eddieleprince wrote:
I have ripped most of my CD's to mp3. I got a rude awakening when I tried to play some this morning. The only way I can play them is through realplayer!!! How sad! I usually play music in the background while at work. To do that now would be so tedious. Does anyone know of a quick fix or should I be looking for a different distro.?
Eddie
The reason we have to put up with this "mp3/dvd disabled" crap is due to yours and my friends at the RIAA/MPAA. The European and Asian version of Linux distros (of which SuSE used to be - until Novell bought it) didn't have to worry as much. Anyway. Packman is your friend. You'll need to DL the packages that others have mentioned from the Packman site (and it provides both Deutsche and English sites). The DeCSS stuff is not directly available from the Packman site - due to fairly recent changes in German law regarding this issue. However, he does link to the site for the DeCSS package with instructions on how to implement it. Once installed it just works! Also there are a lot of other ancillary packages you may find usefull as well. HTH, Curtis.