<div dir="ltr">thanks a million Desmond for your simple, step by step instructions<br><br>I haven't the foggiest idea what all the spiel that scrolled across the konsole window meant, but it worked and I now have VideoLAN on my computer<br>
<br>where do you go to get Quicktime format programs from the BBC, this is presumably not the same as the iPlayer download service which I believe is not available for Linux yet?<br><br>Steve<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2008/9/16 Desmond Armstrong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:desmond.armstrong@gmail.com">desmond.armstrong@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Steve Redshaw wrote:<br>
> I have used VideoLAN on Windows and didn't know it was available for Linux<br>
><br>
> I have visited the VideoLAN website and found the link for Mandriva<br>
> Linux, however I cannot fathom out how to actually download and run<br>
> it, the link does not seem to link to an actual download - there are<br>
> just some instructions about updating Mandriva 2007! but I have 2008.1<br>
><br>
> I must admit I still find downloading on Linux a complete mystery, I<br>
> just haven't got the measure of it yet<br>
><br>
> this is a desperate cry for help and enlightenment!!<br>
><br>
> Steve Redshaw (still a green Linux explorer)<br>
</div>To install the VLC on Mandriva 2008.1<br>
<br>
1/ Using Mandriva Control Panel software 'Software Management' and<br>
'Manage Software', 'vlc' enter and 'apply'<br>
<br>
2/ go to the videolan site (I just google for vlc) select Mandriva.<br>
<br>
3/ click the 'easy urpmi' button. select version 2008.1 and architecture<br>
i586 and now click 'add PLF medias'<br>
window pops up asking for root password - give it.<br>
<br>
4/ when done press back button on browser and then open terminal window<br>
and su and root password.<br>
Now copy and paste the two lines given into the terminal window. The<br>
second line gives it the region-free playback capability.<br>
<br>
If you have error, then you need to leave out the first and last item on<br>
the first line so:-<br>
<br>
urpmi wxvlc vlc-plugin-a52 vlc-plugin-ogg vlc-plugin-mad<br>
<br>
urpmi libdvdcss2<br>
<br>
It will ask you to confirm that you are adding some 9 packages (from<br>
memory 29 if you had not already installed vlc from the Mandriva<br>
repositories).<br>
<br>
The VLC player is brilliant and I am using it on my eee to play<br>
(fullscreen) the downloaded quicktime programmes from Auntie Beeb's.<br>
<br>
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