On Sun, September 9, 2012 8:33 pm, Felipe Sateler wrote: > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, September 7, 2012 1:57 pm, Felipe Sateler wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have always had a problem getting video to work on Debian. >>>> >>>> I run Unstable, with all the multimedia urls in /etc/apt/sources.list. >>>> I have installed all recommended packages, including libdvdcss2, with >>>> no >>>> joy. >>>> >>>> I've Googled till my eyes are out of my head. >>>> >>>> I've been to the Debian-Multimedia site, but can find no recommended >>>> list >>>> of packages. I have no more luck with Mplayer or Mplayer2 than I have >>>> with >>>> any of the players. >>>> >>>> As an idea to what might be missing, using GXine, by opening the file >>>> manager and selecting specific packages, I can get them to play - >>>> audio >>>> only. >>> >>> The debian multimedia team is not related to that site, and using it >>> can cause breakage in your computer. Please remove that site from your >>> sources.list, and remove all the packages coming from there, >>> installing the debian versions. >> >> Ummm, there are no 'Debian Versionjs' of libdvdcss2, or a number of >> other >> necessary packages. > > Yes, we are still missing dvdcss. Which other packages do you need?
I don't know. That's what I'm asking. > >> >> However, in order to help we are going >>> to need more information: >>> >>> 1. What sort of videos? DVDs? >> >> HD DVDs. >> >> Downloaded videos from internet? Youtube? >> >> This is not a problem. >> Standard browser plug-ins take care of those, but different packages, >> like >> ligdata take care of those. >> All gstreamer packages are installed also. It's just the DVD scenario >> presenting problems. >> >>> 2. What output do you get from the video players when trying to play >>> them? >> >> A few different ones that turn up on a regular basis, relating to the >> demuxer and plug-in deficits, which is why I am enquiring for a list of >> required packages. > > It is very hard to help if you do not provide the needed information. > Please post the output from your video player. Well, actually, after months of fumbling in the dark, I have mistakenly installed the required lib. gXine works perfectly. I remember installing it, but after having tried this strategy on innumerable occasions in the past and achieving zilch, I omitted to take note of the name of it. All this achieved by way of the invaluable assistance from Filipe and I hope all you lurkers have had ample opportunity to assess the situation in that light. Regards, Weaver. -- "The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US . . ." -- Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
