update. I would imagine that these also fix the problem though I haven't tried it yet. I have been using mplayer. I have updated the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel to kernel-source-2.4.16.SuSE-24 and upgraded the Xserver (xf86-4.1.0-85) so I could have DRM/DRI for my ATI Rage Fury Pro 64MB. When Xf86-4.2-0 gets more fixes, I will convert to that. Also, Yast Online Update is wonderful. I have worked part of my career as a Unix System programmer for several different OEMs. All, I can say is that SuSE has turned me from someone who used Linux only because it was inevitable to someone who** really** enjoys it and that SuSE is VERY serious about what they do. I went to 7.3 almost as soon as it was available. I will go to 7.4 or 8.0 or whatever they call it as soon as it is available. Why? Because I want SuSE to succeed and I want them to have my $$s to do so. Excellent product, so well done and well engineered. I am finally convinced the Linux has a chance to take on M$ and it will be the SuSE people leading the pact. Give it another couple of years. They seem to have a much more serious commitment to excellence than any of the UNIX OEMs I worked for and they seem to be very serious about security. SuSE has changed me from using something that I saw as inevitable to being my preferred platform of choice! For an OLD, OLD Unix diehard that is a miracle. I still wish the kernel compiled without warnings (that is Linux and not SuSE's fault) . ;-) In any case, as others have pointed out, you have to keep your software up to date. I regularly check for changes at ftp.suse.com by running diff(1)s once a week against their /pub/ls-Ral.txt file. I keep two on my system, one ls-lRals.txt.OLD the other the most current. SuSE rocks, rolls, and rules! It is a tremendous value at the price. I shouldn't say this but I would pay alot more for it. Take it easy. R W Pearson _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hoi ! I think it might be because of copyright problems . To play divx you need the divx codec . This is a cracked version of some M$-codec . It wouldn`t be wise to put it on some official cd :-) cu Carsten klaus imgrund wrote:

Hello Just a question! Can anybody explain to me why I cant play .avi+.divx videos when I install xine from the suse cd? When I use downloaded rpms (other source) and install xine with those it plays anything you throw at it. What exactly would be the reason I payed for 7cds if I have to download the program from a third source to get it to work?

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