February 2002 - openSUSE Multimedia - openSUSE Mailing Lists

XFree86-4.2.0
by Tony Jones 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

Does anyone have any idea on when SuSE will, if ever, put XFree86-4.2.0 on their online update? Also, I use online update on a 56k and it seems to take upwards of 30 minutes to download the patch definitions. any ideas on how to speed that up? I use SuSE 7.3, 333mhz, GeForce MX 400 64MB, 352MB RAM. Tony Jones

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Help with ALSA
by Peter Cheney 04 Mar '02

04 Mar '02

Greetings all, Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong or show me what to do to get sound to work using the ALSA driver? I play CD or MP3 via XMMS and no output. Searched for "sound' on sus.com and found article titled "Installing a soundsystems from scratch" and followed this with no problems. Sound on my workstation works OK with W2k and RHL7.3 but I have decided on SuSE 7.3pro due to more multi-media options. Harware detection of sound card (Intel 820) during install was OK. Here is last part of modules.conf: -- options snd-card-intel8x0 snd_index=0 alias char-major-14 off # Alsa sound support. # Warning: please don't modify comments over aliases 'snd-card-#' alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116 # W60f.Kwq_E7BMZmF:82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller alias snd-card-0 snd-card-intel8x0 # YaST2: sound system dependent part # alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss -- I can delete/add the card in YaST2 and no errros. When configure sound in KDE Config, changing from "Auto Detect" to ALSA and stop/start the sound daemon I get a thump in the speakers. All help and comments would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Peter -- Peter Cheney P: +61 (7) 3002 9814 System Administrator F: +61 (7) 3002 9829 Thiess Pty Ltd M: +61 (4) 0818 6290 "I'm not what I do, I do what I am" - Miles Davis ****************** IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential and privileged. If received in error, please contact Thiess and delete all copies. You may not rely on advice and documents received by email unless confirmed by a signed Thiess letter. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Thiess' liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. ******************

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HELP! I've destoyed sound capabilities
by Saimon Moore 01 Mar '02

01 Mar '02

Hi, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to sound in linux. I have Suse 7.1 running and for a long time the sound was fine (It had been correctly configured during installation. But one day I decided to install a divX player which need updated SDL libraries. I promptly downloaded and type rpm -i SDL....rpm (i.e. newbie pressed the wrong button ;) Big mistake..I should have updated it.. (now I know ;) Ever since then, the sound on my system has completely dissapeared and I'm at a complete loss. I've looked at the sound howto but from what it says I'm missing the the sound module in the kernel, but if it had been working prior to my 'mistake' the the sound module should be there. This is the boot message... Starting sound driver: snd-card-ens1371 done Starting sound driver: off done Starting sound driver: off done but cat /dev/sndstat (As per the howto) returns.... cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device I really have no clue what to do and I don't want to re-install Suse because I have lot's of things setup that might be lost. I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could suggest what I might do to find the cause of my problem and how I might go about fixing it. The howto doesn't seem to cover this. Thanks Saimon _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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ieee 1394 support
by Sander van Vugt 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Hi all, I want to connect my Sony digital camera to an IEEE 1394 interface on my computer in order to be able to capture image and edit it. I am using a Hercules DV-card from the Hercules DV Action kit. Does anyone have any experience? Thanks, Sander

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I have a problem playing avi files in Linux
by Mihai Vartic 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Mihai Vartic a écrit: > Hi, > I'm new in linux, so maybe I'll put a stupid question. > I've installed aviplayer 0_5.3 for linux, everything looked great > during the instalation, but when I try to play an avi file , I see and > > hear nothing. > In Linux term, from where I've started the aviplayer (aviplay) > everything looks fine ( the avi file is detected, the sound is stereo) > > but still nothing happends.The problem is identical if i start the > player with "aviplay xx.avi" or with "aviplay" and I choose my avifile > > from the menu. > There are some more configurations to be done ? > My videocard is ASSUS V7100 (GFORCE 2MX 400) and my OS is Linux SUSE > 7.2. > Can anybody give me an advice ?? > Greetings, > Mihai

