Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> Does it play DVDs for you? How about DivX? > > When it does play DVDs, does the sound and picture stay in synch? Yes. However, I'm planning to do in the evening to upgrade my mplayer - so I will re-check.. Hetz = To unsubscribe

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >What are you talking about? I had to do 4 things in order to compile it: > >1. grab the codecs and put them on the /usr/lib/win32 >2. untar the tarball >3. ./configure --disable-gcc-checking >4. make ; su -c "make install" > >Thats it - mplayer worked perfectly ok. > >For

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> Yes, but it took me half a morning to compile it. Every single plugin > has to be downloaded seperately, and the places you needed to D/L things > from were scattered all over the manual. A nice concentrated location > saying "D/L this this this this this this this this this and this, and > then

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> Thanks, I also installed Xine and it does play VCD's. > Note that one my machine it had to be run as root, or else I ended up > in an ubreakeable IDE-SCSI loop. That means you have premission problems there. I would suggest you to send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the problem and includ

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
On Thursday 31 January 2002 08:18, Erez Boym wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I took Hetz's advice and yesterday installed > Xine. Although compiling is was not so strait forward > and I had to change the make file a little bit, it did > played my Star Wars VCDs perfectly as well as my Tomb > Rider Trailer

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Not more paranoid than the mplayer documentation. It says something along the lines of "run this under root at your own risk. we assume it's a gaping security hole". Shachar Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > >>Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> >>>Can'

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > Can't this be handled in terms of device file permissions? (create a > > group"mplayer" and either include yourself in it, or make the mplayer > > binary belong to it and SGID) > > It might be easier to set up a SUDO c

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Can't this be handled in terms of device file permissions? (create a > group"mplayer" and either include yourself in it, or make the mplayer > binary belong to it and SGID) It might be easier to set up a SUDO class for it. e.g. User_Alias VCD=gsm Cmn

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > > >Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. > It is very impressive in terms of file formats it supports (it supports > some of the QuickTime formats!!!). It even plays DVDs (the reaso

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Erez Boym wrote: > > Hi, > > Well, I took Hetz's advice and yesterday installed > Xine. Although compiling is was not so strait forward > and I had to change the make file a little bit, it did > played my Star Wars VCDs perfectly as well as my Tomb > Rider Trailer DivX Avi file. Thanks, I also

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: >Erez Boym wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box >>(Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). >> > >Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. > >Geoff. > Yes, but it took me half a morning to compile it. Ever

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Erez Boym
Hi, Well, I took Hetz's advice and yesterday installed Xine. Although compiling is was not so strait forward and I had to change the make file a little bit, it did played my Star Wars VCDs perfectly as well as my Tomb Rider Trailer DivX Avi file. The next step is to connect my remote, SB Live an

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Matan
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Erez Boym wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box > > (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). > > Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. I guess I'm doing something wrong, si

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I wrote: > Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. But this then begs the question, how DO you play VCD's on linux? TIA, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson Bloomberg L.P., BFM (Israel) 2 hours ahead of London, 7 hours ahead of New York. Tel: 972-(0)3-754-1158

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread mulix
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Erez Boym wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box > > (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). > > Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. i second that, mplayer works great for

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Erez Boym wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box > (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). Try mplayer, instead. plays a lot more files, though it won't play VCD's. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson Bloomberg L.P., BFM (Israel) 2 hours ahead of London, 7 hours ahead

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Erez Boym wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box > (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). > > I have installed KDE Media Player (From > Nuatom.kde.org) which states in it's site that a > DivX plugin exists and directed me to sourceforge > (mpeglib.so

Re: Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-30 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
1. noatun is a piece of crap. Trust me on this one. 2. Have you ever thought of upgrading your KDE? 2.2.2 is the latest stable one. 3. Grab the divx libraries from www.divx.com and use xine (xine.sf.net) - easiest, simplest solution and looks good. Hetz ==

Help compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-29 Thread Erez Boym
Hi, I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). I have installed KDE Media Player (From Nuatom.kde.org) which states in it's site that a DivX plugin exists and directed me to sourceforge (mpeglib.sourceforge.net) to download it. I downloaded the mpegli

Compiling mpeglib_divxplugin

2002-01-27 Thread Erez Boym
Hi, I'm trying to view DivX files on my Linux box (Mandrake 8.0, KDE 2.1.1, Nuaton 1.0.1). I have installed KDE Media Player (From Nuatom.kde.org) which states in it's site that a DivX plugin exists and directed me to sourceforge (mpeglib.sourceforge.net) to download it. I downloaded the mpegli