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ForceSphere

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« on: 6 February 2003, 01:06 »
I just bought RedHat Linux 8.0 yesterday, i must say i do love it even tho im a huge ass noob with it.  I noticed that i couldn't play MPG, MPEG, AVI, and so on right outa the box set.  What is a good media player to use for these extensions?  That is if Linux can even play them.  Thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: 6 February 2003, 01:21 »
i think mplayer is the way to go. install apt-get first, then installing mplayer will be a breeze.
Install Apt-get
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« Reply #2 on: 6 February 2003, 02:20 »
Thanks man, i do like it, i also got DivX for linux...havn't tried that tho...thanks again
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« Reply #3 on: 6 February 2003, 03:10 »
I have to agree. MPlayer is the best media player for Linux nowadays. I really don't know why RedHat did not put support out of the box for MPEG files. There was a thread about that issue in the UNIX/Linux forum. You can look it up by using the "search" link at the top of this page. Last but not least, don't forget to visit void main's linux forums!

Sorry I forgot. Welcome to the boards!    

[ February 05, 2003: Message edited by: Panos ]

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ForceSphere

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« Reply #4 on: 6 February 2003, 06:41 »
 thanks...i plan on staying considering Linux kicks mega ass...and i suck w/ it  
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« Reply #5 on: 6 February 2003, 17:16 »
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Originally posted by Force:
I just bought RedHat Linux 8.0 yesterday, i must say i do love it even tho im a huge ass noob with it.  I noticed that i couldn't play MPG, MPEG, AVI, and so on right outa the box set.  What is a good media player to use for these extensions?  That is if Linux can even play them.  Thanks.


Thats funny, I thought xmovie could play these formats just fine. Does Red Hat no longer come with xmovie?
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« Reply #6 on: 6 February 2003, 19:44 »
Red Hat pulled all MP3 en/decoders out of v8 because of a re-wording on the MP3 Patent Holder's License.

see this for more info.

Basically it was a misunderstanging; but an important one: MP3 is not "free as in speech", but right now it is "free as in beer".  Of course that could change....
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« Reply #7 on: 7 February 2003, 00:58 »
Like I said - Ogg all the way. MP3 is a proprietary format for the RIAA to charge people with - in the future at least.

Edit: My 1000th post! Holy shit I spend a lot of time here!

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