this is the most stupidest question in history posted...i have just installed college linux and i wanted to watch a movie on it from a cd so how do i do that?? ( tried to google but found nothn )

you could have entries in your fstab file (/etc/fstab) that automount the floppy and cdrom at boot... they would look something link

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto, 0 0

/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro 0 0

someone correct me if Im wrong

or manually with umount

type:

man umount


more info here:

http://slackbook.yoshiwara.org.uk/chapter9-mount.html

um where exactly do i type them? i did it on a shell but it says permission denied even when i did su ... allthou closest i got

also when i tried
# mount /cdrom

it says it cant find /cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

Often the directory is /mnt/cdrom, not /cdrom, and you'll need to be root to mount the CD unless you modify the /etc/fstab to allow users to mount the drive (basically you add user to the 4th field after noauto -- there are a number of threads hear that say exactly how to do it).

ill try search around here i still dont get it =\ call me stupid by i just started linux 8(

Most distributions use /mnt/cdrom as a mount point for the CDROM drive and /mnt/floppy for the floppy drive. With linux you need to mount the file system before you can access any data and unmount the filesystem to close any open read / write buffers. The commands are mount and umount.

mount /mnt/floppy to access the disk. umount /mnt/floppy to close filesystem. Be sure to close any application including file browsers before unmounting.

However, this is just for data CDs. Music and movie CDs do not contain a valid filesystem and do not get mounted like a data CD. The player application needs to be configured for the device.

A couple of good applications for video playback are xine and mplayer.

woho i can access data files but i still cant watch me movie =\

thx 4 help anyways all =P

hello im newbie and can somebody explain how to watch a movie with college linux/slackware ???

i have these programs and have no idea how to work with them..;

KsCD (CD Player) , Mplayer , Noatun (Multimedia Player) , XMMS (Multimedia Player) and Xine (Video Player)...

also if possible how to make it/those programs auto-run whenever i put in a similiar film (brainwashed by m$)

if its not same thing/to much trouble how to run DVD movies??

please share knowledge

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Kscd plays cds, mplayer plays anything, xine plays anything, xmms is the same as winamp to use, noatun is the KDE default media player.
in kde you can select which program runs which type of media just like in windows (file associations).
xine has the best support for watching dvds, the "dvdnav" button should do it :~]

umm well thx for the quick reply tuttle but that didnt answer much
but if lets say i use XINE then how DO i put my movie on?? i dont see my cdrom-category nor do i know what im searching for here =\ (sorry if i was unclear on my question )

if you don't have a dvdnav button on xine then you may need to look for the dvdnav plugin. In order to play dvds you need libdvdcss too.
This search may be of some help to you.

thx tuttle again thats real nice ! ill look into it, but still is it the same as a "normal" movie(non-dvd)..? im more into anime and series and stuff like that =P

where are your movies located - on your hard disk or on a cdrom? Open xine and:
right click-->open-->file then select the file by navigating to where they are located on your disk. If they are on your cdrom then "mount" the cdrom and navigate to it (usually /mnt/cdrom/).
I'm not familiar with your distribution but you can usually mount/unmount a cdrom using "kdiskfree":
K(start) button-->system-->more programs-->kdiskfree(view disk useage)

I have merged your threads since both have answers and both deal with the same thing. And I have moved it to the CollegeLinux forum where your thread should receive the attention it deserves.