[olug] More info in re: Media Players

[Terry]

Sounds like you have 2 questions.  I will answer the file sharing question.

You can do:

Temporary (quick):
mkdir /tmp/mp4
cp *.mp4 /tmp/mp4/

Permanent:
su -
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/movies (or whatever)
mv *.mp4 /usr/local/share/movies

Then there is the whole permissions discussion.  


On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:59:51 -0800 (PST), Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> With Totem Video Player I can right click and get the
> video files to work on my account.  With Real Player
> 10 Gold I get the error "Some components are not
> available to provide playback of this presentation on
> your system."  Those files are .MP4 if it matters.
> I'll try d/l'ing some mpeg 2, AVIs, rm or wmv files
> also.
> 
> Joe Gulizia
> --- Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm using SUSE 9.1 and I've gotten Kaffeine and Xine
> > to work on my account.  Both applications are in my
> > /home/(user name) directory.  I'd like to make them
> > global so others in my family can view some video
> > files through their accounts.  How do I do this?
> >
> > I also have RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm (non-working) to
> > install also.
> >
> > mv or cp to another directory?  If so, which one?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Joe Gulizia
> >
> >
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