Linux Codec/Player??

[ubuntu]

I set up my computer to dual boot XP and Linux but the XP partition got messed up so I can't get into Windows anymore. I was able to install a driver that allows me to access my information stored on other hard drives, but there is no CCCP for Linux and there's no player on Ubuntu to play any of the anime I have. Does anyone know of a good program for Linux or a codec that I can get that will work with Totem so I can watch my anime?

I think I'm just going to end up buying a new copy of XP or Vista so I can get back up and running. I had an XP disc that doesn't work. I can't live more than a day without WoW and anime

[Renzoken]

Think your at the wrong part of the forum. You should be asking it in the Tech area. Guess you could delete the post yourself or wait for a admin to move it.

http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=5
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[thugangel]

ubuntu, I don't watch my animes or any kind of videos in Totem. I prefer to use mplayer. And if the video doesn't work on mplayer, I use an alternative player which is VLC.

There is no CCCP for Linux. mplayer comes with xvidcore and usually comes with a pack that has non-Linux native codecs like Win32, Real9, and QuickTime. I installed x264 separately as it is not included in the mplayer package. I also have ffmpeg installed, but that usually comes with VLC.

I'm not much of an Ubuntu fan and I don't really know how recent your packages you get from your repository, so I won't really be able to help you much. I also believe WoW works on Linux; otherwise, they won't exist on Macs.

P.S.: Did you set up your bootloader (lilo or grub) correctly or did you mess up your XP partition when setting up your linux partitions before installation?

[ubuntu]

I installed Linux and then was trying to get the nvidia driver installed but I messed up the xorg config file and it wouldn't boot into the GUI, so I was just going to delete Linux and keep using Windows since some things are a pain to do in Linux. I deleted the Linux partitions and tried expanding the NTFS partition into the empty space but it wouldn't do it so I figured I'd just make a new partition out of the space while in Windows and just have an extra drive.

When I restarted, It showed the windows XP screen and then it goes to a blue screen very quickly and then restarts. The blue screen says Unmountable_Boot_Volume. According to Microsoft you need to run checkdsk on it. I tried running it from a utilities disk I have but it says its a RAW partition and asks if I want to format it. I tried opening it in pqmagic but it gave an error about the partition but said it fixed it, so I tried checkdsk again, but it didn't work.

As for mplayer, I downloaded the files and extracted them but I got stuck there. Instructions say to run ./configure but there's no configure file with what downloaded.

[thugangel]

Oh, so you tried deleting the Linux partitions while you're in Windows? As far as I'm concerned, Windows can't recognize Linux partitions, so I don't really know what happened when you tried to format the "white spaces." It sounds like you're gonna need to do a fresh install of Windows...

For instealling mplayer, have you tried going into the extracted directory and then doing the ./configure there?

And why not use sudo apt-get mplayer? That's why Ubuntu is one of the easiest distros out there is because you don't have to extract and compile them by yourself. Make sure you you do sudo apt-get update before so you'd get an updated source list.

BTW, does this mean that you were able to fix your xorg config file?

[ubuntu]

I used my ubuntu boot disk to delete the partitions. After I realized how bad I screwed up Windows, I just re-installed Linux so I had something to use.

As for mplayer, the extracted directory was just full of other directories and no files. I tried running config but it didn't work.

I was able to get VLC installed using the update thing. I didn't have it set to list set to universal so it was having problems before while getting the programs.

I installed WINE but if only I knew how to get WoW on my computer.

[thugangel]

So you've tried sudo apt-get mplayer?

Well, I've tried downloading the .bz2 from mplayerhq US. I went to where the file was saved and did

[ubuntu]

I was able to get VLC installed so I'm not really going to bother with Mplayer anymore.

As for those instructions, I tried it once before and got some errors when trying to compile Wine. I did get Wine installed through wget and the sudo apt update thing. Those instructions require it to be removed before you go through with it but I'm not sure how to do the "complete removal" of Wine.

[thugangel]

I don't know how you installed wine. I'm going to assume that you did it the hard way by compiling, which is through the ./configure type of installation. I believe you should be able to do

[ubuntu]

I put the URL in the list and did the update command and sudo apt get thing and it installed it on its own.

[thugangel]

Hmm... I learned something new today. aptitude is a much more preferred way of installing stuff in Ubuntu as it will also remove the depencies that aren't needed by other applications while the apt-get cant'...

Have you tried checking your Synaptic and do a "complete removal" from there?