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From: rm on 23 Jul 2008 18:56
During our recent adventure in Vista we noticed that most downloaded
videos can be watched easily, enjoyably, and not without any kind of
fuss by a combination of realplayer, wmediaplayer and divx.
Between the three programs we get a reasonably enjoyable exeriencei
because they act so reliably.

On the other hand, Xine, Gxine, Mplayer and all of the jury-rigged rest are
horror shows. If and when they act reasonably, there is a great deal
of surprise and exclamation, because it is so damned rare. The
interfaces are pathetic and it takes minutes or even hours to
communicate info that is easily, and instantly imparted, from a
proper gui.

Do others have reasonable experiences using video with linux? What's
the secret? And to those who are too stupid to understand the issues,
such as Dan C and Coward Hicks, keep your noises to yourself.

This is a serious question. The video issue seems to be the big
gap between the two systems and we are wondering what those folks
do who serious work with linux video.

cordilly, as always,

rm
From: Dan C on 23 Jul 2008 22:53
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:56:57 +0000, rm wrote:

> Do others have reasonable experiences using video with linux? What's the
> secret? And to those who are too stupid to understand the issues, such as
> Dan C and Coward Hicks, keep your noises to yourself.

LOL! The "issues"? The issue is that you're a n00b, and don't know how
to configure your system or software. The key is to install the proper
codecs, and Mplayer, and Mplayer-plugin. All works fine here, n00b.

> cordilly, as always,

Smeg off, you ignorant stooge of a troll. You're even losing your ability
to spell.


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From: rm on 23 Jul 2008 23:12
Dan C <youmustbejoking(a)lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:56:57 +0000, rm wrote:

>> Do others have reasonable experiences using video with linux? What's the
>> secret? And to those who are too stupid to understand the issues, such as
>> Dan C and Coward Hicks, keep your noises to yourself.

> LOL! The "issues"? The issue is that you're a n00b, and don't know how
> to configure your system or software. The key is to install the proper
> codecs, and Mplayer, and Mplayer-plugin. All works fine here, n00b.

More noise, as we predicted. And we were "noobs" back before we met your mother...

mplayer and xine work. So does a Lada. We don't much driving Ladas, but
you do, to each his own...

cordially, as always,

rm
>
>
From: Dan C on 24 Jul 2008 00:05
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:12:06 +0000, rm wrote:

> mplayer and xine work.

That isn't what you said in your original post, n00b.

> So does a Lada. We don't much driving Ladas, but you do, to each his
> own...

Huh? You lost me there, dimwit. Have you been partying with Loki
Halflager? Put the crack pipe down.

> cordially, as always,

Smeg off, troll.


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From: john on 24 Jul 2008 12:03
On Jul 23, 6:56 pm, <r...(a)big.justlinux.ca> wrote:
> During our recent adventure in Vista we noticed that most downloaded
> videos can be watched easily, enjoyably, and not without any kind of
> fuss by a combination of realplayer, wmediaplayer and divx.
> Between the three programs we get a reasonably enjoyable exeriencei
> because they act so reliably.
>
> On the other hand, Xine, Gxine, Mplayer and all of the jury-rigged rest are
> horror shows. If and when they act reasonably, there is a great deal
> of surprise and exclamation, because it is so damned rare. The
> interfaces are pathetic and it takes minutes or even hours to
> communicate info that is easily, and instantly imparted, from a
> proper gui.
>
> Do others have reasonable experiences using video with linux? What's
> the secret? And to those who are too stupid to understand the issues,
> such as Dan C and Coward Hicks, keep your noises to yourself.
>
> This is a serious question. The video issue seems to be the big
> gap between the two systems and we are wondering what those folks
> do who serious work with linux video.
>
> cordilly, as always,
>
> rm
Both my Slack 12 and 12.1 partitions default to noatun for various
files and noatun never quite loads.
Gxine never works. Sometimes Realplay works OK, but I use it mostly
for radio broadcasts.
It is possible I suppose to fight one's way through to a point where
these nonworking packages actually work but
I haven't the time right now.

John Culleton
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