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Best video player and other software to try
Hey, I just got the new Fedora Core 1 up and running(for the most part) and I am wondering about a few things. First of all has anybody already got this going and found a good video and/or audio player. Second of all, my system still needs to be tweaked a little and I could use a little help. I got a nforce 2 mobo and need drivers for the built in AC97 audio as well as the onboard LAN. I also have an Xterasys wLAN. It is the XN-2511b model and is 802.11b compliant in case you dont know. I am having problems getting that working, if anybody could assist, that would be great. By the way I am a bit of a newbie so try to keep that mind if you find yourself helping me out.
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http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261.html
Get the nforce drivers from there, and READ THE DOCUMENTATION. I cannot stress that enough. No wizard is going to pop up and guide you, but it's not very hard either. Video==mplayer Audio==xmms |
Video player: Mplayer, but does audio as well
Audio: XMMS I almost certain they are in your dist, so they're very easy to install... |
Mplayer is better installed from source.
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You can try xine too.It's a good video player.
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I use mplayer, its awesome! Is there any other media player better than mplayer?
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Well, I tried to get mplayer and xine, because I couldnt get the first to work. In the end, neither are working. I think that I installed them correctly because I used as many online guides and walkthroughs as I could find. What is my next step, does anybody know what to do next to figure out what is wrong.
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How did you install mplayer? The best way is to go to www.mplayerhq.hu, get the source and compile it. The first time is a little tricky, you'll undoubtedly have some dependency problems. This may also be a good time to get yourself apt4rpm. I think it's available from either sourceforge or berlios.
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VideoLAN
This my choice for a media player for audio and video.
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Well, I did get the source and compile it. As far as I know it went flawlessly, except that the finished product doesnt work. I will have to get apt4rpm and give it another try.
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video player: mplayer , installed from source. I had a little trouble configuring it with the right output devices, but after i got that straightened out it works better than anything else I've used in Linux, Windows, or Mac.
Other GUI software to try.... image viewer: XnView music mixing: Ardour sound editing: Sweep cdrecord frontend: gcombust mp3 rip (cdparanoia/lame) frontend: dekagen system monitor: GKrellM process manager: qps code editing: Bluefish vector animation: Moho web browser: Mozilla Firebird |
If I was just going to try for a fresh install, would you recommend that I get rid of my current version entirely. If so, since I don't know the best way to do that. what would be the best/easiest way to remove the first installation.
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Well, the only error message I got was that my X11 video was wrong and I needed XFree86-devel, or something to that effect. So I got that and tried again and it installed, but when I try and run it, it just doent work, no matter what I try. I have tried to open it in every way I can think of. Through command, changing default video player, etc. Yes, I did put all the codecs in the location it requested, untar'd before compiling. I really just dont know.
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What error messages are you getting when you try to run mplayer?
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