Re: video

[ruben <snowbender@gmail.com>]

At Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:38:56 -0400, caleb storms wrote:
> 
> I was wondering i'm running debian test on a g4 and video playback is
> not what i'm used to in linux.  the programs i'm used to don't seem to
> be here like vlc and mplayer, i did get vlc from unstable but it won't
> play anything but dvd it seems.  The problem is that the picture stops
> and jumps and sometimes the sound seems to be lagging.
> 
> any suggestions ?

You probably want to add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

# mplayer repository
deb http://honk.sigxcpu.org/linux-ppc/debian/ mplayer/
deb-src http://honk.sigxcpu.org/linux-ppc/debian/ mplayer/

Just look at the website and you'll see the list of video-related
packages that's available.  The mplayer package you want is
"mplayer-g4" but you may need to install additional packages for
codecs.

Ruben