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Hi I just installed suse 9 pro on my dell inspiron 4150.
i chose the default package install, but subsequently added gnome, mozilla, evolution, mozplugger.
i cannot get any multimedia to play though either streaming from the web liek quicktime movie trailers or content thats on my local computer from my XP partition.
also DVDs dont play either.
does any one have a fix for these issues in Suse 9 ?
Quicktime isnt a linux program, so I have no idea why you'd try to stream media to linux using it. DVD's won't play without a dvd player, so go install one from the web.
i have used distros like redhat and mandrake before where you could use apt-get to install software like mplayer from the web, but i am not sure if that works on suse.
as far as DVD playing goes , they include kaffeine that does not play dvd's.
for all the hype about Suse being the next best thing to XP , i hardly see how when it is not clearly eveident to enable simple things such as this.
but if anyone has a known source where they were able to get a package that succesfully enabled them to play DVD's and movie trailers off the web in the more popular formats such as quicktime, wmv i would be thankful if they could point me in that direction,
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