Kaffeine

[wratliff]

I just installed Kubuntu on my computer. I am having problems with the multi media. Kaffeine keeps closing down, and will not play a dvd. I sent a bug report. What else can I do.

[wratliff]

Re: Kaffeine

also How do I install the new version of kaffeine? for that matter how do I install anything?

[askrieger]

Re: Kaffeine

Taking your questions in reverse order:
(1)You install things by using your "package manager". The one that comes with Kubuntu is called Adept and you find it on the K-menu under "System". Just click on it. But first read this page at the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki However that won't help you with Kaffeine.

(2)You don't need a new version of kaffeine, you need to install libdvdcss2. But that requires that you activate an unofficial package repository called medibuntu. See this page at the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki.

(3)What you need to do to get dvd's to work is to install libdvdcss2. Please check out this page at the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki Do you see a pattern here?

[Snowhog]

Re: Kaffeine

As is sometimes true, the trials of others who have had the same/similar issues and who solved them, you might find my thread on my Kaffiene/DVD issue helpful.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082585.0

This is the log I kept of what I did, and the results:

Package Change Log

28-APR-07
Downloaded libdvdc222_1.2.9-2medibuntu2_i386.deb and w32codecs_20061022-0medibuntu1_i386.deb
Installed libdvd* which enabled Kaffeine Media Player to recognize and open a DVD. However, only with audio - there is no video.
Installed w32codecs* - still no video

02-MAY-07
Downloaded and installed libdvdread3_0.9.6-3ubuntu1_i386.deb via Kubuntu Package Menu Install
Ran sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
Results:
paul@sony-vaio:/$ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
--18:32:58-- http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/d...2.5-1_i386.deb
=> `/tmp/libdvdcss.deb'
Resolving www.dtek.chalmers.se... 129.16.30.198
Connecting to www.dtek.chalmers.se|129.16.30.198|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 25,178 (25K) [text/plain]

100%[====================================>] 25,178 34.39K/s

18:33:00 (34.32 KB/s) - `/tmp/libdvdcss.deb' saved [25178/25178]

dpkg - warning: downgrading libdvdcss2 from 1.2.9-2medibuntu2 to 1.2.5-1.
(Reading database ... 100159 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdvdcss2 1.2.9-2medibuntu2 (using /tmp/libdvdcss.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdvdcss2 ...
Setting up libdvdcss2 (1.2.5-1) ...

paul@sony-vaio:/$
Results: Still no video in Kaffeine with DVD (regardless of the engine used)
Adept pulled/installed libdvdcss2 and I am back to version 1.2.9-2medibuntu2
Results: Still no video in Kaffeine with DVD

Changed:
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
to:
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16

Rebooted. DVD video works!!!! Yeah!!!

[Rog131]

Re: Kaffeine

Hmm - also in Kubuntu Forums > Kubuntu Discussion > Everything Else > http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3083250.0

How do I install the new version of kaffeine? for that matter how do I install anything?

Installing:
Installing Software in Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware


Kaffeine:
from http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/
Latest version is

Kaffeine 0.8.4 released

from http://packages.kubuntu-de.org/en/se...n-all/kaffeine

kaffeine

* breezy (kde): versatile media player for KDE 3 [main]
0.8.1-0kubuntu3: amd64 i386

* dapper (kde): versatile media player for KDE 3 [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1~dapper1: amd64 i386

* edgy (kde): versatile media player for KDE 3 [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1~edgy1: amd64 i386

* feisty (kde): versatile media player for KDE 3 [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1: amd64 i386

and

kaffeine-xine

* breezy (kde): Xine engine for kaffeine media player [universe]
0.8.1-0kubuntu3: amd64 i386

* dapper (kde): Xine engine for kaffeine media player [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1~dapper1: amd64 i386

* edgy (kde): Xine engine for kaffeine media player [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1~edgy1: amd64 i386

* feisty (kde): Xine engine for kaffeine media player [main]
0.8.4-0kubuntu1: amd64 i386

There are other mediaplayers (two examples):
Mplayer

Description: The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
It plays most mpeg, avi and asf files, supported by many native and win32
DLL codecs. You can watch VCD, DVD and even DivX movies too. The other
big feature of mplayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. It
works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, but you can use SDL (and
this way all drivers of SDL) and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for
Matrox/3dfx/SiS) too! Most of them supports software or hardware scaling,
so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen.

VLC

Description: multimedia player for all audio and video formats
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
streams from various network sources...

Links:
Ubuntu Linux Resources
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/