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viewing DVDs
by gerry gavigan 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

I have Xine working ( -A oss) and have installed the decryption software - works perfectly with unencrypted DVDs, not even slightly interested with a zone 2 DVD Ogle, with decrypt, under KDE, running it with artdsp as suggested in Ogle FAQ, perfect picture, no sound (installed Gnome, same problem as Xine for zone 2 Any thoughts? I'd be grateful I'm running Suse 7.3, KDE 2.2.2, Xfree86 4.2.0 Gerry

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Re: [suse-multimedia-e] lokigames updates
by Markus Hansen 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

So you think I don´t have to worry about where the update comes from? even not in the future? ok, because I have to reinstall my linux from time to time. thanks markus Am Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2002 00:15 schrieben Sie: > Lokigames data has been mirrored elsewhere, try using the Loki Update > Tool, it should still find relevant mirrors for the patches. I don't > know where any NEW patches are coming from though. > > -Tony Jones > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Hansen [mailto:markhansen@gmx.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:14 PM > To: suse-multimedia-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-multimedia-e] lokigames updates > > hi > > lokigames closed just some days ago. > they had lots of updates for their games. > the updatesoftware gets the update for the game direct from the > internet. > where can i get these updates now, when lokigames is gone? > > Markus

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Tribes 2
by Markus Hansen 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Hi I just have installed Tribes 2 from Lokigames. Everything works fine, but I cannot be in an internet game. To join the game, no prob, to go frome the launge into the game, no prob, but now comes the heavy stuff: I am just observing another gamer. How can I stop that and start playing for myself in that game? Markus

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lokigames updates
by Markus Hansen 20 Feb '02

20 Feb '02

hi lokigames closed just some days ago. they had lots of updates for their games. the updatesoftware gets the update for the game direct from the internet. where can i get these updates now, when lokigames is gone? Markus

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Re: [suse-multimedia-e] HELP! I've destoyed sound capabilities-SOLVED
by Saimon Moore 19 Feb '02

