Re: Media questions

[Ravi Shanker <ra21vi gmail com>]

Install Gstreamer Plugins from good/bad/ugly and official  packs. They
must be available thru your distro's package manager.
After that, Totem would play almost all types of files. ALso, you can
use VLC which can play even VP6 , like fla. 


On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 11:34 -0700, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> I have CentOS 5.0 with gnome 2.16.0 installed.  Totem seems to be the
> default player for everything, even though it dosn't seemt o know how
> to play anything (fails on all media types).  I'd like to change this.
> 
> 1) What do I need to load on my system to get totem to recognize
> anything/everything/???
> 
> 2) In the alternative, how can I change my settings to set up my
> preferred software to respond to CDs (CD Player), DVDs (xine), etc. so
> that when I open a CD or DVD or any kind of media file, a player that
> actually works will run and play the contents?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> mhr
> 
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