jeremy jozwik wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:14 PM, JoeHill<joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > > Yeah, but sometimes people get tired of answering the same questions over > > and over again every time someone tries Linux for the first time ;)
> ive been on the openmoko lists for just under a year now and have > helped out plenty of newbies with there questions that could easily > have been answered searching around the internet. i really dont > understand the annoyance that a lot of people on the debian list seem > to have. i see it as if i dont feel like reading or responding i > simply do not do so. why bother wasting the energy saying "google it" That is a good question. > > If you install Xine, Ogle or VLC from there, any of them should do DVD > > playback. > i have already installed and tried those applications, like i said in > my original email. and for some reason of another they simply do not > work. You need to install them from Debian Multimedia, not from the default repos. > > For really detailed instructions you can Google 'enable dvd playback > > debian'. If after this you are still having trouble, then write back and > > someone will gladly assist you. > search result http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/DVD-Playback-HOWTO/ > lists several steps. Sometimes you have to put in a little more effort than just looking at the first link that comes up. The third one down, if you used the search term I suggested, is this one: http://www.linwik.com/wiki/configuring+media+and+dvd+playback+in+debian+gnu+linux+5.0 > the only thing i did not do was > > # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd > > but that link already exists. > > everything else is fine. > now when i get to the step: > 4.2.1. MPlayer > > Type mplayer dvd://1 to begin playing title #1 on the disc. To play > other title numbers, substitute the appropriate number in place of 1. > > the drive spins up, terminal displays some bits and pieces says > playing dvd, MPEG-PS file format detected. > > and nothing else happens. which is the same thing i said in the first post. > im getting pritty frustrated here and just asking for a bit more help > then "google" -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
