Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-06 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
csj saw fit to inform me that: >On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:40:15 + >p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >But then why use the non-free mtv, when there are two great free Debian >alternatives for playing VCD's? (You need to be using at least >woody/testing, however.) > >apt-get install smpeg-plaympeg >ap

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-05 Thread csj
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:40:15 + p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > debs, > > mtv plays mpg's, but i can't get it > to play vcd's: > > cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom > > permission denied > > check env variable mtv vcd device (see > "mtv -h" for help) > > any guidance would be appr

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-05 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
[Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:40:48AM +0800] --- : > i dont think mtv can play vcd's... try using xine. > > http://xine.sourceforge.net Sorry, I never knew this. There are debs of xine too. For a preview release of xine, please add the following line into your /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://peop

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-04 Thread p
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:40:48AM +0800, --- wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 08:07:01AM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > > [Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 03:40:15PM +] p : > > > > > cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom > > > > > > permission denied > > > > User who is accessing the vcd in the cdro

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-04 Thread ---
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 08:07:01AM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > [Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 03:40:15PM +] p : > > > cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom > > > > permission denied > > User who is accessing the vcd in the cdrom drive does not > have permissions to do so. Please add the user, s

Re: ot: vcd's on mtv

2001-09-03 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
[Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 03:40:15PM +] p : > cannot open cd-rom device: /dev/cdrom > > permission denied User who is accessing the vcd in the cdrom drive does not have permissions to do so. Please add the user, say 'foo' to the 'cdrom' group by doing 'adduser foo cdrom' at the su/root prompt.