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

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:07:05 +0100, Ben Roe <ben_ubuntu at benroe.com> wrote:
> 
> >>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>
> >
> >
> >
> Yes, but actually getting those packages to reliably work is hard. On my
> system using totem-xine I had to start every movie twice: the first
> time, all I would get is a blue video screen and the audio; the second
> time I ran the file I would get the movie output too. In the end I gave
> up and installed Mplayer from source, which works fine. Not something a
> newbie would want to have to do, though.
> 
Never did like totem:) xine is the way to go!
I've reinstalled my system several times and *Never* had any problems
for video, I stay clear of rhythmbox like a plague.

> Another multimedia problem I'm having is that Rhythmbox locks up on me
> constantly (about every ten songs or so). I've been using ALSA output
> with hardware mixing of sound streams (I think) and it just doesn't seem
> to work right. It would be fantastic if Hoary came fully ALSA/dmix
> configured so that the user doesn't have to worry about /dev/dsp being
> locked or whether esd is working.
Hrm, dmix has always caused me more problems, choppy sound and the
flash plugin for browsers doesn't appear to understand it.
> 
> Ben
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