Xine, amarok, kaffeine incompatibility

[Jan Depner]

On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 17:03 -0500, Donn Washburn wrote:
> Harald Sitter wrote:
> > On Monday 16 July 2007 23:31:37 Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
> >> I had the same problems shortly after this. I
> >> reinstalled my linux (Fedora 7) over. Even then I had
> >> the freeze.
> > 
> > Personal statement: don't use Fedora!
> > 
> > 
> A friend of mine is a Red Hat employee and he said they do not support 
> MP4 and that is why he uses xmms (as I remember) and not Amarok.
> That is a shame!  I guess also because Fedora/Red Hat use gnome and not 
> KDE.  Amarok seems to work well in SuSE 10.3 Alpha 5.  However, xine is 
> crippled by SuSE for legal reasons.  You need to compile xine-lib and 
> have all of the sound stuff from the CD/DVD.  To play a DVD you will 
> need libdvdcss also.
> 

    I have no problem running Amarok on FC6 with all needed support.
Check out this page (based on the FC6 version):

http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/f7-tips.php




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Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
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skid in sideways, chardonnay in one hand, chocolate in the other, body 
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a ride'"