a linux ready for simple users ? (Re: issues with warty final

[Bryan Pizzuti]

I don't think it actually mentions using totem-xine over
totem-gstreamer....maybe that was my problem with playing WMV.  I use
Snapstream's BeyondTV on my server (yes it runs Windows right now) and like
to play recorded TV shows over my local network, but they're encoded in WMV
to save space.  I'm still messing with it at this point, seeing if I can get
something to work.  I think I saw something about a mozilla plugin somewhere
too. 

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Pizbit
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 7:01 AM
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: a linux ready for simple users ? (Re: issues with warty final

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> > The very single thing that Ubuntu should at least do, in order to be 
> > user-friendly, is linking to a real how-to "on demand", when the 
> > user makes hers first attempt to open a file format that's not 
> > supported by Ubuntu. Instead she has a Nautilus hell-alert-box 
> > saying that it doesn't know what to do with that file, giving the 
> > impression that Ubuntu "just doesn't work".
> it's not just an impression,
> i have installed ubuntu for others too, and i have to switch their 
> computers to other distros now, because i am not able to make 
> multimedia work on their machines:
> the applications are partly not enough tested/integrated and it would 
> requires hours of troubleshooting to make these movies work on their 
> computer.
The restricted formats link shows how to add the respository containing
w32codecs which removes most/all video/audio playback issues, use totem-xine
over totem-gstreamer too:) totem should be setup to play the video files on
double-click.
Can't take that long to install or just get the w32codecs package then dplg
-i <packagename> on the computers you're setting up.

<snip>

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