19 Feb '02

On Mar 19 Feb 2002 19:53, Paul Fotheringham wrote: Thanks Paul, I'm pretty sure that I'm now missing a few modules because artSd cannot recognise any sound devices. It's strange, I can play wavs, .au's mp3 etc..I can play from cd...but some apps still report no audio device. I've had an exhaustive search on the Internet and read umpteen faq's and I'm really none the wiser, so I decide to bite the bullet, backup everything and install Suse 7.3 (I'm getting a copy tomorro :). At least I'll know not to make the same mistake... Thanks for all your help... P.S. To anyone reading this thread at a later date, take note of your system configuration just after a fresh install and then see what's changed...That's what I plan to do from now on. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Saimon, > > > Basically..I tried different volume settings but to no > > avail...Taking a closer look I realised that everything had been > > muted... ;) So I unmuted it and things seem to be working... ;)... > > hehe, lol. > > > MIDI though is still not working.... > > > > cat /dev/midi or /dev/sequencer both return 'no such device' > > I've never had a problem with sound at all so it's not something I've > tinkered with. > MIDI works fine for me so I did an lsmod on my system, the output is > appended > at the bottom of the message. It appears that I have no less than > five extra modules, > namely, > > snd-seq-oss > snd-synth-emux, > snd-seq-virmidi, > snd-emux-mem > snd-seq-device > > by my reckoning. As I say this doesn't mean much to me but maybe it > will to you! > BTW, I'm running SuSE 7.2 with alsa-0.5.10-77 installed by default. > > The other thing I noticed is in the Control Center. Under YaST2 > modules go to > soundcard and make sure the "Start Sequencer" box is checked. > > Hope that helps. > > Paul. > > - --- > Output of lsmod > - --- > > Module Size Used by > isa-pnp 28240 0 (unused) > sg 23520 0 (autoclean) (unused) > ide-scsi 7856 0 > snd-pcm-oss 18848 0 (autoclean) > snd-pcm-plugin 15024 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > snd-mixer-oss 5120 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > agpgart 25600 3 (autoclean) > NVdriver 724176 14 (autoclean) > snd-seq-oss 28880 0 (autoclean) > snd-synth-emu10k1 4288 0 > snd-synth-emux 26592 0 [snd-synth-emu10k1] > snd-seq-midi-emul 4480 0 [snd-synth-emux] > snd-seq-virmidi 8496 0 [snd-synth-emux] > snd-seq-midi 3568 0 > snd-seq-midi-event 3024 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-virmidi > snd-seq-midi] > snd-seq 42688 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emux > snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event] > snd-card-emu10k1 2320 0 > snd-emu10k1 21968 0 [snd-synth-emu10k1 > snd-card-emu10k1] > snd-pcm 30592 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin > snd-emu10k1] > snd-timer 8592 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] > snd-emux-mem 1648 0 [snd-synth-emux snd-emu10k1] > snd-rawmidi 9664 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1] > snd-ac97-codec 24576 0 [snd-emu10k1] > snd-mixer 24352 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 > snd-ac97-codec] > snd-seq-device 4032 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emu10k1 > snd-synth-emux snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-card-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi] > snd 34128 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin > snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emux snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi > snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-card-emu10k1 snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm > snd-timer snd-emux-mem snd-rawmidi snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer > snd-seq-device] > soundcore 3760 9 [snd] > mousedev 4160 0 (unused) > hid 11984 0 (unused) > input 3296 0 [mousedev hid] > usb-uhci 20832 0 (unused) > usbcore 47904 1 [hid usb-uhci] > ipchains 34688 0 (unused) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBPHKfD3MYRc1F29LdEQKvxwCdEPQIPmyoIh/8O1RSmEo+Kb52IXwAoIrJ > e+6XphVUziqOkH2fBxecgcRd > =UD+/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Linux Multimedia Wiki
by James Oakley 17 Feb '02

17 Feb '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Someone put up a Wiki for multimedia in Linux. Thought you guys would be interested: http://www.ibiblio.org/kevinamm-bin/view - -- James Oakley jfunk(a)funktronics.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8cAT9Ktn0F7+/lLMRAglAAKDKvSMiFqoIRdmkolLFTVW2Ckzr0wCggUHJ INu0sIwg7xv3SCnvWDsCUXs= =1kiM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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kde3 beta
by gerhard aldorf 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

Can anyone help explain how to get kde3 beta 2 working side by side with kde 2.2.2 in suse 7.3. thank´s gerhard Gerhard Aldorf Build AS Waldemar Thranesgate 75 0175 Oslo www.build.no +47 23 32 75 81 +47 91 13 60 97

