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Re: [SLE] Dumb question about xine
- From: Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:46:42 -0500
- Message-id: <1138445203.12291.8.camel@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 23:52 -0500, Bob S wrote:
> On Friday 27 January 2006 03:11, eddieleprince wrote:
> > On Friday 27 January 2006 08:04, Bob S wrote:
> > > Hello SuSE people,
> > >
> > > The dumb question is xine is a stand-alone package, right? I think it is
> > > installed but when I do a rpm query on it, the reply is that it is not
> > > installed. Yet with a locate xine, there are about a gazillion files
> > > listed so something is there.
> > >
> > > I then use apt to try and install xine. I get a message that there are
> > > two files xine-lib and libxine1 and I must choose one. Apparently they
> > > are mutually exclusive. If I choose one the other is uninstalled and vice
> > > versa. I presently have lib-xine installed. There does not appear to be a
> > > stand-alone xine package. ????? Is this right?
> > >
> > > The reason for this question is that I cannot open a DVD movie with xine
> > > and if I try to use Kaffeine it complains that I do not have the proper
> > > codecs. Now, I do have every codec known to man AND libdvdcss installed.
> > > I can however, navigate to the vob file and Kaffeine plays it properly.
> > >
> > > This used to work very nicely in 9.2. Since my "upgrade" to 10.0 it does
> > > not. Help me understand/fix this please?
> > libxine1 should be okay. Think of it as the backend. What you need now is
> > a frontend so grab xine-ui or something like that and you should be fine.
> Eddie, Thanks for replying. I reinstalled libexine1 but kaffeine still
> complains I don't have enough codecs. Tried your suggestion and installed
> xine-ui. Works beautifully. Been fooling with kaffeine since I upgraded to
> 10.0 trying to figure out why it can't find the codecs. Maybe I will just
> give up on it and use xine. Only thing I don't like is that control panel
> thing. Too small for my old eyes.
Do you have w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i586.rpm
or something similar installed? It can be found at packman.
> On Friday 27 January 2006 03:11, eddieleprince wrote:
> > On Friday 27 January 2006 08:04, Bob S wrote:
> > > Hello SuSE people,
> > >
> > > The dumb question is xine is a stand-alone package, right? I think it is
> > > installed but when I do a rpm query on it, the reply is that it is not
> > > installed. Yet with a locate xine, there are about a gazillion files
> > > listed so something is there.
> > >
> > > I then use apt to try and install xine. I get a message that there are
> > > two files xine-lib and libxine1 and I must choose one. Apparently they
> > > are mutually exclusive. If I choose one the other is uninstalled and vice
> > > versa. I presently have lib-xine installed. There does not appear to be a
> > > stand-alone xine package. ????? Is this right?
> > >
> > > The reason for this question is that I cannot open a DVD movie with xine
> > > and if I try to use Kaffeine it complains that I do not have the proper
> > > codecs. Now, I do have every codec known to man AND libdvdcss installed.
> > > I can however, navigate to the vob file and Kaffeine plays it properly.
> > >
> > > This used to work very nicely in 9.2. Since my "upgrade" to 10.0 it does
> > > not. Help me understand/fix this please?
> > libxine1 should be okay. Think of it as the backend. What you need now is
> > a frontend so grab xine-ui or something like that and you should be fine.
> Eddie, Thanks for replying. I reinstalled libexine1 but kaffeine still
> complains I don't have enough codecs. Tried your suggestion and installed
> xine-ui. Works beautifully. Been fooling with kaffeine since I upgraded to
> 10.0 trying to figure out why it can't find the codecs. Maybe I will just
> give up on it and use xine. Only thing I don't like is that control panel
> thing. Too small for my old eyes.
Do you have w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i586.rpm
or something similar installed? It can be found at packman.
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