ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 74

[Nigel Henry]

This post has also been CC'd to linuxhelper, who has included my email address 
twice in the main message body of his reply. No disrespect intended to those 
that regularly post to the list.


On Sunday 08 February 2009 05:15, linux helper wrote:
> dear allllllllllllll
>
> open console
>     # apt-get update
>     # apt-get install vlc
> I think your DVD will be play
>
> Thanks

Hi. Linuxhelper, whoever you are.

It would be nice if what you have suggested above would have resolved my 
problem, but if you had been reading previous posts about the specific 
problem I have with vlc on Intrepid, you would have seen that the problem is 
a bit more complex than simply installing vlc, then the dvd would play ok.

Also, and what I'm more annoyed about, is that you have quoted my complete 
email address in the main message of your reply, not only once, but twice. 
Now everyone on the planet knows where to send spam.

You have also posted the complete output of my output from vlc --verbose 2, 
thus wasting bandwidth. You could have snipped all that, as it's on the 
previous post from me.

Enough said. I could go on about you replying using the subject line that you 
have used, which references the digest you have received, rather than the 
actual thread, which should be. See below.

Re: Vlc won't play DVD's on Ubuntu, or Kubuntu Intrepid

Replies to the list, using a subject line which references the digest are 
likely to be ignored. Such posts will end up in the archives, and folks 
looking to find solutions to problems will likely ignore them, as they are 
looking for a thread for a solution for a specific problem, and a subject 
line referencing the digest is non specific.

Nigel.