Hello All,
I gave one more shot at trying to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 on my desktop. All instructions given on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats were followed but still VCDs would not be opened in Totem. A DVD would play upto the menu but the 'Play' link that comes after that on the screen would not come and the screen would simply remain blank.
From the net a useful page was found http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/playing-vcds-on-ubuntu-linux... Using apt, gxine and gxineplugins packages were downloaded and that finally helped in playing VCDs as well as DVDs. Gxine has good audio settings options that allow you to set audio levels in order to avoid distortion.
The same procedure was followed in the Acer 2428 laptop running Edubuntu 6.06 LTS. I am able to get videos for VCDs as well as DVD but no sound. The system too did not have sound so some ALSA packages were downloaded based on their look and feel. System sound is up but no movie sounds. I am able to record my voice using 'Sound Recorder' but the playback is faint.
Could anyone help me out on this? I am willing to get the lappy to your office at your convenience.
Regards,
Rony.
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On 2/3/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hello All,
I gave one more shot at trying to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 on my desktop. All instructions given on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats were followed but still VCDs would not be opened in Totem. A DVD would play upto the menu but the 'Play' link that comes after that on the screen would not come and the screen would simply remain blank.
Why don't you try mplayer. It is working fine in my laptop(Ubuntu 6.10).
From the net a useful page was found
http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/playing-vcds-on-ubuntu-linux... Using apt, gxine and gxineplugins packages were downloaded and that finally helped in playing VCDs as well as DVDs. Gxine has good audio settings options that allow you to set audio levels in order to avoid distortion.
The same procedure was followed in the Acer 2428 laptop running Edubuntu 6.06 LTS. I am able to get videos for VCDs as well as DVD but no sound. The system too did not have sound so some ALSA packages were downloaded based on their look and feel. System sound is up but no movie sounds. I am able to record my voice using 'Sound Recorder' but the playback is faint.
Could anyone help me out on this? I am willing to get the lappy to your office at your convenience.
Regards,
Rony.
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Debasish Das wrote:
On 2/3/07, Rony wrote:
Hello All,
I gave one more shot at trying to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 on my desktop. All instructions given on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats were followed but still VCDs would not be opened in Totem. A DVD would play upto the menu but the 'Play' link that comes after that on the screen would not come and the screen would simply remain blank.
Why don't you try mplayer. It is working fine in my laptop(Ubuntu 6.10).
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I am able to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 in my PC. But my laptop cannot take Ubuntu 6.10 so it has Edubuntu 6.06. Even with Kubuntu 6.06 there were no-sound problems with VCDs. I tried many players. Now I want to get it over with and therefore request the experts to take a look at my laptop. I will bring it to their office at their convenience. Watching and following them solve the problem will be a learning experience.
Regards,
Rony.
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Rony wrote:
I am able to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 in my PC. But my laptop cannot take Ubuntu 6.10 so it has Edubuntu 6.06. Even with Kubuntu 6.06 there were no-sound problems with VCDs. I tried many players. Now I want to get it over with and therefore request the experts to take a look at my laptop. I will bring it to their office at their convenience. Watching and following them solve the problem will be a learning experience.
Is there anyone willing to help? No one has offered to help. :(
Regards,
Rony.
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Sometime on Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:22, Rony said: <snip>
Watching and following them solve the problem will be a learning experience.
Is there anyone willing to help? No one has offered to help. :(
Hi Rony, I'll give it a try at upcoming GLUG meet. Any suggestions for next venue?
Anurag
Anurag wrote:
Sometime on Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:22, Rony said:
<snip> >> Watching and following them solve the problem will be a learning >> experience. > Is there anyone willing to help? No one has offered to help. :(
Hi Rony, I'll give it a try at upcoming GLUG meet. Any suggestions for next venue?
Hi Anurag, the venues seem to be the same. If there is an electrical point, I will bring my net access too. ( A Reliance FWP with USB cable ). In the mean while I will post the lspci from the laptop in my next mail.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Wednesday 07 February 2007 21:22, Rony wrote:
Rony wrote:
I am able to play VCDs and DVDs in Ubuntu 6.10 in my PC. But my laptop cannot take Ubuntu 6.10 so it has Edubuntu 6.06. Even with Kubuntu 6.06 there were no-sound problems with VCDs. I tried many players. Now I want to get it over with and therefore request the experts to take a look at my laptop. I will bring it to their office at their convenience.
Not neccessary. Until we do somethings
Watching and following them solve the problem will be a learning experience.
Is there anyone willing to help? No one has offered to help. :(
post the op of lspci -vv
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Rony