is there a version of mplayer w/gui available? - Page 2

Dave420 · 08-08-2008

I got the sound and gui working now. the only problem I am having now is getting a dvd to play.I get a can not read error -I tried several different dvd's so I am thinking maybe it is a issue with lite-on dvd burners.I know i have read that some brands do not work well in ubuntu and it seems like lite-on was one of them.

Zero Tolerance · 08-08-2008

You have heard are correct.

Ive had the same issue with a LITE-ON CD drive one time. Couldnt even install with it. Changed it out and ran like a champ!

Dave420 · 08-10-2008

well I got everything working -and followed a online guide to get dvd's working on ubuntu so now a dvd will start to play and as soon as I click the menu item to play the movie it bombs out.I guess this has to be a hardware issue at this point(it is funny because I installed all the codecs in the folder it said to on the mplayer install page but mplayer still won't play a dvd) ...odd.With dvd burners only running about $30-35 I will just try a different brand.

Dave420 · 01-20-2009

it is all good now.I just got a Alienware Area 51 M5550 Laptop on craigslist for $50 (core 2 duo 2ghz - 2 gigs of ram- 7200rpm 100 gig HD - geforce video ect...) it had a bad 7600go video card so I replaced it with a geforce 8600m 512 meg video card(the first laptop I ever changed the video card in-I paid $115 for it).Because it came with windows xp on it I had to upgrade the os to support the directx 10 video card.I tried vista and it worked ok but I hate vista now so I put windows 7 on.Windows 7 is a hell of a lot better then vista but I could not help wondering how the new distro of ubuntu would run.so last night I hooked the system up and let me tell you the new distro (8.10 I think it is) rocks.it was a lot easier to set up and get the new geforce drivers and media player running on. The effects are way better then vista or windows 7 and it uses a hell of a lot less system resources as well.I think I am going to leave it as my moble linux box - to be honest I like it as much as I do my Mac and i only got $165 in it.I feel like it is one of the best deals ever. I thought about selling it because I have a iphone and don't want to tote a 15.4" laptop around -but for the money I got in it I think I should hold on to it just to play with.
Have you guys used any of the new distro's of PCBSD ? I may try it as well to see if it is more like apple osx.

Zero Tolerance · 01-22-2009

I personally am still running 6.06 LTS just because...well just because it works very well and does everything I need.

But you have piqued my interest in the newest Ubuntu. Just to at least see the "eye-candy".

What GUI are you running that looks soo soo sweet?

Dave420 · 01-23-2009

the default one with the nvidia driver enabled.the eye candy is prety much just rubber windows(they stretch and bounce when you move them-kinda like a cloth or rubber sheet) -but it is way more cool then the basic windows clear transitions for me.

Zero Tolerance · 01-24-2009

very cool. Im gonna throw it on my VMWare server as a VM and see this for myself.

D.TedoX · 10-04-2009

PLF has RPMs for the codecs. They will go where they are supposed to go. You might even consider un-installing the Mandrake mplayer, setting up a source for PLF and using urpmi.

urpmi mplayer

08-08-2008	#11
Dave420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco , CA Posts: 677	I got the sound and gui working now. the only problem I am having now is getting a dvd to play.I get a can not read error -I tried several different dvd's so I am thinking maybe it is a issue with lite-on dvd burners.I know i have read that some brands do not work well in ubuntu and it seems like lite-on was one of them. __________________ 420/24-7 "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

08-08-2008	#12
Zero Tolerance Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In Your Machine Posts: 1,754 View Photos By: Zero Tolerance	You have heard are correct. Ive had the same issue with a LITE-ON CD drive one time. Couldnt even install with it. Changed it out and ran like a champ! __________________ good day, Zero Tolerance aka "SpeedDemon" & "theMadHacker" As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasnt there He wasnt there again today I wish...I wish he'd go away! ATV Forums ~ 250R ~ Banshee ~ Utility Class ~ Sport Quads Free Internet Radio ~ Independent Music & Artists ~ Become an online radio Dj

08-10-2008	#13
Dave420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco , CA Posts: 677	well I got everything working -and followed a online guide to get dvd's working on ubuntu so now a dvd will start to play and as soon as I click the menu item to play the movie it bombs out.I guess this has to be a hardware issue at this point(it is funny because I installed all the codecs in the folder it said to on the mplayer install page but mplayer still won't play a dvd) ...odd.With dvd burners only running about $30-35 I will just try a different brand. __________________ 420/24-7 "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

01-20-2009	#14
Dave420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco , CA Posts: 677	it is all good now.I just got a Alienware Area 51 M5550 Laptop on craigslist for $50 (core 2 duo 2ghz - 2 gigs of ram- 7200rpm 100 gig HD - geforce video ect...) it had a bad 7600go video card so I replaced it with a geforce 8600m 512 meg video card(the first laptop I ever changed the video card in-I paid $115 for it).Because it came with windows xp on it I had to upgrade the os to support the directx 10 video card.I tried vista and it worked ok but I hate vista now so I put windows 7 on.Windows 7 is a hell of a lot better then vista but I could not help wondering how the new distro of ubuntu would run.so last night I hooked the system up and let me tell you the new distro (8.10 I think it is) rocks.it was a lot easier to set up and get the new geforce drivers and media player running on. The effects are way better then vista or windows 7 and it uses a hell of a lot less system resources as well.I think I am going to leave it as my moble linux box - to be honest I like it as much as I do my Mac and i only got $165 in it.I feel like it is one of the best deals ever. I thought about selling it because I have a iphone and don't want to tote a 15.4" laptop around -but for the money I got in it I think I should hold on to it just to play with. Have you guys used any of the new distro's of PCBSD ? I may try it as well to see if it is more like apple osx. __________________ 420/24-7 "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson Last edited by Dave420; 01-20-2009 at 03:20 PM. Reason: spelling

01-22-2009	#15
Zero Tolerance Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In Your Machine Posts: 1,754 View Photos By: Zero Tolerance	I personally am still running 6.06 LTS just because...well just because it works very well and does everything I need. But you have piqued my interest in the newest Ubuntu. Just to at least see the "eye-candy". What GUI are you running that looks soo soo sweet? __________________ good day, Zero Tolerance aka "SpeedDemon" & "theMadHacker" As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasnt there He wasnt there again today I wish...I wish he'd go away! ATV Forums ~ 250R ~ Banshee ~ Utility Class ~ Sport Quads Free Internet Radio ~ Independent Music & Artists ~ Become an online radio Dj

01-23-2009	#16
Dave420 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco , CA Posts: 677	the default one with the nvidia driver enabled.the eye candy is prety much just rubber windows(they stretch and bounce when you move them-kinda like a cloth or rubber sheet) -but it is way more cool then the basic windows clear transitions for me. __________________ 420/24-7 "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

01-24-2009	#17
Zero Tolerance Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In Your Machine Posts: 1,754 View Photos By: Zero Tolerance	very cool. Im gonna throw it on my VMWare server as a VM and see this for myself. __________________ good day, Zero Tolerance aka "SpeedDemon" & "theMadHacker" As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasnt there He wasnt there again today I wish...I wish he'd go away! ATV Forums ~ 250R ~ Banshee ~ Utility Class ~ Sport Quads Free Internet Radio ~ Independent Music & Artists ~ Become an online radio Dj

10-04-2009	#18
D.TedoX Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: United States Posts: 2	is there a version of mplayer w/gui available PLF has RPMs for the codecs. They will go where they are supposed to go. You might even consider un-installing the Mandrake mplayer, setting up a source for PLF and using urpmi. urpmi mplayer

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