I want to retain Banshee on my system. However, whenever I buy a CD that also contains video, it will not play the music or video. When I try to listen to the music, it simply puts a red cross against each track. Since combining video and music is VERY common, this means I have a whole host of CDs that will not play. MS media player and VLC have no problems with these, so how can I make Banshee play them?
If VLC work use it…
General advice, use what works…
I’m not entirely sure what type of CD this is so I can’t elaborate. I wouldn’t mind having a go with one though.
I have VLC on an XP laptop and have no idea how to download one to work with Suse 11.1. I’m just a click and play guy!
If you can suggest a way of downloading VLC I would be delighted to follow good instructions!
You are using 11.1
Then follow this:
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums
I clicked through and shuddered when I saw all the stuff required. However, YOU don’t appear to recommend the one-click option, which is what I would use! What happens if I just do the one-click? Does my computer die or become unstable? I am hardly likely to try to implement the long list of instructions, but a one-click option I would do, unless you tell me absolutely otherwise…
OneClick may well kill your computer IMO.
If you want VLC, is it really that difficult to follow the guide?!
It is -it is very difficult!
Where do I look to find these? I don’t even know where to start from! (Software in Yast?)
Some basic Repositories You Must Have:
- Oss: Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss
- Non-oss: Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss
- Update: Index of /update/11.1
These repositories should be in your repositories list from Installation.
If Not, add them.
I’m guessing I do the following:
YAST-SOFTWARE-SOFTWARE MANAGER
But what tab do I look under? INSTALLED?
EXACTLY what should I see there to know I have the packages you say I must have?
Open a terminal and post result of
zypper lr -d
I’ll walk you thru it in the terminal. Some advice: Use your mouse to copy and paste code (not your keyboard).
Later you will need to become su -
Become su in Terminal - HowTo - openSUSE Forums
I HOPE THIS IS RIGHT!
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
–±----------------±----------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-----------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Gnome:Stable | Gnome:Stable | Yes | No | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/2.24/openSUSE_11.1 |
2 | Gnome:Stable_1 | Gnome:Stable | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/2.24/openSUSE_11.1 |
3 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0,/dev/sr1 |
4 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.1-Debug | No | Yes | 100 | NONE | Index of /debug/distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
5 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 100 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
6 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | Yes | Yes | 100 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
7 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.1-Source | No | Yes | 100 | NONE | Index of /source/distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
8 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.1-Update | Yes | Yes | 20 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.1 |
You need to be su -
In a terminal
Now do this
zypper mr -d 3
zypper rr -1
zypper ar -f http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.1 vlc
zypper ref
accept key/licence
zypper in libdvdcss
zypper rr vlc
zypper ar -f http://packman.unixheads.com/suse/11.1/ packman
zypper ref
accept key licence
zypper mr -p 10 packman
zypper in libavcodec52 ffmpeg libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libffmpeg0 libquicktime0 libxine1 libxine1-codecs libxvidcore4 smplayer vlc w32codec-all xine-ui xvidcore
zypper dup -r packman
That should do it
GOT TO THE LAST PIECE OF SCRIPT AND WAS OFFERED THE FOLLOWING. KEYED IN 1, BUT THAT WAS NO GOOD. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Problem: nothing provides libslang.so.2 needed by libcaca0-0.99.beta17-0.pm.1.1.i586
Solution 1: keep libcaca-0.99.beta13b-2.78.x86_64
Choose the above solution using ‘1’ or skip, retry or cancel [1/s/r/C]:
IGNORE THAT. HIT 1 AND EVENTUALLY IT DOWNLOADED A LOT MORE SCRIPT, BUT I AM STILL LEFT WITH A PROMPT. IS THAT IT?
THIS IS WHAT I CAN SEE AT THE END OF THE TERMINAL:
Retrieving package aqbanking-lang-4.2.4-0.pm.2.2.x86_64 (52/52), 37.0 K (89.0 K unpacked)
Retrieving: aqbanking-lang-4.2.4-0.pm.2.2.x86_64.rpm [done]
Installing: aqbanking-lang-4.2.4-0.pm.2.2 [done]
Additional rpm output:
warning: /var/cache/zypp/packages/packman/x86_64/aqbanking-lang-4.2.4-0.pm.2.2.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9a795806
linux-11h2:~ #
Logout and back in. Or reboot.
Now try playback with VLC
Ha ha! Banshee is now playing the CDs it would have nothing to do with previously!!!
So, I don’t know exactly what you did, but it worked.
I think I will have to play around with VLC, though, since I can’t get it to identify disks in the drives.
In one or two sentences, could you please explain what you did with the script you ask me to key into the terminal? Why is Banshee now working? What else might you also have improved?
Thanks very much, by the way!!!
No problem. Didn’t cause you too much effort eh?!
Take care;)
Oh, sorry.
I removed repo 1 which was a duplicate
I added Videolan repo and installed libdvdcss for DVD playback, then removed the Videolan repo (Important)
Added Packman and switched it to a higher priority than the others.
Installed the essential multi-media packages.
Used ‘dup’ to switch them all to be supplied by Packman.
It works because you did as I asked and installed the multi-media packages and made sure they were all installed from Packman;)