A few bits n bobs

[Jenny Blower]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:12:53 +0100, Jenny Blower <jenny.blower at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:39:01 +1000, Jeff Waugh <jdub at perkypants.org> wrote:
> 
> > For various annoying legal reasons, multimedia and Linux are a hairy
> > combination. If you want a more pleasant experience, try adding 'universe'
> > to your /etc/apt/sources.list lines (you can do this in Synaptic too), and
> > install 'totem-xine'. You should be able to watch Real stuff too.
> 
> *does that*

erm... apparently i already have totem-xine installed..

i'm getting the following when trying to play a real media file:

A problem occured while loading a library or a decoder (cook.so.6.0).
A problem occured while loading a library or a decoder (drv3.so.6.0
Video codec 'Real Video 3.0' is not handled. You might need to install
additional plugins to be able to play some types of movies

Jen

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