A few questions from a newbie

[demon71]

First, I am having trouble with sound. Nothing comes out of the speakers when i play any sort of audio(CD. Mp3)....The Volume on speakers and system are up and nothing is muted.

Second, I am unable to play DVD's through Kaffiene. It gives me this error, "Could not read title information for DVD."

Third, I am unable to view any videos or audio online, through either firefox or konqueror. Im not real sure on how to install the plugins for real player, WMV(if there is one), quicktime, or any other video formatts. Any easy ways would be appreciated.

Fourth, I am unable to "unmount" my ipod. I click on unmount and nothing happens, the ipod screen stills says not to disconnect. I have seen some other forums in regards to fixing this but they were a little above my head, so if there are step by step instructions that would be great..

I would appreciate any help i can get for these problems, I have recently switched from windows to Kubuntu, and im liking it but with these problems fixed, i would be loving it... Thanks.

[Nirvana]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

For your second question, you may have to install libdvdcss2. To do this, in the Konsole, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

If that doesn't work, try either:

sudo apt-get install libdvdnav4

OR

sudo apt-get install libdvdread3

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For your third question, edit your sources.list file by doing this (in your konsole):

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
kdesu kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

Then, in your text editor, add this at the bottom:

# for w32codecs
deb [url]ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/[/url] etch main

Now run sudo apt-get update. After it is finished, run sudo apt-get install w32codecs. When it is done downloading, try to play a video. If it doesn't work, you may also have to run apt-get install kaffeine-xine to play video. If neither works, you could try out VLC media player, it's really good for playing all types of video.

[demon71]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

For your second question, you may have to install libdvdcss2. To do this, in the Konsole, type:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
If that doesn't work, try either:
Code:
sudo apt-get install libdvdnav4
OR
Code:
sudo apt-get install libdvdread3

I tried doing all of this with no luck... The error that i was getting is
CODE:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
root@kunt:/home/demon# apt-get install w32codecs
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
root@kunt:/home/demon#                                         

Not sure what it means, please help... Thanks

[demon71]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

Just figured the error out.. I had adept open... The DVD player works now but no sound...

[Nirvana]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

Open System Settings (K Menu > System Settings) and click Sound & Multimedia. Check to see that Enable The Sound System is checked, and that everything in that screen looks right/configured properly. (for example, make sure it detects your sound card..)

[demon71]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

All of that is in order... no sound though... When it sometimes has some error about alasink...
Also, why wont kaffiene play mpeg? Do i need to download a driver or something?

[corndog]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

I use xine and xmms for my movies and music. They were easy to install and work quite well.

[Nirvana]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

you need w32codecs for kaffeine to play mpeg

[demon71]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

Hey, thanks Nirvana... You have been so helpful... I got the w32 codecs and it plays mpeg now still no sound but ill work on that... Whats the trick to playing WMV? or is there any?

[Nirvana]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

Hey, thanks Nirvana... You have been so helpful... I got the w32 codecs and it plays mpeg now still no sound but ill work on that... Whats the trick to playing WMV? or is there any?

kaffeine-xine package maybe? try sudo apt-get install kaffeine-xine, then open kaffeine, and select the xine engine (not the gstreamer). Or worst comes to worst, scrap Kaffeine and get VLC, it's a hell of a lot easier, and I don't I think I've had to install plugins or anything on it.

[demon71]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

Is this the VLC thing you were talking about? And not to sound like any more of a retard but which linux one do i download? There's like 5 of them... Also, Im not familiar with installing programs that arent through Adept.. any pointers would be appreciated.. Thanks...http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[Nirvana]

Re: A few questions from a newbie

simply open adept and type vlc (not VLC, just vlc (it's a lowercase L) and install what you need (vlc, mozilla-plugin-vlc (optional -> Firefox (Mozilla) plugin), kvlc (KDE frontend).

Or, if you want to get used to the konsole, open it and type:

sudo apt-get install vlc

for the player, and (this part is optional)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

if you want the Firefox (Mozilla) plugin (which I'm sure works for Konqueror as well because Konq can find Fx plugins and use them). This plugin will allow you to play video from a web page (streaming)
If you want a KDE frontend, type:

sudo apt-get install kvlc