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CD-RW
by Lion Queen 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Has anyone out there managed to get their CD-RW working on Suse 7.2. I have tried doing everything in the HOWTO, and every trick I know, but can't seem to get it to work. I had it working with my old version of RedHat, but I prefer the Suse and don't want to go back. Here is the error message I get when I try cdrecord -scanbus: Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright.................. cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try.,................. I have added everything that the HOWTO suggested and loaded the modules. Any idea? Thanks in advance Andy _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [suse-multimedia-e] CD-RW
by Ricardo Wagemaker 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Hi have you got a scsi emulator working on your linux box??? If you don't that will have to be your next step in order to get it working. This site should give you a idea in how to acomplish that. http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2001-Apr/0388.html Ricardo >===== Original Message From Lion Queen <kinihepu(a)yahoo.com> ===== > Has anyone out there managed to get their CD-RW working on Suse 7.2. >I have tried doing everything in the HOWTO, and every trick I know, but >can't seem to get it to work. I had it working with my old version of >RedHat, >but I prefer the Suse and don't want to go back. Here is the error message >I get when I try cdrecord -scanbus: > > Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright.................. > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > cdrecord: For possible targets try.,................. > >I have added everything that the HOWTO suggested and loaded the modules. > >Any idea? > >Thanks in advance > >Andy > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >-- >To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-multimedia-e] Suse7.1, Nvidia Drivers freeze on KDE logout
by Ricardo Wagemaker 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Are those drivers downloaded from Suse or Nvidia site? If the are from Suse I recommend you try downloading them from nvidia site them selfs http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux I had similar problem and it sorted me out. Regards, Rico >===== Original Message From Jasmine Davis <jasmine(a)photo-girl.com> ===== >Hi all, > >I have recently updated my video drivers to the NVidia Release including the >GLX. > >On system boot-up, the XServer starts & KDE works without error. Then when I >logout of KDE, the XServer restarts, I get the NVidia screen & then the >window freezes. > >Once that happens the system video is frozen & no virtual consoles are >available. The only way to get in to restart is through SSH. > >The XServer log shows no errors but stops at this point: >(==) NVIDIA(0): Write-combining range (0xe6000000,0x1000000) >(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 2X successfully initialized > >The XServer is 4.0.2 >NVidia Drivers : NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.suse71.i386.rpm >NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.suse71.i386.rpm >KDE Version 2.2.2 > >The XServer config file was generated from scratch using Sax2. > >If anyone can help, I thank you in advance. > >Regards, > >Jasmine >-- >Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl >www.photo-girl.com >Registered Linux User 218292 >-------------------------->> >Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.2-4 >hotgirls login: > 1:48pm up 1:16, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.09, 0.09 > >-- >To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-help(a)suse.com

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Suse7.1, Nvidia Drivers freeze on KDE logout
by Jasmine Davis 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Hi all, I have recently updated my video drivers to the NVidia Release including the GLX. On system boot-up, the XServer starts & KDE works without error. Then when I logout of KDE, the XServer restarts, I get the NVidia screen & then the window freezes. Once that happens the system video is frozen & no virtual consoles are available. The only way to get in to restart is through SSH. The XServer log shows no errors but stops at this point: (==) NVIDIA(0): Write-combining range (0xe6000000,0x1000000) (II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 2X successfully initialized The XServer is 4.0.2 NVidia Drivers : NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.suse71.i386.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.suse71.i386.rpm KDE Version 2.2.2 The XServer config file was generated from scratch using Sax2. If anyone can help, I thank you in advance. Regards, Jasmine -- Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl www.photo-girl.com Registered Linux User 218292 -------------------------->> Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.2-4 hotgirls login: 1:48pm up 1:16, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.09, 0.09

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Aviplay?
by Alain Barthélemy 12 Feb '02

12 Feb '02

Hello, Just one question. Aviplay is not provided with SuSE7.3PPC (well with PC version). Is it a way to watch .avi divx compressed files with SuSE7.3PPC (aviplay, xine, ...?) Thank you -- Alain Barthélemy

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mplayer ????
by Alain Barthélemy 09 Feb '02

