Hello out there! Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS 5.1-compatible xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the only ones I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message that the mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm. Can anyone provide a link for rpm's that will provide DVD support on CentOS 5.1 32bit? I installed the Gstream rpm's so at least I have mp3 and mpeg support, I just really want DVD support as well. Many thanks in advance, Manuel Alvarez P.S. If anyone can chime in the question below I would greatly appreciate it. I still have no idea on this one. L From: Sysadmin at dte.net [mailto:Sysadmin at dte.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:14 PM To: 'centos at centos.org' Subject: Wireless PCMCIA/PC Card for CentOS 5.1? Hello everyone, I would really like to get wireless working on my CentOS 5.1 install. I have a LinkSys WPC54G (I guess version 1 since no version is listed) but everything I've read indicates that this would be a nightmare for a Linux newbie like myself. I got as far as NDISWrapper, but right off the bat I am getting issues with KBuild and I guess my kernel source so I can't even get as far as compiling NDISWrapper. My question is mainly: Can anyone recommend a PC Card for a laptop that will work on CentOS without NDISWrapper? If not, is there an idiot guide for installing NDISWrapper on Centos 5.1? Thanks and best wishes, Manuel Alvarez -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080123/e7b51a05/attachment-0002.html>
On Jan 23, 2008 10:08 PM, <Sysadmin at dte.net> wrote:> > Hello out there!Hello.> Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS 5.1-compatible xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the only ones I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message that the mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm. > > Can anyone provide a link for rpm's that will provide DVD support on CentOS 5.1 32bit? I installed the Gstream rpm's so at least I have mp3 and mpeg support, I just really want DVD support as well. >I have found that using yum to install and update from rpmforge (DAG's) works fairly well, for xine anyway. However, that said, I have never been able to get Totem to work properly - some things its plays, others not. I have had better luck with Xine, which plays more DVDs, but still balks at quite a few. I've had the best results with MPlayer, and have yet to find an uncorrupted, unencrypted sound or video file it can't play. You can get that from rpmforge as well, and it's my choice for the best. The only gripe I have about it is that it doesn't understand m3u play lists unless you tell it that the file is aplaylist, and then it works just fine. My $0.02. mhr
Sysadmin at dte.net wrote:> Hello out there! > > > > Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep > running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS 5.1-compatible > xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the only ones > I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message that the > mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm. > > > > Can anyone provide a link for rpm's that will provide DVD support on CentOS > 5.1 32bit? I installed the Gstream rpm's so at least I have mp3 and mpeg > support, I just really want DVD support as well.The package that you want to install from rpmforge is: gstreamer-ugly-plugins It should make gstreamer (and totem on centos5) be able to play dvds. I am not sure if it works, as I use mplayer on my personal workstation :D Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080201/95babc75/attachment-0001.sig>
> Sysadmin at dte.net wrote: >> Hello out there! >> >> >> >> Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep >> running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS >> 5.1-compatible >> xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the >> only ones >> I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message >> that the >> mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm. >> >> >> >> Can anyone provide a link for rpm's that will provide DVD support on >> CentOS >> 5.1 32bit? I installed the Gstream rpm's so at least I have mp3 and mpeg >> support, I just really want DVD support as well. > > The package that you want to install from rpmforge is: > > gstreamer-ugly-plugins > > It should make gstreamer (and totem on centos5) be able to play dvds. > > I am not sure if it works, as I use mplayer on my personal workstation :D > > Thanks, > Johnny HughesAlso, you may require libdvd, this is available from the rpmforge repo. -Ross-
On Feb 1, 2008 2:17 AM, Ross Cavanagh <ross-cavanagh at bm-sms.co.jp> wrote:> > > >> > > >> > > The package that you want to install from rpmforge is: >> > > >> > > gstreamer-ugly-plugins >> > > >> > > It should make gstreamer (and totem on centos5) be able to play dvds. >> > > >> > > I am not sure if it works, as I use mplayer on my personal workstation :D >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Johnny Hughes >> > > Also, you may require libdvd, this is available from the rpmforge repo. > > > > -Ross- > > >That should be gstreamer-plugins-ugly. I usually only make such transpositions with numbers. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce
> Sysadmin at dte.net wrote: >> Hello out there! >> >> >> >> Been around the block trying to get DVD support for Totem, but I keep >> running into dead ends everywhere I go. Looking for CentOS 5.1-compatible >> xine and xine-lib packages as that seems to be the answer, but the >> only ones >> I find (like on DAG) seem to be just dead links or I get a message >> that the >> mirrors are unavailable when I try to run the rpm.your problems with xine from rpmforge must have been temporary network issues, the packages exist and work fine. xine will give you access to the DVD menus, sometimes this is very useful. Otherwise mplayer is great (but it doesn't do menus). I wouldn't fight to get totem working... cheers,