[Sussex] VideoLAN 0.9 Grishenko

[Steve Redshaw]

thanks a million Desmond for your simple, step by step instructions

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

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?

Steve

2008/9/16 Desmond Armstrong <desmond.armstrong at gmail.com>

> Steve Redshaw wrote:
> > I have used VideoLAN on Windows and didn't know it was available for
> Linux
> >
> > I have visited the VideoLAN website and found the link for Mandriva
> > Linux, however I cannot fathom out how to actually download and run
> > it, the link does not seem to link to an actual download - there are
> > just some instructions about updating Mandriva 2007! but I have 2008.1
> >
> > I must admit I still find downloading on Linux a complete mystery, I
> > just haven't got the measure of it yet
> >
> > this is a desperate cry for help and enlightenment!!
> >
> > Steve Redshaw (still a green Linux explorer)
> To install the VLC on Mandriva 2008.1
>
> 1/ Using Mandriva Control Panel software 'Software Management' and
> 'Manage Software',  'vlc' enter  and 'apply'
>
> 2/ go to the videolan site (I just google for vlc) select Mandriva.
>
> 3/ click the 'easy urpmi' button. select version 2008.1 and architecture
> i586 and now click 'add PLF medias'
> window pops up asking for root password - give it.
>
> 4/ when done press back button on browser and then open terminal window
> and su and root password.
> Now copy and paste the two lines given into the terminal window. The
> second line gives it the region-free playback capability.
>
> If you have error, then you need to leave out the first and last item on
> the first line so:-
>
> urpmi wxvlc vlc-plugin-a52 vlc-plugin-ogg vlc-plugin-mad
>
> urpmi libdvdcss2
>
> It will ask you to confirm that you are adding some 9 packages (from
> memory 29 if you had not already installed vlc from the Mandriva
> repositories).
>
> The VLC player is brilliant and I am using it on my eee to play
> (fullscreen) the downloaded quicktime programmes from Auntie Beeb's.
>
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