On Sun, 2018-07-15 at 09:06 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I tried the live DVD from which I installed C7. > > > > I meant to use a live DVD from some other distro so that it had > > differently compiled drivers - the idea was to eliminate (or otherwise) > > the drivers from CentOS 7. > > I've been looking. > I keep finding claims that Fedora live CD's exist, > but not actual images.https://getfedora.org/ specifically https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/ What it actually does is to download Fedora Media Writer which when run downloads the correct image and writes it to a memory stick.> > To be clear: > flv and avi caused it to complain about the lack of mp4 codecs.Yes, because MPG codecs are not license free.> > Is there something dragon or totem will play out of the box? >Probably WebM and OGG video as they are both patent/license free. If you are looking for something try https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_1080p.ogv (that's an open source, royalty free movie using open codecs). P.
On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, Pete Biggs wrote:> On Sun, 2018-07-15 at 09:06 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> I've been looking. >> I keep finding claims that Fedora live CD's exist, >> but not actual images. > > https://getfedora.org/ > > specifically > > https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/ > > What it actually does is to download Fedora Media Writer which when run > downloads the correct image and writes it to a memory stick.Won't boot for me. I keep getting kernel panics and am real tired of the power button. I have to boot C6 with acpi=off, but that did not help. Something about sync, attempt to kill process 1, kernel panic. I'll see whether I can find something else.>> To be clear: >> flv and avi caused it to complain about the lack of mp4 codecs. > > Yes, because MPG codecs are not license free.I hadn't realized flv and avi were synonyms for mpg.>> Is there something dragon or totem will play out of the box? >> > Probably WebM and OGG video as they are both patent/license free. If > you are looking for something try > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_1080p.ogvThanks. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards
> > What it actually does is to download Fedora Media Writer which when run > > downloads the correct image and writes it to a memory stick. > > Won't boot for me. > I keep getting kernel panics and am real tired of the power button. > I have to boot C6 with acpi=off, but that did not help. > > Something about sync, attempt to kill process 1, kernel panic. > > I'll see whether I can find something else.Check your hardware - all these things might well be symptomatic of an hardware issue.> > > > To be clear: > > > flv and avi caused it to complain about the lack of mp4 codecs. > > > > Yes, because MPG codecs are not license free. > > I hadn't realized flv and avi were synonyms for mpg.They're not. flv and avi are containers, mpg is an encoding method that can be used in those containers. P.
Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, Pete Biggs wrote: >> On Sun, 2018-07-15 at 09:06 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> >>> I've been looking. >>> I keep finding claims that Fedora live CD's exist, >>> but not actual images. >> >> https://getfedora.org/ >> >> specifically >> >> https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/ >> >> What it actually does is to download Fedora Media Writer which when run >> downloads the correct image and writes it to a memory stick. > > Won't boot for me. > I keep getting kernel panics and am real tired of the power button. > I have to boot C6 with acpi=off, but that did not help. > > Something about sync, attempt to kill process 1, kernel panic. > I'll see whether I can find something else. > >>> To be clear: >>> flv and avi caused it to complain about the lack of mp4 codecs. >> >> Yes, because MPG codecs are not license free. > > I hadn't realized flv and avi were synonyms for mpg.They're not. Those are two *different* vidao/audio file formats. Each one needs its own codec.> >>> Is there something dragon or totem will play out of the box? >>>I like mplayer. mark