On Tue, September 11, 2012 6:40 pm, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:39 +0200 > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 21:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: >> > Since Squeeze I think that Debian has removed itself from this market. >> The >> > main repository and kernel contain only FLOSS software. I.e. many >> drivers >> > are missing and have to be separately installed. This is beyond a >> total >> > newbie, and I think could not be rendered easily attainable by >> attaching a >> > set of instructions. So sadly, I have come to the conclusion that I >> must >> > recommend e.g. Linux Mint if any newbie who wishes to self-install >> were to >> > ask me for my opinion. >> >> A serious issue for all Linux distros are codecs. We're living in the >> media age, consumer need codecs. http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs >> Last time (02 Sep 2012) I tried to upgrade my AV Linux (Debian stable), >> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg should be automatically removed. I didn't notice a >> replacement that should be installed. Conflicts caused by codecs (just >> one issue) are an issue for most distros I know. > > ? I use standard A/V packages (Mplayer and VLC) from Stable (with some > Backports stuff), and never have any codec issues at all. > > What codecs would a typical user encounter that aren't available in > Debian?
Just off the top of my head: libdvdcss2 It's not the packages that worry me. It's just shuffling round trying to find which ones fit and what other configs are needed. I only just got video working on this box because I'm still living in the olden days and had it configured for /dev/dvd instead of /dev/sc0. After I got everything working, of course, I discovered the appropriate documentation. Regards, Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6214d78a04881671b767e05dd17ce71f.squir...@fruiteater.riseup.net
