Telescope Reviews: Re: space.com/starry night vid help?(ubuntu g/fire

Hi Steve,

I run Mepis but version 6.5 was based upon the Ubuntu distro. [7.0 is based directly upon Debian] I was able to run both quicktime (.mov) video+audio and windows (.wma) audio in Kaffeine. Mplayer would also run (.mov) files. Of course you can download the RealPlayer to watch that format.

I did recently install Ubuntu 7.10, but haven't tested all the media players yet. I know Gnome has a different stable of software by default, but most KDE apps should be runnable in Ubuntu with the right downloads.

A very useful extension to Firefox is the "MediaPlayerConnectivity" addon. It searches your computer, finds all the media players it can, sets things up, then makes them available to you if you want to change associations through a preferences screen. I didn't like messing with the Firefox "Download Actions" panel. The only thing to get used to is: when you click on a media link a small browser window pops up with links (options) for running the media. You just click one of the links and off it goes. You might be able to bypass this window via the settings - I'm lazy, it works..

Yeah, take the change-over to Linux one bite at a time. It is a learning experience after working on another OS for a decade or more. Funny, I began to actually trust my computer, feel more secure in web-surfing, and enjoyed the control that Linux gave me. Got it set up to look and act the way I wanted, and at that point I was ready to switch over. It can become a hobby.

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Tom C
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