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[aob9]

Following the directions given here 'http://wiki.eeeuser....ngradingmplayer' I am getting a message telling that both the 'downgrade Mplayer' and 'VLC' are not in the source list. I have seen elsewhere on this forum that the MPlayer 1.0 appears to unavailable but whet's the story with VLC?

regards,

[deeesperate]

I cant find vlc either.

[xni]

to install vlc i did the following:
sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
added: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
saved file
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

and it worked perfectly :)

[deeesperate]

thanks for that, will give it a try.

[hilts01]

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to install vlc i did the following:
sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
added: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
saved file
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

and it worked perfectly :)

Thanks a million for this :). I spent hours trying to find out how to add a codec that would play avi files for mplayer but to no avail. as am noob to linux i found these instructions simple and straight forward to install vlc, was any other programs installed during this update as it states that it uses 35mb?

[xni]

I didn't pay much attention when I installed it but it may have installed some libraries in order for it to function. Next time you install something via apt, before you hit yes, take a look at everything it is installing :)

[bickle]

You might want to remove that repository after installing VLC (http://wiki.eeeuser....ingxandrosrepos) to avoid problems with anything else.

[xni]

bickle: I've kept that repository and have had no problems installing anything else. Although make sure if you follow any guides with specific respositories, you comment out any that you have added.

[bickle]

It actually hosed me up once, because I had that repository in my list when I installed ksmserver / kicker. I ended up just restoring and starting over.

[theSuperman]

I was able to install it by adding just two of those repositories that were listed on the Wiki page...Installed just fine.

[xni]

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It actually hosed me up once, because I had that repository in my list when I installed ksmserver / kicker. I ended up just restoring and starting over.

thats why you should read the guide correctly ;)

[bickle]

Actually, I did. The warning wasn't in the guide at that time.

You might want to check the guide and recommended repositories at http://wiki.eeeuser....ingxandrosrepos ;)

Edited by bickle, 13 December 2007 - 06:20 PM.

[MakaniMike]

installed vlc successfully with xni's method.

is there any way of manually adding a vlc icon to the player tab in the easy xandros setup?

[Niel1952]

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is there any way of manually adding a vlc icon to the player tab in the easy xandros setup?

Yup, read the wiki

Edit: ...and by the way someone has posted icons for vlc if you search the forums

Edited by Niel1952, 24 December 2007 - 05:35 PM.

[o2smartphone]

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installed vlc successfully with xni's method.

is there any way of manually adding a vlc icon to the player tab in the easy xandros setup?

The alternative is to "edit file type" so when you double click on the video file it will automatically use vlc to open it :)

[markntravis]

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to install vlc i did the following:
sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
added: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
saved file
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

and it worked perfectly :)

Could someone explain this in a more Newbie way.

Thanks

[Niel1952]

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Could someone explain this in a more Newbie way.

Try:
Press Ctrl+Alt+t (This makes a terminal appear)
In the terminal type:
sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list [ENTER]
(This makes a text editor appear with the file "sources.list" already open)
Type a new line into the sources.list file:
deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
Save sources.list (In kwrite this should be obvious)
Exit from the text editor (kwrite)
You should now be back in the terminal. If not, Press Ctrl+Alt+t again.
In the terminal type:
sudo apt-get update [ENTER]
sudo apt-get install vlc [ENTER]

If this has worked, you can test it by typing vlc in the terminal

Exit the terminal by typing exit [ENTER]

Notes:
I have put what actually needs to be typed in blue to try to show this clearly. Let me know if it is confusing. At the risk of sounding patronising [ENTER] means press the Enter (Return) key.

If sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list [ENTER] gives you error messages try sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list [ENTER]. This opens a different text editor which is slightly quirky but the main commands are displayed at the bottom, for example ^O means Ctrl+o (Save - but you must also press [ENTER] to save) and ^X means Ctrl+x (Exit)

I have only been doing this for a few weeks!

Good luck!

Edit: BTW in the line deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free the uk does refer to the United Kingdom and there are similar sites for other countries but I don't think it matters too much which you link to but the theory is that you should link to the one nearest to you.

Re-edit: Some people have reported the link above did not work for them but that deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free did.

Edited by Niel1952, 03 February 2008 - 08:46 AM.

[markntravis]

Thanks.

I will try it after dinner.

You are up late or very early.

It worked like a champ.

Thank you.

Edited by markntravis, 29 December 2007 - 05:32 AM.

[bernz]

It is OK for us to remove the source after we've installed VLC, is that correct? All it does it remove a repository for us to locate software, correct?

[Niel1952]

I am pleased this worked, but my role was minimal. I merely re-wrote the ideas of others.

One of the good things I've discovered about Linux is that apt-get and synaptic don't leave a lot of rubbish around like installation files or temporary directories. So if what you have done is follow these instructions, there should be no files lying about to be deleted.

What you should do is comment out (or delete) the line
deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
by putting a hash (US=pound sign) # in front of it
# deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
until you have read and understood the whole of the wiki articles Adding Additional Software Repositories and How to add a Debian Repository PARTICULARLY THE BIT ABOUT PINNING!.

Hopefully, this wiki article will be a lot more meaningful now that you have done it once.

Then read around the wiki for other simple but gratifying things you can do, like enabling advanced mode.

Edited by Niel1952, 29 December 2007 - 07:04 PM.