[64studio-devel] 'Totem' not playing ANY file here

[ma_pri_2004 at yahoo.de]

Hello Raphael,

an alternative is vlc (apt-get install vlc), which can use more video 
codecs out-of-the-box than totem (most avis run, but I experienced 
problems with mpgs)

Hth
ma_pri

R.Wolff wrote:
> Hi there again,
> be prepared to see many a posts from me here, since I'm really new to
> Linux systems- Even though I DO read manuals (The Debian Reference
> Handbook etc..), 'how to's' and so on, everything still seems sooo
> complicated. I hope you don't mind me asking more 'general' questions,
> i.e. not always 100% related to 64studio maybe. If you do, feel free to
> tell me so and I'll STFU. :D
> 
> Back to the topic then:
> Totem (or any other 'media'player) doesn't play ANY media file on my PC,
> be it .avi, ogg, mp3 or whatever. I've added the official debian repo to
> the sources list ('Stable' & 'Non-US') and have installed xmms to test,
> with no succes.
> The message I get is in german and says something like 'Couldn't open
> ressource to write'.
> The settings in the multimedia-system config dialog are:
> 
> AUDIO OUT:
> [x] Autodetect
> [ ] Alsa
> [ ] OSS
> [ ] User defined
> 
> AUDIO IN:
> [x] Alsa
> [ ] OSS
> ....
> 
> It doesn't matter what I choose, the generated message is always the 
> same after clicking the 'test' button.
> For 'Video out' at least the test button gives me a color screen
> 'Video In' produces a 'Video for Linux (v4l): Device "/dev/video0" does 
> not exist.' message.
> 
> Why does it seem so frickin complicated to include some codecs in every
> distro to be able to watch some video files or to listen to some mp3's.
> I really like and share the idea of open_source et all, but there are
> some 'defacto' standards set by these formats, whether you like it or
> not. So, not being able to watch embedded media while browsing the web,
> no .mov support, no 'realtime' (not really dramatic to miss this one),
> no 'Quicktime', flashplayer shows me the pictures, but doesn't give me
> any sound. It's all so frustrating.
> 
> And why is it, when I try to install some other music apps from the
> debian stable repo i.e., 64studio WILL NOT install certain dependencies.
> I guess it's to avoid breaking some substantial functions?
> And for some packages Synaptic says that in order to install xxx, you
> first have to unistall:
> ....(giving me almost the full list of 64studio applications)???
> 
> So somebody please help me watching my .avi or .mov files and listen to
> my mp3 collection.
> 
> TIA
> Raphael




	
		
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