Re: List of required packages.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, September 7, 2012 1:57 pm, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Weaver <weaver@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.
Yes, we are still missing dvdcss. Which other packages do you need?
>
> 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.
It is very hard to help if you do not provide the needed information.
Please post the output from your video player.
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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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