09 Feb '02

Hi, Well, I finally installed mplayer because everybody told me it was a lot, a lot, a lot better than Aviplay. The installation (version 0.60) went all right (on SuSE 7.2 Intel Pentium III 640Mhz). I make a test /cdrom/my_file.avi and ... 1) the playing of the movie is always interrupted (sound and image) 2) impossible to increase the image size Follows all the "bla-bla". With Aviplay I have a better quality (zoom 2x and fluid sound and image) Thus what's wrong? Thank you for possible reason of this problem Alain MPlayer 0.60-2.95.3 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!) CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 2 CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Type: 6, Stepping: 6) Testing OS support for SSE... yes. Testing OS support for SSE unmasked exceptions... yes. Tests of OS support for SSE passed. CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with features: MMX MMX2 SSE Reading /home/alain/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/alain/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /usr/local/share/mplayer/codecs.conf: 26 audio & 70 video codecs font: can't open file: /home/alain/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc Linux RTC init: open: Permission denied Using usleep() timing Playing mylene_farmer.avi Not an URL! Detected AVI file format! MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (272) HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED VIDEO: [DIV3] 448x252 24bpp 25.00 fps 601.8 kbps (73.5 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x33564944 size:448x252 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400 Detected audio codec: [mp3] drv:1 (MPEG layer-2, layer-3) mp3lib: Processor ID: 686 mp3lib: Using Pentium-MMX optimized decore. AUDIO: srate=44100 chans=2 bps=2 sfmt=0x10 ratio: 16000->176400 Detected video codec: [divxds] drv:4 prio:0 (DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3)) vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bits/pixel (":0.0" => local display) fs seg 0x40018000 Loading DLL: 'divx_c32.ax' Using DirectShow codec: divx_c32.ax Decoder is capable of YUV output ( flags 0x9) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [x11] 448x252 => 448x252 BGR 16-bit Sharing memory. AO: [oss] 44100Hz Stereo Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) ao2: 44100 Hz 2 chans Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) audio_setup: sample format: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (requested: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)) audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2) audio_setup: using 44100 Hz samplerate (requested: 44100) audio_setup: frags: 2/2 (65536 bytes/frag) free: 131072 Start playing... A:3731.6 V:3731.0 A-V: 0.689 ct: 0.172 93275/93275 19% 7% 1.9% 344 0 0% ************************************************ **** Your system is too SLOW to play this! **** ************************************************ !!! Possible reasons, problems, workaround: - Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver. workaround: try -ao sdl or use ALSA 0.5 or oss emulation of ALSA 0.9. read DOCS/sound.html for more tipps! - Slow video output. try different -vo driver (for list: -vo help) or try with -framedrop ! Read DOCS/video.html for video tuning/speedup tipps. - Slow cpu. don't try to playback big dvd/divx on slow cpu! try -hardframedrop - Broken file. try various combinations of these: -nobps -ni -mc 0 -forceidx If none of these apply, then read DOCS/bugreports.html !

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Kreatecd
by Markus Hansen 05 Feb '02

05 Feb '02

Hi Kreatecd always turns off BURN-free of my Plextor CD-RW. How can I avoid this or what can I do? Markus

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ppp login problem on suse 7.1
by Jasmine Davis 05 Feb '02

05 Feb '02

Hi All I am trying to configure a suse 7.1 system for remote access via a modem / ppp & am having a few problems. On connecting to the system I get a screen full of garbage in the ppp log (see below). Welcome to SuSE Linux 7.bP|Pug#Password: Login incorrect &F79x3&n6h]&}k^DR_cG N|/?7Os]># O'I$6sW[iL!T}3SUa"W xena login: k%1z]?~Aj8}x3x7RVTaM"B? r;wAhYhG&w7r{G"5 +| I have set-up the user in the system as well as the pap-secrets / chap-secrets file. I am sure I am missing something simple in setting this up. can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance, Jasmine -- Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl www.photo-girl.com Registered Linux User 218292 -------------------------->> Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.7-4 hotgirls login: 1:04pm up 21 days, 12:38, 2 users, load average: 1.30, 1.31, 1.24

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multimedia/video
by klaus imgrund 04 Feb '02

04 Feb '02

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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Nokia Software and Software Updates
by Oliver Ob 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Is there any software worth using for: - adding nokia tunes - adding nokia grafix - updating nokia gsm software (example update for 3210) -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I >>> Telek0ma iBBMS - soon back online +49.4503.TRSi1/TRSi2 <<<

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multimedia/video
by klaus imgrund 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

Well business as usual. Everything is great! I did update the system with a 170MB download. I still think that I probably got another system than everybody is bragging about. By default my suse tries to open .avi files with aktion. Unfortunately there is no aktion installed. If you do a lot of reading thru manuals you find out that you are supposed to copy the dlls for aktion from your windowssystem. Now what do you do if you dont have windows plus what dlls would that be? Dont get me wrong - suse is a good value and a nice system. But if you want to beat out Billy you gonna have to do better than this. Looks to me like Linux is still in the stages where you better know how to write your own software. Unfortunately I dont know how to do that. I cant even get the font for email changed anymore.

