hi there,

I (being the notorious linux newbie) just tried to play some videos on my shiny new gnome desktop. Needless to say, it didn't work. So I read about mplayer and that this is supposed to be THE video app to use. Well I installed it, entered 'mplayer filename.mpg" and all I got was about two screens full of error messages. thank you.

is this linux?

so is there a video player out there that I just install and play videos with? or is the simple task of playing videos yet another journey into linux land, where nothing works unless you spend a week full of research, googling and configuring textfiles (just to play a video)?

as you can see I am quite frustrated with this and would appreciate some positive feedback before I fade back into windows land, where everything you want is just a mouseclick away...

excuse the sarcasm please... any help IS in fact appreciated.

thanks,
sascha

hi,

there is a small but import difference between windows and linux: with linux it is a good idea to read manuals and error messages, then everything is just a mouse click away or even less

if you dont understand the error message, post it and someone will explain it to you

nah, thanks. I found xine. that does the job without asking questions. just like windows.

sascha,

you didn't mention what distro your using. I've got Mandrake 10.0 and mplayer running very nicely on it with a gui a lot like Power DVD in Win XP. no command line required. but I agree xine will do well for you also.

enjoy your dvds......

tom

I am on Fedora Core2