Linux Fedora DVD player...Someone please save me an extra 4 hours!!?

Eric

Newbie to linux Operating Systems and decided to try Fedora which was superb at compatibility issues that I was getting in Windows- I didn't have to do anything. The only prob I have is playing DVD's now, I understand there is licensing issues with Fedora and the DVD patents in some places but can someone just tell me the easiest way to click on a link download the app and start using a dvd player?

I have tried sooo many and its driving me mad, for over 4 hours :(
Any help would be muchhh appreciated

Thanks

Answer
Install VLC the DVD player and the file libdvdcss. Once installed you should be able to play DVDs, even the ones you rent or buy. Use the software management program in Fedora to do this.

If it is not in the repository list, then type in the web search VLC .rpm and then libdvdcss .rpm . Ferora uses .rpm files and should install these.

Ubuntu 7.04 DVD player?

Ed

I had Unbuntu 6.1 installed on my Gateway E-3600. I upgraded to the Umbutu 7.04 and now the DVD player will not work. I installed the plugin that got the 6.1 working, but it still
does not work.

Answer
What kind of dvd player do you have?

Is the drive even detected?

I would check the manfacturers website for Linux (Debian) drivers.

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need help with vlc player for linux?

beanie_bab

I'm new to linux and I'm using ubuntu. I tried playing dvd's using vlc and they won't play. No idea what I'm doing, could use some advice. I also have virtual box installed but I could't get the dvd to play on that either. It said I had no compatible players installed. Please help!

Answer
DVD playback doesn't work with Linux out of the box due to no "libdvdcss" package included for copyright reasons. You need to go to System > Administrator > Synaptic Package Manager and look for "libdvdcss" and install it.

Would it be possible to put linux on a portable dvd player?

shueyboy

Something like ipodlinux that would accommodate its limited controls. Any specific linux flavors, or would it require a new one altogether?

Answer
I think your talking about a live DVD which allows you to boot your linux distro without touching your hard drive,.

Many flavours have live dvd's

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Is there anyway to output a video game console to a laptop?

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MechAlucar

I was wondering if it was possible to hook up a video game console to my laptop so that I can just use the screen of my laptop instead of a nine inch portable dvd player to play the game. I don't really have room for a TV other wise I would use that.
I generally use Linux but also run Windows occasionally.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks,

Answer
yes you can, there is probably multiple ways but you need to know you can never expect it as good quality as a real tv meant for that. Also depending on the quality of your laptops screen, it may have delay or lag with the console sending the info and your screen receiving it.

Here is one item that can do this for you, as far as I heard its one of the best for this but its not cheap

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/_eol/video_prod/AVC-1400/

http://reviews.cnet.com/search-results/adaptec-gamebridgetv-avc-1410/4505-5_7-31653718.html



about 99 dollars, you were probably wanting to just plug vga or hdmi into your laptop and it works with some kind of download, but no you cant do it with just software, the laptop monitor meant to be used like that. you can buy a 1080p pc monitor and use that as your consoles screen for only 200 dollars+ the audio adapter for your speakrs, which would be much better than paying 99 dollars to play it on your laptop.

Is there a Linux printer driver that can print to JPEGs, one per page?

ricochet

I know there are some 'virtual printer driver' programs that look like another named printer and can print web-pages, word-processor documents or anything to PDF files instead of paper, but do you know one that can print directly to a set of JPEG images of the pages, one JPEG per page?

I'm experimenting with displaying text/web pages on a digital photo frame, JPEG CDs or flash drive in a DVD Player and a few other things.

Answer
You can print to a PostScript file, then use Ghostscript (gs executable) to convert to JPEG:

gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=jpeg -sOutputFile=file.jpg file.ps

Various additional options will let you set the resolution and other options. You can also do this to various other formats, like PNG or TIFF.

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How do you burn video DVD's using Zenwalk Linux?

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Christian

Can't for the life of me figure out how to burn a dvd that will play on my DVD player with Linux. Tried the program DeVeDe but nothing ends up burning to the disc actually. Help!
I am on Zenwalk Linux, not a Mac and not Windows. Programs that are specifically Windows programs generally do not work. The program needs to be Linux based program.

