gord wrote: > On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 11:31 +0100, Ted wrote: > >> A friend has been using a computer I installed Feisty on and asked me to >> install it on his.. >> I installed it but cannot get mplayer or realplayer to work..When I >> goto the bbc news and lick on a vid mplayer starts to connect and the >> tells me "stopped" If I alter preferences to use realplayer >> f/fox crashes with no error messages...If I try Konq it too crashes...I >> have tried using automatix >> on a clean install to get the codecs etc but still no joy..It will play >> vids and youtube clips though.. >> I have also tried using pclinuxos and Mepis but all show the same >> symptoms.... >> I am running out of ideas and he is thinking abt going back to win 2k >> Any ideas appreciated... >> Regards >> Ted Wager >> Linux user.. >> >> > > first step, remove anything automatix has done, it just causes problems, > breaks systems and gives support people a big headache. not supported > and please do not use it :). > > Second step, e-mail the bbc to compain about their web service being > bias towards propiatary systems when we have free formats available for > them to use :) > > typically at the bottom of a video stream it has 'open in a standalone > player' you could try copying that link into a standalone realplayer and > playing from there. > > Thanks for the reply...I did try without Automatix several times...Automatix was a last resort.. As to the complaint to the bbc I cannot reaally do that as I have no problem on my home computer with either mplayer or realplayer..It is just on my friends box where I am having problems..
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