Totem DVD player

[Mario Vukelic]

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 22:40 +0000, Gerardo Ballesteros wrote:
> When I say "ambient" I am trying to explain the whole scope of UBUNTU... it is:

> the whole envrironment (graphics, icons, programs, functions... where an ignorant

> as me can interact in his own computer)...

Oh, I see. It would indeed be called "environment" in English.

> Well. I have downloaded a program, supported by Mario's advise. the name of this

> program is Kaffeine... it presents this information:
> 
> Kaffeine
> 
> Kaffeine is a full-featured multimedia player for KDE. It uses xine as back-end by

> default, but also works with gstreamer and KPlayer if installed. It supports DVD

> playback with menus, multiple playlists, a 10-band equalizer, and a CD cover manager.

> It rips and burns audio CDs to mp3 and ogg vorbis, streams audio and video and supports LIRC.

> For more information, visit the [WWW] Kaffeine web site. 

This is kind of fine so far. Although, Kaffeine is part of the "K
Desktop Environment" (KDE) which is used by Kubuntu
(http://kubuntu.com/). 

"Regular" Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop environment. You can still use
KDE programs, but installing something like Kaffeine will mean
downloading and installing quite a few KDE packages that it needs. As an
Ubuntu user, you would usually prefer to run either GNOME programs or in
this case one of the stand-alone video players that are not part of any
particular Desktop Environment. like VLC, Ogle, or Xine.

One more thing that will make it much easier for people here to help
you: follow their advice. For example, in my previous reply I already
recommended VLC, Ogle, or Xine. I may not always have the time to
explain a certain recommendation, but you should still assume that they
have a reason. And consequently installing something (or trying to
install, in your case) that was not recommended (like Kaffeine) makes my
job harder.


> So I did arrived in this direction
> 
> http://kaffeine.kde.org/
> 
> and pressed the "download" hyperlink
> 
> Then, I got in this dilemma: (...)

I see, you do not yet understand how Ubuntu works at all ;) Before you
can perform actions such as installing things, and in particular before
you can perform the installation of DVD playback and similar unsupported
features or applications, you need to learn the basics.
You can delete all the files you downloaded (they exist for a reason,
but this does not concern you yet, if ever).

In Ubuntu (and in Linux distributions in general), you do not have to
hunt the Internet for your software and install it manually by running
setup.exe or something. In Ubuntu, all the software (with few exceptions
that you do not need to care for yet, if ever) is organized into
so-called "repositories". 

Therefore, your Ubuntu can provide applications that let you search and
install the software automatically. Another advantage of this approach
is that all the software comes from trusted Ubuntu servers and cannot
contain hostile software such as spyware, etc.

The menu "Applications" (or its Spanish equivalent)  on the taskbar
across the top of the screen contains, at the bottom, the entry
"Add/Remove Software". This is an easy-to-use way to read about,
install, and remove software. The menu "System -> Administration"
contains the "Synaptic Package Manager", which is a more powerful, but
also more complicated too. And last but not least, there is the option
to install things in the terminal on the command line.

I would suggest that you do a bit of reading. The System Help is a good
start (once again, go to the menu "System" [or its Spanish equivalent]
on the taskbar across the top of the screen, and open "Help" from
there).
Another option is the online help:

If you are using (K)Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake):
* For Ubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html
* For Kubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/kubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html

If you are using (K)Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn):
* For Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/
* For Kubuntu: sorry, I don't know where the help for Kubuntu 7.04 is
located.

These links will tell you everything you need to know for a while. When
you understand the basics, you may want to check out some topics of the
community-contributed documentation, including the links about DVD
installation that I provided in the previous emails.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/

As was already suggested by Hugo Heden in another reply, you might
become happier on the Spanish-language Ubuntu websites and support
forums: they will know how the menus, etc., are called in Spanish, and
you will be able to converse in your native language.

Spanish-language Documentation:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpanishDocumentation

Spanish-language Ubuntu website and forums: http://www.ubuntu-es.org/
(but the site seems unresponsive at the moment)

Spanish-language mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-es

General Spanish Linux forum, not Ubuntu-specific:
http://www.linuxforo.org/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,21/viewcat,2

Have fun, and good luck
Mario