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Re: [suse-multimedia-e] multimedia/video
by Gary Behenna 03 Feb '02

03 Feb '02

On Sunday 03 February 2002 15:40, gerry gavigan wrote: > 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? Hi Gerry, Try my web site devoted to Linux multimedia, http://linuxplay.freeyellow.com you will find info / link on the audio page. BTW, for those looking for the Linux equivilant to Cubase, I have managed to find a package called "Brahms", the package is featured on the home page of my site. Best regards to all, Gary

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how to see image on aviplay
by bartydeux 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

Hello, I had many computer problem and I lost a hard disk on my laptop where I could see divx (.avi) compressed file with aviplay. Now I installed a new hard disk + SuSE 7.2 + what I think are the aviplay packages. I type the instruction aviplay => I open the .avi file => the GUI appears => i hear the sound but no image This is the messages that appear: apparently there is a missing dll in /usr/lib/win32 Stupid question (I forget what I did last month): where do I get the divx codec to download and to install in /usr/lib/win32? (a .zip file I suppose?) It is for aviplay. alain@portable:~ > aviplay Available CPU flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm 648.024 MHz Pentium III (Coppermine) processor detected Initializing registry Initializing cache Cache: Adding stream 0, table 4112F008 ( 182497 entries ) Cache: Adding stream 1, table 80DB158 ( 18250 entries ) Cache: Creating cache for file descriptor 8 Successfully initialized stream 0 Chunk table size 182497, format size 40 Successfully initialized stream 1 Chunk table size 116530233, format size 30 Successfully opened /media/cdrom/mylene_farmer.avi. 1 video streams, 1 audio streams Length 182497 File /media/cdrom/mylene_farmer.avi successfully opened 2 streams Audio in MPEG Layer-3 format src [wFormatTag=85, nChannels=2, nSamplesPerSec=44100, nAvgBytesPerSec=15963, nBlockAlign=1, wBitsPerSample=16, cbSize=12] dst [wFormatTag=1, nChannels=2, nSamplesPerSec=44100, nAvgBytesPerSec=176400, nBlockAlign=4, wBitsPerSample=16, cbSize=0] AviReadStreamA::SeekToTime DirectShow_VideoDecoder: FATAL: Could not open DLL Win32 loader: FATAL: Could not load library VideoDecoder: FATAL: Unknown codec 33564944 = 'DIV3'! IAviPlayer: FATAL: Failed to initialize decoder object No video will be available AVI player widget: FATAL: YUV unsupported by decoder at mywidget_if.cpp:183 AviReadStreamA::SeekToTime AviReadStreamA::SeekToTime Player started WARNING: Read(): FOURCC mismatch ( received A6C2EF48 ) WARNING: Read(): FOURCC mismatch ( received A6C2EF48 ) WARNING: Read(): FOURCC mismatch ( received A6C2EF48 ) WARNING: Read(): FOURCC mismatch ( received A6C2EF48 ) WARNING: Read(): FOURCC mismatch ( received A6C2EF48 ) Thank you Alain -- ======================================= Entendu chez un revendeur: La cliente vient avec un problème de portable et dit: "cela fait le deuxième avec lequel j'ai des problèmes" Le revendeur dit: "quel était le premier portable?" "Compaq Presario", répond la cliente. "Ah, un bas de gamme répond le vendeur, c'est normal avec un bas de gamme, avec un Compaq Armada vous n'auriez pas eu de problèmes". Conclusion: payez 60.000 FB ou plus et 6 mois après votre portable va à la poubelle. Alain Barthélemy

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Kreatecd
by Markus Hansen 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

Hi I got a Plextor-CD-RW. It seems that kreatecd always turns off BURN-free. What can I do, if I want to take advantage of BURN-free while using kreatecd? Markus

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