[wellylug] Using DVDs and iPods on Linux

Jamie Baddeley wellylug at vpc.co.nz
Wed Jul 11 20:20:12 NZST 2007


I use gtkpod

jamie

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 20:03 +1200, Callum Grant wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> I'm not sure what software you should use to sync your iPod but about what I
> can do is recommend a dvd player.
> 
> I use VLC media player to play dvds it should be in the add/remove
> programmes package system, but it is not monitored by ubuntu so it will be
> under the third party software list. To play the dvds you will need to get
> into the terminal and use these commands:
> 
> sudo apt-get install -y libdvdread3
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
> 
> then if you want to play WMV, WMA, and RealPlayer formats you will need to
> use these commands:
> 
> wget -c
> http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20061022-0.
> 0_i386.deb
> sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20061022-0.0_i386.deb
> 
> I hope this helps as it worked for me in ubuntu and ubuntustudio.
> 
> Cheers, Callum
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of David James
> Dubrelle Morrah
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 July 2007 6:29 p.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> Subject: [wellylug] Using DVDs and iPods on Linux
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> a few days ago I installed Xubuntu on my laptop.  No major problems, I 
> use Linux 90% of the time and is very fast, however, I am still having 
> to switch to XP whenever I want to burn a CD, watch a DVD or use my 
> iPod.  To be more specific:
> 
> - GXine, the player bundled with my OS, doesn't play DVDs at all, 
> although it can play audio CDs.  However, it won't read mp3, Apple AAC 
> or m4a files, it can only pick up WAV files.
> 
> - Can anyone recommend a good CD burner for Linux?
> 
> - I need a program that will pick up my iPod, preferably something that 
> offers the same functionality as iTunes.  I've tried googling a few, but 
> had trouble installing them.  Does anyone know any good downloads that 
> will actually work?
> 
> - Incidentally, how does one enable start up music?  Does Linux have a 
> default start up sound like Windows?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
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