Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 September 2010 22:43, Robert Marma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert_marma@yahoo.com">robert_marma@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
(1) Has anyone in the group had any experience with media players in<br>
openSUSE? I could get<br>
neither Banshee nor Totem--the default Gnome media players--to play ANY of<br>
my video<br>
files. Then I recalled having used VLC in Windows a few years ago, and<br>
decided to check<br>
out their web site. Being a Newbie, I wasn't sure about the installation<br>
procedure, but<br>
tried downloading their latest RPM, and the package installer took care of<br>
the rest. To<br>
my utter amazement, VLC played EVERY video file format perfectly, except<br>
for my .mov<br>
files, which it also played, but in a jumpy, hesitating fashion. To be<br>
perfectly honest,<br>
I've also had trouble getting media players to play my .mov files in<br>
Windows. Even with<br>
additional XP or Vista codecs installed, Windows Media player usually was<br>
useless, and<br>
even iTunes and QuickTime didn't do the job, and .mov is supposed to be a<br>
QuickTime<br>
format! The only media player that appears to play my .mov files halfway<br>
decently in<br>
Windows is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, which is also free.<br>
Unfortunately, they<br>
don't appear to offer a Linux version. My question is: "Does anyone know<br>
of a reliable<br>
media player--or at least codecs--that will play my .mov files?"<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Opensuse does by default exclude most libraries needed for playing audio and video files (apart from some free formats). A guide for installing the needed libraries can be ound here: <a href="http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats">http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats</a></div>
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(2) In intend to log onto the Linux and openSUSe forums for advice, but I also<br>
was wondering<br>
if anyone knows of an instructive document or publication available for<br>
download--perhaps<br>
something along the lines of "Linux for Dummies" or "Bash for<br>
Dummies"--that would offer<br>
examples with illustrations for learning the Bash commands and writing<br>
scripts.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are some how-tos for bash programming. For example: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>And generally if you want to know the specifics how to use a certain programm you can use <i>man <program name></i>. Most of the docs are quite good.</div><div> </div><div>Jan</div><div><br></div>
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