Help for a Linux Newbie With Video (Edubuntu - Edgy Edge)

[François BARILLON]

Le mercredi 07 mars 2007 à 13:13 -0500, Mike Camden a écrit :
> This is the first time I've dipped my toe in the Linux waters; it's
> been a while since something computer-related has left me feeling this
> ignorant.  I've selected so many different options within the
> Add/Remove and Synaptics package managers, that I'm wondering if I've
> caused some kind of corruption (although the system prompts me that it
> will remove conflicting packages as necessary).  If someone can tell
> me exactly which packages to install from the get-go to get the video
> working, I'd be happy to wipe the partition that I have edubuntu on
> and start from scratch to get it working.
It's impossible to embed non-free algorithms in a free distribution.

Depending on where you live, you have (or not) the right to use non-free
codecs.

To watch videos, you could try VLC : http://www.videolan.org/eucd.html


>  I'm also having trouble getting the wireless to work and changing the
> Grub so it defaults to booting to Windows instead of linux if I don't
> make a choice in time (both on the Dell), but the issue of being able
> to seamlessly play the videos in the browser are much more pressing. 

Try following this link :
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#menu.lst

François