hi roshan and others. apt on cd is a great project. I have used it and can testify that it creates such cd repository which can be then used else where. on my cd I have xmms, vlc player, and all codecs like g-streemer etc. if some one wants it I can give a copy. by the way I still can't figure out a way to run vcd (not dvd) on a feisty machine. dvd movies have no problem but vcd fails to run. I haven't tried vlc as yet, just installed it. so I will try vlc and then give my final confirmation. regards, Krishnakant.