Answer
Total Video2Dvd, is a nice dvd burning software
I'd prefer using this converts any High-Definition video formats such as HD-DV, MKV, Blu-ray TS, TP, M2TS, AVCHD, WMV-HD, HD avi to DVD and all other popular video formats Youtube FLV, Xvid avi, Mov, Rmvb, Rm, Divx, Wmv, Asf, VOB, DV, 3gp, Ogm, Mpeg, Mpeg4, AVI to DVD formats. http://www.effectmatrix.com/total_video_to_DVD_Author/index.htm
Hope it helps

Can we sue the Motion Picture Association of America ?

Liquid C

Can we sue the MPAA for not allowing DVD playback in Linux? I bought the DVD and the DVD player; I want to watch my movie in my operating system. I dont use windows so I cannot watch a DVD? I think it is my right !

Answer
no you cant sue them for that......that would be like sueing Subway cause they dont got taco's.............. The MPAA has nothing to do with what os systems will work on which dvd's......all the MPAA really does is screen and rate the movies......It's not there fault if it wont work on ur computer....it'll work on ur normal dvd player to ur tv........and probly the reason it wont let u watch it on ur computer is anti-copy gaurd on it..................Any ways...i dont want to sound like an a-hole.....but u cant blame everybody else for things that aren't their fault....

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How to convert wnv to dvd file?

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asher wood

I downloaded a video from Amazon and it came as a wmv file. I want to play this video on my DVD player but how? and I'm running ubuntu (linux) but downloaded the video with a windows machine help?

Answer
Amazing how many answers don't pick up on the fact that you use Linux.
THE easiest way to do this on whatever computer you are on is to use the online media converter to save the file as a VOB file. You DVD will be able to read the VOB files

DVD players can often also read xVid, DivX, MPG and AVI files...just save these files on a DVD and your player should be able to find what it needs.

If you don't like things easy and want to show how clever you are then use the command line using mencoder and ffmpeg

e.g. Convert a file called video.wmv from wmv to avi from the command line...
mencoder video.wmv -ofps 23.976 -ovc lavc -oac copy -o video.avi

e.g. convert a file called video.avi to play on an NTSC dvd player
ffmpeg -i video.avi -target ntsc-dvd /tmp/dvd.mpg

What can i use to burn AVI files to DVD?

Angry Gran

So i can play them in a DVD player?
It needs to work with Windows or Linux, Both would be nice.
Note:I don't want cut and paste answers to promote a program you are affiliated with

Answer
Use Nero software, Its easy & is what you are looking for.

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What kind of operating systems are used in the following devices?

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sapphire

- calculators (particularly SHARP)
- Sony DVD players
- ovens

I read that microwaves don't need operating systems because they have to perform only one set of tasks and have straightforward input. That's why they run a single hard-wired program. Are ovens the same?

Thank you.
I'm not talking about Windows or Linux or anything. e.g. sony Ericsson phones have their own operating system: Symbian. That's what I mean....do these devices have their own OS?

Answer
All this things run on stand alone platforms. In other words don't think you can hook anything up to a windows, mac, or linux and think you'll be able to read anything. They are specifically programed with software specific to the device and/or from the manufacturer.

How to convert wnv to dvd file?

asher wood

I downloaded a video from Amazon and it came as a wmv file. I want to play this video on my DVD player but how? and I'm running ubuntu (linux) but downloaded the video with a windows machine help?

Answer
Amazing how many answers don't pick up on the fact that you use Linux.
THE easiest way to do this on whatever computer you are on is to use the online media converter to save the file as a VOB file. You DVD will be able to read the VOB files

DVD players can often also read xVid, DivX, MPG and AVI files...just save these files on a DVD and your player should be able to find what it needs.

If you don't like things easy and want to show how clever you are then use the command line using mencoder and ffmpeg

e.g. Convert a file called video.wmv from wmv to avi from the command line...
mencoder video.wmv -ofps 23.976 -ovc lavc -oac copy -o video.avi

e.g. convert a file called video.avi to play on an NTSC dvd player
ffmpeg -i video.avi -target ntsc-dvd /tmp/dvd.mpg

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Is there anyway to output a video game console to a laptop?

best dvd player on linux image

MechAlucar

I was wondering if it was possible to hook up a video game console to my laptop so that I can just use the screen of my laptop instead of a nine inch portable dvd player to play the game. I don't really have room for a TV other wise I would use that.
I generally use Linux but also run Windows occasionally.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks,

Answer
yes you can, there is probably multiple ways but you need to know you can never expect it as good quality as a real tv meant for that. Also depending on the quality of your laptops screen, it may have delay or lag with the console sending the info and your screen receiving it.

