On Fri, September 7, 2012 1:57 pm, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Weaver <wea...@riseup.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have always had a problem getting video to work on Debian. >> >> I run Unstable, with all the multimedia urls in /etc/apt/sources.list. >> I have installed all recommended packages, including libdvdcss2, with no >> joy. >> >> I've Googled till my eyes are out of my head. >> >> I've been to the Debian-Multimedia site, but can find no recommended >> list >> of packages. I have no more luck with Mplayer or Mplayer2 than I have >> with >> any of the players. >> >> As an idea to what might be missing, using GXine, by opening the file >> manager and selecting specific packages, I can get them to play - audio >> only. > > The debian multimedia team is not related to that site, and using it > can cause breakage in your computer. Please remove that site from your > sources.list, and remove all the packages coming from there, > installing the debian versions.
Ummm, there are no 'Debian Versionjs' of libdvdcss2, or a number of other necessary packages. However, in order to help we are going > to need more information: > > 1. What sort of videos? DVDs? HD DVDs. Downloaded videos from internet? Youtube? This is not a problem. Standard browser plug-ins take care of those, but different packages, like ligdata take care of those. All gstreamer packages are installed also. It's just the DVD scenario presenting problems. > 2. What output do you get from the video players when trying to play them? A few different ones that turn up on a regular basis, relating to the demuxer and plug-in deficits, which is why I am enquiring for a list of required packages. The rest is easy....for anyone. Regards, Weaver. -- "The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US . . ." -- Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-multimedia-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/44eb15ab0432a59e7a7b5d68f7d83102.squir...@fulvetta.riseup.net