Here is one item that can do this for you, as far as I heard its one of the best for this but its not cheap

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/_eol/video_prod/AVC-1400/

http://reviews.cnet.com/search-results/adaptec-gamebridgetv-avc-1410/4505-5_7-31653718.html



about 99 dollars, you were probably wanting to just plug vga or hdmi into your laptop and it works with some kind of download, but no you cant do it with just software, the laptop monitor meant to be used like that. you can buy a 1080p pc monitor and use that as your consoles screen for only 200 dollars+ the audio adapter for your speakrs, which would be much better than paying 99 dollars to play it on your laptop.

Is there a Linux printer driver that can print to JPEGs, one per page?

ricochet

I know there are some 'virtual printer driver' programs that look like another named printer and can print web-pages, word-processor documents or anything to PDF files instead of paper, but do you know one that can print directly to a set of JPEG images of the pages, one JPEG per page?

I'm experimenting with displaying text/web pages on a digital photo frame, JPEG CDs or flash drive in a DVD Player and a few other things.

Answer
You can print to a PostScript file, then use Ghostscript (gs executable) to convert to JPEG:

gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=jpeg -sOutputFile=file.jpg file.ps

Various additional options will let you set the resolution and other options. You can also do this to various other formats, like PNG or TIFF.

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How can I make a Media Linux Machine?

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Corbin

I have an old windows computer that I have deleted everything on the hard drive. I would like to find a distribution of Linux that would be good for a Media center. I need the distribution to run on a small amount of ram. And I don't quite know how good the graphics card is. I'm primarily going to be using this computer as a DVD Player and a music player via external hard drive music. Thank you to all that respond. I will choose the best answer that I deem the best!

Thanks Again!
Corbin

Answer
Ah, at first I thought you were trying to make a Tivo like system which can be done with installing the myth-TV package.


I would boot the Ubuntu or Fedora Core 11 live CD and see how well it performs. Then there is an option to click on "Install" on the desktop to install it to your system.

I've used FC11 and recommend that version of Linux (though it's VERY similar to Ubuntu with the added benefit of being closer to the business RHEL version)

http://fedoraproject.org/

After installing FC11 from live CD, I would do the following:
(note, these all can be installed graphically as well)

Basic Tools:
From the command line type 'su -' <and press enter key> to become root then issue this command:

yum -y install k3b gftp nmap telnet-server kdeedu kdenetwork kdegraphics system-* thunderbird

(I think I'm missing some here but this is an OK start)

Full Open Office install (including uneeded langs)
yum -y install openoffice.org*


For full Video and mp3 support (use the FUSION repository):
Download the following and install them with rpm -Uvh <package name>
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Now, Install the XMMS player (which is a lot like WinAmp)
yum install *xmms*
(i suggest you change the skin or look and also add the playlist and eq views, but now you can play any audio with this. Look for "audio player" under Sound and Video")

Now install mplayer
yum -y install *mplayer*
(look for the mplayer icon under Sound and Video)

Another thing, if you plug this box into your TV , you can use Mplayer to play video right to it.. then setup a remote desktop session using the "Share Desktop option" in FC. Read up on VNC and krdc, it's easy to setup.

Good luck :-)

Is there anyway to output a video game console to a laptop?

MechAlucar

I was wondering if it was possible to hook up a video game console to my laptop so that I can just use the screen of my laptop instead of a nine inch portable dvd player to play the game. I don't really have room for a TV other wise I would use that.
I generally use Linux but also run Windows occasionally.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks,

Answer
yes you can, there is probably multiple ways but you need to know you can never expect it as good quality as a real tv meant for that. Also depending on the quality of your laptops screen, it may have delay or lag with the console sending the info and your screen receiving it.

Here is one item that can do this for you, as far as I heard its one of the best for this but its not cheap

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/_eol/video_prod/AVC-1400/

http://reviews.cnet.com/search-results/adaptec-gamebridgetv-avc-1410/4505-5_7-31653718.html



about 99 dollars, you were probably wanting to just plug vga or hdmi into your laptop and it works with some kind of download, but no you cant do it with just software, the laptop monitor meant to be used like that. you can buy a 1080p pc monitor and use that as your consoles screen for only 200 dollars+ the audio adapter for your speakrs, which would be much better than paying 99 dollars to play it on your laptop.

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